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Fragmentary notice shows promotions for working men and pensioners with special rates. Mentions Geraldton and terms unclear.
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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 30, 1912
Page
1
Fragmentary notice shows promotions for working men and pensioners with special rates. Mentions Geraldton and terms unclear.
Public notices encourage readers to address literary and business communications to the Editor and Manager. Cor nuths sought in all centers. Subscriptions start anytime at 3s 6d per quarter, 13s 6d yearly if prepaid. Deliveries via Geraldton newsboys. changes to ads must be made a day before publication. Paper goes to press 5 p.m. Tue Thu and 6 p.m. Sat. Advertisements due one hour before previews. CONSTANTINE & GARDNER, Proprietors. Telephone 29.
A Morowa reader denounces Labor as a sham in Australasia, warns against bureaucratic tyranny and urges rejection at the upcoming election. The letter laments class promises, calls for strong imperial defense, and predicts a long war to teach trades unions about imperial responsibility.
A Geraldton letter from a ratepayer urges the mayor and councillors to repair the Eleanor street section between Garden Road and the loco crossing. He argues traffic from the east end relies on this stretch and advocates closing the road during work to save ratepayer money. He also proposes using the short street crossing the local yard and notes Marine Terrace is in good order up to the crossing.
A Geraldton Rifle Club team of seven traveled 20 miles by train to Nabawah and defeated Durawah and Mt Erin in a three-range match across 200, 500, and 6th swords distances. F A Woodward led with 34 33 34 for a strong total near 100, G W Smyth followed with 34s, and all scored well despite the unfamiliar range. Geraldton thanks Mt Erin and Durawah for warm hospitality.
Abstract of land parcels in Victoria including an abandoned grazing lease R A Welling 5,000 acres with plan 95/00, a 999 acre surveyed parcel at 5785, and a 100 acre forfeited homestead farm 1811/71. Describes boundaries and locations in mixed survey notes from Wakawa and other plans.
A long sanitized catalog of firms and products including Burns Philp Co ships agents and buyers of sandalwood Geraldton. brands such as Duff's Liqueur Cream Whisky, Boar's Head Ale, St Pauli Lager, Carlton Ale, Messageries Maritimes, Lloyds London, Apollinaris Water, Schweppes, Hall's Bitters, B P Jams and various groceries and teas.
Mr H S Mackenzie reports a week ending April 27 with a furniture sale for the late Reverend W Ploud Shannon and a Saturday market featuring fruit vegetables and poultry. Prices include cabbage 1d per head to 1d, potatoes 40s to 2s per cwt, poultry hens 19s per pair, ducks 1s per pair, geese 1s 2d per pair, pumpkins 1 to 2s 4d per lb, and turkeys 4s to 6s each.
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