16 Nov 1939
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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian And Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
1
Mens Striped Ne OA Cea and Spun Silk Shirts offered at special prices on July 6 and July 11. Mens Suspender-Top smart patterns with prices to 2/11 a pair. Boys Golf Socks and suspender tops in grey sizes. Horrockses and Tootal ties newly opened at 2/6. Mens All Wool Bathing Trunks 6/11. Jantzen Bathing Trunks at 14/9 18/6 22/6. Athletic Vests sizes, special 1/6 and 1/11.
Local store advertises bargains on calico and sheeting including 36 inch unbleached calico at 9d per yard and 52 inch bleached bordered damask at 1/11 yard. Also offers flannelette, linoleum, curtain nets, marquise, shadow tissue, and white twill satin with prices and limited stock.
Belmont Park Club lists acceptances for the Saturday meeting with entries across Belmont Plate six furlongs and Maiden Plate events. Notable names include Atorma Jonathan Swift Great Treat Madam Astrastra and Altair along with other runners and weights for the day.
From Ashburton and Gascoyne regions the Midlands sale shows better overall quality than last week, with strong turnout from metropolitan buyers. Heavy weight bullocks and cows drew firmer prices while heavy and medium weight stock sold well, with price ranges mainly between 10 and 14 shillings per 100 pounds and some higher for top lots.
Caracas reports a massive fire at the important port of La Guaira near Maracaibo destroying the port and leaving thousands of oil workers homeless. Dozens dead or injured, ships engulfed, and residents trapped as oil shacks burned.
Acceptances released for the Willistown meeting featuring the Cup Hurdle two miles with runners Whernside Xeviow Glowing Coster Lad Kent Orange Laver Ditters and more. Five furlong sprint entries include Ayden's Son Lramocter Earl Mae Flashlight General Havelock Jum Sabb Mulunda Neutron Vartorr Pollu Barry Madame Come and Noetuene among others.
Early list shows entries for the Goodwood Cup with Monte Hetty, Shasly Treat and Pride in the running, as organizers confirm pre acceptance ahead of the event dates.
The sale at Athtland Junction showed more ewes in medium condition and fewer heavy weight wethers with prices varied and uncertain. Prices ranged with heavy weights around quoted scales, lambs including suckers, and multiple animal classes listed with fluctuating bids.
The article explains how soldiers may make informal wills without formal attestation by two witnesses, allowing oral statements to comrades or written notes and notebooks. It notes prior practice of expressing wishes to officers and a Roman rule that a will void after a year, with a cited English comic example and a Probate Court case denying continued effect after emancipation.
A scrambled list of one mile and three furlong contenders for the Caulfield Eclipse Stakes on the 21st, with varied prices and several garbled horse names. The field includes Catatogue, ToAighon, Malkai, Kuxtlong, Desert Chief, Corum, Red Salle, Hib torian, Prince Slum Ta, The Progeny, Frit Prince, David Spear, Winterset, Mur rars, Lawson, Tiviers, and others amid odd spellings and uncertain figures.
The British Expeditionary Force in France supposedly has 25,000 motor vehicles and 17,000 tons of petrol, boosting mobility and logistics for the western front. Reports claim trains and road networks enable rapid troop movement, while Germany faces tighter fuel constraints. Allies show superior mobility and supply as war develops.
Messrs Killer Smith Co Ltd conducted their monthly marker at Naengulu on Wednesday yarding 1 senad oadd WAZ. Twelve cattle and several lines of young ewes and lambs were yarded with buyers from Mingenew, Curiam and Perenjori keen. Prices met late-rate levels with strong demand for crossbred ewes and weaners. cattle consisted of steer and heifer calves, cows with calves, and dry cows, sold at satisfactory prices.
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