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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 21, 1917
Page
2
The writer argues against prizes and notes past patriotic donations but urges the committee to mobilize promptly. They praise the show ground’s superior appointments and location outside the Metropolitan area and insist it should not remain unused, urging serious consideration and action.
The Geraldton Advertiser calls for resuming the Agricultural Show as a sign of revival after wartime disruptions. It argues a show would boost morale, attract migration, and advertise the district’s prospects, urging community action and public support to revive the event.
A chaotic OCR fragment reports a local railway accident with an engine and eight trucks derailing on the Collie Arrunswick line on May 16. No passengers were hurt. driver and fireman escaped with minor injuries. O'Neil, a popular railway employee, died after being struck on the track, leaving a wife and six children.
A letter from Lady Ruby Carson requests support for the British and Foreign Sailors Society during wartime. It urges street collection in London on June 1 or May, praising the society’s relief work for sailors, widows, orphans, and aged mothers. Donors are asked to contact the mayor or the society’s officers to contribute.
A wartime casualty roster lists soldiers from the northern part of the State, naming drivers, privates and corporals reported wounded or missing. It notes Private Jacksmyth of the 16th Battalion as missing since April 11 after fighting at Porieres and other engagements, with his mother Mrs Smyth of Marine Terrace receiving the news.
An old fragmented advertisement urges frugality with the word economise and promotes Victoria Balloon as a concept or product and Wolfe’s Schnapps as a companion beverage. The text emphasizes effort and cost, framing a sales tone for a period advertisement.
A long, wartime letter recounts Trooper Tom’s injury in action with the 2nd Battalion unit. He was shot in the thigh and shoulder, crawled toward a trench as shelling intensified, and later vanished when bombardment severed access to the field. Fellow soldiers, officers, and friends weave his courage with reports of digging in a shell hold and stretcher crews unable to reach him for days.
Geraldton plans to fill a quota of 33 men for the Light Horse unit with rapid recruiting. More volunteers are sought and local horsemen will assist in a campaign described as a carsean effort. A reinforcement day is set for June 4 with potential additional actions on June 8. Committees may hold demonstrations to suit the occasion. a recruiting meeting will occur this week and results announced later.
The readable parts describe a fragmentary notice or article with garbled wording mentioning an average family, a cough remedy, and a shop or store name possibly Geraldton Express and a few names. The text is damaged and partial.
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