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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
4
The Northam Municipal Council Orders general rate street lighting rate fire brigade rate and loan rate for the year ending 31 October 1920 based on land value. A health rate and sanitary rate are also levied with a minimum annual charge and rebates for additional tenements. Dated December 18 1919 at Northam Town Hall.
Northam municipality invites tenders by 4 p m Monday January 5 for supply of chaff and bran quantities, disinfectant barrels, printing services, shoeing, and carpentry work. Tender forms and full details available from the town clerk Geo Christmass.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an Australian life assurance company founded in 1889 with references to policy payments bonuses and shares. Mentions include growth and investors, but details are garbled and dates or figures are unclear.
Fragmented OCR report mentions Mrs Campbell and a prompt attorney with billing rates and general energy filing. It references street and Burome Northam, with a date around 1968. Walter Hi Willcock Lyndre and Tobacconist are named along with regional firms.
A street side confectionery operation offers English and Australian confections and cool drinks for private parties and picnics. Located opposite a palace theatre, it markets specialty first class confections to customers seeking quality sweets and beverages.
Horse events listed for Lake Ninan trials and plate races on New Year’s Day. Five furlong ponies and four furlongs events noted with first and second place times and horse tokens. Also one mile handicap and other sprint heats with entries open at noon on race day.
An unclear OCR fragment describes horse racing events at a Sheffield venue with heats and a handicap. It mentions horses, riders, and ticket prices including half price for children, with fundraising references and a committee official Morrell as Hon Sec.
The issue notes no publication in January with next print planned for March 6. It cites political commentary on Gabb and Lynch, reports on Western Australia figures, wartime ship production totals, and a Northam railway workers’ society ballot. It also lists holiday Mass times, harvest estimates by the Government Statistician, and local prize distributions at St Joseph’s and St Antony’s Convent Northam with staff acknowledgments.
The notice lists mass schedules at St Toba the Baptist Coach Teeryay and St Isidore Jennacubbine with evening devotions. It notes editor Mr J P Branigan praised for election work and Mr Riseley resuming duties in a Farmers party publication. A bush fire at H W Havanek’s property destroyed about 200 taps of hay. a second fire damaged acres of grass and fencing. The holiday train service to Northam is irregular and railway issues blamed on the new Railway Commissioner. South Australian harvest estimates show 1,852,855 wheat acres with 15,250.75 bushels total yield and 610,185 tons of hay. 207,000 acres failed.
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