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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1924
Page
2
Goods include men shirts 6 gad 78 split balbriggan cotton under vantr 3/11 belting and belts. Also featured are bathers razors and bath soap cakes with prices and vendor terms in a dense catalog style.
Week end Salvation Army meetings bid farewell to Mrs Jacobs who leaves for North Fremantle. Mrs Jacobs is to be succeeded by Curtin and Mrs Reese from Subiaco. Nominations close for Murchison Labor Selection with a few sitting members re-nominated. Wheat harvest reports indicate earlier activity than last year. Perth visitor John Bulwark identified after a fatal accident in Web Washington Street. He lived at Lake Grace with wife and two children. hospital treatment followed but he died from the injuries.
Christ Church plans holy communion at 11 am and evening services with a 4 pm choral communion and 7:30 pm baptisms and vestry meeting at the rectory. Presbyterian services led by Mr A E Urice from Midland Junction, with children’s address and sermon themes. Reports on South Fingall crushing yields and ore assay, Methodist services schedule, and community notices on weather, travel, and a farewell concert for Ming Nolan at Town Hall.
The article reports December gold output figures and values for the South and State totals, listing ore yields from several towns. It also covers a court fines case, a whimsical note about German currency, weed warnings by the Agricultural Department, Perth Water usage discrepancy, and upcoming local political retirements, theatre plans, and film listings with venues and dates.
A Paris correspondent notes that the National Committee of Defence Against Tuberculosis and the Society for the Scientific Study of Tuberculosis deny any vaccine or universal remedy. Consumptives are warned against dangerous nostrums and wasting time on unproven treatments. Proper medical surveillance and strict hygiene remain essential. Residents of Mul town view motor car purchases as a sign of progress.
Men’s ee ees a garment Men’s Fopus SUITS in Roou quality Men’s Creem Gabardine TROUSERS.
W A Nobortson notes a lean report on rinderpest with limited data while charges for stock entry quarantine rise. Lindsay Powell warns Western Australia risks cattle industry collapse if disease spreads. inoculation ineffective then. Market prices list beef to 11d lb and various produce with dated currency values.
My M Donald born in New South Wales celebrated his centennial in Maude Victoria where he has lived nearly 80 years. Remarking health decline, he managed all his affairs until three months ago. The report notes a long family lineage with 70 years free of deaths and mentions constable Jones from Northampton. The British Post Office buys land near Stagby for a massive wireless station.
In Northampton on Christmas Eve crowds filled the King's Hall for a Methodist fair with toy stalls and a toy bear winner A. Johns. Extra Christmas pictures and a Roman Catholic bazaar followed, drawing large crowds and raising funds. The town also hosted stalls, refreshments, and a New Year display, with overall notes of holiday cheer and community effort amid notes on public works funding and local events.
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