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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
1
A fragmentary column discusses Australian women's franchise rights, debates suffrage with English sisters, and mentions Lady Frances Balfour. It recalls a violent Paris couple, then shifts to Modern Society quips on fashion, mentioning a monogram waistcoat and veils, and a Western Australian socialite trip.
The text records varied items: Timber firm in Greenbushes supplying beams, notes on orange Thomsn’s Navel fruit, Perth Tramway Company profits, Fremantle tram accident, sheep losses from bad weather, shipwrecks and sea incidents, suffragette demonstrations in Hyde Park, Count Zeppelin’s ship trial, Australian immigration finance, railway competition and a cork bale explosion in Arcadia, US mine disaster in Pittsburg, Sir John Forrest on surplus revenue, Fremantle agriculture machinery, factory exemptions, wage debates, Rodale Pionowa industrial growth, and local church fire during service with cautious crowd behavior.
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