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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1924
Page
2
Sale advertisement lists reduced prices on fabrics and garments including Calico, Plannerette, Madapolams, and Petticoats. Items feature sale prices in mixed fractions and whole dollars with customer options for ladies apparel such as Camisoles and Calico Combinations.
Drapery sale notice lists discounts on cotton tweed coats sweaters and towels with prices in local currency. Readable phrases reference a bargain table and winded sale items.
The Pritchard family of Galena thanks friends for sympathy and aid after the loss of a wife and mother. They especially thank Dr Mason for attention and Mesdames J H Williams A Henrichees and others for wreaths and assistance, signed by the husband wife and daughter.
The text weighs options for sons education from professional careers to humble service. It notes a July arbitration in a court about wool price impacts on wages, with calls for lasting peace and profit sharing as a solution, amid debates on living costs and industry prosperity.
The article details harsh conditions faced by shearers and farmers, noting rising cold, rising costs, and the risks of pastoral work. It highlights ongoing enterprise and resilience among wool producers, with mentions of land, profit prospects, and the tough, isolated life on vast plains. It also reports on wool sales, ship arrivals, rainfall totals, a local public meeting, and a note of sympathy for a bereaved family.
A mixed Perth page notes Philip Snowden quotes on Commonwealth industry and a feature on Beale pianos. The Australian Mines and Metals Association reports copper prices and a Leadon Market update. A tragedy bei ng drowned near a wreck is outlined with rescue suspicions about two men, John Ackerstrom and Frank Linthorse, and possible entrapment under seaweed or coral. Fresh reports from Western Australia cover the Mus mine vicinity and a strange creature sighting described by readers. A Pastoral Notes snippet mentions railway cargo and sheep droving, with logistics across Ryan’s Hammabmore and Aveton Towns Moeham None, Meehan, and local stations. Half the flocks are horned due to drought, and future shearing will occur after broader weather contingencies.
A long list of Oswell's marked down goods features men's tweed suits and trousers, shirts, working wear, khaki and moles, cashmere box goods, and white shirting. Household textiles include sheeting, calico, and curtain fabrics with sale prices noted. The item also mentions a passenger disembarkation and staff changes at a Geraldton bank during a district visit.
A patchwork of church notices lists Sunday school at St John’s in the afternoon and a Thursday meeting at 3 pm. Christ Church services tomorrow and an Army demonstration at 8 pm on Monday are announced. July issue of Hutchinson’s Magazine features historical romance and illustrated lion cubs, plus fiction teasers and author notes.
The speech from J Rammy Macdonald on his ascent to British Premiership recalls his remarks praising the Salvation Army at Leicester. He argued the Army’s work for the unemployed and children outshines other agencies and that the country cannot spare such a force despite criticisms.
A Perth Guardian letter argues for group settlement to boost new farms and help stranded families. It laments idle land, promotes home farming, and warns against wasteful spending on luxuries while calling for better rail access, orderly farming, and humane animal practices.
The Minister for Home and Territories Bonator Pesres announced the Land Board under the Northern Territory Crown law ordinance. Members include Masers Walter Wynne Wilms Saintan Ter Wyene Was and William Banks Hie, all with administration experience. Meses Easton and Wil Timms are returned, Major Blake tied to £25 040 for a feathered world attempt in 1925.
A local council convened to discuss a proposed railway purchase and municipal boundary adjustments. Key figures debated government involvement, committee representation, and the impact on regional interests amid evolving plans and prior wartime measures.
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