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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1923
Page
2
The report cites Dalgety noting brisk competition between English and continental buyers for merino wool and a shift in quotations. It also discusses the debate over electrifying the Cue railway station area and the need for adequate lighting for travelers and platforms.
The page lists a Sunday program with Mee J Swithh and Master Day performing in a band concert featuring the Peasant's Overture, plus an assortment of sermons at Wenley Church and Angleam Church. It notes choirs, a Mulley School anniversary service, and a Wednesday public meeting at Angleam Church. Weather mentions frost and cold, with reports of meat price concerns and a humorous anecdote about Wyndham meat.
The Mullewa district reports talk of Salvation Army meetings and village notices amid warnings on viaduct closures. Farming shifts in Mullewa with banks showing loan willingness. Ballarat's Thomspon celebrates 100th birthday as oldest resident. Visits by C J Acutt share sheep sales and optimism for wheat yields. Mullewa trucking yards face railway flood disruptions slowing access and grain movement.
A Geraldton council delegation led by Mayor G A Kempton and Town Clerk Whitgoing pressed officials on water rate changes and 1000 gallon allowances. Mr George outlined cost figures while Minister promised to study the matter and report back within days, amid calls for public input and opposition to underfunding.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a murky account of a political conspiracy linked to a yompouw werd and a figure named MOTTA. Dialogue erupts amid confusion as townspeople discuss dire outcomes and sudden actions.
The article describes a chaotic boxing bout where promoters reduced ticket prices to attract about 20,000 spectators, with strong crowd pressure and accusations of unfair officiating. Gibbons is praised for his endurance though Dempsey is favored by many critics, while the audience at Shelby reacts angrily to below the belt blows.
Sydney reports a fatal case of imborne jilague hax in Mpdacy. The i nd & Young employed in the city lived at Camperdown. He had been ill for three days and died on Roturiay. A puzzling note mentions only six teasp poonful of hauoy during seszom
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