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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 04, 1916
Page
2
A wartime appeal stresses popular war loans to fund defence and empire protection. It notes Australia’s need to raise £70 million for 1917, urges wide participation among all income levels, and emphasizes duty over wealth in supporting the empire.
Readers are urged to invest in a Commonwealth war loan via weekly payments of ten pence for forty weeks to obtain a ten pound bond, with four and a half percent interest. The piece promotes thrift, patriotic support for soldiers and families, and includes notes on rural auctions and local agricultural society decisions.
Melbourne Argus reports Ballarat Trades and Labour Council weighing a cooperative bakery to boost local trade. A fourpence per pound price for flour would yield weekly profit of about £14 17s 8d, while Geraldton prices offer slim margins under cash-only trade.
An Agricultural Commissioner for the South West was badly injured when his rider on horseback collided with a motor car near Osborne on Saturday evening. The horse bolted and the rider fell, suffering a shoulder injury and other bruises. The car sustained damage from the collision and the rider was taken to hospital for treatment.
Wartime enlistments pull labor from farms as seeding nears completion. Farmers struggle with reduced workforce while government steps to support agriculture are debated. Government promises to stabilize markets and encourage farming amid war pressures.
A wartime dispatch from London reports British and Dominions forces advancing along the Somme front with heavy artillery, trench mortars, and massed infantry. German resistance stiffens near Serra, with counterattacks repulsed and prisoners taken as fighting shifts through Thiepval, Beaumont, and the Hama sector.
The report notes a large but not excessive number of slightly wounded soldiers and labels the engagement as the battle of the Simms, outlining the conflict's scale without graphic detail.
Eclectic competition held on June 24 and July 1 with matches ending 2 up to 4 up near the end. Northam squad included Whead, Riding, Parsons, Bev King, Clarke, E King, Ingles, Rawa, and Bogle from Tarkona. Geraldton entries featured Tregurthe, Bogle, Henderson, Counsel, Church, and Clarke with various 12 hole scores reported.
The Canning Park program on Saturday lists weights for the Gold Plate trial stakes and other events. Top names include Masuran, Golden Urb, Sheeboures, Gubhurst, Rheubsurne, and Muralis with weights in the 60s and 70s. The meeting also notes a two mile brush steeplechase and a pare handicap with numerous runners. Gold output for June from Western Australia shows total value £898,083 from 114,762 ounces of gold produced.
In Geraldton Supreme Court Justice Burnside hears a dispute over a motor car lien and damages for detention. Plaintiff Eaton seeks repayment for repairs and sale proceeds, while Williams and Co claim the lien rests on work performed. judgment reserved after arguments on lien rights and payment timing.
The Greenaugh Farmers Club presided by J. W Waldeck met last Wednesday to decide on the Royal Agricultural Show date. A touring lecture on dairying and pig farming by Mr E Constantine and Mr E Hellmann was planned with talks at St Catherine's Hall Central Grechoweh. The meeting noted health act regulations on dairy premises and voted thanks to the club’s chairman.
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