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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian And Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1929
Page
1
Classified note offers cheap newsprint paper printed or printed for sale. Details include unprinted 18/8 ent. printed 13d and Thursday 10/-. Includes packing extras floralitow News papers Limited.
Readers are invited to enter a writing competition tied to the Guardian Express. Submissions should be original, under seven hundred words, include the entrant name, and may be published at the editor's discretion. The contest urges true, front line avoidance and seeks varied Mary types in true accounts.
The Daily News notes a French portraitist and a critic argue women are more beautiful today than in past ages. They claim beauty lasts longer and peaks between ages 25 and 30, driven by field sports and health knowledge. Woods’ peppermint cure is mentioned as a remedy.
A squib from a 1910s era column outlines a general knowledge quiz series titled How Much Do You Know originated in England as The Daily Dusea. It invites submissions and poses questions on Chaplin, the Tichborne case, Regina professor, macadam, the Ku Klux Klan, the Indian Mutiny, and other topics with a blend of historical notes and speculative answers.
Melbourne reports a timber strike settlement involving Webb and Lukin awards and employer concessions. The agreement retains base wages, raises marginal rates, and increases Webb award conditions, with 44 hour work limits for certain roles. Unions can seek future changes via the Arbitration Court, and absorption of previously employed artisans is included.
A June London address by A J Cunk criticizes Labour and warns against adopting rival party methods. He urges the government to honour its pledge to repeal the Eight Hours Act and defends socialist principles amid internal party tensions.
Berlin reports that after listening to Herr Sresemann on talks in Madrid and Paris, the Cabinet approves the experts reparations plan as a basis for the forthcoming conference of governments, but insists on simultaneous settlement of outstanding water and land questions from the world war.
In Sodom on June 27 British cabinet decides no immediate withdrawal from the Rhineland. Withdrawal to form part of a general agreement expected from the Reparations Conference, delaying action until post conference negotiations.
A visitor named Harding, traveling from Innisfail via Catron, fell at Fishers Creek Waterfall in Queensland after reportedly lining the falls to take photos. He plunged 30 feet from the top, then a further 20 feet, dying after a two hour delay as a party organized to assist arrived. Authorities believe the deceased originated from WHA.
Melbourne June 21 A conference of unionists affiliated with the Trades Hall pledged itself to a campaign throughout Australia against the abolition of the Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Court.
California’s Park Commission sent Major F I Burnham on a timber country tour to study reafforestation. He visited Perth, South Africa, and Kenya Colony to observe methods for conserving timber resources and establishing wildlife sanctuaries.
A septuagenarian named Mary Pannell was moved to the Portsmouth Workhouse after a search turned up £50 in coins in her room. A later room sweep uncovered £1200 bundled in paper amid shop litter. Officials then found additional coins including £250 in gold, bringing the total to £2200.
The Grazi¢es' Federal Council this week debated prohibiting export of Australian stud show expertise to Nearly Arica. The council recommends to the Federal Government that all materials used to make writeial fertilisers should be available to users at the lowest possible cost, to Empire con.
The Friday gathering of Country Women drew interest from rural areas beyond town. Mrs. Price praised broad participation and noted funds would aid district welfare, with produce stalls and gifts welcomed for the restroom project aiding community needs. Mrs. Vernon Newell explained future use of the restroom.
A historical note touts Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for coughs colds and influenza. The ad claims rapid relief through a peppermint based formula marketed to households seeking domestic remedies.
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