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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
4
Auction sale advertised at Shepheard's Hotel scheduled for Friday January 19 1951 with details unclear in readable text but indicating a sale event at the hotel venue.
Property area near Hott Siding Bay offers about 9 000 acres with York Gum Jam Maller Tamar and Wattle, fences and water supply, 2 000 sheep capacity, 15 inches rainfall, near Koonoona Stud with 640 studs. Includes four dwellings, yarding, machinery, tractors, seeds, oats, hay, and cash balance terms with Eider Smith & Co Limited.
Readable fragments show Towns dismissed for a meagre total, Fire Brigade replying with 125 to gain a slight lead. Batting highlights include R Shelton and G Hough for Fire Brigade, while Eadon Marke and McCracken excel for Towns. Bowling figures list Shelton five for 22 and Darnan three for 20.
Rovers posted 107 in an opening tally with C Cook 52 and N Gratte 2 contributing. D Dronahi took five wickets. Australia ended the day eight for 7, with J Megan taking two wickets in a purple spell at the Small Oval. Other notable scores include Fane Thompson 44, McCracken out, Grosvenor Rowe dismissed, and Hewitt not out 8.
The second annual report of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisations covers the year ended June 30th. It reviews wool research and textile work, drought feeding trials showing weekly feeding saves costs, and heritability studies in Merino sheep. It notes advances in wool treatment, lime and molybdenum use to boost pasture, and sulphur deficiency in southern tableland soils. It highlights coal research, plywood veneer recovery, brick industry improvements, and aviation tech including distance measuring and relay radar systems.
Total for cet wickets lists Rawling P McClarke with one wicket plus Mitchell and 18 for Cook Regan and Jordan and Jor dam each with one wicket and varying scores. The fragment records individual dismissals and scores, reflecting a partial scoreline from a historical cricket report.
In warm sun and social mood at Queen's Park railway Hotel beat Geraldton Post Office by 14 runs. Elliott 81 retired and F Smith 28 led Railway scoring while Travis 17 and Lillywhite 13 top Post Office efforts. Smith took key bowling for Railway with 3-4, O Malley starred for Post Office with 3-20.
Harold Baker aged about twenty assistant of Eastern Road sustained head abrasions after colliding with a motor wagon in a mystery section along Eleanor Street near Forrest and Durlacher Streets. He was taken by ambulance to Victoria Hospital and discharged Sunday morning. Front forks of the autocycie bent.
A faster version of the LWworlds first jet airliner, the Comet, will be refitted by De Havilland Aircraft Company. Higher power British jet engines will replace the De Havilland Ghosts to create an alternative long range model. First deliveries of the upgraded airliners are expected to begin soon.
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