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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 28, 1948
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes list livestock items including sheep worth 4900 and cattle valued 113 with various mares and lines. Mentions Dalgety Company Limited and Mort & Co. Ltd. as possible auction or associated firms. Source text is garbled with many unreadable words and stray capitalized terms.
Fragmented OCR shows tender notices for public works with garbled names and locations. It mentions a minister, terraces, quarries, and ventilation related items with unclear dates and places. Entities are uncertain due to transcription errors.
Tenders are invited for a workshop titled a Suit Sher at the premises of a residence on Staley Street Gerald Vlenies Hil penititiond. Bidders must be formed free Crerhwrs Bros and no structural alterations are allowed. Stray Beriddien swon ys November 4.
In this brief bereavement notice the Allexder family informs friends and relatives of a loss. Readers are asked to send expressions of sympathy by letter, telegram, or tribute while honoring the memory of the deceased and supporting the family during their time of grief.
Fragmentary obituary fragment mentioning names Francis Shyu Higgins Gilbertson Wellington Mey and others with affixed relations to Dorrie Jan Win and Davil Henry. Details are unreadable due to corrupted text and scattered fragments across multiple lines.
A busy Geraldton page reports a moderate weather pattern with southerly winds and rising temperatures, plus notes on a portable radio theft, a theater outing at the Astor, a man hospitalised after a harbor accident, and a fisherman presumed dead after falling overboard. It also covers a stolen cheque case, a farm productivity feature, and a warning about an age old superstition letter scare targeting a child.
Fragmented report details Visiting Nurse Slater and the Hush Nustiae Association in Geraldton with mentions of nurse visits to Guealiron, efforts to resist Cheeseheine influence, and community discussions. Also references an inquest into a stockman's death, a warning about municipal elections, and plans to widen Chapman Road with project stages and funding notes.
The article reports that NSW wool buyers and representatives rejected establishing wool appraisal centres in centres like Moree and Dubbo. Minister Pollard signalled a review of buying centres at Stuck Simpton and Geraklion as brokers doubted decentralisation. Cash, transport, and logistics were seen as barriers, with patience expressed for later reconsideration if overseas demand stabilises.
A long, OCR drawn roster lists travelers by the Mt Gumt railway line between Bernt and Geraldcon clivelus, with many names including Ferrier, McNeill, Davies, Abnnstob, Mughex, Lonkin, Shearing, Rawanda, Mendal, Chamberlaing, Wright, Coppack, Martin, and Mooney among others. The document, dated midweek, appears as a detailed passenger manifest for multiple trips, noting Mees, Mesers, and rest days as counts.
A fragment listing passengers travelling between Geraldton Perth and Carnarvon on Wednesday and Thursday. Names include Rev Father K Spain Mrs M Dusey Messrs Wot Sion AF Griffiths J Farrell C Blakeway Mrs J Me Larttiann Monsen Hallie Bell Locke White and others. Also mentions travel from Geraldton to Carnarvon with Masters and L Harkins.
Abrolhos tourists voyaged inland aboard the motor vessel Iilavia Road yesterday with passengers including Mesars H. Larner and A. Larner.
The National Fitness Council of Western Australia has pressed for funding of recreational facilities over two years. A letter to the Country Municipal Councils Association was read, noting rejection by federal authorities. The council and Local authorities discuss loan funding and conditions for approving projects that do not affect housing needs.
Station officer B S Sefton, in charge at the Gucaldian Fire Station, has been promoted and transferred. He will become Inspecting Officer of the Western Australian Fire Brigades Board. J Bradford of Perth is appointed to head the local station.
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