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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 20, 1918
Page
2
Shipping updates note Meare Bares Fatle are limited while teers van cure aa fol follows. Kurnalpi is expected to resume her coastal service early next month.
The fragmentary notice references the Geraldton Express and a connection to WMD. Details are unreadable, but the item appears to be a local article teaser about the newspaper and a regional topic.
A fragmented report cites a Newmarket stakes winner Somme Kis and stray details about the Western Trader journal published in Perth. It mentions government contracts for Moora Post Office repairs, a court filing for Charles James Francisco, and a jewellery theft in Sydney with two suspects fleeing toward the School of Arts. Western Australia premier Theo Lafray discusses state loans to fund shipyards and industrial缓 development with local families watching the plan.
The Rev James Heady was sentenced at Wellington Police Court to eleven months on two sedition charges for seditious utterances at Greymouth. The report also covers Wheat Pools payments in Australia, a Perth theater company season, Claremont railway inquiry, Geraldton parish meeting, a frivolous question in Parliament, torpedoed steamers losses, Returned Soldiers meeting, and weekly temperature readings with weather outlook.
An OCR readout narrates the death of an elderly prospector named John Masti during a Hawaiian civil event. It also references a group called the Rogge Thirteen who searched for gold in Morchihon fields in the early 107% era, implying a historic mining trail and fateful losses.
Personal notices report the death in action of Private Richard Kevin Downes in France after a long service including Egypt. His sister Mra W. Arnold Mullena receives the heartbreaking news, while references to other wounded and fallen soldiers from Western Australia connect local families to the widespread conflict.
In a letter to the council, a Geraldton ratepayer asks why the town should keep funding a trading concern with about £30,000 of ratepayers’ money. He urges expense reviews, cuts to clerical costs, and proposes separating the works from the electric light station to foster competition and improve returns.
A sealed bottle found ashore on the South Beach by Mr John Kelly of the Railways Department contained a paper about soldiers and a note that it was thrown from a transport carrying troops to the front. Miss E Kelly and her mother wrote to two lonely soldiers and received a reply from Ronald Cooper dated March 15 1918 from an English camp. He mentions a priest Father Goodman and a Geraldton priest’s ties to Kelly.
At the Geraldton Police Court this morning before Mr R Gee RM two men faced charges from May 18 on Marine Terrace. One pleaded guilty to drunkenness and obscene language, receiving fines and short imprisonment. Two others were charged with hindering a constable and assault, with fines levied and costs imposed after detailing the night's disturbances and intoxication.
The 2. Douglas Mawson from Port Gregory with 2500 bags of salt arrived at Geraldton and sails for Fremantle after loading stores. Inspector Holmes reports a suicide attempt aboard the 23 Oberon between Point Sampson and Carnarvon. A charity euchre and dance will be held tonight at Oddfellows Hall for the Cathedral Building Fund.
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