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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
5
A reader defends the local ambulance response times, arguing delays were brief and the service promptly sent out. The writer cites specific runs, distances, and hospital arrivals, urging fir e brigade chiefs Doctors Rockett and Frost to address critics and back the station in future dispatches.
Christmas Northam town clerk defends ambulance service after a reader claimed delays in transferring a patient from the railway to the hospital. He notes the station master responded quickly and the patient was en route within 46 minutes, calling the spectator account exaggerated and praising the Municipal Council for the service.
A letter from West Northam, dated December 12 1918, urges the council to address neglect of the West Nor cham Recreation Reserve and street footpaths. The writer asks Ward representative Dr. Rady to work for residents and proposes forming a Progress Association to assist the councillor and community.
Christmas fair features a great display of toys and goods with a wide variety. Walkers Book Store opposite Union Bank in Nordin The Stow window is decked with a magnificent array admired daily and expected to surpass previous fairs at this popular emporium.
Messrs Elder Smith and Co announce 90 market on 24th due to host holidays with next market on January 14. Brigadier Mackay and Captain Lewis of the Salvation Army will visit Northam Sunday for the Young People's Anniversary at the Barracks with solos recitations and action songs in the afternoon and evening. Tuesday will feature prize distributions and a first class programme of acting company songs recitations and tableaux.
Massey Shearer Clarence Smith Unicorn Powell and other makers now produce mouldboards with Withnsell s best silver steel improving durability and cutting efficiency for plowing equipment across several brands in the market.
The Northam Road Board met on Saturday with chairman J M Carroll and eight members present. They agreed to subsidise fire brigade extension and motor ambulance services, and to appeal for Department support. Issues over dangerous telephone posts on Coonine Hill and rising stinkwort and noxious weeds were discussed, with plans to seek a Department of Agriculture subsidy for weed destruction. The secretary’s report was adopted and the Finance Committee noted a debt balance of L476 13s and ongoing rate collection.
Payers were handed to the Board’s solicitor to initiate recovery proceedings. The accounts totaling L182 were approved for payment.
The Northam Agricultural Society held its monthly meeting with President W Cotton at the helm. M McDermott proposed trials on grasses suited to the district and a writing advocating freezing works. the letter was sent to the Agricultural Department for consideration. General business was routine and the next annual meeting was set for Saturday January 4 1918.
A severe fire swept through Vr H W Hancock’s Barlong property near the railway crossing, destroying 140 acres of hay and standing crop. The blaze threatened Nockcliffe House but was halted by 150 workers led by Miss Cowan and others. About 600 acres of feed were ruined, with fencing lost and crop damage noted. the summer feed was largely destroyed.
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