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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
2
Orders are booked for eggs and chickens delivered in rotation. Breeds include Brown Leghorns 266 egg strain, White Orpingtons, BLT Reds, Buff Ducks in 6d setting. Chickens and ducklings listed as 12 16s dozen. Particulars from S. G. Meares, Auburn Stud Poultry Yards, Northam.
Urgent recruitment notice for the ALF seeking volunteers for overseas service. No vacancies in Light Horse Artillery or Camel Corps. Infantrymen sought in any number. For details contact Organiser F. C. Smith in York.
News and notes cover the Dowerin Show on Wednesday and a gala day for the Commercial Travellers' Carnival at Northam. Tenders close on Wednesday October 3 for Goomalling Road Board works. In Murchison Wool at Austin Downs Mrs P Meehan shears 16 000 sheep to 335 bales. Grass Valley Honour Board unveiling set for 3 p m at the Grass Valley State School. Weather and rail issues cause local farmers to beg rain after floods and drought. A Sussex village sexton remarks on church bell usage for calamities. National candidate W D Spiers chosen to oppose J B Holman for the Murchison seat. Kumminin and North Cunderdin picnic dates announced. A horse accident at Meckering leaves a boy with a broken arm. Collie Coal shipments show a steady rise per week. Merredin Police Court fines for Austrian William James Reichel for theft and related charges, plus restitution. Shearing completes at Noondien with 13,000–14,000 sheep handled and 322 bales of wool. Bungaree and Merino rams improve breeding at Toodyay. W A sheep-breeding notes emphasize Bungaree progeny. Peppermint Cure advert ends the column.
Fragmentary OCR shows a product claim urging Australian ladies to choose genuine items with branding from Martin, Pharmaceutical Chemist, Southampton England, implying a marketing pitch for female consumers.
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