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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
2
Christmas Day activities include morning prayer at 11 am and evening prayer at 7 30 pm with communal songs and carols. Rev J Tiller directs services, anthem, and children's address followed by a sermon titled Lessons from the Closing Year. Saunders, rector, leads Holy Communion and divine service.
Abe Beraldion Guardian presents Poe Comstey Faith and Jonathon reflecting on Advent and the nativity. The piece argues Christianity spurred moral progress from ancient Rome to modern times, advocating unity in Europe and a peaceful world order guided by Christian principles.
The piece extols Employers Liability Acts and free primary education as foundations for life and limb protection. It envisions Christianity guiding social reform, education from primary school to university, and the universal dignity of workers, the sick, aged, and poor, with a call to broaden charity and civic virtue.
A mixed Geraldton page reports home remedies for livestock infestations, local court cases with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, a pigeon racing event, seasonal concerts at Palace Gardens, piano tuning plans, and town hall license debates. Also noted are theater plans, Christmas mail preparations, and a yacht trip to the Abrolhos.
The Resident Engineer Geraldson editor of the Guardia receives a handsome Christmas card from the Hon Minister the Commissioner and officers of the West Australian Government Railway. A view of the Midland Junction workshops is included in the design.
Irwin Roads Board minutes record a chaotic session with illness in attendance and multiple approvals. The board discussed permission to lay a water pipe across a west side property, noted queries from the Department of Lands and Public Works about land reserves, and resolved to survey road connections. They ordered ten more rolls of netting for tree guards and approved several chain payments to contractors for road maintenance and sanitary sites.
A distressed tale from Montemarese, Te ry recounts a man abducting a daughter with his wife, demanding 1200 pounds and influencing two doctors to claim a rubber manufacturing breakthrough. Separate notes claim Paris surgeons unite fractured limbs with pins and screws, linking to a purported method and future growth.
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