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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
4
A verbose account of livestock and produce prizes, classes, entries, and judging for a Geraldton agricultural show. It lists cattle, poultry, and plant categories, rules, prize allocations, exhibit requirements, and logistics including transport and a concert on show night.
Farmers only are invited to apply between 11 am and 3 pm Saturdays at a temporary place run by H and J Brow Marine Terrace until a suitable office is secured for the transaction of business. The office will then be open daily from 9 am to 1 pm, Wednesdays closed.
The usual monthly meeting of the Greenough Road Board was held in the boardroom at Central Gramough. Members present included GB Sowell as chairman, A C Clinch, GT McCartney, R A Wilton, and L Duncan. Accounts totaling £174 17s 2d were approved for Gravel Pit, Fivanet, and £1108 for 30 loads of gravel. Decisions covered gravel removal restrictions for private use, firewood permissions on roads, repairs at South Gramough deemed late for season, and notices to various departments about road works. The secretary reported satisfactory handling of a health matter and a proposed road through Keeffe and Grants properties received, with further inquiry to the Lands Department. The next meeting was scheduled for October 1.
Thoroughbred Trafalgar to stand at Mill Parm Strawberry from August 15 at 3 pounds. Bred by Torpedo from Lady by Field Fair, dam Antoinetre. Trafalgar’s line includes Newmaster and Newminster, with Lady having over 50 career wins. Trafalgar shown form in Western Australia includes Fremantle and Kensington race wins and a high-speed performance profile.
Train timetable notes Geraldton and Walkaway services with daily and Friday patterns. Evening departures at 8 pm and 3.30 pm Saturday shows a Walkaway trip. A daily 20 19 departure to Walkaway is listed except Friday, and Geraldton to Northampton Mire appears in the fragment.
Provisional directors announce the Victoria District Co-operative Flour-Milling Company Limited. A four mill operation at Geraldton adopts a cooperative system where farmers own wheat, participate in milling, and receive flour and by products directly. Wheat will be priced on Perth market value, and profits after expenses distributed to shareholders, with potential export given favorable markets.
A damaged OCR fragment notes wholesalers and retailers in trade terms with mentions of workman ship guarantee and a trial solicited. The legible items reference Hernene Collar Mektra and OTanuxe-Treeace-Genanuran Repatra but lack clear dates or actions.
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