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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 11, 1926
Page
3
Paris reports Georges Michel swam the channel in six minutes and two seconds setting a new record. The feat breaks the previous best and draws global attention to the French achievement.
The report describes intense combat as Reds seize Haxwow amid heavy fighting. Marshal Wu Pie Fu retreats northward while Admiral Renemnir aboard the cruiser Hawkins moves toward Haskow.
Fragmented courtroom dialogue features Mr Haynes challenging Clarke testimony and Coulter's credibility. Jurors hear insinuations on honesty and motives as counsel debates whether Clarke’s statements prove guilt or innocence. The exchange shifts to whether the crown’s key witnesses are trustworthy.
A fragmentary report reflects on the League of Nations and Germany within it. Mentions Geneva, March, and a tense atmosphere as global powers weigh permanence and authority against shifting alliances.
The Australia XI faced Thornton's XI at Gearborough with England side posting 244 for all out as Hobbs led the scoring. Rain delayed play, resuming with Hobbs dismissed early and Thornton's team pressing for an early advantage amid scattered dismissals.
A garbled OCR segment lists players and outcomes with names such as Woulfgll Mobi b bodes Didtichl b Rholos Macartney b Jupp Calling b Tapp Taylor Lb hb Rhodes oe Ryder Tate Hbodew Gregues Stil Btradwick b Jupp Everett Mtradwick Grinmett Holmes b Myilor Law b Sopp Sundries.
Fragmentary telegraph item from New South Wales reports a death by self harm near a quarry. Readable fragments mention a person named Jmerk Saree and a fall from a ledge into a sewerage area, with injuries from a jagged stone.
Two women Ellen Cox of Erskineville and her daughter Ethel Gelatin were found dead with throats cut in a house in Etshiaw Villy. Thomas Hawthorne resided with them, had spent time in a mental asylum, and was found with a long throat wound while muttering. Police took him to hospital after ambulances arrived.
The recap lists bets and outcomes from the September 1 race card at the WA TC meeting. Bets include SEPTEMBER HANTACAP, GREENMOUNT MAXDICAF, MUREXE HANDICAP, and LAKE VIEW HANDICAP with odds and placements such as CUNNINGMAN at 8.65 and other runners like Corey Wangs and Kept.
Melbourne racing notes at Moonee Valley include Boomerang Hurdles results and odds for Friends against the Premier. A Labor leader in Melbourne faces pressure as the Move to Oust Premier dominates headlines.
A woman on the North Shore line near Wollstonecraft is found by a train, knocked unconscious and severely injured. She remains in hospital in a critical condition with head and facial wounds while investigators seek the cause and whether she fell from a carriage. A wider mystery surrounds the discovery of the woman and related events are being pursued.
A violent dawn incident unfolds on the Point Nepean road when two men fire on a police car. Police pursue and detain two suspects after a gun battle that shattered a windscreen, with one officer injured by gunfire. A separate case reports a woman’s self fatal act after a taxi ride to Darlinghurst Police Station.
Police investigated a nighttime shooting at a Fremantle house on Kenes Street. Dulcie Dare, a married woman, was wounded in the ankle and hip while an argument with another woman and a man occurred. Dare’s condition is not serious. Investigations led to the arrest of MacKenzie, a machine engineer, and Beatrami, a local worker, with charges of grievous bodily harm.
Dean Inge of St Pauls questions British naval supremacy in his work. He argues Britain can no longer burden itself to defend France and that Australia and the empire may face weaker global standing and rising rivals.
A fragmentary entry from a local listing shows a yard sale in Northampton with 100 ewes and various lambs, hoggets, and mixed sheep types. The text mentions DALGETT & CO. LIMITED and references Northampton, suggesting a livestock sale or haulier listing with incomplete details.
Public auction will sell by public avenue cattle from RTH MALE, Eq. sale includes 600 bullocks aged four and five years. Reports from representatives indicate cattle are in sound form and in good condition. buyers are seeking to Merkatharra with the seller denying any irregularities.
Perth buyers may travel to Meekatharra via Waneyn Hills leaving Monday the Lith at 8 pm and return on the sale night. German buyers advised of Express Iraving Gerelitay at 1020 2.0. Teendsy Lith. Further particulars from Dalgety & Company Perth and branches.
A fragmentary report notes the call for a steadfast, loyal farmer to lead, with emphasis on stout cattle and steady hearts amid a harsh, unsettled countryside. The text hints at communal duties and readiness for difficult tasks facing local ranchers.
Dalsty Company Limited announces a sale trip from Perth on Thursday afternoon September 16 by the Geralston Express to the southern Ups State area. Return plans are to follow by the night service.
Market note from Mullewa Market Ay dated 29 September at 2:30 pm. Awoyty & CompanyLanter avs report sheep movement along the route in good condition. Expect arrival of the flock in very fresh state.
Train schedule indicates buyers may proceed from Perth by Miullews Express via Wongan Hills leaving on the 27th inst at 1 pm, returning Thursday at 1.45 pm arriving Perth by 8:10 am. Gersbiton ferries proceed by express to Geraldton leaving Geraldton at 1.45 am on the 7th inst.
A local auction offers for sale 1 243 sheep including hoggets ewes and wethers from various owners. The listing mentions Pat Wethers of Missouri and shows details of ewe lambs and seven and three year old rams moving forward to the sale date.
The 1926 notice invites buyers to a first annual sale at Theodove Glob Hut's Pavilion Queen's Park, featuring wool and tram link details from Perth. Arrangements with railways aim to keep meat supplies and prompt despatch for buyers. H M Librow invites members and subscribers to attend on September 1926 with railway coordination for transport.
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