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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 29, 1916
Page
1
Edward Pope and Company involved in a commission insurance matter with Durlacher 87 Ebaldton cited as a party. The terse entry notes a procedural filing or notice without further context. Entities named include Edward Pope & Co, Durlacher, and Ebaldton, indicating a legal or administrative record in a historical notice.
Correspondence voices in Northampton District urging government support to place prohibition and weed control under road boards with funded measures. Discusses practical weed management, land systematization, farmer labor, and avoiding excessive state burden. Also letters critique bakery pricing and agricultural supply, urging fair pricing and market stability amid “hay famine” and bag shortages.
Market observers note larger entries and keener demand for lambs and sheep, with about 4000 head of sheep offered at Lambe and 5000 booked agents this week. Quality was variable with many store sheep and sacker lambs. prices eased slightly versus last week, while supply tightened toward meeting demand. Local buyers and metropolitan graziers monitored the yarding from Murchison and Kimberley regions, predicting continued market softness amid broader supply shifts.
Metropolitan market reports a yarding including about 1050 ewes and wethers from Kimberley and 1000 for the Murchivan area with strong competition. Prices for prime heavy wethers and ewes held firm while inferior stock and store sheep eased. Pigs and store pigs also traded briskly, with prices generally in sellers’ favor.
Fragmentary OCR shows names likely BP Jame Wraite sad Twmndie dace Vies Bagx Piakisn Barnes Basoy Morison Kandy Ks. Readable elements include person names and a location fragment.
A July dispatch from Lome reports Australians advancing after a dawn assault at Pierre with ground gained toward the windmill as German artillery and new guns threaten counterattacks. Allied gunners are praised for a successful barrage that pinned German reserves and halted reinforcements, while Germans suffer heavy losses and prisoners.
Fragmentary ad copy asserts a principle of enduring quality and success in competition. Mentions coughs and colds and promotes Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy. Contains unclear attributions and period advertising tone.
A damaged historical account recalls the November 2, 1892 Beltway rail crash linked to a misused signal device. The Flying Dutchman train dashed between Otter and Thirsk, killing a guard and injuring thirty nine. James Howes, later tried, faced no punishment as personal tragedy weighed against duty.
The fragmentary item notes a health remedy or cure related to wood, mint, and gold elements with unclear context. No clear persons, dates, or organizations are identifiable from the readable text.
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