Racing Fixtures for Gurmuling Schedule
Racing fixtures listed for Gurmuling with events on Saturday March 13 and Wednesday March 24 Mockaring. The notice outlines venues and approximate times for each race category.
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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 09, 1915
Page
4
Racing fixtures listed for Gurmuling with events on Saturday March 13 and Wednesday March 24 Mockaring. The notice outlines venues and approximate times for each race category.
The Goomalling Race Club announces a Saturday meeting on March 13 featuring the Goomalling Handicap of £13 for one mile as the main event. Also on the card are the Finer Class Plate of ix furlongs, Second-Class Plate, plus £6 and £5 handicaps, and a Hack Race over 168 furlongs.
The programme for Wednesday’s meeting includes Mortlock Handicap seven furlongs eight pound, Trial Handicap seven and a half furlongs, Meckering Handicap, Ban Gallo Handicap, Totnesse and Farewell Handicap six furlongs.
Fragmented OCR notes describe remedies for back pain and stomach issues, mentioning Sean's pills and local vendors. It reads as an old fashioned medicinal ad or testimonial with prices and directions, including names like Murray Hut and Nepean, and references to public notice style text.
Elder Shroton and Co Ltd report market conditions tight in the Metropolitan Cattle Market with high prices on Tuesday and easing later. Rain in southern districts reduced stock, odd lots of sheep offered, fat sheep and lambs scarce, prices rising for sheep and lambs, about 500 pigs sold, horse sale steady for good young draughts.
A Dalgety and Co report notes further heavy rains in the Murchison and Eastern Goldfields. Railways suffered substantial damage, especially on the Cue line near Fremantle, with sharp price rises recorded in several rows.
Market data from Fremantle shows 4,910 sheep and 500 pigs and 74 cattle sold. Demand strong with good quality animals. prices ranged with sheep and cattle noted as prime heavy weight bullocks £17 to £19/17/8 and cows £17 to £15, pigs 49 to 90 shillings. Taslings and Co sold 1,253 sheep and lambs and 133 pigs and 24 cattle.
The sale at Copley’s Siding lists prices across weight classes with medium and prime cattle. Notable ranges include heavyweights £23 to £4, medium £17 to £10, light £14 to £15/12, and plain stock £8 to £10, with Dalgety and Co and Elder Shenton Prods mentioned among buyers and consignors, handling 35 cattle.
The Woitham rainfall total for 1915 set a new low of 762 points, far below the previous year’s average of 1625 points. The report lists monthly totals and notes that rainfall fell in several months including January, February, April, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December, with the year’s total and averages compared to prior years.
Nomination for a 1915 meeting outlines three classes of plate events, maiden and hack races, with weights, distances, and penalties. Includes terms on eligibility, distances of up to 8 furlongs, and steward approved handicaps. Nomination fees required. committee reserves right to refuse entries.
Meckering Race Club schedules a Wednesday meet with six races including Smortlock, Meckering and Railway Stakes handicaps. Nominations close March 15 with fees and WA TLT C registration required. Officials reserve right to refuse entries and conduct weight declarations. Jack Cody agent Dowerin promotes May's Portable Starting Date.
Mails dispatched from and received at Northam Post Office with daily hours and variations. Listings show different routes and timings to nearby towns such as Goomalling, Leonora, and Bruce Rock, including points in Bri and Wyola. The notes reflect seasonal mentions and multiple daily cutoffs for mail despatch and receipt.
A fragmented report lists accounts for the Northam Distress Relief Fund as of January. It mentions expenditures and entries including Kennedy Bros. Trades Gala Workers' Club Union Bank staff and Castindine's. The legible items show miscellaneous receipts and outlays with no clear totals.
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