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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian And Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1930
Page
1
A letter from Wis Halliday criticizes critics who praise or condemn Western Australian goods without experience. He argues primary produce and manufactured goods compare with the best, but lack recognition due to public prejudice and foreign agents. He urges West Australians to judge quality themselves and resist external influence.
Leaders including Dodson and Huerta pressed Bunbury Harbour to deepen berths to handle refrigerated fruit vessels. The motion for urgent additional deep berth accommodation passed unanimously as they warned the port’s current limits hinder growth and proposed a 30 ft berth at the jetty end pending cost estimates.
A prison riot in Rangoon Gaol erupts as convicts assault warders. Dozens are reported killed or injured amid an apparently organized attack by inmates. The chaos disrupts the facility and draws emergency response to quell the uprising.
Melbourne reports that Victoria Tasmanian and South Australia have signaled deletion of the new holding law while Western Australia will be last to decide. Umpire rulings are deemed inconsistent and the game is said to be spoiled by the amendments, leading to a move to revert to the former practice.
Geraldiani cipal Council resolved to appoint two valuators for 1930 31, write rate book, and compile electoral list. Applications opened after May 4, with bids from 100 to 2400 guineas. Council eventually appointed Maxsim K. Teit and W R Brede at 100 guineas and £12 respectively, citing economy and revenue needs.
Berlin reports Professor A B Eddington told a world power conference that mastering subatomic energy could power a 100000 kilowatt generating station within two years. He warned fuel costs would be eliminated and energy would be inherited by all matter, but tapping such energy would require heating matter to 49000000 degrees Celsius, making commercial prospects unlikely.
District notes a improving week with sunshine and abundant feed. Farmers have mostly finished cropping, rainfall measured at 119 points for the week ending June 25. Mt Erin school plot shows 24 wheat varieties and diverse grains. children eagerly expect harvest at the school display.
In wet conditions on Sunday 24th Nabawa Mo and Nanson contested a tight country football match. Nanson edged Nabawa 5 goals 12 behinds to 4 goals 9 behinds as H Crabbe and J Thomas stood out amid slippery play and heavy tackles.
New York June 23 Anthony Ruffa mayor of Atlantic City and three companions died when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railway train thirty miles from Atlantic City. Ruffa recently returned from a Philadelphia holiday after grand jury exoneration on graft charges. Bodies mangled, identity unclear amid wreckage.
Vancouver reports Canada and the United States push a coordinated highway frontier northward. Current roads reach 450 miles from Vancouver while US plans connect inland Alaska routes, aiming to link Fairbanks to Point Barrow within five years. The project envisions motor routes along Arctic coasts to the Mackenzie River and overland to Edmonton Alberta.
The Nabawa Club lodged a protest against Geo Kale playing, arguing he did not reside within the association’s fixed ruling. Kale has been with the Namson team for years and has worked around Nansen and Geraldton, having appeared in two matches.
The report notes Nanson facing a boundary fix and a possible protest affecting services of their captain. It argues the Association should grant special permits for veteran players beyond the radius, with Nanson the only team affected under current rules, urging a parity of centres as in League District Football.
A fragmented passage notes that more than one percent of government funds go toward education. It mentions Mexico’s twenty years and makes unclear references to ancient Greece and parsley, yielding a disrupted, uncertain context.
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