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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 01, 1927
Page
1
An archival snippet lists multiple brand names such as Stormy Quibell’s Sheep Dip and Disinfectant Koertz and Ferrier’s Woolpresirs Aeromotor and Samson Windmills and Flynox and Eyescene BlowSy Oils in a trade image. The fragment suggests a catalog of agricultural and industrial products from a bygone era.
Council discussed purchasing an estate of 13 40 ner d its private status and sought a district conference stance. Traffic inspection, tax relief for Presentation Convent, and street extensions including Santoro and Forrest Streets were reviewed with works committee input and pending owner liability for rights of way.
A letter to the editor critiques football journalism noting uneven coverage and missing star players from various teams. The writer defends the season’s interest and finances while lamenting inconsistent reporting and the naive notion that only major matches matter.
Government astronomer H. B. Curlewis reports a vast group of solar spots showing energy decrease as they wrap around the solar disc. A single moderate spot moves westward and vanishes on September 2, and disturbances follow with two spots observed near the central meridian. In late September limb boiling suggests unsettled conditions. Also, market figures from Ehlee Smith and Co. Ltd. record Subiaco stock: 207 cattle and 65 horses yarded. 183 cattle and 40 horses sold, with prices for cattle and horses listed across assorted conditions.
A party including Elsie and Mavis set out from a hotel toward Cue to gather desert peas. Bad weather, sinking mud, and river torrents halted progress. Elsie finally dragged the group back after a long, comic struggle through gum trees and mulga toward dusk.
First Quarter on October 4 marks the Moon’s illumination increase. Full Moon follows later in October with the Last Quarter around October 5 and the New Moon then obscured as the cycle continues.
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