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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1914
Page
2
In a terse notice the office outlines a program of aid or assistance in return for services related to bors. The text references an advertiser and the process appears tied to a local office requirement.
Obligation notice for naval and military training registration under section 42 of the Defence Act, Australia. Residents aged six months to 14 years by December 1915 must register in January or February 1915. failure may incur up to £10 fine. Forms at post offices or Area Officer training areas. Also notes Xmas shop closures and a public auction of hotel furniture on December 23 1914.
Holiday excursion tickets available across distances from 50 miles to 150 miles with extended validity into January 1915 and special routes to Amy via Parkerville Northam Beverley and intermediates. Alterations and cancellations noted for Merredin York Perth Albany services with specific times and revised departures. W LORD acting chief traffic manager directs full particulars at all stations.
Archi tects invite tenders for a brick residence at Meena ar for Mr R B Burges. Striking of rates for the year is announced. Distress relief fund contributions urged. Defence Act training registration updates for parents. Holiday train changes announced. Missing youth Alfred Umbria Shaw described and sought. Army recruitment notices outline eligibility and medicals.
Christmas Day arrangements observed. Boxing Day 26 December Monday 28 December and New Year’s Day 1 January telegraphs open 7 am to 6 pm after 12 noon telegraph offices only. Telephones as usual. Letter deliveries first by letter carrier will take Meds. usual except those closing after 12 noon closed at noon. Letter offices cleared grat and 9 10 pm Money orders postal notes parcels post registered letters and remaining open 9 am to noon.
A Saturday match at West Northam featured West versus East Northam with West Northam bowling figures led by Sutcliffe 4 for 34, Foster 3 for 16, Taylor 1 for 16, and Davis 0 not out. West Northam batsmen included Foster 3, Sutcliffe 1, Taylor 0, Davis 0 not out, and CG Davis. Caddy claimed 3 for 40 as For the East Northam attack, Howling and Diston took wickets, Garrett and Suydrieg contributed.
The fragment records weather observations from Nogthaim with a dated entry indicating December 27. It presents sparse data from an office log, lacking full measurements or context to determine conditions.
A heavy gold ring with the monogram T C and an engraving containing the name T Connor was lost in Northam on Monday evening. The finder is asked to contact Hatanning Resident for return.
The piece discusses drought driven water needs in northern regions and shifts in opinion on irrigation. It cites Elwood Mead and Victorian policy caution, notes costly schemes in Burrinjuck, Murrumbidgee, Goulburn, and Sugarloaf, and warns NSW water debt could rise without careful planning. It argues for prudent, deliberate support for irrigation that aids settlers without reckless outlays.
A press critique questions WWI wartime wheat and bread price controls. It argues government action aimed to curb exploitation may fall short and suggests fixing bread prices. The writer claims government policy has sought to prohibit business and notes market wheat still enters from growers.
The Minister offers an advance to encourage wheat cultivation on Crown Lands in New South Wales for the coming season. If wheat is sown by March June, applicants may receive an advance toward the estimated cost of clearing and preparing land. The loan is repayable over five yearly installments with interest, secured as a charge on the land.
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