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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 29, 1924
Page
2
A collection of brief notices recalling April passings and expressions of sympathy. Delicate tributes mark the deaths of Ferran, Alfred John, Dornell, and a late Mrs Hall, with thanks to friends and relatives for kindness, letters, and support during bereavement.
Iphe friends of the late John Con Nolly of Georgina are respectfully informed that his remains will leave his late residence Georgina at 10 am tomorrow for the Anglican Cemetery Greenough. G Lester undertaker.
Local items show corrections in the Upper Chapman Road Board rent election names Jupp misprint and notices about light-house construction on the north west coast of Western Australia. Ministerial correspondence confirms Kyogie replacement vessel, new lights at Legundre Island and Sandy Bay with plans to start Bay lights work after obtaining necessary stat n. Also announces a £100 travel book competition from Duckworth Co with entry forms via literary agent Mr. Raymund Savage and notes on The English Review imperial supplement and rising distribution.
The piece discusses transforming Flagstaff Hill into park space near Queen's Park as part of Geraldton harbor works. It notes neglect of public recreation areas, rotting steps and a demolished rotunda, plus proposals to improve foreshore access from the railway jetty to Bluff Point. It laments slow progress and urges better facilities for seaside visitors and local families.
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