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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1925
Page
1
Frank Green & Co advertise a wide sale with heavy discounts across the store. corsets, wool garments, pajamas, frocks, jumpers, coats, hats, towels, ticking and more are promoted with prices shown in old currency, highlighting extensive reductions.
A crowded sale advertisement showcases percentages and prices for clothing. Mrs Blight offers navy jerseys double knit and silk turbans along with pajamas shirts trousers overcoats suits and ladies and children's wear. Prices start at 1 shilling and rise to 14 shillings with items like hose nights and crepe frocks featured.
An odd ad claims better value at Mur schivon Inn with a slogan urging savings over higher costs. The miswritten text suggests a hospitality promotion focused on lodging or meals at a discount rate.
An unusual sale plan emerges as Boolardy Pastoral Company Limited announces a public auction of 300 Cranmore Park rams from the June 1924 drop at Mullewa on September 23. The move aims to widely distribute acclimatised rams bred from Boonoke and Wanganelin lineages to pastoral stations in the Murchison.
An arcane public notice discusses a dispute between civic authorities and property owners over rounding street corners in a town planning scheme. Officials argue the change creates a new title and extra fees, while owners contend accountability for any injuries falls on the council or residents.
The Prime Minister Mr Bruce summarizes the Imperial Economic Committee report on wheat and meat trade with Australia. Key recommendations include labeling meat origin at sale, faster transport to Australia and New Zealand, shipping pedigree stock to Dominions, reconsidering live cattle imports, and plans to fund future measures by loans under the Road District Act. The council notes Australia’s dairying and meat industries stand to gain from investigation No. 3, while UK legislation on live cattle imports remains unchanged. In Carnaicah Ward a meeting was set to discuss financing to clear a mortgage, with accounts totalling £555 17s 3d recorded.
The Federal Home and Territories Department reports ore samples from Yennust's Creek at 20 feet depth showing averages of 17 percent copper and silver with trace gold. The richest sample reached 3k percent copper with gold per ton, while one sample had no copper or gold but some nickel and cobalt. Yennust's Creek lies about 500 miles south of the Katboring River and 650 miles...
A fragmentary narrative discusses W M Hughes and Alfred Milner in imperial context. It mentions Milner pushing Hughes toward a broader British Commonwealth role, with private dinner talks offering cabinet seats and life income terms. The text notes MPs’ salaries and Western Australia’s unique electoral burdens amid wartime strain.
The West Australian Post Office Directory provides an up to date Alphabetical Directory and Trades Directory for the state. It covers Perth Fremantle Kalgoorlie Boulder Coolgardie Northam and surrounding areas with full resident names and street addresses. It is praised as surprisingly accurate and in constant demand for navigation and business outreach.
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