09 Jun 1930
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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian And Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 09, 1930
Page
1
Fragmented text outlines advertising rules and deadlines for classified ads. It mentions special headings, minimum insertions, distinct statement of numbers, repetition rules, and office submission times. Casual ads accepted until 3 pm, with prepublication processing the day before.
Pomiters advertise upholstering services for motor cushions and trimming. Wert Mutt Reid’s located on Marine Terrace offers upholstery work and related services with emphasis on cushions and trim.
Local council discusses calling for plans to improve Busselton Beach area between Queen Street and the jetty line. A £25 prize for the best design is proposed, with talk of permanent improvements, night play spaces, parking, shops, amusements, and shelter trees.
The Young Australia League has promoted farming among local and overseas boys for five years in voluntary capacity. They seek experienced lads aged 17 to 20 for employment and urge farmers needing help to contact the Boy Settlers' Department at 9 Victoria House Perth.
A garbled Q A style list covers diverse topics from geography and astronomy to art and language. It touches Mareu Polof exploration, shorthand synonyms, festival origins, astronomical terms, The Light of the World painter, euphemism meanings, and cultural phrases with historical notes.
Fragmentary notes describe ongoing prison life items and anticipated developments. The readable text hints at internal events and policy shifts, with no clear names or dates provided.
In Delhi's famous bazaar Wan nine of the biggest fires ever seen disrupted trade. An agent of the Mercantile Bank of India stood nearby as the blaze swept through Fatehpuri Fatehpur and the Northwest Clock Tower area, damaging stalls and banks along the thoroughfare.
Unusual daring raid on M King and Co drapers and jewellers Bourke Street Melbourne shows a gang entered between 6 00 and 10 30 pm looted diamond jewellery valued between £9000 and £9060 plus cash £13 500 insured. Theft also targeted silk under clothing. Police report no clue yet.
Bradford June 4. The division of the executive of the textile unions authorising the unions to seek individually the best terms is regained as virtually ending the strife. A general resumption is expected after the Whitsun holidays.
The piece profiles J B Keeffe born 1861, a Victoria District pioneer who faced harsh early WA farming amid long droughts and dust. It recalls his family moves from Greenough to Buck Flats, government wheat assistance, bush work to hold sand back from drift, and Geraldton’s rough frontier as he toiled to survive and support fellow settlers.
Beard in relate experiences of times when he drove through Marine Terrace with his team of six horses often electrified at Puffing Billy the first engine to patrol Gerakiton. Keeffe recalls holding them with strength of Pesek the wrestler as horses were driven through the town where Northampton’s first tram and Keeffe’s youth unfold in the Centenary march. The narrative recalls Victoria Hotel named Welcome Hams and Keeffe’s journey from youth to carter, taking up contracts across the area and earning his way with honesty and zeal amid rough streets and rival rebels.
Johnny Keeffe rose from mining work in the early nineties to a settled cattle and farming life near Yulgoo and Mullewa. He partnered with Frank McGuiness and others to acquire seven thousand acres, built up a substantial sheep and cattle operation, and earned recognition for his public service and development efforts in Western Australia. He maintained strong bank credit after 1915 and became a trusted adviser to government offices on northern regional matters.
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