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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1922
Page
1
Geraldton and District sees THE BIG STORE opening daily for December sales with Frank Green in charge. Store promises approachable values across all departments as goods arrive and prices are highlighted for customers.
A scanned price list from the grocery and haberdashery department shows numerous items with reduced rates. Products include JELLIES, MATCHES, MINCE MEAT, PASSION FRUIT, TEA SETS, porcelain ware, dress lengths, voiles, crepe fabrics, and children's dresses. Prices range from fractions of a shilling to around two pounds, with mentions of Welworks enamelware and new displays of fabrics.
The store promotes an in store change with an artiste overseeing the millinery department. It showcases ladies, maids, and children's hats plus a range of veils, bonnets, georgette hats, and ready to wear veils. Offers special prices and a wide selection across mercery and furnishing goods including shirts, handkerchiefs, ties, suiting, and fabrics.
Cricket score notes for Cosmopolitans versus Geraldton with player names and figures. Dense OCR text lists bowlers and batsmen, including Elliott, Giles, Rock, George, Hocking, and McDonagh, with partial totals and overs.
In a partial cricket report from December 1282, Mercantiles Australia fielded with several players dismissed by bowlers Hutchinson Gilmore Millard and others. Key dismissals include J Logan lbw by Gil, Ubi sholm lbw by Hutchinson, and Norm Smith lbw by Hutchinson. Sundries contributed 6 and 5 runs, with total scores and further miscellany incomplete.
The Bristol crowd heard Rev J Nicholson condemn women’s short hair as the devil’s preference while praising long hair, urging modest appearance. The passage shifts to a vineyard scene with workers harvesting grapes, describing protective bonnets, grape processing, and the rough path from juice to brandy, ending with a note on personal faith and resolve.
A mid day robbery attempt at the Richmond Post Office failed as the suspect could not carry the loot. He chloroformed a clerk, taunted a sister, and fled with copper coinage totaling around £4. The thief was caught by bystanders and restrained in a dramatic gesture, leaving behind only cheap metal and small sums.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Primary Producers union or action with unclear names. The readable bits suggest a business or agricultural coalition forming under a regional banner but lack specifics on people, places, dates, or events.
The November meeting chaired by Keele Irving discussed branch work on a raptent track and thanked the board for assistance. It covered railway commission issues to allow agricultural and mining area tickets, a plan to extend fares to city dwellers, and updates on the carnation weed eradication program with Central Provincial Council collaboration.
A court report describes a driver charged with injuring a woman after an accident. The Recorder Mr Ernest Wild questions what test proves drunkenness. A doctor explains a light-dashing eye test. the jury later acquits the driver.
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