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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1949
Page
6
A flurry of vivid portraits details wealth and oddities in 19th and early 20th century America. It highlights heirs and eccentrics like the Wearlels of New York and Hetty Green, noting vast fortunes, strange lifestyles, purblind spending, and peculiar households.
The Brabazon airliner, the world’s biggest at 190 tons with eight piston engines, will undergo tests at Filton near Bristol next month. Trials include taxiing, a 3,000 yard runway run, and a flight to check controls before a long testing program leading to a no-stay test to New York. The first Brabazon will serve as a flying laboratory for airframe and power-operated control systems ahead of turbine-driven prototypes.
A fragment notes the dragon tree native to the Canary Islands yielding dragon's blood resin used in varnishes and lacquers. It mentions a Tenerife stem over forty feet in circumference, indicating extraordinary size among the studied specimens.
Two star performers from Geraldton cycling club visited the metropolitan area to compete in the junior championships. Fitzgerald, aged sixteen, rode consistently in sprints and will be eligible for the 1950 junior championships. Ron McCagh showed early form, later finishing third in a sprint, then excelled in a 27 mile road race, taking first and fastest time despite equipment trouble.
In a tense scene at Wrayemoor Castle, March reveals a web of deceit vormen by Willett and the Wickham faction. Edward Merrell’s alibis unravel thanks to clues from Morrison’s cane and Debrett’s notes, exposing Michael Vaughan as a real imposter and exposing the planned inheritance plot.
Geraldton Cycle Club schedules three events on Greenough Road next Sunday starting at the Queer's Hotel. Handicaps are set for Juveniles, Tunions, and Renlora with names and time allowances noted for each rider cohort.
Detective figures unravel a web of crime led by Sterne and the Black Monika gang. Edward Vaughan uncovers the hidden jewels and a replica, while Sir Thomas’s plan to protect the King of Isis relics unfolds. The Duke of Wessex’s sacred ring remains at issue as the chase closes.
In a daring escape thwarted by Sir Thomas and the Duke's authority, Septime March retrieves jewels and arranges safe storage at Scotland Yard until Mrs Grave arrives. Lords Wrayemoor thank him as he departs with the Superintendent, planning a modest reward of wedding cake.
A fragment from a BBC radio scene notes Much Binding in to Marsh and its team led by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne with Sam Costa and Dudley Davenport. A private’s cheeky reply during tea duty prompts laughter, illustrating wartime wit and Radio programme humor.
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