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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 17, 1914
Page
2
Advertiser offers a public notice insert in exchange for the use of horses stalled by starvation. Apply Hippo at this office for details and eligibility.
Municipality of Northam announces a November 5 1914 election to fill vacancies from retirement for Mayor C L Bernard Central Ward Councillor N Kennedy East Ward T S Dunkley West Ward and Auditor X Richardson. Voting day will be a Wednesday.
A public reception at Northam Town Hall this afternoon welcomes Madame Antonio Dolores to Northam. Nominations with a 5 pound deposit must reach the Returning Officer or deputy by 4 pm on Wednesday November 18, 1914. Town Clerk Richard I. Duence and Mayor O. L. Bernard preside.
Wanted private board and residence for a gentleman and young lad by a private family. Also wanted premises suitable for a motor garage in central location. Various weekly rents: six shillings for three rooms brick in West Northam. six shillings weekly for four rooms brick in West Northam. twelve pence weekly for five rooms in Chidlow Street. sixteen pence weekly for six rooms in Central brick.
For sale notice lists Acre parcels on Dukes Street and Weld Street plus Acre Residency Hill with good cover. Properties include 13 Acre Residency Hill and a 46 Acre site with modern well appointed brick residence in an excellent position. Prices cited £800 and £100 for brick villas. inspections arranged via agents.
Under the Prince Alfred Old Collegi ans Association Eastern Districts Branch a farewell will be held at the Transcontinental Hotel Northam on Thursday 6th inst aged 8 40 pm Tickets limited at 7/6 each obtainable from R H Duence J A Loader C K Stewart R J B Millar
The leasehold interest in the undimensioned lot will be auctioned at Mr Roberts Store Dalwaitiny at 3 pm on Wednesday November 18 1919 with lots 34 36 and 37 offered at 165 each and Lot 37 subject to 60 within 30 days for improvements. Notice also advertises the annual meeting of ratepayers of the Municipality of Northam at the Town Hall on Friday November 20 at 8 pm.
Local notice brief lists date and issue line from the Goomalling Dowerin Mail. Readers are reminded of upcoming matters and community items appear in this early 20th century regional listing.
The article recalls Cr James Hyheld and the prominent role of the late Byfield in Northam's growth. Born 1849 at Mahogany Creek, he apprenticed to Solomon Cook, moved to Northam, helped build the town’s first agricultural implement maker, and ran a flour mill with a pioneering roller milling plant. He served 17 years on Municipal Council, married in 1882 to Mrs Forward, and left a widow and two daughters. The piece also notes mining prospects at Marda, including the Great Unknown and Allan's Find, plus town leasehold sales at Dalwallin and the War Budget context.
Current Happenings notes the art union drawing for St. Joseph's School Building Fund has been postponed from Friday to Monday December 21 at 4 pm in the schoolroom. Tickets must be returned by Saturday December 5.
A fragmented report on land re classification in York the Eastor-Bistrivty Recorder notes missteps in surveying methods and questions the Land Classification Inquiry Commission's estimates. Local figures like Mr Griffiths and the Totudyiv brawel’s secretary attend meetings as criticism grows over mapping a vast area between 600 and 700 square miles.
A Saturday afternoon reception in the Mayor's Parlor presided by the Mayoress Mrs Bernard was hosted for ladies interested in tendering Madame Antonia Dolores a public welcome. No invitations issued, attendance urged, with arrangements in train for the Tow Hall event.
A Toodyay District Council secretary condemns a National Council of Women plan to collect and distribute secondhand clothing to farmers and settlers. The resolution, read at Dowerin on November 5, requests withdrawal of the proposal, arguing members resent charity being directed at them despite recognizing good motives. Goomalling November 11.
Market quotations show Beel Choice tight weight cuts at 6d per lb, ribbed beef at 4% to 5d per lb, mutton prime fresh galb with weights and second grade sold sd to 54d per lb. Lamps best heavy weights 14d to 16 8d, pork at 7hd per lb.
Messrs Dalgety and Co Ltd report weekly sale results at the Wool and Produce Exchange on November 11. Sheepskins show firm prices at equated rates with variations by type and grade. Hides sold well at full rates across categories, while horns and beeswax show demand fluctuations.
This notice outlines several Avon locations with parcels for selection, prices per acre, and references to forfeited or conditional purchases. It notes multiple plan numbers, acreage, and terrain details as well as proximity to rail lines and towns, with scattered odd spellings and OCR artifacts.
The writer O L Bernard states he will continue as mayor of Northam, despite announcing earlier he would not seek re nomination and efforts to appoint a successor have failed. He asserts duty to the office and the people warrants his remaining in office until a suitable successor is found.
Northam Municipal Council met Thursday with members including the Mayor and Councillors Biffard Duskley Beeves Golding Kennedy Byfield Goldthorp Castledine. The Northam Choral Society asked that proceeds from The Gondoliers go to the Disaster Relief Fund, with any surplus after renovating stage fittings to be directed there. The Under-Secretary for Public Works noted awaiting government subsidies. The Council decided to transfer any excess over renovation costs to Disaster Relief, about £31. They also discussed extending electric light to residents outside the municipality and requested reports on profitability before proceeding. Accounts were approved for payment across general, health, electric light, and rates funds.
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