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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
1
Fresh from the farms a consignment of quality chicken and turkeys. Orders welcomed by phone for delivery or ready cooks. Special meals and luncheon options offered with home delivery and event services. Guardian agents listed for distribution.
Wise & Co publish a comprehensive Western Australia directory covering Perth Fremantle suburba areas and many towns. The work claims extensive reach across 3 168 472 square miles and notes alphabetical townships and a trades directory serving business in the state.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Runge area and SereiMion with unclear context. Readable words include LOTO and SUAREIAR, but no complete names, dates, or events emerge to specify the item. The note appears to be a disjointed geographic or administrative reference without a clear action or outcome.
A London style advertorial reports dozens of cures with the new Onene or Oneue for head noises and catarrh. A 76 year old tester Mr Thomas Winglade of Borden Hants praises the remedy and requests more orders by money order to West Comydon.
A republished letter from a Gas and Oil Power correspondent describes German destruction of Belgian and Northern French industry during World War I. It details factory pillage, war production coercion, and the removal or destruction of machinery, turbines, and tools, with locations including Usines de Chiers Lomany and Saint Rehaire, and mentions trains, breweries, and cement works seized or ruined to fuel the German war effort.
A wartime reminiscence discusses Miss Olive Dent and other nurses who discard traditional garb and adopt practical attire and modern slang. It praises nurses for balancing mercy with practical efficiency, while soldiers favor nonchalance, stoic courage, and frank camaraderie. The piece reflects on the evolving role of women in the war and the spiritual impact of nursing on soldiers.
The article argues for systematic preliminary training for air service personnel, combining science and engineering to prepare future officers. It notes East London College announcing a preliminary routine for aviators and praises the step while urging broader measures to reduce unnecessary risk and strengthen national defense.
The Minister for Industries and the Council of Industrial Development advance a scheme to build wooden ships in the state. Contractor Mr R well advances talks with Commonwealth scheme leaders and shipyards. Naval architect Mr Farquhar, ex White’s Shipbuilding, joins with expert input to push practical plans forward.
YALCA secretary Mr A Wilson returned from New Zealand where rabbits flourish in Central Otago and Cromwell amid Australia-like climate. Rabbits swam rivers to reach grassy plots, with one man earning £600 last year. Rabbits introduced fifty years ago near Queenstown multiplied despite poison, traps, and shooting, prompting farmers to fear paddocks and sheep losses.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a stay and Bas a ghee amid med irate orders. The readable items point to unclear actions without concrete names, places, or dates.
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