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Newspaper

Geraldton Guardian

Location

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Date

May 04, 1926

Page

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Retail Fabric and Garment Deals Fringe Prices

An advertisement lists various cut fabrics and children's wear with bold pricing. Items include wall DEF and BLOOMERS 3/6 pair, Tweed widths and yardage, ROCK cloth 19/8 per yard, and a 5/11 set for children's wear. Steam wincey, heavy rug at 12/0, calico, heavy twill sheeting priced per yard or dose, plus special prices on AYALLINERY coats and other garments.

Suir Mae Moya’ Repp Ae ‘S & Boys Ana Pnd Manchester Wall Aes Dros Tweed Ae Mart Tweed

Notorious London Burglar Lee The Cornered Acrobat

A revived 19th century profile of a famed London burglar Lee, detailing his agile escapes using wiring and skylights, his early life with respectable parents turning to crime, notable heists, and perilous confrontations with alarm and police. The piece notes his later decline and diminished threat to the authorities.

Pote Billy Fee London Hitle Amigos Drary-lane

Rubber Boom Sparks Vast Prosperity in Malay Peninsula

Telegraphing from Penang the Daily Mail correspondent describes immense rubber wealth in the Malay peninsula with 5,000,000 worn in value and a majority of exports controlled by Malays and Chinese. Smuggling and rubber rackets thrive as routes yield more than export limits, with colonial overseers outwitted by Asiatic smugglers. Continuous imprisonments and harsh transport cocoon families of offenders, while routes stay active through Singapore and the Dutch East Indies.

Penang Etrails Maji Vc Chinese Voulien Dutch East Indies Singapore

Mysterious benefactor roams East End doling gifts

A stranger in Whitechapel distraught crowds as he gave 1 to 15 pounds to poor locals. Described as a kindly man of about 60 with a brown mustache wearing middle class attire, he visits shops and homes, often returning to the same street, while police and onlookers watch. No clear origin or motive established.

Tex Hayling Lee Ho Wan Manchester Stuckyipe Locsin Loe M Notorion Kang Tonden Ami Leo Maver Ailor Wentmaster Bridge-road Jemmy Lea Maxton Street Whitechapel Road Laniou Sonia Westminster Gaz Whitechapel Atranger Buxton

Head Hunting in Burma Under Nagas Tribal Customs

A fragmentary account describes head hunting by Nagas in the Upper Burma hills as a ritual tied to harvest, opium, and skull trophies. Villages fortified by thorn fences and tunnels display carved skulls and totem poles to ward off ghosts and plague, with rites involving strangers’ skulls and offerings to village spirits.

Upper Burma Lelung Anwary Hugo Gould Nga

Seed inoculation method for lucerne in Western Australia

The Director of Agriculture announces Rothamsted derived cultures of nodulating bacteria to inoculate lucerne seed before planting. Instructions cover culture preparation, mixing with milk and calcium phosphate, seed coating, drying, and sowing timing. Readers may apply for culture supplies and must report results.

Sutton E. Angela Ml.a Bush of Australia, Ltd FW Kirack Frodwers' Bank London Rothamsted Artifei Afr. W. Carne Department of Agriculture Department of Age Culture

Ancient Egyptian artifacts praised by readers and critics

A letter to the Westminster Gazette extols the Caine Museum's 2000-year-old tomb treasures. The writer lauds their unmatched artistry, detail, and age, arguing Egyptian craft surpasses later eras and urging scholars to appraise Egypt's lasting impact on art.

J. A. Bpeader Westminster Gazette Caine Museum Snane Grace Rome Na Areh Arloginia Egypt Mank Tombe Akemathon

Trade lot details for Frank Green & Co sale

Fragmentary OCR shows values and names: 24 at 19/11 worth, sacrifice at 7s 6d each. Frank Green & Co. Eraldton May 1926. Includes scattered phrases about figures and individuals Soren Anwar Latins Usraiioon.

Fragmentary Public Schedule Entry

Readable items show scattered times and vague names across dates in October and May. The fragmentary lines mention events at 4 pm 08 pm and 2nd 10.55 am with references to locations and hours, but key details like complete dates, event titles, and participants are missing.

Fist Guarney Kant Gee

Thorn the man in Sydney keeps teeth for life

A long profile of Mr. George Baker a native of Limerick and Sydney resident praised for extraordinary athletic feats and daily Spartan routines. He works from dawn to 4.30 each morning and follows strict habits including cold showers and no smoking or drinking while emphasizing mastication and activity. During wartime he and forces supplied agriculture yielding large profits.

Sydney Uze George Baker Ebsay Moore Park Limerick Baker Anys Mr. Baker

West Australia Post Office Directory cited as essential reference

An advertisement extols the West Australia Post Office Directory as a valuable up to date publication covering Perth suburbs and beyond. It highlights the directory listing every township district resident and stresses affordability and usefulness for locating people and information.

West Australia Post Office Perth Saburbe Kalgour- Bo Doulder Coolgardie Northam Auratia

Mail Time Table Then and Friday Delivery Times

The notice lists mail delivery times for various routes and districts including Eat Of See Gerskitaa Wongun Hills Rootugeba Bowgade Toes and Pei Fremamtia Waaktway and Gerslates with specified morning and evening slots. It notes days such as Tue and Fri and mentions sections with early morning and late morning or afternoon windows.

Wongun Hills Tomey Ao Pan Bowgade Than

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