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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1915
Page
2
An auction announcement by Alewre Iyey Bros offers 92 livestock items including mares fillies and colts at public sale in Chidlow St Northam. Goods include broken stock aged mares and foals with private arrangements, parcels mailed by rail, and special catering for Pruwengers.
Mr J M H Connor, Agricultural Commissioner for the South West, will deliver an illustrated lecture with lectern slides at the Mechanics Institute.
The Water Supply Sewerage and Drainage Department announces payment due dates for water rates in Katepuroyous Moo%ering Mockering Cundorillo Yee day and Yommix Ellderberrin Doodkin Merredin townships. Collectors will visit Sept 4 to Sept 9 with reminders sent to Northam Water Supply Office for unpaid amounts.
Three horses were reported missing near Nolan in August 1915. A brown or black gelding with a blaze and roan mare with visible manes were last seen within the area, and payment terms for a reward were not specified.
Local issue dated September 7 1915 reports routine notices and community items from Che Goomallina Dowerin area. Information centers on civic updates and public notices with brief items of local interest.
A four year old controversy quoted Professor Caldecutt of King's College proposing Western Australia be ceded to Germany as a remedy for imperial expansion. The text argues the British and German powers might share dominion, noting Australia’s sparse population and vast lands from South Australia to Queensland.
A column blends wartime critique of Germany with local notices from Northam. It covers Caldecott on Germany's colonial aims, civic matters like choral practice, a peace commission appointment, drainage debate, and a War Loan push, plus community events and agricultural lectures.
The Northam Show includes a musical ride drawing admiration after the Red Cross Gala. Booth rights drew little competition with T S Dunkley winning the publican booth for £12 and the Presbyterian Church securing tea privileges. General entries close September 7 with late entries due Thursday at double fee. horticultural entries close September 1.
An alleged Turkish colonel claims the Ottoman forces mobilised 1,350,000 men. He says about 500,000 have been “lost” through death wounds illness and capture. He also states 190,000 Turks occupy Gallipoli Peninsula, suggesting large casualties and displacements.
The seventy fourth casualty list lists fallen and wounded from nearby units. Among the deaths is S. S. Hamp late of Goom latting killed in action at the Dardanelles. Wounded include Private WB Cox Private M Dyer Private S Franklin Wyole and Private T Kean with other familiar names noted.
The Imperial Government accepted Australia’s offer of a Remount Unit for a mission in Egypt. The unit will include officers and men to supervise horses and care for them, with applications open to men up to fifty who are sound horsemen and understand horse care.
Nominations close today for the Merredin district race meeting at the third annual gathering. Details of the Midam Wind prize contributions and a program of events are advertised. An agricultural institute lecture will be delivered by the Agri Inland Commissioner with exhibitors expected.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions individuals and places in a rough, unclear item. The readable bits hint at names such as Woods and Pur and a possible event or note but lack coherent facts, dates, or outcomes to form a concrete summary.
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