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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 02, 1914
Page
1
A discussion of planting Pinus insignis and tree lucerne for shelter and timber argues that a 20 acre plantation can greatly raise land value, while wind breaks and native trees offer rainfall protection and ornamental value. Proper management, fencing, and fodder benefits for stock are noted alongside concerns about removing native timber.
A typewritten document arrives at the Commonwealth Treasurer from a Queensland resident calling himself an old pincer. He claims to be the first discoverer of payable gold in Clermont and seeks £15,20,169 9s from the Commonwealth Government, alleging £36,000 spent financing claims and £1,000 on nine discoveries. He also asserts a £100,000,000 loan of minerals in Queensland with interest claims of £12,000. Various individuals, including one claiming to be Captain Cook, are cited as pressing the Prime Minister for possession of Australia or large tracts of land, generating widespread attention and garbled responses.
Me M S Major of the New South Wales Agricultural Department outlined wool market prep during a Forest Creek visit. He stressed not mixing equal value lots, separating lots with newspaper in the bale, classing by crossbred lines, skirting shoulder yolk fringes, removing seedy breech wool, and employing skilled sorters to raise overall fleece quality and yield.
A private letter uncovered near Perth details a tolling dispute among workmen at a private facility. The fragmentary text mentions soundstown and a tangled outcome, with references to wages, dread, and love’s illusion against beauty, ending with Woods' Great Peppermint.
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