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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
4
Fragmentary text presents a literary work titled The Kingdom of Love by 1-Prosted and references authors or lines including Hye and Sau. The readable portions are incomplete and lack clear narrative or publication details.
Barbara awakens to doubt Lady Margot’s claim that Courtney is dead while facing hunger and loneliness. She searches for work, tending to a sick baby and aiding a neighbor, then learns the world of job applicants through a cold morning of arrivals and rejections.
Barbara leaves Millman Street to seek work in a showroom. She faces a harsh apprenticeship with low pay, tight clothes, and demanding supervision while a fellow worker Nellie shows quiet kindness. After a brutal Friday, she endures hunger and exhaustion walking toward Oxford Street, driven by hunger and yearning for a better life.
A provincial column laments falling membership fees for the Agricultural Society from 340 to 196, urges support and investment, and praises ex Mayor Kempton while critiquing municipal spending on South Beach improvements and the beach shelters. It discusses exams reforms, university leadership, and concerns over an Opticians Bill and local vendors, ending with a stray note on Australian wool industry concerns.
On Saturday a friendly tennis match on the Teecka court saw Ywoon Hownbarra and the Ioral ceoz lead in places with strong play from both sides. Results list Tescha players first: Doubles K Jones and B H Roddaway beat C Jackson and Jackson 6-8. An and E Morris beat McLuskey and J Sheehan. Teaklee and H Teakle lost to P Shesbens, 3-6, and L Sheeham and E Jackson 2-6. Ladies pairs Miss E Teakle and Mrs James lost to Ms McConkey and Sheehan 3- BEe Bees and Metembey beat McConkey and Sheehan. Miss E Teakie and K Jones beat G McConkey and C Jackson 6-1. Mrs K Jones and L Teakie lost to Mrs Sheahan and Ellis 2-6.
Local notes cover Howatharra weather winds hampering harvests while the Tennis Club reports two youth players G McConkey and E Shochan beating Mrs. Jones and Miss Teakle and another pair. Wheat yields around 13 bushels per acre expected as fields near harvest wrap up with strong winds and wildlife concerns noted.
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