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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1913
Page
2
J Hpuant, auctioneer, conducts sale from Mer P J Cae's home. Items include two double beds, duchess chest, wardrobe, toilet set, bedcovers, dining table with chairs, rugs, lamps, stove, curtains and various linoleum and small furnishings. Sale scheduled Saturday at 2 o'clock sharp.
Special trains from Geraldton and Three Springs on Show Day will return the same day. Roturo fares apply and are available for Show Day and the following day. Secretary Rudall invites public attention to timetable details and travel times.
Shipping agents Marshall, Datzery and Co report vesels movements including MMV liners arriving at Fremantle from Paris on Saturday. Fremantle to Fremantle trips to Geraldton, Adelaide for Freemantle. scheduled departures to Western States, Melbourne, Sydney, and North Queensland routes with details on vessels Bullarea Wandilla Paroo and others, plus transhipping and port calls noting dates late September to October.
A Monday issue dated September 15 1913 in Geraldton features notices from the Geraldton Advertiser and the Geraldton Express. The two papers are referenced in relation to wartime or advertising material of the era.
Front page notes discuss farm management in Valeo News and a Geraldton tram view. Reports cover travel from Waaden to fialdjon, a proposed Upper Chapman speed limit debate, and plans for a railway refreshment station. The Northampton Show, a public meeting on town improvements, and a Wesley Church event are also noted along with talks on freezing works and local industry potential.
Notes on Mullowa crop prospects describe exceptionally promising conditions with recent rains reviving ground. Perth Chamber of Commerce president Jathlam foresees a bountiful harvest and brighter miners and pastoral sectors, aided by wise administration and immigration. Obituary details a Tyacka correspondent reporting the death of MecCuinness, son of My Txt McCiiveness, aged about seventeen, with a large funeral in Geraldton and a list of mourners and attendees. Forecast predicts southeast to northeast winds turning easterly with occasional rain over agricultural districts.
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