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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 08, 1915
Page
3
September’s weather shifts to heat as crops recover. Old Tammin hosts a large Saturday picnic and school event. Royal Show notes praise and prizes with extensive flower and vegetable displays, plus lectures and social gatherings featuring Megsie Half Donnan and others.
A testimonial from W. McKo of Fremantle praises Downs Back the Kidney Pills, claiming fifteen years of kidney trouble resolved after use. The letter lists symptoms such as tiredness, pain, faintness, and irregular secretions, and notes the product is sold by chemists and stores at 2/9 per bottle with two bottles 15/3. Foster McClelland Co. in Perth is listed for price receipts.
Dalgety and Co report on wool skins hides and related stock at the Wool and Produce Exchange Fremance presenting colorfully priced lines. The text details new by laws requiring owners occupiers to control water and mosquitos in properties and to maintain drainage and cleanliness per Local Authority orders.
Barrow Nesuda and Co Ltd report mixed grain markets dated Sept with prime wheat and old season chaff holding firm in Perth auctions. Prices for good wheat samples range from £3 to £5 10s, with higher values for top samples. straw values £2 15s to £3. Local supplies steady, demand modest and limited. Oats and maize show slow movement with minor price variation and ongoing trade inquiries.
The October issue of the WA Racing Calendar is rich with racing information. Loch Tria, a recent double winner, will be feted on metropolitan courses. Veteran jockeys Bullock and Wallock are slated to visit Australia with Wallock possibly staying in Victoria. Zone, a famed performer, was recently dethroned as his old holding became infirm. The Mangia district still hosts many old-time racehorses including GraitoniAlbinnk and Rawley. A Caulfield Cup meeting sees weight for age entries and several horses like Lad and Miss Bo are named for the Bye. Windsor, Tieay, and Miss Tat appear in the upcoming program.
A fragment describes Wemcastle Races and handicaps set by MF U for a Toodyay Hace Club show meeting. It lists horses and entrants, mentions judges including Ferguson and Nuntiin, and notes an escape incident with a steeplechase car causing damage during the event.
Nominations closed for Beverley Race Club Red Cross Meeting to be held on Wednesday 20th inst. Entries remain modest but strong with horses named including Lost Chord Prince Mentor Rendezvous Lady Plata Servin Queen Bounding Home Passerine Wattle Leaf Wooreneppin and others across Gallipoli Plate Heliopolis Purse Australian Handicap and related events.
Cordials supplied in unlimited quantities by Hotels and Stores Ltd, incorporating 2 G Dixon & Co and J Dixon & Co. Advise traders to arrange regular supplies due to Australia’s state of affairs. Notes factories in Austral City with high capacity and priority to meet all merchant needs.
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