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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled names and places, mentioning a bridge and agricultural token. No coherent event or identifiable entities. Unable to determine a factual news item from the readable lines.
Community notices from Geraldton encompass travel changes for special train services to Yuna, local council debates on stray dogs and embezzlement arrests, farm open days, fundraising rules, and an expanded war loan drive. Also covered are vice regal visit plans, weathering public notices, and recruiting tallies across states.
Government orders regulate fundraising for patriotic funds with strict timing. Applications to hold entertainments must be lodged a week prior, subject to local committees and the Department of Repatriation Perth. Advertisements must credit authority, and certain gambling devices are banned. Obituary notice follows.
Perth reports a writ for libel issued by W N Hedges against A J Monger. The claim cites a letter to T H Booth of Mt Barker Coal Storage Co operative Society read at a meeting, alleging false statements aimed at influencing voters against Hedges. Monger refuses to retract. solicitors warn of further action.
Personal note from Mel Wilson of Woodlum TM Gremorgh confirms his son Driver George Wilson was wounded. Driver Wilson enlisted in Geraldton in January 1916. Private Fred James of Three Springs, away at the front about 18 months, has returned home and will be welcomed by friends in literary circles at Three Springs.
Church notices list services at St John s Presbyterian Church led by Rev E F Cameron with 11 am and 7 30 pm times. Catholic and Salvation Army schedules appear with Masses and prayer meetings. Local Methodist and other church entries note service times and brief hymns or solos.
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