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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1910
Page
4
Readable fragments describe steps in raisin production at a Fresno County facility. Details cover lye treatment, basket dipping, gravity feeding to a dryer, sorting, and air drying before packing. Temperature ranges and equipment roles are noted, with references to evaporators and a 108000 liter machine.
The text describes raisin production with crates cut away, vines' bunched fruit placed on wooden trays between vine rows to cure. The process involves salting, soaking in water, cracking the skin, and drying on trays for several days, with frost potentially aiding drying.
The House of Assembly held last week with three all night sittings and a Friday dispute over rushed business. NSW’s State Statistician estimates 2,012,058 harvest acres yielding 33,500,000 bushels at 11.68 per acre, down from last season’s 14.3. In cricket, Newcastle dismissed South Africans for 253, second innings 175, Sinclair five for 45, South Africans needing 97 to win, 96 for five at stumps, Faulkner making 49.
Victoria Melbourne Sunday report of Dr Emily Stone killed after a bicycle crash near Mawthorn on Saturday. The Melbourne University graduate had practiced in Melbourne for 16 years. Also notes the death of Mr H Beard, a House of Representatives member, in a private hospital at Pituray.
An enthusiastic Adelaide gathering urged employers to refuse talks with drivers on strike until the men resume duties. More than a dozen firms were cheered for their intent to pay back the strikers, while Port Adelaide remained quiet with cargo scarce. A separate report from Tanami describes a patrol pursuit and a killing, with two natives killed during attempted surrender and two others at large, Constable McBeath pursuing offenders.
In Western Australia a crowd of 3000 at South Sherm Cross Saturday night passed a resolution praising the miners who refused wage cuts at Bullfinch. A Bullfinch hotel site sold at auction for £3000 to J W Mills, the other site failing to reach reserve. In Perth, John Campbell, a butcher of Highgate Hill, was found floating in the Swan River after going missing midweek. The Shelters Union opened its annual meeting with officer results announced by vote.
A Perth area report details the Labor Council denouncing the Redistribution of Seats Bill as a move toward class privilege, urging Parliament to reject it. Demonstrations at Kalgoorlie and neighboring towns voice disgust at government politics, with calls for one vote one value and disqualification of cabinet members. In contrast, a Wellington electorate dispute arises over abolition, while a burglary at Madursky’s pawn-broking in Kalgoorlie leaves £1000 stolen and a guard bound.
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