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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1918
Page
4
A sea tale describes a dreadnought stocked with vast stores. Refrigerators hold hundreds of beef quarters and thousands of sacks of flour. Salt pork, corned beef, and condensed jam fill the ship as the crew readies for long deployment at sea.
A first person account describes a parachute jump from a fuselage at high speed. The narrator struggles to hear instructions, deploys the packed chute, and descends with partial guidance from the pilot, landing about a quarter mile from a field and escaping serious injury.
Notes on Australia wire nail making progress and sample sales in the Rochester area. Brisbane and Sydney sailing planned for rapid market tests. Australia’s butter output guarded by the British government at 181s per cwt. Adelaide child death rate for year to September among the world’s lowest. War pensions total 143,196 as of November 20 with Western Australia at 13,910 pensions and £422,661 annual liability.
Mesara Delecty and Co. Ltd report on December 4 that the sheep market shows little freak activity with many store sheep entering in the north. The stock route remains dry and inquiries are few as delivery postponed. A further 83 cattle were offered after the sheep sale, with most demand for heavy weights and better quality light weights.
Market notes show choice quality bullocks valued at 15 to 16 shillings per head, with higher prices around 18 pounds for heavier weights. Steers range 11 to 12 pounds, cows from 11 10s to 19 20s, and light prices for lower grades. Also quoted are 40 pounds per hundredweight for some cattle and varying entries for odd lots and heifers.
Market report shows prime heavy cattle at 16 to 17 pounds per hundredweight, good heavy at 14 to 15 pounds, prime steers 12 to 18, good steers 11 to 11 10s, light steers 8 to 9, with pigs and other livestock trading in limited yard activity. The text is a damaged OCR capture with inconsistent terms and several garbled figures.
At a Machen ros Tuengate gathering in Norghampton on a recent Saturday officials and residents, including chairman K Ruwell Rev B E Keg and several members, debated the ob sted and suitable subsidy for pews. A £1000 subsidy was discussed, with amendments proposed and a new committee forming to oversee movement. The meeting approved a motion to send the recommendation to the Education Department and to replace any member absent from three consecutive meetings.
Report suggests the Australian fleet in Fremantle waters will slow its return to home ports and await further orders. The text notes most ships under Admiral Habe are expected to proceed toward Sanz Sawn, but no confirmation has been received from authorities.
A garbled 1915 naval incident references a German submarine commander and the loss of the Le lots io May 1915. The text mentions Lieutenant Schweger and his crew perishing, with unclear details. It also alludes to Lord Pine and industrial activity, plus wartime shipping costs and distances, in a fragmented wartime report.
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