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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 19, 1913
Page
4
Melbourne wool sale reports strong demand with over five thousand bales offered. Prices held steady for good and mixed crossbred wools while finer lots saw confident bidding. Notable sales included consignments from Wallace Hosahula and others, with top prices around 18, and catalogued lots achieving satisfactory results.
A reporter journeys by train from Mul lewa to Morawa and back, detailing the harsh dawn chill, the Pullman comfort, and the vast undeveloped wheat country. He notes crops near Pintharuka Morawa and Perenjori, praises land quality in scrub plains, and cites potential yields and freight costs shaping settlement prospects. He observes young workers, optimistic mood, and underscores rail routes guiding future growth.
Mining notes report Mt Magnet as a top escort site with strong gold finds last week. Mentions good specimen of gold ore near ML and a new find. outlines Christmas and New Year wires, with early Bird and Empress tonnage figures and some capital returns.
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The Presentation Numa conducts Geraldton College overlooking the Liay with Tudor features and medieval style details. The latest annual report shows 130 certificates from Adelaide University Reel Academy and success in arithmetic French geography and music. Certificates awarded in shorthand typing and commercial exams with honors and diplomas across multiple grades.
Private lessons in drawing water color painting carving woodwork and needlework available. Typewriting with shorthand taught at half a guinea per term. Tuition in theory of music and other subjects also offered. Prospectus and details from the Reverend Mother.
A postal time table lists daily and weekly mail departures from Geraldton and numerous stations including Tibraddyn, Ellendale, Fremantle, Midland Junction, Moora, Three Springs, Walkaway, Narngulu, Dongarra, Murchison line towns, Pindar Warata, Yalgoo, Mullewa, Sandstone, Tenindewa, Moonyoonooka, Kooterina, Taligram Station, Upper Chapman, Nerching, and Yorna. Departures range from early morning to late evening with multiple days specified such as Tuesdays Fridays and Sundays.
A dense roster of businesses and service providers in Geraldton including shipping agents, drapers, timber and hardware merchants, agricultural machinery suppliers, and listings for hotels, undertakers, auctioneers, and telegraph agencies. Named entities include Doan's Pills, Dalgety & Co, Melbourne Steamship Co, Williams Pink Pills, and local firms on Marine Terrace and Geraldton streets.
A fragmented 19th century advertisement lists Sheaton & Co. and multiple firms selling farming implements such as windmills fencing wire and wire netting, plus wines and liquors. It promotes Geraldton Express with weekly editions and a yearly subscription, and touts W. Zimpal’s showroom for household furnishings and advice.
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