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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
2
A compact note notes a commission agent involved with wool in Bengal. It references OCR related issues and descriptions. No further concrete details or dates are provided in the fragment.
Loving memory filled with names and dates for Emily Cream and Mary Lucy, followed by notes on the Butter and Beacon Factory progress, a piano recital by Mr Herbert Fryer in Town Hall, a regional industrial show plan, and Queen's Pictures at Queen's Hall with Told in the Hills and Secret Society among offerings.
Partial text notes Fatunday fixtures in the premiership and a cup tie affecting Digefert and Digert teams. It lists Rangers players including K Armitage and J Hancock among others and mentions Dal Gets Co Ltd reporting a metropolitan fat stock market with 12M cattle and 12,000 sheep and lambs traded while prices held firm.
Visiting optician K W Backer idge's representative Mr Weatherley consults at the Cinb Hotel while Wise went elsewhere. Premiership race notes praise Fire Brigades and junior prospects as Geraldton clubs plan upcoming matches and potential visits by Perth and West Perth teams amid player illnesses and fundraising efforts for J Tiny Willin.
A Geraldton football meeting at the Sharrock Hotel approved a benefit match for March activities and outlined a selection committee with J Thomas C Smith and others. It also noted visits by Perth clubs, planned captain conferences, and appointment of central umpire P Dunn for next Saturday. A separate item described C J House at Blot Point unveiling a heliochronometer clock by B Cooke and discussions on timekeeping for distant observers.
Sporting letters from Perth describe Kalgoorlie meeting ending with Hampton ar Golmiter as principal event carrying a £285 stake. Reports detail Goodwood and Newmarket races, Springmount’s win, and odds on Fidelis mare Very Faithful. Also notes Strathdale booked for Melbourne Cup, Epic totum in Adelaide Steeple, and community concerns over gate money and taxes on prizes.
An explosion at the rear of Mr. S. F. Moore’s store caused shock across the township. Debris and torn clothing remnants scattered, a gas-filled cylinder blasted into a gully near the railway. No injuries reported, intact homes spared, investigators search for the cause while residents recall earlier uses of the cylinder.
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