04 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian And Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1930
Page
1
The report lists sunrise and sunset times for Geraldton on a given date. It provides the daily solar event timings, indicating dawn, sunrise, sunset, and dusk in local time. The data helps readers plan activities around daylight hours for the city.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe moon phases for August, mentioning the full moon and last quarter. The lines reference August, moon phases, and antique spellings, but lack coherent context or complete dates. The readable items point to a miscellaneous astronomical calendar fragment.
Canberra reports on the importation of French flour labeled as Australian into Egypt. Minister Parker Moloney notes the issue exposed in November, threatening Australian flour’s reputation. French authorities stopped the fraud and required future “Made in France” marking, pleasing millowners and reducing subsequent complaints.
The August issue features John Jyicaver from Touple Thuretea and Jungic Nomada among other tales by Bruce Noruma William McLeod Raine and Ruby M Ayres. Also highlighted are Wife and Home niche home magazines with fiction and advice for young wives. Copies are available from newsagents.
The House of Commons debates air safety and maintenance records for passenger airliners. The Air Ministry requires journey, aircraft, and engine records, daily certificates signed by a licensed ground engineer, and annual airworthiness certificates. Inspections are conducted by the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate to ensure high safety standards. Imperial Airways operates long haul services with strong safety records.
A wandering traveler discovers a baby elephant trapped and frees it. The elephant thanks him by lifting him into the air during a circus performance, then sets him down, leaving the traveler humbled by the unlikely bond.
A fragment from the Marine Terrace Pharmacy lists a cuedin dough mixture priced at two and a half cents. No further context or details are legible from the fragment.
In Bombay a disrupted night scene unfolds as nationalist protesters crowd city streets defying police bans. Demonstrators form a long, eerie flow through principal avenues while authorities appeal for calm, yet clashes and tense standoffs persist until dawn.
A Perth accident left Waiter Large aged 28 and a cyclist severely injured after a car driven by Arthur Kirk struck the rider near Guildford. The cyclist suffered severe injuries including fractures and shock, while the car mounted the footpath and had to be towed.
August 4 Perth records a meeting of Government Printer employees unions at Trades Hall in Hindinay Morning. Resolutions condemn part-time work and urge MPs to oppose longer hours and higher wages, claiming it harms workers and provokes strikes.
A fanciful notice promotes an early wireless device named The Smprrin Five. It claims silent operation by a button similar to an electric light switch, can receive distant stations including London and Italy, and suits a drawing room. Local dealers promise trial installations and eager demand abroad.
News from Bunbury reports burglars forced entry by cutting through corrugated iron at the Nar Trading Company shop back. They pilfered small items and cash amounting to £4 1s, left two coats two rugs and a bush rug. Police record notes two more thefts at Boulter’s establishment and a turreted window method.
In a Bunbury court Brady and Maxwell Webb faced charges over £347 in goods from Tippings Limited. Brady pleaded guilty to receiving, Webb was found not guilty after jurors returned a verdict following a half hour deliberation. Maynard, Brady, and Webb were among the defendants with others listed in the case.
The Albany Advertiner reports the consecration of St Margaret's church in July by Bishop Wilton with Archdeacon Key Canon Watson and Br K Wright assisting. The event marks years of Anglican effort to build a house of worship in the district formerly served by St Honifare Brothers.
The Albany Advertiser notes the Seeat Southern Trotting Council as the only club absent from an anti meeting at the Great Southern Trusting Council. The annual report praises progress under council supervision. President and secretary authorized to arrange quotes for a second round of meetings across Nurrogin Norugom and other towns with dates listed.
A lengthy Bunbury Court of Quarter Sessions trial concluded with Giuseppe Bartolo found guilty of stabbing Thawas Cullen at the Railway Hotel in Damnybyook on June 5. Prosecution, led by Mr Gibson, argued Bartolo and companions started the quarrel and returned to strike Cullen after ejection. Medical witness Dr Collis described Cullen’s wounds, while defense counsel denied the assault, noting cast confusion over the events and Bartolo’s intentions.
A long scrambled excerpt presents general knowledge questions and partial answers. Mentions gunpowder inventor Roger Bacon, Russian general von Todleben, Navarre and Henry VI, Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro as capital, and metric definitions. The text mixes questions, dates, and misprints with several historical or factual notes.
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