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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 30, 1910
Page
4
A South Australian agricultural talk emphasizes seed bed preparation and careful harvesting to preserve grain quality. Grading seed, replacing poor stock every two to three years, and cautious pickling are urged to improve vigor and yields. The discussion notes machinery speeds, weed removal, and the impact of seed quality on plant robustness and eventual crop success.
The article reports Commonwealth heat yield figures for 1906 to 1910 across states. Victoria leads with about 63 million bushels, New South Wales 53 million, Western Australia 11 million, Queensland 4 million, and South Australia around 4.226 million bushels in total production for the period.
Yesterday's telegrams describe a strike by butchers and journeymen opposing employers' wage proposals. The union claims the plan would cut wages substantially. employers counter that current pay is excessive and wage reductions must come through productivity measures.
A sensational death case shocks Olverstone as a well known local man dies at his home in a mysterious incident. The event unfolds near the fire bell area with neighbors reporting smoke and confusion. Police inquiries commence to determine the cause and circumstances surrounding the death.
In Melbourne on Thursday members of the House resumed the Naval Loan Act Repeal Bill debate. Sir John Quick urged borrowing rather than taxation, arguing instalment payments would extend beyond the weather season. Sir John Forrest warned of an armour cruiser contract and questioned ministerial policy while Labour and outside Government members remained uncertain.
In Victoria four workmen Frank Squire Johnstone Gharfes Mitehead and Albert Hedges were injured in a dark incident when the boree struck. In Parliament a Labour member moved to abolish the State Governor’s office as presently constituted. Debate adjourned with Premier Murray favoring postponement and the Justice War suggesting readiness to fit the Premer.
In Western Australia Perth Friday the State Parliament was opened by Governor Sir Gerald Strecklard whose speech echoed Premier Moore’s remarks at Bunbury The Addrews in Reply noted a robbery police were alerted in the early hours of yesterday Chinese Morping reported thieves forced entry to a green grocer shop owned by a Chinese named Charlie Sheleton The scene included a threaten to shoot if interference occurred and marauders withdrew.
An essay by A A Muir Mac morran discusses Sir Walter Scott as a poet, noting his humility and self-deprecation. It examines Scott’s youthful strength, the church scenes and battlefield pictures in Marmion and Lay of the Last Minstrel, and analyzes vivid imagery at Melrose Abbey and Holyrood. It praises Scott’s use of graduated color and epithets, linking form to emotion and age.
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