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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
2
Tender notices from the shore officer invite bids by Thursday June 2 for kerbing and footpath formation at about 36 Cal t a Street with plans at the Board's Office. A 5 percent deposit or cheque is required with each tender. The lowest tender is not guaranteed acceptance. G. Whitlock.
A May 1945 item notes Che Goomalling Dower in Mail with reference to mail delivery in May 1945. The fragmentary record mentions the name and month but lacks clear event specifics or place details.
The page lists diverse local items in Northam including a ratepayers meeting, tenders for damaged machinery at Gilles flour mill, a continuation class term for English and scribe instruction, a clearing sale at Chitibin under Me Chas McMann estate, a Kitchener pledge campaign demonstration at the Palace Theatre, a farm sale by Elder Shenton Co, and a Northam Choral Society social at the Parish Hall. It notes a prominent local physician, health concerns of T F Brumage, and a reported casualty involving Lieut. Warle with related family messages.
R H Durnch, town clerk, submits the annual report closing April 30 for the Wis district.
Postmaster General's Department Perth invites alternative tenders for weekly mail conveyance routes. Tenders close 4 pm on a Wednesday in 1915. Details include routes via Korrelocking Yorkenkine and Carbin Spring to Yorkin and Tammin Carrabin Spring, with road transfers and weekly service. J. J. Livid listed as contact. bids open at the GPO Perth office.
Tender notices seek removal of damaged machinery and plant from the Mill Store site at East Northam, with bids due May 31, 1915. Public auction by Charles McManus under assigned estate offers farming implements and stock, inviting further entries from interested buyers.
Education Department Northam announces evening continuation for male and female students aged 14 to 18. Free instruction in English with options in Arithmetic Mathematics History Geography Commercial and Public Service subjects shorthand bookkeeping dressmaking millinery cookery homemaking elementary chemistry and pattern drawing. Full particulars at the Headmaster Continuation Class 14 Government School Northam.
Empire Day festivities at Northam featured educational talks by School Board members and ministers, performances by State and Commonwealth schools, and a cinema programme arranged by Byfield. Over 1200 youths attended as pupils toured rooms, heard addresses, and joined songs and military displays in the afternoon at the Palace Theatre.
The article notes Australia pressing for more motor ambulances for soldiers at the Dardanelles. It mentions shipments from the Shrution Army and a women’s fundraising effort by the S tham Willainke & Woure groups to canvass and collect on Saturday. It also references Sir Faweelut Chubb and the Whar] macists Guild in a fragmentary historical context.
To get a prompt delivery of daily papers and periodicals visit Castle Alaw for an electric brush-up or electric face massage at T. Harnett Hairdressing Galoom.
A crowded Palgrave Theatre audience joined MP A W Byfield for a complimentary Belgian Fund night after the Allied Nations Fair. Rev A L Marshall announced the net proceeds from stalls and subscriptions totaling 716 pounds 14 shillings 6 pence, with gifts from Belgium and Britain aiding the fund. The event ended with toasts to Mr and Mrs Byfield and a round of beers.
At the inaugural Town Hall meeting the Red Cross Society outlined needs for relief of wounded in hospital and abroad. Members were invited, with 6d weekly dues, to fund sewing and distribution work. A local centre was planned with Mr G Redsu as secretary and Mr A Byfield as president. A follow up meeting was set for Tuesday at 3 30.
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