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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 29, 1916
Page
3
Mr M F O Rourke released weights for the Newcastle Race Club meeting at Toodyay tomorrow. The list includes entrants from local stables and mentions E O Tresise chemist and N Alls Remedies. The message promotes enjoying life and notes the Contenter event.
Enthusiasm among members signals an attractive race club program with increased stakes from last year. Mensie Vierk Symons and Pieper named to a programme committee to report at the March 3 general meeting. Derham resigns as secretary, replaced by B Donovan. Contintental on the promenade hosts singing and music on March.
E D R A fixtures from Tresise chemist Northam Country with note of orders receiving prompt attention and Perth prices reference.
A Continental Methodist choir concert with lead artists Deplon Ada and Thurrdsy scheduled for Thursday 9th March. The event promises a polished program with notable performers.
A humorous account from Northam recounts an improvised fishing expedition at a mill pool along the Avon. The writer, with two pressmen, learns worms are the real challenge, shares comic encounters with kerosene tins and bamboo rods, and notes a peculiar black fish nicknamed Bannearum nil Relentioram. The tale ends with lighthearted reflections on a day of failed catches and social chatter.
The Northam Bowling Club resumed the Electric Light Fours with Beveridge over Edmeades 18 to 15 Broomehall over Harkness 18 to 15 and Foreman over Millington 24 to 14. Broomehall four Morrell Potter and Chidlow defeated Beveridge four Beveridge Williams Jno Morrell and Robertson 23 to 18. Car pools to York for pennant matches depart Northam around one.
Forthcoming auctions by Messrs A Watts and Go announce sales from Mrs H E Watkins who leaves Northam to sell her five roomed dwelling with garden croquet lawn and conveniences in Templartown plus assorted furniture. On Wednesday March 15 the same firm posts a sale of Mr J H Baxter furniture and effects before his camp. Details to follow.
Nominations were invited to fill the vacancy in the West Ward of the Meckering Roads Board after the resignation of Mr. L A Solomon. With only Mr. A J Watts nominated, he was formally declared elected.
Mr Henry Forward aged 65 died at home in Grass Valley after a long farming life. A Northam native and respected agriculturist he leaves a widow and a large family of six sons and seven daughters. Funeral from Grass Valley Road residence to St John’s Church then Northam cemetery with Guiding Star Tent LCIR members to meet at 2.15 p.m. The obituary notes his pioneering thrift and influence on local farming.
A distorted passage discusses persistence in fishing on a river despite discouragement. It mentions the Avon and asserts that the only profit from the whole business comes from the newsagent selling hooks.
The note outlines Toodyay race prospects with amended handicaps and likely contenders such as Rouge Bow Chelsfield Lady Calcamine Joydelia and Muralis Caltocl. It also reports Goowalling Race Club decision to include a 50 sovs Country Stakes on March 2 for outside Metropolitan and Goldfields owners, plus other trials and handicaps.
The piece criticizes WAFL delegates for trying to halt national football amid winter sport. It argues football should not be stopped and notes many players are married men. It mentions competition with other sports and a Melbourne Swimming Association query about professionals competing in amateur events, resolved in favor of eligibility.
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