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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 12, 1925
Page
2
Brief item notes a misprinted PHRSCRIFTION seed in a medicine delivery, with garbled text suggesting a chemist or pharmacist involvement. Reader confusion cited as the issue, no injuries or actions recorded.
The Geraldton district’s annual illustrated issue will publish in November to reach readers before Christmas. New features, art, and stories will showcase local talent with prize money redistributed among 103 contributors. Limited advertising space and special features for budding creators are planned to boost the issue.
Mrs Tangney and family express heartfelt thanks to kind friends for flowers cards and personal acts of sympathy in their bereavement. Special gratitude to Dr Wallace the matron nurse and staff of Victoria Hospital for their great kindness and support.
A collection of damaged loving memory notices listing names, relations, dates of passing, and brief remembrances. Messages mention husbands wives fathers and grandfathers with phrases of devotion, loss, eternal rest, and family signatures faded by age and OCR errors.
A mix of community items covers health reports, births and deaths, a funeral at the General Cemetery, and notes on water quality. Police and legal actions include a drunkenness case and minor infractions. The piece also mentions cemetery water supply concerns, road access, and local entertainment listings with performances by Morvin and Vane.
A garbled review notes Morris and Vane at the City that Never Meeps with Bowery and Roosevelt Theatre mentions audiences awaiting admission before 1 p.m. The program includes The Digital Tower and a mix of comedy and novelty acts. Queen's Averations and Cheap Kisses are tied to a Master Picture at O's Hall with Balboa Beach noted for beach scenes.
A queer sect calling itself the Society of Eden has been found near Anperswil, Zerich. Members embrace the Adam and Eve lifestyle with ritual nudity and simple garments. They marched through a forest, alarmed residents, and were arrested for public lewdness after resisting imprisonment. Magistrates fined them and warned of prison if repeated. the group reportedly moved to another forest in a different canton.
The article discusses voting procedures across districts with candidate names and the need to mark preferences beside each name. It notes informal ballots if not marked and lists the voter groups in Kalgoorlie and surrounding areas, specifying preferred candidates and vote positions for Mullany and others. Replacement names and codes appear due to OCR but the core describes ballot layout and informal voting rules.
A large Walkaway meeting heard Hon. Scaddlan defend the Ministerial Party. C. L. Duncan accepted the ticket, addressing questions amid concerns about Labour and Communist influence, while debates covered democracy in Australia, Fremantle incidents, and Kalgoorlie contest implications.
Reported notices indicate the Labour party gathering at the Freemasons' Hotel with the principal candidate Mr. M F Troy and a meeting in Northampton with J Readnis addressing a Ministers’ party at King's Theatre. The item notes party activities and venue changes with local political mobilization.
Watt stated today at a Melbourne meeting that the Comarianat movement has no force in the country outside that of the set up by the CL Cress Bates Perth. No further details are available in the fragmented OCR text.
A fragmentary report notes three men fined after an arrest connected to a search at a location tied to Jostens. The ticker indicated one man had prior ties to a couple of years ago, with descriptions incomplete and details unclear.
A brief note states that the three players with the feet feral fimber will soon leave their positions. The wording is unclear but indicates imminent departure of the trio from their current roles.
The shipowners report readiness to dispatch ships as they rearrange idle assets and align crews. Officials note improved cargo movement and calls for orderly return of vessels to service.
Brisbane reports Bowes updates Bowes to DSg News that farmers have resumed loading the Corrimal with wagons. The steamer is stated to have an eight pon union crew and watersiders on old conditions.
A Mexican tree bears pods that hold a larva inside a seed husk. The worm hatches and, when the pod dries and opens, jumps suddenly as the shell splits. The insect seeks safety by calling itself mp and leaping away, then resting briefly before new jumps.
Market notes from Dalgety and other firms indicate cattle and sheep prices fluctuated on Wednesday at Miias Junction with choppers and light weights weaker versus months past. Packers and stores kept values from declining further while porkers and bacon stores showed a sharp, uneven softer trend overall.
Market quotes note various beef and pork prices with unclear terms. Figures like 440.0 appear alongside misread words. entries describe best weights and cuts such as mutton and bacon, but legibility is limited and several items are garbled.
A mixed yarding of overlanded cattle from Gascorme and Upper Murchison drew strong competition at Mingonew on November Sth. Buyers from the Houth-Western districts Geraldton and the Midland line chased well grown steers and heifers as prices held firm. Elder Smith & Co Limited offered store cattle at Fal locks with prices from £1 1/ to £4 1/ for steers, £2/7/8 for 2 year olds, cows £1/18/ and heifers £2/7/6, calvers £27/6, plus 15 borara and right aged medium draughts selling £25 to £27/10/. Light sorts averaged £9 to £10.
At a council meeting last night, Tieanor Street corridor design received attention as plans to alter the Cowilway corner near Blannor Street were discussed. Town Clerk Cathodes Arwaue was to address the council on the matter and provide update opportunities.
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