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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
2
Random excerpts describe local prospects and industrial ideas. Notes touch on freezing works bacon butter factories, oil prospecting in New South Wales, and Moora's telephone service issues. The piece includes odd local anecdotes and product mentions amid a bustling, optimistic town outlook.
The Geraldton freezing works proposal advances with preliminary inquiries and expert consultations. Officials see potential in the meat industry, and a decisive plan will form after water and logistics issues are resolved, guiding future local discussions.
After weeks away the Kurnalpi reappeared this morning docking at the jetty around 1 oclock. It carried a cargo of general merchandise and is expected to sail to Fremantle on the next vessel. Local notices report recruiting activity and various industrial updates, including wool and treacle trade changes and a rivet-driving record at Barrow-in-Furness.
Senior Spitrviar notes end of compulsory duty on 30th 1918 and cadet instruction Wednesdays at 7. A voluntary parade is set for Saturday at two, with cadets to pass 61st examinations. Meeting details cover rejected Ghimere and a West Austrian Association branch inquiry. Trench Comforts Fund to host monthly social and dance at Town Bar starting 13th, with Protheroe Sparks thanks from C.
A fragmentary report notes a Swatharra Red Gro Day event with limited readable details. It mentions responders and a day of activity but lacks clear names, places, or outcomes to confirm specifics.
A May Day event marked by a turn out and donations for the Red Cross. The gathering raised just over £36, with many locals contributing food, goods, and money. Speakers and music supported the fund raising efforts and community participation was noted as highly enthusiastic.
A controversial profile of Ted Guthrie, a New Zealand conscript awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, depicted as cowardly in civilian life. The piece argues the contrast between his wartime courage and perceived moral fear, framing him as an emblem of reluctant, compulsory service shaping national sacrifice.
Acceptances listed for the Tumf meeting in West Australia on June 6. The record names horses with weights and comments across events including First Class Plate and Handicap, noting numerous entries such as Bellevuer, Warambie, Mercuric, Venetian King, Aquila, and others, with race distances and sare details. The list reflects a busy program with six furlong to two mile events and handicaps featuring multiple entrants and weights.
The schedule lists Hordes starting at 2.10 and First Clits at 2.40 pm with Sean noted among participants.
Victoria telegrams report recruitment for a test week reached 967 versus 1106 the prior week. AvE notes the figures as part of labor and efficiency updates. The data point marks a shift in staffing pace amid ongoing program reviews.
Senator Pearce announces new Defence regulations forbidding sale or gift of alcoholic liquor to soldiers in hospital or on leave from hospital. Returned soldiers must wear a true arm band to indicate status and be barred from alcohol.
On June 4 Mene reports the National Council of Women interviewed Acting Prime Minister Mr Watt and presented a petition for 50,000 in support of Tasmanian welfare. Mr Watt promised consideration and stated measures would be carried by cabinet in due time.
Western Australia tender for wooden ship construction was lodged with the Federal Government. Jones Aga resul a meeting bhone recommended the tender for Me construction of wooden shiva in Western Australia to be Cone firmed. The company is to be outed, and Minister for Industry R T Robinson leaves today. it is hoped the full amount will be forthcoming.
Our Dongarra correspondent notes a grim week with many deaths in the district. Hen David Waldeck, son of the late Henry Pletcher Waldeck, a hard working farmer, died of peritonitis after sudden illness following a Soldiers Welcome Home gathering. He was 39, born and bred in Interon, and leaves a notable local footprint for his help to neighbors. His funeral at the old Methodist Church drew a large crowd, with Rev Bohins delivering sympathies before his interment near other loved ones.
The district extends heartfelt sympathy to the widow and two sons Fletcher and Gordes and daughters Isabel and Sema. Chief mourners include wife, sister, eldest son Phe cher, brothers Fred and Genye, and cousins from Irwin and Greenough. Pallbearers were E W Clarkson W B Mache Newman Pearse and Wik Downes. Numerous floral offerings and condolence telegrams and letters were received from many groups and individuals.
A personal notice from Sandstone reports Private Horace Coates was killed in action in France on October 10. The item links the event to a wider family note, mentions his brother Frank and other local figures, and recounts anecdotes about Ned as well as recruitment efforts by Kalgoorlie representatives.
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