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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
4
A rural notice discusses managing farmyard dung in heaps, covering with soil, and turning to maintain quality. It weighs when to apply manure to clovers versus wheat, autumn or spring use for young clover, and timing for crops like wheat, mangels, and swedes to maximize nutrient use and root development.
Our Own Correspondent notes a dull season with fashion talk on the bacom and harem skirts. It covers the Perth Modern School sports dispute, penny postage, arbitration for press workers, farmers’ losses from rain and rail, a small vessel's world voyage record, land resumptions, civil service reforms, and local theatre successes at St George's Hall and His Majesty's with Piсero's The Second Mrs Tanquery to follow.
In Lansdowne place Carlo Antoinette shot dead his cousin's wife Lungi Ricci then killed himself. Ricci, a young Italian labourer, had quarrels with Antoinette who had moved in with them after returning from Italy. Neighbours heard shots at dawn and found Ricci dead and Antoinette shot in his room. Also noted: Postmaster-General Thomas faced a vaccine refusal hearing and a boy named John Weston survived a near drowning after falling into a Cornish mine dam.
A deputation in Port Hedland urged W H Cooper to contest the Pilbarra seat at the next General Elections, accusing Mr Underwood of neglecting the district. Cooper agreed to stand. The Davyhurst Federated Miners Union backs Thomas Fox for the Menzies labour slate, while the Labor Executive accepts nominations for York, Beverley, and others by June 1, and up to June 30 for Roebourne Pilbarra and Kimberley. Sir William Lyne, en route to London, commented that WA voters alone supported the Yes outcome and blamed misunderstanding of the issues for Referenda defeats. He suggested referenda proposals would be submitted in 1913.
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