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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 04, 1924
Page
3
The report describes foreign forces shifting toward Shanghai as tensions rise in China. It notes units from France and other powers moving, with troops reported in Shanghai and nearby areas as of September.
The conference urges steps to unify the international trade union movement and empower workers worldwide. If accepted the resolution aims to accelerate progress already sought by the Congress and leadership.
The document records funds received by the Ackeeestrom and Hewitt Relief Fund. It lists donors such as John Shipton Lodge and various associations, with totals around £97 and £204. Entries include donations from Ugly Men's Association and District contributions, detailing proceeds from events and Picture Night.
In a bizarre report from Monilay, residents claim a unicorn appeared near the Olebe Brewery in Gorali. The creature fled into a bush by the wirelow station. witnesses describe its horn length and savage legends surrounding such beasts in tropical regions.
A German scientist Ane used aniline dye in 50 gallons of water to alter a growing tree’s color within 40 hours, turning the trunk branches and leaves into a uniform blue. Reports note extensive experiments rejuvenating old trees, injecting infusions into stems and shrubs, and using anesthetics to affect plant reactions.
A 1923 Melbourne dispatch recounts the schooner Deugien Mawayne wrecking near Cape York Gulf of Carpentaria after a violent storm. It says all crew were killed by natives except two white women taken captive and later said alive. a relief expedition sought their whereabouts.
Fragmentary telegraph text notes an unloading incident at Prewantle with a compensation rate of six shillings per hour and mentions unpleasant saturs. Details are incomplete and names or dates are missing.
Western Australia racing notes include Horseplate details at Kilgown and the King of Thessaly and Silver Bay events. Canning Park Club accepts entries for hurdling and six furlong races with list of horses and weights. Lilypond ups the map as a Perth-trained chestnut rival to Eurythmic with a Melbourne bid.
In a period, ALP candidates face coats on funding while industrial rivals are chosen to oppose ALP. context hints at strategic funding and candidate selection amid political tensions.
The article notes that water supply, weather, and snowfall determine when timber can be moved. If rain is light and heavy falls do not occur, work slows or stops. A barometer-like measure is mentioned to gauge when miners can water the site, with leakage causing possible delays.
On the southeastern slopes ten miles northeast of Geraldton workers mine rock at White Peak Quarry. A railway carries boulders to the shore for transport to Geraldton via a long viaduct. About 80 men work, with a few women and children among a growing, cloistered town connected to Geraldton by telegraph and street.
Dalgety & Co Limited invites public auction entries for Nabawa Markets with sale day at Northampton Mills on Monday September 15 24. Messrs Drage authorize the sale. Chas Whitehurst ageat Nabewah Nabawa Geraldton Dalgety & Co Limited Reminder: early entries invited.
Bogle Bros. in Geraldton advertise an executors sale of two town lots and a rural property. Lot 1 fronts Eleanor Street with a five room brick and stone house opposite the Geraldton railway station. Lot 2 is a town lot with two cottages and semi detached homes near Greg ory Street and Marine Terrace. Also Lot 172, a three acre holding with cottage, stables, tanks, fencing, and paddocks with crop. Rentals shown as sound investments. Further details from Bogle Bros, Geraldton. инструкции
Notice invites applications for the Vermin Inspector position with Mingesen Road Board. Applicants must provide own transport and references, term eight months, duties include inspection of vermin control, selection after sealed envelopes, application fee 1284, secretary John T Blain announced on August 20, 1924.
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