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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
4
A long, dense account describes party strategy and factional tensions over selection ballots and leadership leanings. It mentions Mr Broun and Mr Wilson, Labor and Liberal figures, and focuses on deficits, political rhetoric, and public sentiment amid a degenerate age.
The Vie tara Royal Commission report on marketing transport and storage of grain notes past failures to meet wheat producers obligations and argues against bulk handling weighing unfairly on communities. It says Australian wheat fetches high prices and a greener grading system could improve results. In Western Australia Tammin reports extreme heat and drought slowing crops, though towns 10 miles north show thriving yields, signaling a mixed season.
A note on cream composition explains that Mille Fat content and high sugar presence previously caused impurity. It announces Fussell's Pure Tick Cream as a solution, claiming absolute sterility and hermetically sealed packaging available from grocers and storekeepers across towns.
A letter argues the case for cooperative reform in Australia, detailing its two main aspects and the dividend on purchases as a key driver. It traces the movement from savings to increased wages, noting the cooperative society's role as a wage‑earner's saving bank and its impact on working families.
An early article presents a physician’s critique of stomach complaints linked to acidity. It argues that most intestinal troubles arise from a deranged stomach, condemns patent medicines and medical treatment, and endorses using saturated magnesia after meals with hot or cold water. It stresses removing acidity as the key to relief and cites the doctor’s experience and warnings.
A discussion notes the cooperative movement's appeal across parties, citing New South Wales societies in Newcastle Maitland and Sydney and a NSW Halmain cooperative Society with significant turnover and dividends. It analyzes political positioning, wage concerns, and the potential for labor and liberal support, ending with a note on Geraldton Labour selection and Libs’ bid to win the seat.
A letter urges voters to back Hellmann as the strongest, most reliable Labor choice and condemns candidate 4 C Marnett for bending Labor principles. It argues Marnett once ran as an independent in a mayoral contest and warns against twisting positions for votes, urging straightforward voting for victory.
Lands open for selection in the Local Land District of Victoria include multiple parcels. Notable entries list A Olinsr, Tavcation, and W Caler with forfeited Conditional Purchases and Homestead options. Locations 4634 Wilacres and 3115 show acres priced at 138 and 128 per acre respectively. Additional parcels total 1,900 acres at 64, metacrn, and 50 geres at 8.6d per acre, with several abandonments and forfeited Conditional Purchases noted.
Mining notes from the Black Range West 1 describe measurements in drives with data on last att reel in the south drive averaging 1s over a width of Af Gin. The north drive reports the last WH averaging 1003 over a width of an.
Mrs Elizabeth Wilstead of Boulder City West Australia recalls her five year old daughter Ethel suffering from spreading pimply sores that caused hair loss. A friend's advice to use Zam-Buk dressings led to dramatic improvement as the scalp healed and hair regrew. Zam-Buk is promoted for skin wounds burns and other injuries.
Fragmentary OCR mentions months and names including Geraldton Kapren and Tynelose Addresa with Wolfe's Somnats in a sale context. Details are unclear but indicate an event tied to dates and local names, resembling a public notice or catalog fragment from a period paper.
A testimonial from Mrs. A Bristow credits Comstock’s Dead Shot Worm Pellets with eradicating thread worms in both a child and an adult. The letter praises the product as a completely vegetable remedy, claims rapid results after multiple boxes, and notes a positive toll on health and weight. It promotes the pellets as available from chemists and retailers for two shillings per packet, with post paid shipment from The W. H. Eomerick Co. Ltd, 38 Langton Street, Sydney.
A medical admonition condemns strong purgatives for children noting they harm growing bodies and weaken adults too. It endorses gentle remedies like California Syrup of Figs as soothing, effective, and child friendly, urging parents to request the genuine product under its blue trademark.
The Geraldton College program by the Prevention Nuns showcases high standards with 130 certificates from institutions including Adelaide University and University of London. Students earned first class honors in bookkeeping shorthand and typewriting while lower grades received shorthand and music certificates. Commercial training emphasizes bookkeeping shorthand and business correspondence preparing for public service and chamber exams.
Private lessons in model drawing geometrical and art subjects available at two guineas per term. Shorthand and other techniques taught at reduced rates. Further details from The Hevfrend Mother.
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