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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian And Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1938
Page
1
The May report notes 34 points of rainfall over four days, rainfall for May over nine years averaging 148 points, and limited germination with poor growth due to uneven rain. Planting in paddock C finished May 2 with about 18 acres sown on stubble and stock feed. Stock conditions are fair, animals being hand fed. natural fodder is scarce.
By Hugh K. MacLean the author critiques the State Government for delaying action on youth employment following Royal Commission findings by Justice Woolf. He accuses ministers of masterly inactivity while urgent reforms and proper funding are left moot, hindering the welfare of unemployed youth.
A South Western Times interview with R P Parris and Farris discusses fox control strategies near Winnegup and Royup Brook. They advocate summer poisoning using parrots baited with strychnine or rabbit organs, buried near sheep camps, with foxes scavenging at dawn. They recount sightings of a fox attacking a ewe and lamb protection by the flock.
Damage totaling 10000 pounds occurred at the Adelaide Stock Exchange this afternoon a blaze trapped six firemen and caused two to collapse before others rescued them. Fire crews battled the flames and saved the injured, with investigations into the incident underway.
London reports another British ship, Isadora L212, bombed and badly damaged in Castellon port, with later claims it sank. The French steamer Brisbane suffered an attack at Denia. Britain contemplates supporting an international air patrol and questions of Spain’s involvement and the patrol's potential scope.
A report on Australia’s administration of New Guinea, detailing governance, native welfare, labor practices, and economic aims. The piece highlights protected native rights, voluntary labor, copra and cocoa industries, mining, agriculture, and the seven district structure with government departments. It notes missionary work, native census efforts, and significant European plantation and administration roles.
June 10 report details more RAF raids in Spanish waters. The steamer Thorpelaven sank after a strike at Alicante while the Staiway was machine gunned by a lone seaplane. An unidentified merchant vessel was bombed at Ben Casin with twelve killed and nine wounded. Gandia port was bombed again as two Huntley cruisers head there. High officials remain in constant consultation as new hostilities appear likely.
Reports from insurgent sources say loyalist resistance is crumbling along the Tervel-Cistellon front as insurgents advance rapidly and inflict heavy losses.
George Waldeck, born in Dongarra, is a great grandson of PFW Waldeck who settled in Western Australia in 1802. He followed a lineage of Moravian and Methodist missionary work among Australian natives and later prepared for Bolivian Indian Mission service by training at Norseman and East Fremantle Baptist Church. He recently visited his home district delivering lectures before departing for South America.
The article promotes a nightly facial cleansing ritual using Charmosan cream. It instructs massaging the face neck and chest to remove makeup and impurities, then wiping away with a towel. Morning washing and applying Charmoin cream and powder are recommended for smoothness and wrinkle prevention.
Trade note records Charmosan cold cream sold in boudoir jars at 2 shillings per jar and tubes at 1 shilling. Available everywhere through chemists, drapers, and stores.
Fragmented text describes a vivid sequence through familiar places with references to an attack using arrows and a remarkable societal shift. It mentions witnesses and a person named Justice Roar and hints at economic pendulums and a dramatic change within six months, ending with a fragmented note about a pet American figure.
A military airliner carrying the Minister for Defence narrowly escaped disaster over the Upper Murray Valley when sleet storms degraded instruments. The craft, en route to Metlbourne, forced to land eighty miles from Albury, with Lieut. Cairrint managing a controlled descent into rugged terrain as conditions worsened.
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