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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 30, 1912
Page
2
Dalgety and Co Limited advertises freight and passenger services from Geraldton Fremantle Carnarvon Cossack and Port Hedland. Provides schedules rates and travel options for shipping and crew movements across coastal Australian ports.
Local notices warn of Labor Party missteps mirroring South Australia lessons on minority rights. Postal vote officers named for Geraldton district. Various community items include meat price rise, name changes in streets, theatre acts, and upcoming political events. Deaths, court actions, and fire loss reports accompany civic updates and notices of meetings and openings.
Rain totals reported for two days ending April 23 include Carnarvon 2 points and Geraldton 16 among many stations. Local items note ploughing activity, a foreseen large winter crop, Football Association officers, sale of Miners Arts Hotel in Northampton, and a camping reserve gazette.
Dalgety and Co Ltd ship agents report Mindenow leaving Geraldton for Fremantle around May 7 and Charon leaving Fremantle for Geraldton on May 7. Charon then sails to North West ports Derby Java Singapore. Parow and Minderun schedules show Geraldton to Fremantle May 2 and Fremantle to Geraldton South West ports Java Singapore May 23.
The piece notes South Australian electors disapproving of the Labor government and its methods. It predicts Labor’s decline and Verran’s opposition, arguing the farmer’s voice favors the Liberal side. It also mentions Queensland voters rebuking Labor to strengthen the Liberal government.
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