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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
3
On the Western Front heavy cannonading pounds both banks of the Meuse. French repulse two German attacks on the California Plateau. British air forces report notable successes in patrols and bombardment missions.
Russians retreat from Riga and shorten their line amid heavy losses. Enemy uses asphyxiating gas as Italians press the assault. A major clash unfolds north of Gorizia with Pola bombarded by an aerial fleet.
War weeklies report French sector attacks on the Met river front. Germany’s forces claim two French attache casualties on the California plateau and exchange heavy artillery with Allied lines. Air raids and aerial combat across multiple fronts yield several bombed targets and several machines shot down with some losses reported.
G Gaenbent Voltinaly, on the Tassian front, reports that German forces faced and repelled enemy gas shelling near Riga. Counterattacks with bayonets drove the enemy back to the river as defenders advanced along a widening front.
Telegrams list acceptances for events to be run at Kalgoorlie including Kurrawang Hurdles Moon con Warumpie Mullayarings Weber Lax Golden City Adosto Hedersi Mate Fire division and many others across multiple plates and divisions. The names cover numerous horses and entries such as Mount King Splice Gun Oxran Fideliter and Flying Btar among a long roster of contenders in the forthcoming meeting.
Kalgoorlie September 6 starting times for the third day’s racing list events including the Kurrawang Hurdle and multiple Federal Plate divisions. Times include 9 p.m for the First Division, 9 p.m. for the Second Division, 4.20 p.m for the Third Division and 5 p.m for Farewell fond.
Fragmentary verse describes Torreson and a great peppermint cure. The lines mention storm clouds and coughing, with odd spellings and unclear context.
Old newspapers recount mining hopes in Geraldton with notes on Wheal Alpha and Peterwangy prospects. Reports mention a large shipment of ore, experiments testing gold yields, copper transit, and staged railway disruptions affecting Stage Hands unions and freight movements in 1877 1879.
Geraldton Quarter Sessions discharged a woman charged with discharging a revolver at the Geraldton Hotel on August birth with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The trial recounted drink fuelled scenes in the saloon and a confrontation with Mrs Todd, ending with a not guilty verdict on the final round.
The August board meeting presided by Mr T. I. For listed members including Mensra Smith Tuchanan Calder Maynart McCartnes and JG Baker. Aimed to discuss funding for road repairs amid washouts and impending winter. the Secretary instructed to engage the Works department and pursue a special grant for the Mt. rin Creek Bridges. An appeal from the Mrstisated Noosa Society was heard. a special Sunday meeting on September 16 at Nabascan to form working committees was planned. A letter from the Fast Chapman Program Association regarding a bridge crossing at Naern Tatra was read. the board asked the Works Department for a 9 special grant. Licences were discussed with immediate action to collect arrears, and a list of arrears in West Ward would be prepared for the next meeting. The Secretary was to contact the Farmer and Settlers Association of Yuna about arrears and water issues. a committee would inspect roads and urge voluntary work at contract fees. Accounts totalling 248 38 fd were approved for payment.
A disputed correspondence letter criticizes the governor’s planned visit to Geraldton, accusing local officials and townspeople of improper etiquette and arrogance. The writer argues against lavish reception and laments the insult to citizens, praising a cautious approach by the mayor and councillors.
A Greenough voter appeal from a Nationalist candidate outlines wartime priorities such as high living costs and soldier repatriation. He stresses independence from party caucus, pledges service to the electorate, and promises to address centers across the constituency if trusted with higher duties. He urges electors to withhold promises until an address is made.
A period advertisement advises buffered magnesia to counteract indigestion and dyspepsia by neutralizing stomach acid after meals. It claims reducing fermentation and gas formation eases distension and supports normal digestion, noting various tablet forms and urging customers to request the physician’s prescribed brand.
The writer urges Greenough electors to back an amendment expanding the Assistance Board Act beyond wheat farming and granting inspectors power to ease wastiness between the board and farmers. Proposed development of mineral fields from White Peak to Alala with a twenty mile depth, and a seaport smelter at Gerahiton capable of thirty tons daily, with public hearings planned at central locations.
Authorized by Jas Mickey and Geralilton, the entry bears Moy reference dated September 55 1917. Details are fragmentary, but indicate a formal permission or endorsement linked to the named individuals.
The readable content is fragmentary and lacks coherent events or identifiable names. No verifiable action, place, date, or organization can be determined from the surviving OCR snippet.
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