20 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1910
Page
1
The Up-to-Date S Drapers brief item notes discounts offered in current promotions. The fragment references sales and price reductions, implying a department store or apparel retailer presenting discounted goods. No specific dates or locations are provided in the readable text.
The Greenough Roads Board held its usual monthly meeting at Central Greenough on a Tuesday in January 1911. Present were chairman G E Sewell and members Aue derson Hamersley Somers ey McVartury Reynolds with an apology from Clinch. Actions included approving accounts, responding to correspondence from the Public Works Department and Kalgoorlie local bodies, planning unlicensed dogs and vermin enforcement, and tender arrangements for Walkaway works. The board resolved to apply Part VII of The Roads case to the district and addressed a complaint about insecure fencing near Walkaway yards. The secretary was instructed to arrange Christmas holidays and schedule meetings for January to March 1911, with the next meeting set for May 11, 1911.
A bazaar held Thursday raised 419 shedd in aid of Varivh Hall with elaborate table displays and steady sales. Attendees included Mrs Carson and many others, a photograph was taken after afternoon tea, and a later gathering featured wives of committee members. A Friday night departure of holidaymakers ended the week.
The Board of Trade reports a strong rise in Britain's trade for ten months ending October with imports total 278 357 pounds in October and exports at 37 691 232 pounds. Leading items include iron and steel machinery cotton wool silk and chemicals with increases across all departments. The nation remains a major commercial hub as policy debates continue between Free Trade and Tariffs.
Sir James Murray, editor of the Oxford Dictionary, described the vast scope of dictionary editing. He cited contacting diverse professionals from Kew Gardens to a Newcastle boat-builder, a priest, a sporting paper, and many others as part of the universal inquirer task. He recalled a 1877 offer to edit an English dictionary triggering millions of quotations weighing tons and a 40 year timeline for 5,000,000 entries.
On Wednesday last the Chairman Mr GW White received a telegraphic message from Mr UA Gourley member for Leonora in the Legislative Assembly stating an amount for the jawlers railway construction will be placed on the. The star ting point has not yet been decided. The Cullie Mail supplies its readers with some information. General ton returned two Labor candidates at the annual municipal elections. Their members are Brent Dooley and EC Bartlett. Bront is a railway man and a staunch Laborist. EC B is a building contractor and a brainy cuss withal.
The Guardian may be obtained in Gerakiton from Messrs. E. Snell, A. J. Davies, G. Rosam and Co., and T. KR de Lucey, as well as at the publishers' office.
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