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Newspaper
Blackwood Times
Location
Blackwood, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
4
Secretary Hurtle Williams won the Edmund Moore trophy in a rifle shooting match. The event, held June 6, featured a leather bag prize. Captain Jedkine was absent on repatriation duties. Vice captain J. J. Rose praised Mr. Moore’s gift and announced scores appended.
Fifteen returned men met on Thursday evening June 3 with J Stallard elected chairman and Geo. F. Charles as secretary. A Boling Up branch of the Returned Soldiers League was decided upon, with 60 returned men in the district. Subcommittees including Stallard White Read Trotter Morgan and Charles planned an early dance after a Saturday night meeting.
The Wallalyap Parents Association met at the school house on Tuesday night. Mr A L Brown presented a report and financial statement for Empire Day Sports showing £10 17 shillings raised, £5 10 shillings spent on prizes, and £5 7 shillings to be banked with allocation to be decided later. Prizes to be awarded at year end for arithmetic spelling handwriting and attendance. A Y A L letter noted boys to Perth for welcome to the Prince of Wales and educational visits. Memorial Committee met to plan fencing of the reserve with £9 7 shillings in hand toward costs. The committee also discussed road stumps with Mr Jenkins of the Road Board. A pleasant dance followed at the hall on Saturday night with ideal arrangements by the ladies.
A fragment urging men of commerce to treat a cold seriously. It describes a swollen faced, reddened individual unable to meet colleagues, warning that “Only a Cold” leads to pneumonia and serious illness. Promotes Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery as the remedy, priced 1/6 and 3/6, available widely.
The Lowrl board met in Balingup Agricultural Hall with members including Bazier Moore Phillips Kelly and others. They discussed half chain road works, reserves for hospital sites at Lots 4 and 45 and amendments to reserves 135 and 136, bridge funding with Lower Blackwood Board, and a request to borrow £1000 for road works, plus immediate road repairs on the Nannup main road and sundry current-revenue allocations.
Government Gazette June 4 announces a veterinary science scholarship worth 175 pounds yearly for at least four years by the Government of West Australia. Payments total 25 pounds first year and 50 pounds for each of the next three years, with a 15 pound extra living away from home. Top exam scorer at the University of Western Australia faculty of ce gets the award, and after final degree may serve two years as veterinary officer at 240 pounds per year. Ginger ale made in Belfast available at Crawford's Freemasons' Hotel Bridgetown. Woods Great Peppermint Cure advertised for children’s hacking cough.
At the Upper Blackwood Road Board meeting after annual elections a defeated member argued that two year seating plus new re election requests violated the Act which requires three year terms. The ward system since 1909 had four members retire yearly, a rule followed without opposition. A March meeting saw Mr Wade claim illegality and resign, while the board sought ministerial guidance as to retirements and legality. The Under Secretary clarified the board has no power to alter retirement terms, prompting further discussion and a plan to request a ministerial officer to review past elections and seating status. Wade left the meeting amid the debate.
The Young Australia League plans a large camp for 500 country boys at the Royal Society Grounds in Claremont to celebrate the Prince of Wales visit. Within a week of the prospectus circulating, over 100 applications were received, and League officers are busy coordinating the influx of guests and youth activities.
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best means to reduce fever and inflammation from influenza and prevent the lingering cough. It claims quick relief and warns there is no danger of a nasty cough after taking the remedy, available from Bridgetown and Greenbushes merchants.
Fragmentary verse lines speak of ringing knell decree a frozen hell and unrelenting hate. The speaker requests flame and fate’s allure, with a cryptic grow of woods imagery surrounding a peppermint motif.
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