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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 15, 1917
Page
1
A jumble of scattered names and numeric codes appears, including entries such as ALWAYS SIDEROSTHEN ANTI CORROSIVE PAINT and multiple personal identifiers like Ailes Dudley Kay and Henriette Greville, interspersed with parenthetical marks and odd numbers. The readable content is minimal, presenting only disjointed fragments without a coherent event or narrative.
A survey of farmers in the Eastern district presents estimates of cropping and feed costs for planting, maintenance, and harvest. Notable figures include Mr Stuart Patterson Kellerberrin with wheat at 28s 3d and hay at £2 1s 6d, alongside land value at £4 per acre, reflecting varied farm operation expenses.
An excerpt from London Punch in November 1916 contrasts term usage for Allied troops. It rejects calling overseas soldiers Anglicized names and emphasizes the grit, mix of origins, and sacrifices of Anzacs and others buried in Turkish ground.
Wecked out sk abost 80 per acre with costs about 275 per acre for putting in and taking off. Mr T H Wilding of Northam argues a Yen bean yield of 20? bushels per acre is needed to farm profitably. Another farmer notes 12 bushels per acre at 6d to break even.
Private Ten Weeks writes from Crawley Cottage Hospital Sussex to Dassents in Geraldton MeL Wests. He reports slow progress with a badly injured arm. The main bone was blown away, two splints remain, and the bone has not fully knitted. Doctors debated amputation but decided to leave the arm. Massage worsened the wound, but he feels better and hopes to be out soon.
A garbled recollection from a wartime diary notes four friends sheltering together amid cold and danger. The speaker recalls daily struggles, memories of people in Memegane and France, and anxious thoughts about the war’s impact and themselves. The fragment hints at hunger, confinement, and a wish for stability as winter tightens its grip.
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