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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
2
Messrs Sums Philp and Co report the steamers schedule with S S Katoomba sailing from Fremantle for the Eastern States on Saturday the 27th at noon with details of departure.
The Agricultural Bank hikes advances to seven percent for all purposes. Murchison stock trains carried fourteen cattle bogies to Fremantle for McIntosh & Co via Smith & Irving. Wyndham Freezing Works seeks general manager at £1,500 per year for five years. applications due by July 2. Geraldton forms Oddfellows Lodge No. 106 with meetings in Druids Hall. next session May 13. A. G. Dewar barely survives a railway accident near Yalgoo, then recovers. Meekatharra misrepresented in Sydney Bulletin. local miners defend famous mines Fenian, Ienian, Togliston Consols, Gwalia. Dividend figures cited for Fenian and Gwalia mines. Gwalia shows strong ore yields as levels open.
FPENDERS are invited and will be received until 12 noon Wednesday May 1918 for two assets in the Assigned Estate with mortgage consent. Lot 1 Homestead Farm Location 3391 160 acres with a good water well valued at £250 and nearly all cleared. Lot 2 Grazing Lease Location 3513 340 acres half cleared valued at £500 with a well costing £100. Both blocks adjoin about three miles from Nabawah Siding. Highest tender not necessarily accepted. Forms require 11 percent cash deposit. From F C Overheu Trustee.
Senator Russell says India will supply 4,000,000 cornsacks at low rate to ease freight issues. Seed potatoes from H L Macey, Army and Navy Stores, sourced from expert seedsmen, guaranteed free from named pests. Also notes an proposed America Day to aid the Red Cross, and Perth meat market reports with cattle at firm prices. Soldiers' mail to Egypt closes at Geraldton Post Office at 5 am tomorrow.
W C Angwin, once minister for works, pledges support for Mr Drew's candidature in Geraldton. He recalls harbor work promises, notes improvements under Drew, and defends Labor unity while contrasting Liberal finances and railway development. He condemns premature claims of disloyalty while honoring wartime service.
Personal items note the death in action of Private 8 V. Selby, widow Mrs Selby formerly Miss E Sherlock, and her standing in Geraldton district. Also updates on Mrs Cream’s illness and hospital care at Subiaco with hopes of recovery, plus family concerns over sons Everard and William. brief product mention ends.
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