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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 02, 1924
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR reads Premier Frocks on Easy Terms and mentions money, pet, and candy stems. The readable portion suggests ad style content, with unclear names and figures and possible misprints or garbled phrases.
At the Moora Roads Board meeting a letter from J. P. Cuneo Ne regarding ribbon road construction in sandplain country was read. It outlines road class details and potential satisfaction for motor traffic. Further action awaits replies from Carrumah Road Board and Program Association.
The notice records a death at 5 o clock with funeral arrangements for tomorrow and a council chamber meeting scheduled for Thursday. It also mentions a monthly meeting and ongoing reports from the Art Union books, plus various parliamentary notes and a reference to jarrah wood flooring at Barons Court with praise from the Duke of Abercarn.
A fire began around 10 am at H Burton’s farm and spread with wind to W. story farms. The cause remains unknown as officials assess damage including 150 acres affected at State Farm and other adjacent plots.
Fire swept across fields causing about £2000 in losses. A railway spark may have started the blaze that burned 1000 acres of tame pasture, wheat, and grain. Neighbors aided in containment as inquiries tracked the tractor and harvester incident on Mr. Bennett and Mr. Kerr properties.
Mr G W Mathews suspects a tractor backfire caused the blaze as a cracked carburettor let kerosene leak to a red hot exhaust pipe. The Phoenix Assurance Co insured the crop at eight shillings per acre and other tractors were damaged. twenty suspicious circumstances surrounded the event.
Douglas Fairbanks junior shows in The Grand Cross of the Crescent at the King's Theatre on Wednesday. The film, adapted from Richard Harding Davis, features Theodore Roberts Noah Beery Harry Myers and Frank Corrier with Constance Bennett and Jack Mulhall in the supporting Walker. Also presented is The Kelly Gang a one night eight reel feature filmed in The Burragorang Valley with scenes of the Glenrowan siege.
Elder Smith & Co Limited report their weekly market yards show 54 cattle and 84 horses. They sold 54 cattle and 65 horses with strong demand for good young cows with calves and various horse categories. Prices ranged with cows calves 15 to 19 pounds and heavy farm maress to 28 pounds, lighter stock lower.
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