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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
2
Readable notes describe Victoria district Yuet Club meetings and sales events held every evening. The fragment mentions Ciynapia and Toniens moving items to a venue for sale and community gatherings.
Shipping firm Meare Dalgety and Co reports movements of dreamers and carriers. Minderoo sails from Geraldton toward Fremantle around Wednesday January 5 or 6. Gorgon sails from Fremantle to Geraldton and from Geraldton to West Ports Java. Wharon leaves Fremantle for Geraldton. 220 Junk sails from Sydney to Fremantle and Geraldton. Adelaide and Albany bound for Fremantle and Geraldton in January.
Meteorological notes list sunrise at 6.26 a.m. and last quarter on January 22 at 3.2 p.m. New Moon on January 30 at 5.45 p.m. The data appears as approximations within a lime table, attributed to Perth astronomer.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs J Jewesnews at Geraldton on January With. Both mother and child are reported as doing well.
A translated news piece outlines the Scottish Agricultural Commission visit to Australia. It notes the 72 members are practical farmers from Scotland, studying land settlement and agriculture sectors, with aims to boost Australian development and attract new settlers by showcasing opportunities in land, stock, dairy, wheat, and markets.
Debates on relocating unemployed from England to new homes abroad surface as Australia and Canada express willingness to absorb workers. The piece notes experimental farms for agricultural education and warns that many unemployed are not suited to farming but could move to create room for the industrious. It criticizes the limited survey of lands by Commissioners visiting the Metoria District and urges broader inspection of promising new areas.
Local wheat quotations show virtually no change with 3s Adler bashe noted. Geraldton Agricultural Society committee meets on the 19th to consider Prodwern Conference plans and ministerial approval before any rate is fixed. Fire Brigades demonstrate as Steve Haddy assumes Easter Carnival secretaryship. committees to meet Friday evening to ensure full attendance and possible special transport for participants.
In a morning hearing Dr Hungerford was charged with riding a bicycle without a lamp on the evening of the seventh. Constable Anderson testified he saw the doctor near the National Bank and later with a light. A witness observed him riding without a lamp and then reappearing with it lit. The case was adjourned for defense. A fine of 3s 9d costs was imposed if upheld.
A large social, led by Mayor and prominent citizens, praised the Geraldton gas works purchase. Speakers praised the municipality for acquiring the works, noted prior losses and profits, and discussed future electrification plans and public benefits.
A man named George Beete Owens aged 41 a native of North Wales attempted to kill himself at his camp four miles from Carnaman on Monday evening after heavy drinking in Perth He was brought to Geraldton where Dr Hungerford attended him The doctor did not anticipate serious consequences He will be charged at the Police Court shortly with attempted suicide.
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