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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
4
A dated advertisement from Subiaco Western Australia promotes new vegetable seeds and floral work. It highlights seeds per dozen post free except peas or beans, cash with order, and mentions Western Seeds by J Maddocks, Sublaco.
Albany and surrounding towns list mail closures and arrivals for daily service. Notes include times for BEVERLEY, BROOME HILL, BROOKTON, GRASS VALLEY, KALGOORLIE rail, KANUNOPPIN, LEONORA, MOKINE, MECKERING, MERRENIS via Dowerks, and other stops with AM and PM schedules and weekday patterns.
A Perth area testimonial touts Doan's Ointment as a permanent cure for piles without pain or disruption. The speaker credits a single pot with ending years of itching, bleeding, and discomfort after regular use, claiming twelve months of symptom relief and urging readers to purchase from local chemists.
A list of assorted grocery goods with prices per tin bag bottle or dozen. Items include salmon steak large salmon good jars, self raising flour, parrot eucalyptus bottles, jellies, sheep tongues, dried apricots, potatoes onions bibbag flour, syrup of figs, jam, tobacco soap prunes starch and more. Prices shown in pence, shillings, or pounds per unit.
The advertisement lists prizes including £500 first, £100 second, £50 third and other prizes totaling £1000. It notes a diamond jubilee year and proceeds for hospitals and public charities in Australia. Tickets are 22 for £1, 11 for 10s, or 1s each, with sales ending 15 April and draws in May 1916 in Melbourne.
Government appeals for men aged 18 to 45 to join troops stationed in Australia. Daily wage rates and allowances outlined for single and married volunteers, with dependent benefits and pensions noted. Official contact: E. C. Tresise, chemist, Northampton.
Railway timetables for multiple towns show closing and arrival times. Cities include Minnievale Menzies Narrogin Nangeenan Norseman Perth Pingelly Spencer's Brook Southern Cross Toodyay Tammin Fraying Scamline Wyola Wyalkatchem Wagin Westonlia Wongan Isa York with daily, weekday and weekend departures and arrivals.
Local notices list H Jackson a tobacconist at Fitzgerald Street Northam and M Mills representative at 16 Flixers Lane Melbourne Victoria. E O Treise chemist offers prescription specials.
Drought resisting, disease proof apples offered for seed. Terms cash. 4 case to any station or siding in the Wheat Areas for 7/8. Apply to Elder Shenton and Co. or Stanley Fisher Quairading. M Livingstone Bedfordale promises delivery carriage paid.
Owing to the winding up of the Estate of late Mr. James Wright, all Outstanding Accounts must be paid during the present month to save debtors expense of collecting. By order of the trustees. E. C. TRESISE, Pharmaceutical Chemist, Northama, the Eastern Met District Central CHEMIST.
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