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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
4
Local shop advertises sale prices on men’s black rubber overcoats from 35 shillings to 15 shillings 6d and on gent's broad end ties to 6d each. Tweed suits and trousers discounted, quilts, nightdresses, underskirts, cashmere hose, dress fabrics and stockinette bloomers feature reduced prices for clearance.
A dated testimonial promotes Dean's Backache Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney and back pain. Mrs Samust Loader describes long severe pain, bed rest, and sleep loss, claiming three bottles cured her over four years ago. Pills sold by Foster McClellan Co at ninepence per bottle, six for nineteen pence eight, order by mail from Perth.
A Perth journalist profile notes Turner’s Corner as a witty writer who can describe life from elite palaces to slums. The column praises his entertaining style while recounting local events such as the Wagin Bowelling railway sod turning, and a rugby-like onfield row in Naabota. It contrasts Sydney-Melbourne aviation feats with Guillaux’s perilous Melbourne to Sydney flight and the harsh sentences given to two football supporters.
Dalgety reports 103,093,264 sheep and lambs shorn last season with an average return of 146 percent and wool value averaging 6 4 per head. Total wool value across Australia and New Zealand reached £26,079,536, up from £10,046,636 a decade earlier, with merino and crossbred shares at 69 and 31 percent. France, Germany, the UK, and the US are listed as top buyers. US purchases nearly tripled.
Acceptances for the Australian Hurdle Race at the Australian Steeplechase Meeting are announced for the tomorrow run. The event is three miles and a half, minus 92 yards, with entrants to be confirmed for the field.
The Labor selection ballots for Toodyay Northam and Avon electorates list nominees Avon A Gatherer Fred K Mem berg and W H A Phillips Northam C Hansen and J J Mr D J Hanvin’s Avon ballot nomination noted as informal.
The note claims clients grew their bank balances by communicating with Hobart via A. J. Castledine with a confident assurance You will never go wrong.
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