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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 12, 1915
Page
2
Notice describes issue of treasury bills bearing interest at 44 percent per annum with half-yearly dates January and July. Also lists sale of farming property Provo/Proven Vreehhold Farm, 160 acres, known as Kim's Vono, with details obscured by OCR.
Hesier & Co. Limited advertise mortgages via public auction for a property east of Jenns omer ex btine Siding with two paddocks and cleared land. Auction offices listed in Perth Kalgoorlie York and Bunbury. Treasury funds offered with tax exemptions and interest arrangements. Also tender for Lummerumal Hotel lease at Powealmon with January 1 start and seven year term. bids require bank cheque of 3 percent.
A damaged historical notice fragment discusses income and tax related details, partnerships, and fees. It mentions Western Australian statutes and availability of forms at an office, with scattered references to rates, abodes, and the need to prepay postage. Advertisements seek labor and room rentals with vague terms and locations mentioned.
Notice proclaims vacancies due to retirement and imminent elections for Mayor Councillor and Auditor roles with nomination deadlines and deposits. It also advertises mortgage terms for a property and an auction by public sale with location, contact, and instruction details. The document blends governance notices with a mortgage and real estate auction listing.
The fragment notes a date and a place likely from a historical paper. It mentions Welday and November 12 1915 in relation to Boerer's mail. The readable text points to a period item or notice rather than a full report.
A mixed batch of local items covers a swimming club event, farm day inspections at Ormewick, bridge safety and life through the Northam Road Board, and calls for tax and grain queries. A secret shell discussion, soldiers social at the Palace Theatre, and agricultural advisories accompany reports on district finance, education, and public works.
The text notes rising tensions as Romatos, the Uiret Minister, hints at reforms in a tense course of invasion. Emancipation rhetoric is challenged as Anglo French forces contend with Meltertsin’s hereditary peers. Athenian journals that once favored Germany begin praising Pranem.
A Petrograd communique reports desperate combat on the Cherniavate banks with Russian forces breaking Austro German lines, taking 2,000 prisoners and 20 machine guns, many enemy troops drowned. A British cruiser reportedly sunk two German submarines near the Strait of Gibraltar as unofficial London messages circulate.
War Office reports an enemy submarine attacked outbound transport Mercian in the Mediterranean. The vessel was not sunk and reached harbor. Twenty three men were killed three missing and fifty wounded, the latter sent to hospitals.
A Rome message says a German submarine sank the French liner Frange and the steamer Fragos while returning from Balouike. The crew of the Frange were saved, while 75 crew members of the Fragos were rescued. The Frange is a large transatlantic vessel of about 23,666 tons.
London reports the liner Ancona sunk by a German submarine with life boats for 250 people. Passengers were saved by a French steamer and Malta crewed, while an eyewitness says survivors were fired upon by the submarine. Casualties include women and children.
Correspondence asks to publish the three largest navies and names England Germany France. The note adds a closing sign off from Tommy Atkins. Also a death notice reports Mrs. Cutie Curebuch, wife of Charles Curebuch, is widely known locally.
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