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Newspaper
Meekatharra Miner
Location
Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1916
Page
2
Advertises asbestos wailing sheets Ceilboard Carey Roofing Felt and Jodelite White Ant Exterminator from Malloch Bros. Claims cooling and weatherproofing benefits and easy application. Describes sheet sizes 6ft and 8ft, covering area per roll and included nails and lap cement.
Geo W. Ostirne, agent for Meekatharra, presents church notices for MLTRATHARRA and Martins. Holy Cozimnian and Methodist churches schedule morning and evening services with Sunday School times. Rev. Howard Pearson leads the Methodist services.
The German chancellor’s calls for peace are rebuffed as Britain cites Verdun loss and the need to crush Prussian militarism. Allies insist the sword will not be sheathed until Prussian militarism ends, or Germany faces an inconclusive peace and continued struggle.
A critical analysis of German aims as spring nears, arguing that Prussian leadership seeks victory at any cost to avoid collapse. It predicts renewed offensives in the West and East, pressure for an inconclusive peace, and a last attempt to bargain with the Allies before Britain eludes conquest.
Fragmented ad copy touts a furniture emporium with tables chairs and other items inviting inspections on Tuesday. Strong entities not clearly readable due to garbled OCR.
Yuanmi Gold Mines Ltd processed 2 670 tons of ore in May yielding bullion valued 6 463 pounds after expenditures including 938 pounds on development. Royalty added 7 pounds. New South Wales gold output for May reached 4 416 fine ounces valued at 18 973 pounds, versus 10 686 02 ounces valued at 45 392 pounds last year. Five month totals: 44 160 fine ounces valued at 187 019 pounds, up from 63 672 028 ounces valued at 270 493 pounds in 1915. A note on Commodore GIL Co. Kopje leases option and six months work underway at the main shaft to 130 feet depth and beyond.
Personal Pars reports various Western Australian figures in Meekatharra and Blackboy Hill camps. Appointments, resignations, transfers, and visits include F Finister as mining registrar, C Hawkins succeeding N me Fenian mine manager, W James visiting Fevian mine, and Warden Crockett’s Meekatharra circuit. Also notes Grace Holder aiding Gil Guide, and government gazette notices on mining registrar roles and police licensing positions.
Perth racing notes list Saturday events at Helena Vale including Midland Hykles, Trial Stakes, Junction Handicap, and the Longs Wolf Purse. Entries span numerous horses with varied odds and start times, culminating in a 3 30 pm card and a final one mile and a quarter Longs. The field includes many named horses such as Mervi, Golden Deer, Prince Drnny, Lady Clamp, Miss Fivens, and United Service.
Fragmented and garbled text appears to discuss baking and hunger with distorted phrases. Mentions of arson, strikes, wives, and doctors appear amid incoherent lines and misread words, offering little coherent narrative or clear facts from a historical article.
A collage of wartime verse and headlines reflects home-front sentiment with calls for sacrifice and endurance. Readers note here the harsh realities of battle, medical practices described by sugar dressings, and local notices about schedules, prices, and services amid the war's strain.
Mr Griffiths M L G died of heart failure at Boulder after a four week illness. He had been confined to his room since his election.
At a public meeting in the AWA on Tuesday night the group chaired by A. Le Ruberis moved to have the Federal Government take over or negotiate with local bakers to ensure bread supply at the scheduled price. The committee, including Sjusrs Penuck and Goggin, drafted a telegram to the Acting Prime Minister while awaiting a ministerial reply.
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