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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
4
The Tamain Sunday School held its second annual picnic at Od Tamtuin Well on a Saturday in mid May. Children and adults enjoyed flowers, lemonade, and ginger ale supplied by Me Vasce, with races and prizes for all ages. Local officials praised fundraising efforts and a lecture on Lord Shaftesbury was well received.
The Royal Commission, under wartime acts, submits an interim report on keeping prices for necessaries near prewar levels. It outlines actions to curb speculative price hikes, maintain stock levels, and support trades while permitting justified price increases. Export controls and flour price stabilization are noted, with data from 69 witnesses.
The recent Wednesday polls produced a list of elected Labor members including Price Seaddan Colter Thomas Wilson Chesson McDowall O'Loghien Carpenter Mitchel Smith Connelin Heitmann Wilson F Johnson Nairn Munsie Stubbs Green Allen Walker Foley Mullaney Troy Tayior Holman Stubbs Johnson Hudson and a Country Party slate featuring Harrison Wansborough Cunningham Gardiner Willmott Griffiths Piesse Hickinott. The record reflects party designations and multiple individuals across both groups.
The districts Gascoyne Pilbara and Roebourne have deferred contests on November 4. The candidate list includes Gascoyne Guchrist Pearson MacDonald Sutches Corbett Underwood with party affiliations Lib Lab and details of last election figures.
Mesars Dalgety and report held a sale of sheep skins hides and tallow at the Wool and Produce Exchange Dalgety Buildings on October 14. Skins sales were poor with buyers resisting prices above 44d for super sound skins. Hides sold in small catalogues with light hul es 64d to 7d and heavies 5d to 6d. Tallow values ranged from £24 10s to £22 10s. A racing shoutout promo invites Tack Cody of Tattersalls to Dowerin offering a six shilling bet.
A neighbor’s account praises Doan's Backache Kidney Pills for relief from kidney pain. Mrs White reports several attacks stopped after using Dean's pills and cautions buyers to ensure the product is genuine from Moster-McCrellan Co in Port. Beware fakes.
Market quotations show declines from last week with 1000 cattle at Copley’s Siding including 300 stores unsold and 300 head from Kimberley Pastoral Company. North Fremantle records heavy yardings of sheep and lambs with lamb prices dropping and pigs showing easier prices across categories.
Passenger trains run on and transit times updated from May 11 to Perth at 6.40 am 7.00 am 4.35 pm and 6.30 pm Albany sleeper service Wednesdays Saturdays by 9.25 pm Katanning intermediate stations daily at 10.45 am Kalgoorlie and intermediates express at 8.08 pm Merredin via EGR at 0.50 am and 8.00 pm Merredin via Goomalling and Dowerin Monday Thursday 14.5 am Goomalling daily with exceptions Dowerin Monday Wednesday Friday 11.50 am 0.0 Saturday 4.5 pm Toodyay daily 7 am Tuesday Saturday 4.0 pm Bolgart Tuesday Saturday 7.0 am Wongan Hills Tuesday Thursday 11.5 am.
Notices announce selection openings in Northam land locations near Wonse Hills and Quarchin Soak with several large tracts including 1103 acres and 355 acres. Multiple forfeited holdings by individuals such as A G Sweetman C P holdings and T A Ball Lips are noted along with banking activity linked to Hobart through A J Castledine.
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