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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
7
Brisk holiday shopping has begun at Boans with shoppers snapping up gifts as Christmas approaches. The Peoples Grand Emporium promotes a lively season of gift buying with memorable values.
Buenos Aires dispatch reports German espionage activity surfacing in South America. A hidden German espionage bureau was found at a nobleman residence with a secret wireless plant used to relay information to ships at sea. The discovery followed a misdelivered letter leading to a Foreign Office inquiry and reveals of communications from Buenos Aires to Spain and on to Germany through Uruguay.
At James Wilson's Bonny Vale in Victoria a blue Trafalgar White River filly has attracted attention. White River, a brown mare by The White Knight from Gyp, may pass her color to the foal, with Gyp's brown dam record suggesting possible color shifts to brown over time.
The article argues torpedoes do not require contact to explode and critiques nets and screens as protection for merchant ships. It notes water’s resistance makes near misses dangerous, and that current protection ideas burden speed and cargo. Speed over 15 knots remains the best defense, while practical, effective screens remain elusive.
A Dublin Farmers' Gazette correspondent promotes rabbit farming as a profitable meat source. He urges households to keep breeding does and notes a forthcoming cooperative farm plus London dealers seeking 10,000 rabbits weekly at about 1 shilling each for good young stock.
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