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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 24, 1914
Page
2
Advert lists four acres of newly cleared Salmon Gams land available through Lorredy Tati Ty mel raw one for dtonping wt pont near the WA railway station. It reads like a classified notice with terse farm and location details.
Plan and specifications by Mr. Coomer for site work on 1-Bridge Strickland’s Road. Clearing includes removing stumps, ant hills, overhanging limbs, and erasing epacting Avon Wong. Applicants urged to state salary for keeper position.
A meeting of all interested in reviving a chamber for welfare of Northaty and District will be held Tuesday evening at the Mechanics Institute. Convenor GEO. THROSSELL. Large area to let in lots to suit contractors. Green wood BROS. South Brook. Household to let furnished or unfurnished eight rooms kitchen bathroom cellar. East Northam office. Fitzgerald street cottage four rooms kitchen bathroom electric light rent 15 shillings. Lost between Grass Valley and Northam Leather Bay containing Federal Harvester Company printed matter. Apply this office or J. Romser, Mecker ing.
Auction sale of Northam Town Lot properties by mortgagee at Shamrock Hotel on Saturday March 3. Also annual elections for Northam Co operative Society Board and Auditor to be held April 8 1914 with nominations due by April 1. Details from solicitor P Lyon and auctioneer Northam Road Board.
Auction notice for lease sales of multiple town lots at Mechanics Institute Goow ailing on Friday March 27 at 1.30 pm. Listed lots include numbers with varying cash bids and equal installments. several lots are excepted due to low occupancy on Reserve R. CRCH, CLIFTON.
The Northam Road Board invites tenders addressed to the Chairman for multiple roadworks in East and West Wards. Works include graveling, forming, and road widening on Paterson, Aleckering, Grass Valley, Nurtie, O’Neil, Hilbgood, Swamp, Cammaing, Irishtown, Katrine, Simacers Brook, Guildford, Nunn’s Surecy, and Norchum areas. Submissions close at 3 pm on Friday April 1, 1914, with further details available from the Board’s Northam office.
Legal notice listing Michael Quinlan and Frederick Welford and Statthew James Gillespie trading as Wel ford and Gillespie farmers of Mexkering. Warrants of execution to be enforced if unpaid. Auction to include a long list of farming tools and equipment such as bovine, harvesters, reapers, drills, water tanks, rollers, forge tools, and other gear. Also mentions Wortete's hairdressing salon.
Fragmented readable text mentions a tailor or tailor shop named Taylor or Taylor's. references a place Hilla or Nongan with Thursday morning timing. No clear event or full names to confirm.
The late C E Frazer's estate probate granted naming Senator Pearce and widow Mrs Frazer as executors with the widow sole beneficiary. Net assets include 15% acres freehold valued at £95 12s 6d and personal estate £1748 including leasable property. Also notes of other probate cases and local notices on stinkwort eradication and Northam Chamber meeting.
A man named Atkins and his wife were in a railway tricycle when a train struck them two miles from Kellerberrin. Mrs Atkins died instantly and Atkins was severely injured with a broken thigh and other injuries. They were brought to Kellerberrin Hospital, where Mrs Atkins’ delicate health and five children, the oldest 12, were noted. The parents of Mrs Atkins were en route from Cuballing to Kellerberrin and were devastated by the tragedy.
At a Local Board of Health meeting Dr. Rockett warned that train lavatories pose a typhoid risk. He cited cases along the line and urged the Commissioner of Public Health to implement a safer system, noting unsanitary conditions at stations and calls for inspection and remedy.
The tone and names indicate a local team card style report. Wanderers defeat rivals with mixed results across multiple pairings, including thin scores and scattered player mentions, highlighting a season volley of uncertain outcomes.
New regulations under the Game Act set annual fees for native game licenses including marsupials with higher penalties for selling game without a license. Royalties on skins vary by species, from grey kangaroo to red kangaroo, with specific rates per skin. Easter Monday events are announced with more details to come in the next issue.
The promoter announces a return twenty round bout between Wes Chesserly and B. Sorrell at the Makive Platres orthans by Saturday, April 1. Cagserdy trains actively in preparation, with Surrilis expected to arrive in Northam the week of the event.
A local government notice outlines plans for the Easter fetnaputlin shorts program. Officials invite community participation and provide dates, venue, and eligibility details for residents to attend the event.
A Northam party in a car faced an oncoming train yesterday at Grey Street crossing around 6 pm. Mr Meeres sprang clear at 19 mph while Mr Colpatch leapt as the train passed at a snail’s pace on the line. All four occupants escaped unharmed. readers urged safer crossings with possible subways at convenient spots.
Fong Loy, a well known local Celestial, faced Police Court on Friday for assaulting Alice June Honan at Mr Suey Leong's residence. The prosecutrix and James Suey Leong testified to the attack and prior threats. Loy was convicted and jailed for a month plus later sentences for other incidents. Authorities described him as a dangerous man and he received additional penalties after further hearings.
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