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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
1
Fragmentary notes show stock remnants of Lino's 641 with wide remnants cleared before new consignments arrive at six shillings per yard. Mentions prices per yard, cat rates, and references to brands and patterns, including Quality Combinations and Wire Etre tehers. The garbled text hints at a local sale or auction item list with incomplete dates and figures.
The report notes talks over three years about railway business with Australia and says no dealings with intermediaries. The chairman Sir George A. Touche states any new negotiations will be direct with the Government and not through intermediaries.
At the annual London meeting chairman Sir George A Tonche reports striking gains in gross receipts rising to £157 071 from a wartime low of £38 000 in 1916. Earnings from general goods traffic up £7 500 to £78 449 with passenger and livestock traffic also higher. Total goods and live stock carried 115 063 tons, mileage 240 131, earnings per train mile 156.08d. Net revenue up to £82 879 from £71 279. Continuous faith in the undertaking noted.
Emigrant Albert Barard Seth Jett, a cinema pioneer who left England 30 years ago for Atserton with few pence, returns to Waterloo Station and recalls early film experiments. He describes developing a three wing shutter to reduce flicker and notes his work with Stuart Blackton, including a Santiago Bay battle reproduction and plans for a full size model battleship scene for Captain Blood.
Odd scribbles describe a tiresome scene with a bad pun and mockery of a racing wind up. The text hints at humorous commentary on tyres and a newspaper style aside about a few sentences of dialogue amid foggy early 20th century phrasing.
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