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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
1
A condensed list notes lunar changes across October 1920 with events on October 5 last quarter October 12 new moon October 20 full moon and October 27 last quarter in the 61st quarter sequence.
A Bunbury harbor meeting discusses extending the port to improve South-West trade. Speakers urge decentralisation, better depth, and protection, arguing a deeper, sheltered harbor will boost fruit growers, producers, and local employment while protecting Bunbury from economic decline.
Trafalgar Senate hosts a small YMCA bureau aiding subliers awaiting repatriation from Australia. Director B W Wilton of Koreau reports starving former Diggers in danger on roadsides and seeks return of many to Australia from Timperial Force refusals. Deserters and repatriation delays threaten Britain's migration plans and leave discharged munition workers unpaid.
Once waste land leased to sparse pastoralists the northwestern Victoria mallee has become a flourishing region. An auction at Merbin near Mildura yielded high prices with total sales around £50 and an average of about £322 per block across 27 lots. Purchasers were largely Merchin or Mildura residents, trusted to value property well.
A fragmented notice references Frank Isbell and the 22nd Battalion in Alabama with mentions of male subjects and locations tied to Poking Stores and Ranges. The garbled text implies a daytime and nighttime activity report, with unclear names and actions. Further readable details are unavailable in the fragment.
Vin cent Pinto of Philadelphia invents a talking clock to regulate home life. Replacing hourly chimes, the device speaks messages like It is 6 a.m Time to get up and Breakfast is ready. A phonograph attachment records custom phrases.
Thousands watched two large towers rise near Brighton as part of the defense works for the Solent. Each tower stands about 140 feet high and weighs large masses of material. They cost around 21,250,000 to build and will be sunk outside Portmouth Harbor with summits above water to form anti submarine barriers.
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