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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
3
A telegram transmission reports a motor cyclist injured at high speed near Guildford. Details are garbled but indicate a collision with a vehicle or obstacle. The rider’s condition and exact location are unclear due to the poor OCR transcription.
A Melbourne newspaper reports that at least two representatives discussed bulk handling of wheat. Prowse urged bulk handling for Australia with cost estimates around 410,000 pounds. The piece notes related questions on railway employees and retrospective government pay decisions affecting public salaries.
A local ballot in March shows 12 voting in favour and 200 against a proposed film and capital amalgamation plan involving a 2.3 million investment and public works including tramway development in the region.
Melbourne reports the first ceremonial marriage in Australia at Inglewood, with a crowd and engine-like spectacle at 2000 feet altitude. The event signals unique vows amid aviation themed observances.
A large meeting of Geraldton ratepayers pressed the government over the town's water supply. Mayor, J C Willcock, and MP for the town, Mr Willcock, criticized delays and sought firm pledges on funding and construction. Leaders urged rapid action to avoid ongoing postponements, warning that Western Australia might split if essential works are not funded and completed next year.
Fragmentary text shows Prebane Paxtons visiting and promising to assist Parliament while Dr Sewell mentions a vote to rescind the proceedings. The readable lines indicate a political exchange about delaying or reversing official actions and commitments.
The Seralton Bowlers Tour final at Geraldton unfolds with tight pairs and strong play. Gera and teammates push to gain advantage as results show 15-10, with Gendjoe vying for position and subsequent rest. Notable matches include Kraper and Toox defeating Bardezal Snell, and McCre and Willivan beating Rewett and Smith 20-7.
McCrae defeats multiple opponents in a single elimination style match series. Notable results include Fond 19 17 and Nell 18 14 while Henderson drops early passes. Final rounds show McCrae overcoming Jed boy, with Scaddan and Letger beating Bartie and Swell 14 12 as weather remains favorable for the event.
Fragmented OCR reads like a formal letter directed to MR REG UAR GIT with addresses in Mt. Lachey and Perth. It references initiation, a sect at a terrace, and a request for work or return, with several scrambled proper names and place hints.
Seaside Sports entry dated 2508 March 1828 reports an event at 230 pm in Torbay. Details are fragmentary but indicate local sports activity on that date and time.
At London docks a remarkable scene unfolded with huge volumes of merchandise stacked to shed roofs and thousands of workers hauling crates beneath skylights. Officials examined wholesale storage, meat imports from Australia and New Zealand rising to tens of thousands of tons monthly, with retail meat prices around one and a half pence per pound and diversions to Glasgow if storage proved insufficient.
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