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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
3
A candidate addressing rectors pledges bold change in the Shire Council. He boasts family ties and vows direct action by aligning with the engineer, promising to push for motion and accountability. He invites ballots, vowing to paddle the ship of local governance.
A pretty wedding was celebrated at St James Church West Northam on May 2. The couple were Haral Douglas Freind third son of Mrs Ellen Freind and the late James Freind and Miss Florence Saunders eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs D Saunders Perth late of Northam. Bridesmaids were the Misses D Freind and E Saunders. Best man was W Freind. Rev J Mason conducted the ceremony. A wedding breakfast followed at Mr and Mrs G C Cousins residence. The couple then traveled by train to Perth for their honeymoon.
A wartime diary fragment from Blackboy camp describes compulsory church parades at 9 30 with sect lines called by the sergeant major. A narrator debates religious choice as a small squad is sent to Wesleyan Methodist services where two men slip away to drink. Inside the church a chalkboard reads Please do not swear, a sharp joke on clerics and language.
Governor of the Commonwealth Bank notes War Savings Groups formable by clerks, shop workers, factory staff, pupils, church members, and local residents to recruit subscribers for War Savings Certificates and Stamps. The aim is to boost Australia’s war effort via Win the War League and related committees.
A brief notice promotes Great Peppermint Care products aimed at helping children who have coughing fits at night. The message emphasizes soothing relief and nighttime comfort for kids.
Readable items show a catalog of grocery goods and prices led by new potatoes per stone at 1s 3d, bacon by the side 1s 1d per pound, tomato sauce 64d, and assorted staples. Also listed are stove polish, pills, soap, oats, candles, ammonia, matches, milk, sardines, oats, pears, groats, dried fruit, and household basics with varied small quantities and prices. Numerous items suggest a local shop catalog or advertisement.
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