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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 19, 1913
Page
4
A chaotic report describes buyers and sellers in a crowded shop, with items offered on approval and mixed goods from furniture to typewriters. The piece also notes a dramatic animal incident at a menagerie involving an elephant and a camel, causing injuries.
Promotional note offers a course of free electric massage at Mr T Tenet’s hair dressing salon. No clear dates or names beyond the proprietor.
Mr D C Beaham assigns weights for the Northam Bally meeting. The weights govern runner handicaps and place emphasis on current form and past performances. Crowds expect a keenly contested event with several high horses vying for the prize.
Racing notes show acceptances for Canning Park event titled Saburtay with entries including Tord Flavus Kerrisdale Cosy Buttons Pirmt Loeb and Grace Dayline listed under the four furlongs segment. Details are terse and largely OCR garbled.
Fragmentary racing notes list horses and odds for a seven furlong event at a park course with inconsistent spellings. Entries include names such as Kensucala Fiction uaker Boy and Golden siren alongside various placeholders and garbled terms.
Official Meckering Race Club notice outlines meeting on Saturday October 11 with six races including the Galloway Vandicat and Amathyr Stakes. Nominations close with the secretary Mr Hi Withnell Northam on October 7. Details cover entry fees, weights, amateur riders, and wagering rules under WA and Eastern Districts associations.
The notice outlines a picnic meeting for the Jennacubbine Race Club with several races including a Second-Class Plate and a Handicap. It lists purses, entry fees, weights, and conditions, plus nomination deadlines and special train arrangements from Northam to Jeannacubbine.
A fragmentary report outlines the racehorse Fideliahen with a noted NZ lineage from True Blas and Waterfall lines, tracing ancestry to Nellie and other famed progeny. It lists notable performances including Kalgoorlie events and Boulder placements, and notes nominations for Sires Produce stakes in 1914. Describes stable offers, paddock facilities, and sire details with some pedigree references and soundness certification.
An in-depth stud note presents Jovance Apanoe as a premier racehorse prospect at Rossmore. Bred on St Simon lines through Simmer and Dutch Oven, with lineage tracing to Voltigeur and Flying Dutchman, the narrative parallels his potential with Tecimmmon and other top English sires. Details emphasize high broodmare value, strong paddocks, and abundant grazing and water.
The PureBred Suffolk Punch stallion Mooki Forman is offered for stand at Dumbermining with travel as required. Last year he sired foals in Semenghia and Northern regions and shown to be a profitable sire for horse breeders. Terms: £3 10s per single mare. Further details from W. H. Eaton, Cumbermining, Ge Groom in Charge.
Agricultural shows are scheduled by societies with dates: Irwin September 18. Northampton September 22. Northam September 24. Geraldton September 29 and 30. York September 20 and October 1. Greenough October 1. Moora October 4 and 5. Beverley October 4. Wheatbelt Werth Royal October 7 to 11. Wickely Wingelly October 15. Canning November 1. Albany November 5.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a derma item priced at 44 pounds with words paddorking and carn taken, but lacks coherent details or context for a complete summary.
Mrs. E Platton runs the Dowerin Hostel a general store and wine beer and spirits merchant she advertises Perth prices to entice customers to shop locally. The notice cites Ted Platten as founder and highlights savings for Dowerin residents.
A testimonial cites Doan's Ointment as effective for dermatitis, eczema, hives, and sores, claiming rapid relief from a 400-word sequence of patient experiences. The ad promotes pricing 2/0 per pot and notes distribution by Foster-Mellon Co. at 818 Murray Street, Perth, urging readers to obtain the product.
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