Northern Wheat Belt touted as vast arable land
Reprinted from The Mirror, the piece extols the Great Wheat Belt north of Gingin with claims of rich rainfall and extensive arable tracts around Greenough, Mullewa, and Northampton. It highlights numerous valleys, creeks, and river banks as ready for settlement and farming, urging inspection before locating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginbia
Gingin
Alex
Crawford
Murchison
Mears
W. Mickensin Grant
Emanuel Bros.amit Phillips
FL Pearse
G. F. Gooch
C. Smith
T. Readhead
Ti Smith
Emi
Greenough Amt
Dongarra
Settlemnt
Tay Deane
Marelisn
Rhine
Shacks Bay
Tay
Varant
Howe
Murchixon
Mullewy
Apensigg
Veraldton
Greenough
Knoknten
Mullewa
Greenough River
Kockates Creek
Port Gregory
la Murchison
Park Gregory
Keunchmaret
Wurchison
Heitiewel
Vieriilton
Nanaine
Geraldton Amateur Dramatic Society Meeting Recap
A Geraldton meeting at the Victoria Hotel praised the society for its recent production Blow the Blow and planned a permanent, businesslike committee. Sub committees were formed to draft rules, with thanks sent to contributors and a repeat performance planned for race night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Hotel
Tureday
I. Grimisk
Meram
Bourne
Dooley
Eskell
Apel
J. Watterson
Wes
Ube
Geraldton
Telephone rate rise likely in near future
Melbourne reports that the executive authority may bring in new telephone charges at the next Executive Council meeting. The discussion notes the service may operate at a loss in many districts, with calls for verification and a cautious approach before any general rate change. An improved service standard is urged amid public complaints and ongoing reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Thomas
Executive Council
Homes
Wittees
Pacal Commission
Fragmented maritime tale and classroom quip fragment
A fogbound yachtsman nearly collides with a barge while shouting to steerage and a boatman. A drunken keeper is dismissed and a gratified old lady praises a spylike figure. A Sumlay School teacher asks about the three great feasts of the Jews, a small boy replies with a punny list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumlay School
Engineering Projects and Great Infrastructure Visions
The article surveys vast projects by engineers including the Panama Canal, massive irrigation works in Asia Minor, the Baghdad Railway from the Aegean to the Persian Gulf, a Mecca pilgrimage railway from Damascus, American waterway investments, and California political tensions. It notes the scale of these schemes, their economic aims, and their impact on global trade and empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Américas
London
Tondon
British Empire
Pao
Chaklara
Aries
Tigrin Fuphrates
Fiknon Hever
William Willcocke
Amon
Asia Minor
Bagdad
Liosphorus
Constantinople
Persian Gulf
India
English Channel
Demascum
Mecca
Mahammedan ix
Medina
Tabor
Leon
Great American Waterway Plan Aimed to Tie Nations
A grand scheme envisions widening navigable rivers to 16 000 miles with a network of canals at river bends. Builders would use lakes to extend water routes south to the Gulf and toward Atlantic ports, linking West and East coasts to form a vast waterway system. The plan promises eventual emancipation from railroad control and rapid completion within twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teibetmefer Furniek
Gulf of Mexico
Fodder Plant Risks and Grain Freight Rules
A ragged clipping notes a novel fodder grass from Vittoria named Kine Hlane melii tov ve yew clover praised for rich cattle feed and rapid fattening. It mentions a Murray paddock with better stick-on feed and warns of a poisonous weed affecting cattle on inland grasses, plus New Zealand freight rules limiting sack weights to 200 pounds and penalties for overloading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Coa
Taunceston
Catire
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Mirror
Reger
Swhat
Geyer
Ors
Amateur Dramatic Society
R. M. Cochrane
America
Congress
United States
California
Premdimt Roosevelt
Mark ‘Twain
New Zealand
Orient
Eer
J. M. Ferguson, Ltd
MADE
Western Australia
T Bar
Q. Pucsen
Richard Purser
King Street
Perth
Wand
Heajy
J. J. Ryan
Marina
Teh
ACK
Butchers
Marine Terrace
Geraldtor
THE
EAS T Butcher
W. Willcock
Butcner
Gesaki- Bal
Dimtriere Bor
Thera
Patna
George, Lester Casper Roap, OmmaLeven
Bullock Electric Manufacturing
Dorling Street
Tera, Geraldion
Great Art Union
Bael
Pupite
Elizabeth St
Meltowene
F. Snell
Theo. W. Helde
Elith Street
Victorma
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