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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1922
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR note claims to reassure customers about prices and availability of furniture hardware and china. The text is garbled, but indicates a promise to supply furniture, hardware, bedding, crockery and related goods to every customer despite words missing or jumbled.
Dalgety & Co Ltd writes under ante Hay 34 noting gentle trade in the agricultural sector with opening prices around 3/ to 4 per unit and overall firm closing. The report mentions several grassens and signs of demand, with prices keeping in step with usual levels and lamb prices showing strength.
Auction catalog notes rough and quality grades for cattle cows ewes and lambs. Entries list weights and prices in pounds shillings pence with specifics on interior and lowers pod quality weighty cows and various animal classes. Several ranges show prices from 7 to 217 for cattle, ewes priced 25 to 27/8, lambs 16 to 28/5, hogs and baconers with prices from 24/- to 70/5, and porkers 24/- to 48/7.
At Perth railway yards on Wednesday buyers examined samples from the Metropol grain auction. Best lots reached £7 17s 8d with averages from £7 5s to £7 10s and good medians around £8 10s to £7 6s. Outen chaif sales showed two entries at £6 15s, with two samples at £17 6d. No inquiries for heavy feeds, buyers scarce.
An English journal outlines key points for choosing foundation sows in pig breeding. It stresses pedigree versus non pedigree, desirable teat placement, sow mobility, and the importance of a gilt's age and mating timing to maximize litter size and pig health. It warns against rushing breeding and notes that prolificacy and careful selection often come from moderate beginnings and long-term planning.
A historical snippet discusses pig feeding, stressing high quality nutrition over quantity. It warns against rich fats early and advises a Sahih diet with regulated starch and digestible feed. It notes mischief from overfeeding and suggests cod liver oil to boost fat efficiency.
Kathleen Clarke a fourteen year old girl from near Hereford Gloucestershire is described as six feet tall with a weight near thirteen stone and a fragile frame. Doctors say her growth may continue until seventeen and her mother recounts her remarkable hereditary stock amid careful notes on appearance and future clothing requirements.
A London Daily Mail science note explores the ongoing extraction of gaseous elements from air. It highlights growing amounts of oxygen and nitrogen used industrially, the commercial value of argon and neon, and advances like filamentless lamps. The piece argues air is an inexhaustible raw material open to all.
An aged account details a rigid daily routine for crews with early rising at seven, milk and biscuits, two miles walk, cold bath, long workdays, and a big dinner at 7 30. It lists meals, drinks, rest periods, and strict prohibitions including tobacco and other substances, with occasional exceptions during trial periods and rare late-night changes. The piece highlights stern rules, limited recreation, and specific dietary practices to maintain health and discipline.
Ex Crown Prince’s letter portrays a gulf between old and modern worlds as German leadership debates revolution versus resistance. General Schulenberg vows oath keeping while General Grover quips that oaths and war laws are holy. The document hints at imperial wavering over the revolution and future of Prussia.
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