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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1928
Page
2
In fond and loving memory of our dear mother Alice Mad Williams who passed away recently. Her husband and children honor her memory and express heartfelt grief. May she rest in peace with God.
Local items report guardian Christmas numbers for Gerah ton Guardian and calls for unsold copies to be returned to publishers. Coastal shipping brings toy tourists and cargo movements, an arson fire destroys a motor truck, and regimental farewells mark football and Salvation Army activities in Geraldton.
Resident notices in Geraldton and Three Springs highlight local officials Constable L Vikian and Constable Viviem moving roles, with retirements and new postings. Mr. Neil Constantine resigns from the Guardians office amid upcoming changes. Mr. Bridge to succeed at the Throw Springs bank. A boarding house plan for local boys and a scouting founder’s legacy mark family and community transitions in Narngulu and Perch.
A garbled 1928 Buick showcase praised as unmatched in motor history with claims of smooth ride and vibrations free ride. Also mentions a Chevrolet passenger car, Brazilian immigration plans, and various government notes on migration and land sales. includes unrelated royal items about the Duke and Duchess of York and Christmas displays.
In Perth the New Year brought noisy processions, bells, and motor horns as revelers crowded Tows Mall and nearby churches for midnight services. Amid cheers, vows of a bright year ahead mingled with reports of Ascot attendance and a carnival by the Cottonloe Life Saving Club, while finances showed a December surplus but a wider yearly deficit.
In Derbyshire near Matlock, Wintera in the hills of the Pook, Sarah Maxi has delivered letters for 45 years. Though advanced in years she remains active in her long service as the last postwoman serving the village.
Cattle yarding at Midland Junction saw 606 head from Eastors Goldfields and Upper Murchison, with strong demand from metropolitan buyers. Prices ranged from 9 to 20 per 100 lb for various bullocks and cows, best weights bringing 17 to 20, with several pens higher. Major firms Elder with B Co Ltd 251 head, Dalgety & Co Ltd 102, and Goldsbrough Mort Co Ltd 183 all sold cattle.
At Midland Junction on Wednesday reporters noted yarding of 7167 sheep and 61 cattle with 1300 Merino wethers in good condition from the Murchison. Trade held firm for medium to heavy lots as graziers bought repeatedly, with best wethers and ewes among the standout lots and prices compared with Tuesday.
The Mabawa market reports a monthly livestock sale by Ehler Smith and Co Limited with notes on sheep young stock and dairy cows. Prices cover sheep wethers ewes and weaners, porkers and cattle with figures in shillings and pence and horses listed as well.
Palgety & Co announced an unusual monthly sale at Nubawa Yards on Tuesday. Competition was tight for all classes as bidders gathered for the sale of 500 sheep, young wether sheep, wool, hides and skins, with entries noted as 23 5 20 0 in the auction ledger.
A damaged OCR voice details a benefactor named Svidor McTasiah funding his son Sandy through medical school then receiving a clinical return and a long holiday. The narrative hints at debt or obligation with a coded name Fuhr and a reference to repaying the parental loan in college terms, but the legible text is fragmentary and unclear.
The program features Hen Lyon George Bidney and Chandette Colbert in a high data picture lineup with comedy and romance elements. A second feature Rubber Tyres and Hatiteun Fo r Beare Tove plays alongside. The Sunteama season extends with more titles and showings at King's Theatre tonight and Friday.
Fragmentary OCR text references pastorial rainfall notes and cryptic lines. It mentions names and places ambiguously with garbled phrases, suggesting a weather or local event brief rendered unreadable. The readable bits hint at a dated report possibly from a rural area describing rainfall impacts and a string of incomplete quotes.
Text presents a mangled, stray stream of words with numerous garbled phrases and broken sentences. It references travel, a year of adifferency, a Dug ey om se jour, and travel preparation, but no coherent events, names, dates, or places emerge to form a clear report.
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