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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 18, 1924
Page
1
Sporting updates and notices issued for the Geraldton area list contact details and a telephone line for inquiries. The notice directs readers to send communications to GEO LAING in Geraldton for latest information and inquiries.
M24 and Lindon inform the public they have taken over the tea rooms at the halfway station from Mrs Logan. They will run them on the previous line with regular fruit and vegetables stocked and refreshments available at any hour. Travellers catered for and country orders attended to by telephone 73.
Geraldton citizens at a public meeting urge opening Crown lands in the Victoria District and a railway from Yuna to Mullewa to unlock agricultural potential. They call for an advisory board with local knowledge, and for Perth reporting on the resolutions with a Geraldton delegation to Perth. The mayor and local leaders back closer settlement and improved education to attract development.
Seven runners contested the 200 yard mpoon with A Jones winning easily from T Leverman and others as listed. The excerpt also notes state savings bank deposits for August with total credits and payments and a large overall depositor balance.
Our Correspondent introduces Dindilon a rising settlement on the Chapmen River noting its name from the Dindilos cricket team. The piece covers a community picnic athletic contests for youth and elders, a village dance, a Christmastree planning committee, and later a master picnic near Oddfellows Hall with visitors from several districts and a slate of local race and athletic results.
The local scene features a blindfold steeplechase and a married ladies mee with winners, plus a motor musical chair. A dance at the Oddfellows Hall drew a large crowd as the group performed in American style. Upcoming events include a Nevaling picnic with 11 attractions and a dance at Mr Callaghan's bungalow to aid the Dindilon cricket club.
Readable fragments show unclear names and events about a stock agent and movement. The text lacks coherent details, dates, or places to identify a definite action or outcome for a concise news card.
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