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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1922
Page
4
A fragment describes price based sales and personal supervision for marble and monumental works by Ali Waller and family. It mentions Perth prices, prompt delivery, and Geraldton area handling. The text hints at a funeral or memorial context and bespoke offerings with emphasis on attention to detail.
The turf notes racing in Western Australia with the Hannans Handicap and other principal events. Details list one mile races, with entrants Mentia Mak Leas Test and others in the field for the geldings.
A terse public notice warns readers that a local act or service may be failing. It urges timely action to address a sagging or malfunctioning system affecting residents and organizations reliant on the service. Aimed at prompting corrective steps and public response.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions sight bottles and bees, suggesting a novelty or medical product claim. No clear names, places, dates, or events are readable to confirm a coherent news item.
Elder, Smith & Co Limited report a weak market as showery weather persists across the segment. Beef supplies are low from western sources, sheep sales hold steady with merino skins and carrying conditions cited, graziers attend but buy little. Suckers rise 3 to 4 shillings, dairy cows scarce with firm prices. other stock prices ease alongside cheaper horses.
At the August 9 Metropolitan market yarding totaled 7 304 sheep 1 499 lambs 200 cattle and pigs with full attendance from buyers graziers and country reps. Cattle mainly from Murchison with Merino drafts from Cuc to Meekatharra drew high prices. hoggets and suckers showed gains while pig quality lagged and prices softened for heavy porkers amid easier store sales.
Dalgety and Co reports a period involving shipments of cattle, with notes on numbers and timing. The brief item records commercial activity and describes sales and consignments to markets, reflecting ongoing trading operations.
Sluggish but varying demand as fat cattle fetch weighty prices from 22 to 28 per head for prime weighty bullocks and 14 to 16 for medium quality light weights. A few lower quality beef offerings quoted around 95 shillings per hundred.
Wethers to Ewes prices listed clearly with cross red ewes and general stock figures. Bargains shown for Boggets and Tatabe stock, with ranges from 8 to 39 shillings and a few notes on weights and maturity. Market activity notes include 287 to an and various price points across categories.
A Perth yard auction notes light demand with one fresh trek of chaff sold at £7 10s. Average quality £6 15s to £7 0s, good medium £6 5s 10d to £6 10s, medina and inferior £5 15s to £6. Outside: home quality £6 12s to £7 5s, good medium £6 2s 6d to £6 8s. Onte: none offered. heavy feeds £3 4d to £3 5d, medium feeds £3 2d to £3 3d. Potatoes: no local offerings.
Dalgety and Co reported holding two cattle sales at Mollowa in August, offering 320 cattle from Hearman and Loeffier. Yarding included bullocks and cows with mixed ages, trafficking slowed by overland truck conditions, attendance from Midland and Geraldton districts, and prices ranged with fat bullocks at 13 10, forward cattle at 10 10, fat cows at 3 10, calves at 1 0.
A wartime reminiscence from June 1918 recalls a Poilu and a passerby near Villers Heuz. A brief clash passed. a saved souvenir is described as a cornflower token with a fleeting farewell. The fragment hints at shared humanity amid battlefield turmoil and a name lost to memory.
Ambiguous ad copy promotes good quality envelopes for professions and business use. Mentions specific product phrases like 7 ohtiane 2/3 box of 250 and references to envelopes for invoices. Language is garbled but centers on selling envelopes and related items.
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