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Newspaper

Geraldton Guardian

Location

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Mar 26, 1949

Page

2

Jobs list offers wide range of midwest Australia postings

Employment notices list numerous positions including cleaners fencers for Perenjori Bingen Mullewa and Mt Magi, yardmen, wood cutters and saw bench helpers, cooks, scrub cutters, electricians, engine drivers, panel beaters, machine miners, truck drivers, well sinkers, repairers, clerks and shop assistants for Geraldton Big Bell Mines and Midland Railway. Also congo farm hands nursing assistants domestic workers and junior roles for hospitals hotels stations and private homes as per wage and award rates.

Perenjori Bingen Mullewa Mt. Magi Murehavon Morave Geraldton Big Bell Mines Limited Big 1 Galena Wage and Midland Railway Company

Geraldton Market and In Memoriam Notices Recorded

Entries show market data for Geraldton with 1000 sheep and entries printed. Obituaries and memorials express condolences for Atkinson Kelly Thompson Brand Standen and others, thanking well-wishers and noting dates in March 1949 for births marriages and deaths.

Australian authorities confront Communist influence amid Sharkey case

Geraldton Gaardian at Mas Yen notes decades of belief in a Communist fifth column, now bolstered by declarations from leaders in France and elsewhere. It reports the March 17 initiation of Crimes Act proceedings against Lance L. Sharkey, Australian Communist Party general secretary, and details public support from political groups, union unrest alleged to be under Communist control, and government resolve to defend the law and curb disruptive activity across states.

Mas Yen Repr France Tutsle Lance L. Sharkey Australian Communist Party Austria Tate Treasury Canberra Sharkey Sydney Wommenses Queensland

Fragmented OCR Political Snippet From Aged Paper

Fragmentary text speaks of federal action and democratic life amid references to communists and a slave state. The garbled wording and misspellings obscure clear facts, yielding a partial glimpse of political rhetoric without verifiable events or dates.

Weather and Local News From Geraldton

A Geraldton weather forecast notes cloudy unsettled conditions with showers and westerly winds. Temperatures yesterday reached 11 degrees after an overnight low. a slight fall in the mercurial reading today. Local court action grants Horace Gould possession of a Durlacher Street house within two months. Ex-Nurses Association formed led by Matron V Crowley with officers named. Red Cross March Appeal lists numerous donations totaling funds to £30,000 for the state. A theft of birds at the Great Northern Hotel sighted, with Mr. Penniment seeking help to recover doves and warning of possible public access restrictions if thefts persist.

Geraldton St Wexgrees Possewian Geraldton Loral T. Ansell Durlacher Street Horace Gould Wilfred Clark D. McM. Glynn Clark Gould Red Cross Agrest Red Cross Society Geraldston Ranch Gy Brady Bf. Nelson H. Hebsen G. Cramer Archibald Church of England Tor Guild J. Hebsen H. J. Meedy Mevdames L. J. Bandy Crothers J. Crothers Great Northern Hotel the Nicene C. H. Penniment Penniment Pesimimenta

Crowds Welcome Paced Pacer Single Direct at Trotting Champs

Cheering crowds lined the main street here as Single Direct, the crack pacer, arrived to contest the Trotting Championship. A pipe band and marching girls led the procession before the race, with the horse appearing well after its journey. Local excitement centered on the event and its Adelaide ties.

Teawamutn Fru Adelaide

Moonee Valley racing meeting produces Filipino win

Eastern States racing at Moonee Valley concluded with Filipino the Perth owned standout. The program featured Hollymount Handicap for two year olds, Sherwood and Sydenham handicaps for three year olds, Enham and Alister Clark Stakes plus Woodland Highweight and Moonee Ponds Handicap. Dividends ranged widely with exciting competition among noted horses and multiple starters across six furlongs to one and a half miles.

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Yachting Arrangements For Easter In Geraldton

Arrangements announced by Geraldton Yacht Club president Mr A G Waller for a party of 34 including supporters to visit Geraldton over Easter. Perth Dinghy Club members, rear commodore Rev Morris and timekeeper W Tullor, will join. First arrivals April 14 with departures on Easter Monday and races planned against local Snipe boats at Geeal dtore on Easter Saturday.

Geraldton Perth Dinghy Club WHHL Avestrisian Shire Scamp Les ‘Comlinson A. Trquharn

Air Sea Landing Near Sydney in Joint Operation

A combined air sea operation by the RAAF and ILAN landed Australian observer Kenneth Coonan in Sydney last night after transhipping sixty miles off the Whale fleet. Coonan, a former Western Australian fisheries inspector, had worked as Allied inspector with the Japanese Antarctic whaling fleet for three seasons and suffers a pterygium from Antarctic glare requiring hospital treatment. A Watcher ship met the observer near the heads due to Allied restrictions on Japanese ships entering Sydney Harbor. The Murchison guided the transfer from a catcher ship and returned to Sydney.

Sydney RAAF ILAN Heals Antarctic Kenneth Coonan Booch Fisheriea Department Nan Australia Navy Raaf Lincoln A.S. Murchison Coonan Toe Murchison

Dr Sherwin to speak in Geraldton on health lectures

Dr T A Sherwin in charge of Seventh Day Adventist medical work for Australia and islands will arrive in Geraldton tomorrow. He will lecture on health at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Shenton Street tonight and again Monday night before returning to Perth.

T. A. Sherwin Australia New Zealand Pacific Islands Geraldnton Seventh Day Adventist Church Shenton Street Perth

Sunday church services listed across town

The town’s churches announce Sunday schedules. Church of England holds Holy Communion at 10 am and other services through the day. Presbyterian, Methodist, Salvation Army, and Church of Christ also list morning and evening worship, Sunday schools, and meetings led by listed ministers.

Church of England Presbyterian Church Sum May J. H. Gregson Methodist Church San. Sum May Ov. T Bini Point Geraldton Marine Church of Christ

Millionaire for Perth To Take Films of the City

United States millionaire Mir Lawrence G Thaw, president of Trans Pacific Pictures Inc New York, is expected to arrive in Perth by air tonight with cameramen and equipment to film scenes of Perth and its people. The film, to be released by Chrysler Corp and American Petroleum Institute, will be shown to about 10 000 000 Americans in free school college and church screenings nationwide.

Perth United States Mir Lawrence G. Thaw Trans-Pacific Pictures Incorporated New York Ife Fime Chrysler Corporation American Petroleum Testitute

Man’s car hits six horses near Norseman on Hospital Road

On March 28 Mr Stanley Quinlivan drove home along Hospital Road Norseman when six horses wandered onto the road. He could not avoid them and a hind leg of one horse was broken. it was destroyed.

Norseman Ti Hospital Road Stanley Quinlivan

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