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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1922
Page
2
In loving memory of our wife and mother who departed this life at Gerakitoa on December 8, 1914. Gone but not forgotten. Loved by her husband James Forrester, daughter and son in law, and T. Rudd.
Local notices report a car and house sale advertisement and church services at Christchurch and Mosynorovsta with sermons by Arch Bishop and Rev Ponder. Trade details note renewed ship Babdra visits and skin shipments from the North West to Geraldton, plus a wool sale in Tendon. Charity effort at Ugly Man’s Association marks £1400 raised for Wooro Sanatorium recreation fund. Ugly Meus Cup race planned at Belmont with prize money and ticket applications.
A man identified as Janes Graham was found dead in his bedroom at the Metropolitan Hotel Yalgoo on Tuesday night with a razor beside him and his throat cut. The death followed a brief illness and his funeral was held at the Presbyterian church on Wednesday evening.
Market report shows brisk trading at morning session with pork and lamb unchanged from last week. Prices listed include fowls five sixpence per pair, ducks seven sixpence, potatoes two pence store, cabbage three pence, rhubarb sixpence, and apples one shilling per barrel for Granges offerings.
The Junction races on November 15 saw few entries but strong fields in Hack Eece, Harry Scurry and Forced Mandiicap. Mrs A McGlew passed Nov 23 to Magpie Dralice Pros the Beath. R Burt of Doorawarrah and G Rutherford of Nangsroon arrived Nov 21 from Perth after a good rum. Upper Gascoyne Road Board met Nov 14 and pastoralists sub-committee also met as the country remains very dry with no stock movements reported.
Fragmentary report notes a Chicago plant met destruction with unclear causes. Murky inscription suggests casualty of resources and uncertain estimates for the loss.
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