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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
4
Carter and Co announce a Great Carnival Sale of general drapery to advertise their new address and values. Fremantle prices are claimed to be cheaper than Perth, with Northam customers offered these exact prices.
A compact sale notice lists fabrics and linens with per yard and per dozen pricing. Includes Just Fast Color Galatear in black Italian cloth at 1 yard and 6d per yard double width, striped flannelettes 4 shillings per 11 dozen, cream and pink flannelettes 2 shillings 11 pence per dozen, and brown Turkish towels 3 shillings per 4 dozen.
A long sale advertisement notes a large assortment of ladies felt hats, jackets, corsets, fur items, muffs and stoles, plus childrenswear and blankets. Men and boys ranges, umbrellas, and trimmed clothing priced to attract buyers. Absolute sale prices with gifts of glassware on purchases over ten shillings. New premises next to Bon Marche Fitzgerald Street Northam.
K A Lockyer reports on the Eastern Districts Dog and Poultry Society farmers stock competition. He notes late season visits, illness, and observations of Mrs Manning and Mr Letch at Byre Hall and Clakhine. The analysis covers egg yields, costs, and net profits with emphasis on management, housing, and cleanliness. final awards compare Manning and Letch with scores across sections and conclude Mr Letch earns top honors.
Instructions to combat smut in grain through thorough wetting with steep or pickle solutions, soaking sacks, and removal of unbroken smut balls to prevent reinfection. Directs readers to the Wheat Belt Commissioner at the Department of Agriculture and Industries in Perth for full details, recommending DOAN'S.
The Northam Eisteddfod will be held October 20 and 22 with Mr. A. J. Keckie as adjudicator. Events include church, juvenile, and ladies choirs, orchestral competition, piano solos and duets, violin solos, vocal quartette and duets, various sacred and secular solos, boys and girls solos, and recitations with champion and under-16 divisions and monetary prizes listed.
Dalgety and Co report on the Friday sale of sheepskins hides and kangaroo skins at the Wool and Produce Exchange Eyemantle listing lower sheep skin prices, quiet bidding on hides, firm tillow, and brisk demand for beeswax with small supplies of horns and hair.
Passenger trains run from May from Northam to Perth Albany Katanning Kalgoorlie Merredin Goomballing Dowerin Toodyay Bolgart and Wongan Hills. Daily and specific weekday schedules listed with times for each destination and special sleeper service to Albany on Wed and Sat.
The E. D. Racing Association lists approved race club meeting dates Northam June 1 and York June 17 with applications pending. Advertisers are warned to submit changes to standing ads by Wednesday, with AM copy due before noon on Mondays and Thursdays. Money order hours are 9 to 4 Monday to Friday and 9 to 12 Saturday.
The Nait is reinforced using electric brushes as seen in Tim Hamnett's saloon Castledine's new fashion books. The article notes the novel method and its adoption in local businesses as a showcase.
Six rounds of matches will be held with a major premiership similar to last season. First round draws list May 90 Dowering Wanderers and June 6 Goomalling, with games played at the home ground of the first-named club. Remaining rounds follow the same alternating grounds pattern.
Northam outward mail consignments close daily at 6 a.m. at the Northam Post Office for Fremantle and Perth destinations. Times indicate early dispatch before city routes depart.
The June meeting at York Race Club lists events with stakes in sovs. races include Flying Handicap Trial Stakes York Handicap novice and farewell Handicap with six to ten furlongs. Nominations close June 2 and weights announced around June 6. Officials note acceptance dates and travel notices for multiple Western Australian towns.
The Central Districts Association公布 the first round fixtures with matches set for May 31 and June 7. May 31 features Jennacubbine versus Jenapal in one bout and Wongamine against Grass Valley in another. June 7 schedules Grass Valley versus Jenapal and Jennacubbine versus Wongamine.
Fixture list outlines mixed doubles matches before the pennant season. May 27 St. John's versus May Reserve, June 3 Wesley versus May Reserve, June 10 Wesley versus St. John's, June 17 St. John's versus May Reserve, June 21 Wesley versus May Reserve, July 1 St. John's versus Wesley.
An old advertisement extols Donn a Ointment as a safe cure for piles. It narrates a sufferer’s relief after two pots, notes no relapse in 12 months, and urges readers to buy via Foster McClellan Co. Listings also tout Castledine writing pads and envelopes.
Northam Race Club schedules five sprint and handicap races for June 10 1914 at Northam with prizes from stake funds. races include Five and 2 nan mnongs Open to all cam era and Eastern Districts Wester events. Nominations due by May 2 with final payments by June 6. Weights declared around June 3. Exemption rules apply for chronic chest complaints.
Classified listing from H and H Withnell offering new and second hand farm wagons buggies sulkies carts drays and plows. Items include 3 new farm table top wagons 2 second hand wagons 4 new buggies 6 new sulkies and numerous stump jump plows harrows and cultivators with prices ranging from £2 to £45 and terms available.
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