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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1909
Page
4
A Victorian era advertorial extols Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy for aging ailments. It links kidney and liver health to relief from rheumatism indigestion neuralgia backache and general debility. The copy urges readers to write Warner and Co to receive a descriptive treatise via post.
A crowded Recreation Reserve witnessed a lively Mullewa Sports program on Monday afternoon, King’s Birthday holiday, featuring multiple events and winners. Highlights included Hop, Step and Jump, races, and novelty contests with notable performances by Thomson, Stokes, Cameron, Whitehurst, and Mace, among others, in front of a festive crowd at the Railway Horn location.
The will dated August 19, 1909 appoints W A Trustee Co as executor. Legacies include £100 to wife, £50 to Methodist Home Mission, £25 to local institutes, plus Wan Uetoo farm to Eric. Residue to trustees with conditions, life policy premiums for Rita, and staged shares for children on reaching age milestones.
F C Towler of Marine Terrace Geraldton advertises all classes of printing at five wadtet five figures with adrh.
Nov 20 report from Porth notes fine weather and good racing. Hurdle, Flying Handicaps, and November Handicap listed with bets and odds. Latest scratchings include Pow Town, Kooringa, Brakes, Hoastil, Olicaster. Betting market details show Adriatic and other doubles interest at Perth.
Opening day saw Geraldton score 66 while Railways trusted Otto Kelly who struck 63 and left the AK to chase five to tie. Final figures show steady batting with Kelly taking 7 for 50 in bowling as the day closed amid excitement over the potential result. A Melbourne journalist praises the Countess of Dudley as Australia’s finest female speaker, contrasting royal and political oratory and lauding her wit and delivery.
A garbled column notes Wilfred Motrison as a Toronto born singer set to tour New York to San Francisco and Australia, with a £100 weekly wage for a year. It mentions Lord Kitchener as Ipswich High Steward, Lord Nelson’s predecessor, and other biographical snippets. Also covers Taft’s clothing misadventure, Melba’s philanthropy, Sam Weller’s 1823 hatter business in Ramsgate, and general chatter on South Africa policy and the North Pole controversy.
Visitors to Pertha will be able to purchase copies of that Express at Mr Albert's News Agency Central Arcade between Wellington and Murray Streets nearly opposite the Railway Station. Also from Mr Patera G P O Dookrtedl 0 Ut
Sydney reports show progress toward settlement as Premier Hughes signals an open conference. Telegrams from coal districts demand open talks to resolve grievances while northern miners resist, yet proposals for joint mine operation with proprietors near completion pending a response by next week.
Miners' grievances list eight hour shifts from entry to exit, no work on Saturdays, higher lighting from safety lamps, no extra levy per ton, all colliery work to be unionized, payment for coal handled, minimum coal seam height, and direct contracts with the union to ensure living wages.
A miner named Olen suffered severe injuries from a guliginite explosion in a copper mine on the Corchilla holding Bourks district. He crawled 200 feet from the shaft and walked a half mile home. Exam showed disfiguring injuries including a broken pelvis, eye damage, and multiple lacerations with gravel embedded in flesh. His condition is precarious.
Melbourne reports a near fatal incident as three miners named Williams Puckey and Aitken were working when rock fell. Williams was buried to his waist and Puckey lost his boots yet suffered only a foot injury. Aitken joined the rescue but was struck on the head with a scalp wound. Williams was freed and taken to hospital. In separate news, the Senate discussed the Commonwealth and States Financial Agreement with speeches from Monthsry Porres and Lynch opposing the bill.
In Mt Sir Samuel resident George Young and a companion were returning from a turkey hunt when their trap struck a stump and overturned. Young's loaded gun discharged, injuring his hand and necessitating amputation of a finger. Doctor Crocks hopes to save the hand.
The Gersidton Express lists public notices published on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. The notice page includes residents and addresses within the state for twelve months, with targeted postings affecting multiple individuals.
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