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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 03, 1920
Page
2
Franks Green & Co announces a sale in full swing with extensive stock clearances across Manchester department and millinery. Discounts advertised include yardage pricing on linens and cottons, dress materials, and broad reductions on men and boys wear plus hats and gowns. Limited quantities noted.
A dense ledger of ads shows DALGETY & Co and allied firms offering shipping, auctions, and farming supplies. References include wool, potatoes, twine, wire, hides, and agricultural chemicals, plus passenger and cargo services via Fremantle and Singapore.
We Mean Business advertises Sanford Street Geraldton as the man to contact for erection or alterations and additions to FEL mowers of every description with telephone contact.
The Victoria District Agriculture Society hosts a heated discussion on separation themes at the upcoming show. Officials warn participants to keep submissions under two thousand words to ensure fairness.
The report highlights a special show for ladies at Elite Supply Company with a call to make selections promptly. It notes financial returns from May and June 1919 20 and mentions upcoming Farmers and Settlers Conference agenda at the WA Farmers Buildings. Weather and local harm details are mixed with incomplete figures.
The society plans special prizes for ladies and gentlemen in a motor driving contest and for boy and girl riders. A new cookery section will be added to the usual schedule. Committee meetings are well attended and Indies join the committee to help. A show bell will ring at the Dee street Ball on show night and special trains are being arranged from Geraldton and Thine Gpcings to the show.
A fragmentary report notes the impact of enfranchisement on politics in Japan and the broader question of universal suffrage. It mentions government majority and Diet representation, with references to election scenes and conscription issues discussed in the period.
About 70 men at Prothere Mine 40 at Badders and 30 at Wheal Ellen walked out after Fremantle Company's rejection of a 4 per week wage minimum and 41 hour week. Workers seek terms like Surprise Mine agreement. company offers reductions in hours with pay cut. Trade Hall secretary offered to sustain work pending arbitration outcome, but was refused.
Barbara Dane reports in the London Daily Mail on women's attitudes to age. A lively discussion at a club reveals an optimistic view that thirty five combines mental and physical charm. The piece notes shifts in social thought and cites other statistics on taxation and population trends in Britain, Germany, Canada and Australia.
Local shop promotes a bustling sale with fresh goods arriving daily. Advertising arrays include fashion shirts, cotton tweed trousers, boots, and shoes offered at bargain prices, featuring a wide range of patterns and sizes to attract customers.
A Geraldton news item reports Oswell’s Band, noted for recent success, will perform Friday night at the Murchison Inn with a large crowd expected. The group has also been engaged in Geraldton and Perth amid royal visit events, boosting morale for local musicians.
Fragmentary report notes visitors from the Trades Hall and the Worker newspaper, with mentions of Hickey Mowe and Willcock MLA. It references returning figures for the opening of Parliament.
In Yalgoo a fight at the Yalgoo Hotel ended with the death of a young man named Congreve. John Clark, the licensee, was detained, and a coroner's inquest opened to determine the circumstances of the death. The report also touches on parliamentary business regarding industrial matters and a proposed Commonwealth Council of industrial representatives.
Warden W L Owen shared rough frontier recollections from Kalgoorlie noting his first appointment in the North-West. He described travels to the coast, dinners with the Government Resident, and a tale of a cane charge where a magistrate fined an old friend for drunkenness, ending with a jovial quip about who was “Bob” in the courtroom.
New York expert Dr John Russell reports alarming cases in London where afflic ted men show animated electrode like reactions to electricity. Touch with steel or electric bulbs makes filaments quiver and sparks fly. Some have died while sixteen remain under investigation for germ related poisoning amid the strange therapy.
The government plans an am mencement in Parliament Commission to study the cost of shifting Parliament from Melbourne to Casberm. Some members fear the huge expense and disruption to government staff, who would face relocation if the seat of government moves.
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