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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
2
A fragmented notice for Jennacubbine Race Club detailing handicaps for the Jennacubbine Plate and other races. Includes entry fees, weights, and conditions, plus timing and official names for a race day to be held March 7 at 9 pm with secretary Mr F E Withill, ANA Sartham.
Elder Shenton & Co offer a mixed amity of stock and gear for sale including two-year-old Fillies two-season geldings and a range of cattle pigs and weaners. Machinery listed includes hay equipment wagons sulkies and farm implements. Items are described as in good order and ready for immediate purchase.
A list item notes removal of horses waggon and implements to Tammin for convenience of Muyers in the local sale record.
Retired instruction lists sale of 0 Lieut farm mares and geldings described as sound and healthy, harnessed work stock, plus a few light sorts. Includes 2 wagons cultivator drill harvester Vip Brey Masher Carts portable forge and anvil with tool set. Items cover a host of farm sundries for Texitive Sale.
A chaotic critique of paper supply and declining readability sweeps through editors and readers. The piece laments shrinking formats from major journals and jokes about beer bottles and publican patience while outlining self irony and industry misery.
The Guardian transcript quotes MoLogue deriding his rivals while detailing vast outlays on rabbit suppression. He claims to have spent more than any other WA resident, citing Crown lands fencing, custom rabbit carte imports, and eight years of dedicated effort. The piece also criticizes Underwood and the government’s assistance boards, describing farm hardship and political shifts in the South-West election.
A Nor tham Road Board meeting heard a Dowerin Board report on a road making machine that cuts costs by 60 to 70 percent and yields better quality than hand work. Fremantle’s “American champion” machine costs 1K 4s 6d and the board agreed to purchase one. A Northam Criminal Court case saw Albert Hooker plead guilty to attempted cuse on December 1?4th, with warnings from Rev Gilbert McLaren about rehabilitation. A coach builder Mr Thackrah delivered a fine table top wagon to Mr W E Butler of Cunderdin, praised for its ease of draught and sturdy tyres.
Mr. M. F. O Rourke has issued the weights for four pemerpal events at next Thursday's Doweria Kase Club meeting. The club promises a highly successful program with arrangements already in hand. The following are the weights.
A garbled report records Jamey Johnson facing Constable Hanvein in a Norfolk Police Court on March day. Johnson was fined ten shillings and dismissed with a warning after a string of words was sorted out.
A Northam executive meeting notes a donated Red Cross doll to aid the carnival, with a 1 shilling art union draw planned for April 14 and a picture program to share proceeds among three queens. Other reports detail travel itineraries, local visits, and a Euchre party fundraiser at the Railway Institute supporting Mrs Regan and the Eastern Districts queen bid.
The Farners' Queen committee meets Saturday at 3 30 in Nor tham Advicntural Society rooms Elder Shenton's buildings. The Tyfield committee will run whiting at the Palace Theatre on Saturdays until further notice. Paddy's Market is planned for the 18th with stalls to support charity. donations of saleable goods are requested via Mrs Dungoo or Mr Krashler through Mrs Ulohateh who coordinates the stall for banks stationery chais e and gifts at Chitlaw road Sevet lint.
A pleasant February evening at Rossmore hosted by Mrs N L Hannigan and Mrs Shipway for Miss Annie Lynch on her upcoming marriage. Linen Tea was served with pale pink flowers and ferns decorating the dining room. Guests offered best wishes and presented linen gifts as the company sang For she is a jolly good fellow.
An early model motor car, driven by a gentleman, lurches through the streets around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. It glides forward then veers toward Walker's book store, overcharging its fuel and clipping the kerb, damaging the mud-guard. The incident caused a stir and will likely cost a couple of pounds to repair at Mr Walker's.
Residents near Bou Marche Stores report a remarkable incident as the proprietor, in a distraught mood, began giving away tin stock at once. The crowd laments high prices elsewhere while he insists demand is tied to local bargains and claims heavy freight costs justify his action.
Auctioneers Elder Shenton and Co announce sales on Wednesday March 14 at Northam and Tammin featuring 1600 sheep, 30 horses, waggons, machinery and farming implements. Includes farm plant of Thos Coombs and Co Ashington Barn, sale to start 1 PM. Also notes a local wedding between Lewis Davey and Miss Thackeray and a brief social dispute in the Northam column.
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