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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
2
The Railway announces a new time table effective Sunday November 1 1914 for Perth to Spencer's Brook and Northam Dowerin Merredin routes. Services run Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays on certain legs and Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays on others. Cancellations include Perth to Spencer's Brook and Northam to Perth. Details posted at all stations.
The Right Rev W F Turton from the Globe reports a November 9 Army Hall reading by Brigadier Winter titled Globe Trotting with the Red Coats and Peeps at the Great LC C. The notice lists the event as part of current happenings in Goomalling dated October 30, 1914.
The Northam Race Club held its annual show meeting amid uncertain weather with a good crowd and several events. Betting appeared active with favored runners listed and results noting Northbourne and Limune Station among top finishes, while a Salvation Army self denial week was announced for November 7.
The record lists donations to the Northam Distress Relief Fund from various subscribers including W.C.T.A. and Rev. A. T. Marshall, totaling several donors. It then shifts to a bleak agricultural forecast for Australia noting seed area and expected yields across Victoria, Western Australia, and the Mallee fringe counties with projected deficits and possible surpluses depending on weather.
Alterations to the Eastern Goldfields and Northam Dowerin Merredin lines take effect. November 1 trains adjust timings and run days. the 4.10 Northam to Perth departs 4.35, the 11.5 Northam to Dawerin Merredin runs Monday and Thursday only, and the 2.45 a.m. Merredin to Dawerin and Northam runs Tuesday and Friday only. Racing notes follow with detailed results from a meeting including Loch Iris, Caliber, Warilda, and Muralis in various Handicap events.
The Northam Choral Society delivered an excellent Gondoliers performance on Tuesday night at Towm Tall with strong singing and acting. Principal roles were played by G. Hodges as Duke of Plaza Toro and W. A Phillips as Grand Inquisitor, while Miss Bessie Parting and Miss Ralph Stewart also received praise for their roles. The show drew a large crowd and strong orchestra work under Mr SPRING STAKES with a healthy gate of about £65.
Messrs Jacob and Kennedy of Nunnella Victoria refused a 2000 offer for six months winded irrigation and fodder crops across 76 acres under Incerne. They judged the proposition a losing deal after thorough consideration.
Division of the text lists religious events with Rev. E. M. Halt preaching at 1am and 3pm Divine Service. Sunday School and Bible Class announced along with 7:30pm Anthem by the choir. December date appears garbled but indicates a winter schedule.
A tornado tore through the Windward Saletan region causing damage and forcing emergency responses. Local officials assess property losses and warn residents to stay clear of downed lines as cleanup operations begin.
A fierce rainstorm on Tuesday afternoon flooded Gobblee and nearby areas. Damages include a destroyed dam on Robert Kinsman’s property and the loss of a water cave, plus a breached water pipe along Toollway road. Flooding affected Mel Viveash’s farm and local crops, with multiple washes and widespread water carting as residents brace for further trouble.
London dispatches say at the Yser Canal German crossings seven times were repulsed with heavy losses as corpses blocked the canal in several spots. Also reported is South African revolt suppression with General Botha routing Beyers forces and taking eighty prisoners.
Aliss Kathlen Power of Bute bury secured honors in the recent musical examinations with the gold medal in the mediates. Miss Power is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Power of Northhat Grass Valley Doverln and Goon.
A garbled political note discusses Fred Moran as House father figure and criticizes his old guard stance. It laments the demise of the Where's Jack Party, notes the Liberal and Country Party realignment, and questions Moran and Moran’s volatile leadership amid Labor dynamics.
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