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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1915
Page
4
In a fragment of Martin J. Maughs serial The Death Mask the group gathers after Sunday afternoon at the Katherine’s house. Nellie, Lyster, Fred, and Dick discuss future marriage and the tensions between friendship and romance as the evening light fades and the garden grows hushed.
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A fragment shows Mary and Nellie walking in a garden as tension rises between Miss Lyster and Mr Wycola. They discuss Sad news, an orphan, and Beatrice while memories and unspoken feelings surface during a tense exchange.
A London bus incident in which two Englishwomen crowded others, amid a German conversation, provoked a conductor into action. The crowd jostled, the conductor rang his bell, and the German passengers were asked to alight as the disturbance ended.
The market reports strong demand for all stock classes with high prices paid. Cattle yarding at Aspley Siding and Midland Junction was fair, sheep and lamb yarding fair with 1200 Murchison sheep among consignments, lamb prices firm though not as high as usual, mutton prices opening strong then easing, pigs up slightly from last week, overall prices firmer than Tuesday's sale.
A Tuesday sale at Copleys Siding offered 79 deceased cattle with low attendance due to many advertisers. bidding stalled as prices fell 15 to 20 shillings per head from last week. Prime heavy bullocks brought 15 to 16 pounds, prime medium 14 to 15, and handy weights 14 to 15, with 33 cattle sold.
DPOLITAN MARKET opened with an advance on last week as buyers and country traders attended. 2589 lambs were yarded though sales progressed with many at lower prices, majority medium to inferior quality and the overall trade below the usual standard.
At the Colinaum grand Xmas Fair shoppers browse Chilloo silks and Se silk links. Vendors advertise silks by day during the event with O d and Ss Gd banners. Visitors move between stalls Bs Lid and Se Lid seeking terminations in silk crafts.
The market opened firm with steady demand and live cattle from the Midland line. Sheep prices ranged with prime ewes fetching 2s to 2s 6d, and best heavy hogs at 14 to 15, while cows and lighter stock also varied. A total of 2188 sheep and lambs, 137 cattle were sold, with overall weight and price ranges noted across categories.
A wartime letter from Trooper Lee Stafford of the ath Dep Squadron describes camp life as not selling him, noting overall life is good despite a lazy crewback once fear ends. He mentions frequent moves, many officers, and duties like peeling spuds and onions as cooks fatigue work.
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