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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1949
Page
2
Motor cars listing notes Jones Bros Chevrolet De Luxe Car of the 1886 model with a new engine and in good order. Provides concise status and feature highlights for prospective buyers and collectors.
Reward of five pounds offered by Logue & Co for the person proving to the undersigned that their box or dogs have killed sheep on the property. Also a notice inviting tenders for building lease with July 27, 1949 closing, and several birth, marriage, and death notices for Forrest er and O Malley families. Included is a fisheries report on Abrolhos crayfish stock and cautions against overfishing.
The Chief Adviser for the Vegetable Industry will send a departmental officer to Geraldton to consult with the Tomato Growers Association on problems to study. The aim is to help the Department of Agriculture devise investigations, supporting decentralisation and potential local research efforts. The 1948 Geraldton export showed 27,000 cases to 100,000, yielding £100,000 and a state-important industry worth about £245,000 annually.
The Geraldton fishing fleet Fleetwitg Queen and iat returned to Sorelle harbor after seven to thirteen day absences with full loads. Total catch of achnapper near 22,000 lbs. in other items mining university mine model in Birmingham. Health Act breaches lead to fines for milk sales. Missionary work touted with a twenty five ship fleet aiding natives. Authors Leslie Rees and Coralie Clarke Rees visit Geraldton on writing assignments for Walkabout and other features.
Fire brigade responded to a bakery alarm at 11 45 p m. Recruiting officers will visit Geraldton next week with contact at the Commonwealth Employment Service Marine Terrace. Geraldton Progress and Tourist Association invites all citizens to monthly meetings. Local court fines for traffic breaches are listed, with multiple drivers fined for night parking, unlit cycles, and pushbikes on footpaths. Rainfall across districts provides benefit to farmers, with figures from Geraldton and surrounding towns.
The notice lists Tea Nos 21 to 82 as valid with expiries on July 10 for Nos 21 to 34 and on August for Nos 25 to 23, and Sept 4 for 32. Butter Nos 22 to 24 are valid and expire July 10. A weather delay affected the Douglas air chart of the MacRobertson-Miller Asta How Company Limited, delaying a night flight from Geraldton to a destination and resuming southbound service at 7:30 am and returning flight to Carnarvon at 9 am, about three hours late.
The Northampton program features Pursued with Teresa Wright Robert Mitchum and Judith Anderson. A dramatic Western tale set in the New Mexico era follows Jeb Ram as he battles forces and love entanglements after returning from the Spanish American War. Supporting bits include a Why kind of un cartoon newsreel and Lost City of the Jungle chapter.
Mr R Nott of McLean’s Cusham Carry Store with his wife returned to Geraldton after a brief Perth visit. Mrs C L Doncan of Greenough travelled to Perth by air for medical treatment. Mr R B Reinholdtsen, Northampton Mining and Development manager, left Geraldton by air for a Perth business view. Miss Enid Ward, daughter of the W Ward family, near Sanford Street, completed final nursing exams with the Nurses Registration Board.
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