Goomaking Dowerin Mail Item Details
A fragment notes a mail item from Goomaking Dowerin with a date line reading Tuesday February 46 1985. The readable portion suggests a brief postal or local exchange entry without further context or names.
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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 16, 1915
Page
2
A fragment notes a mail item from Goomaking Dowerin with a date line reading Tuesday February 46 1985. The readable portion suggests a brief postal or local exchange entry without further context or names.
John White sued Hare for shooting six pigs belonging to the claimant after they strayed onto the defender’s property. Damages of £13 3s were awarded White with costs. Carson counterclaimed for damages against White. A Northam roads conference decision favored annual meetings at Northam with the next conference set for 1916.
Glowing reports from the Avon Gazette describe rich grazing on the goldfields after heavy rains. Stock from drought areas are moved in large numbers to fatten on knee high grass as floods wash parts of railways. Mr J D Hammond ships 28 horses toward Kookynie with delays near Menzies. Watt also sends stock. Industries Assistance Bill provisions and amendments push farmer support deadlines from December 31, 1915 to March 31, 1916.
At a Northam conference of Roads Boards Mr Leslie Hall of Dowerin moved for full subsidy payments for the year ended in arrears. He said the Dowerin district received only about £432 of £1,044 due, with government plans to pay half. He urged the government to cover at least 100 percent. The motion was carried amid debate over feeder roads and new railway construction in the district.
Applications for the position of Instructor millinery at the above school will be received by the Headmaster up to the 1tht February. Applicants should state teaching experience, if any. Memuneration Up to 12/6 per two hours' lesson. LOST On Goomallini Road near Northam Large Black Handbag. LOST Monday afternoon between Carter's and Foreman's Lady's Black Handbag containing money and parcel. Reward refurn ing Mrs M.G Milner Chidlow st West Northam
Private business firm seeks private residence and meals in a private family setting. terms to be arranged through this office with Comfort as contact.
The Northam Choral Society concert at Northam Town Hall last Thursday showcased strong singing and orchestral support under Mr D H Morrell. Soloists Miss T Rew, Miss Stewart, Messrs L R Dight and A F Sparks led a varied program from Elgar to Mozart, with crowd-pleasing choral pieces and notable violin solos by Mrs Ashton Hunter and Morrell, ending with enthusiastic audience demand for encores.
The performance aided greatly by the choral members and conductor with Miss D Purling on piano. The chorus includes many ladies and gentlemen, altos, tenors, and basses, plus an assisting orchestra with named instrumentalists and piano players.
A report from Perth suggests the Government will introduce a land valuation bill to retroactively reduce C D lands. The bill, drafted by the Minister for Lands, may set first class block valuations from 30 shillings per acre to as low as 5 shillings. The scope and extent of cuts remain undecided, with speculation rural lands could drop to 45s or 16s per acre in some cases.
Nor Cham endured the most severe heat in memory with a peak 113 degrees on Friday and repeated readings of 113 and 115 on two January days. Humidity intensified the heat while nights remained moderately cool. The report includes temperature tables for January 1910 readings and notes a heat wave pattern across late January to February 1913.
The Roads Board at Northan discussed farmer rate payments from Farmers Assistance Board advances. Proposals urged current rates be paid first from crop proceeds, with Bankruptcy Act section 38 cited for priority. Debate favored prioritizing Road Board rates over other creditors, including Chamber of Commerce. The Agricultural Bank mortgagee issue prompted calls to treat the Bank the same as Associated Banks. motion carried.
Mr Camm warns farmers facing delays as the Agricultural Bank holds 6500 approved wheat payments awaiting deto to farmers across the state. Parliament faces a deadlock over a money bill with the Legislative Assembly vs Legislative Council over amendments, risking a wrecked bill and worsened farmer hardship.
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