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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
2
A notice invites bids for town banking services to begin in July under a double panapabara contract. Tender must supply working plant and be ready for immediate duties. The lowest bid will not be accepted. Secretary Carson signs.
The vessel Ketooume sails from Fremantle for the Fasten States on Saturday at noon. The departure marks the start of a planned voyage with supplies and crew aboard.
A late 19th or early 20th century Geraldton item reports a meeting tonight at 8 6 relating to the advisability of forming a Military Rejects' Association in Geraldton. Conveners include Messe, W. Porte Toyami A. Ey Brice.
A report notes caterpillar tractors of about 1% tons each, built to haul 50 tons per trip, used in the Carnarvon district with potential military transport capacity. The piece mentions Geraldton, Australia, and associations with local firms and medical rejections, amid wartime logistics and production forecasts.
Mr Arthur Chesson of Roscommon Hotel Cue travels to Melbourne for an operation on an internal complaint. Private Petey Hamilton Cook of the 1st Battalion, son of Mrs S Cook, killed in action in France on April 5. He sailed early 1915 for the front and was widely known in the goldfields, long employed by Crooks and Hroaker. Sir Edward Wittenson appointed to the Board of Governors of the fifth School Merthy. Elizabeth Patterson wife of George Pryde Patterson dies after short illness at South Perth. The late Mr Dertachor’s daughter, sister of Mrs Singhand, noted in Geraldton, and J G Dori mourned.
Mrs Patterson recalls her girlhood in Geraldton and notes the warm reception for Mr T A Crews and Mrs Crews during a visiting stay. The pair, once well known local figures, appeared younger and brighter.
The London correspondent reports a British committee to study currency and exchange, with Australian bankers on it, likely to urge measures to conserve gold supplies after the war. It is unlikely to push up the gold price, but a subsidy to gold producers within the empire is widely anticipated.
The Chief Justice presided over a breach of contract case brought by O Rowan, stock dealer of Utacerrs, against Arthur Gillam of Gabyon Station near Warags Murchison, over non delivery of rams. The dispute centered on an oral 1916 agreement for sale at 26s or 20s per ram and delivery numbers up to 500. The judge, noting conflicting testimony and lack of writing, relied on later letters to judge credibility. Judgment for £262 14s with costs was entered based on 248 rams at 30s less tracking costs.
Report of drovers and sheep movements across stations from the Gascoyne to Carnarvon during 1918. Notes severe drought with scarce water, many drovers transporting thousands of sheep between Boolathana Mecherrie Cir Winnine Pont stations. Mentions J Ki Scott, Kent, McColl, Poke, Flemine, Inez, Milley, Charmer, Patrick, and others seeking rain and moisture. Contributions invited from readers.
Fragmentary 1918 verse cites Central Province politics with jab at Joe and the ship of state. Refrains lament vanished leaders, urging caution and resolve, referencing figures such as Bowall and Foster in a wartime political mood.
A historical list shows many donors and amounts for Red Cross Appeal Day on April 26 1918. Contributions range from small 1s to larger payments including Woolworths and company names, with totals indicating a substantial community fundraising effort and notes on fundraising shortfalls and a forthcoming balance sheet.
Readable fragments indicate a 1904 note about a peppermint cure by Woods for coughs linked to Ronchlal Coughs. Concrete details are sparse but the entry references a product and illness remedy context from that period.
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