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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1912
Page
2
We must reduce our stocks by one thousand pounds during January 1912. Now is your chance to secure bargains in every department.
Maritime notices list vessels Gorgon Charon Minderoo and Pahoo under the Ocean Steamship and West Australian Steam Navigation companies. Entries indicate sailings from Geraldton to Fremantle and to North-West Ports Java and Singapore with captains named and dates in late January and February.
Messrs Dalgety and Co Ltd ship agents publish steamer movements. Minderoo sails Fremantle to Geraldton on January 26. Minderoo then sails Geraldton for North West ports Java and Singapore. Gorgon leaves Geraldton for Fremantle on or about February 5. Paroo leaves Fremantle for Geraldton North West ports Java and Singapore on February 8. Charon leaves Geraldton for Fremantle on or about February 22.
Evening events at the Livery Palace Gardens run Sundays excepted. January includes Victoria District Test Club picnic race meeting on the 24th, Geraldton Amateur Rowing Ulph Regatta auction on the 31st, and Ho S Mackenzie furniture sale on Sundays excepted, plus Empire Pictures
The Heraldton paper critiques Geraldton residents for apathy toward the Agricultural Society and its annual show. It commends officials for sound management, notes a small credit balance, and urges the new committee to push forward to restore public interest and district well being.
Mr Jas C Kind auctioneer of Geraldton offers land on Sandune Road with a cottage for sale by auction at his Durlacher Street office on Saturday next at noon. Full particulars will be advertised.
Local items note a forthcoming bank holiday Anniversary Day. Reports from Carnarvon and Roebourne describe dry conditions, stock losses, and optimistic tropical agriculture plans. Geraldton council invites bids for office additions funded by a recent loan, while criticisms target back-street road work and a town hall plan. Weather records cite 160 points rain at Hollandy, 125 at Twin Peaks, 11 at Maurgoo.
Kings Hall shows a complete program tonight headlined by Esmeralda from Hugo Notre Dame with a 2000 ft runtime described as a cine Masterpiece. Monday features the sensational Fools of Society praised across the Commonwealth and a special arrangement with the Picture Company for this drama.
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