West Australian Boys to Sail on Overseas Tour
In August a group of forty Western Australian boys organized by the Young Australia League will sail from Fremantle on a comprehensive oversea tour. The trip mirrors a 1911-12 circumnavigation and aims to promote education by travel and advertise the State. The journey includes a 46 town tour, lectures at high schools, and evening performances to raise funds, with an anticipated cost of about £8000 and a 46 instrument band featuring saxophones for the first time in the State. The party will visit Northam and Goomalling in early July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Australia League
Fremantle
Commonwealth
United States
Western Australia
Vsit Northam
Delay is Dangerous and Warns of Dyke Threats
A period-style notice urges vigilance after recalling a Dutch tale of a hero stopping a dyke breach. It warns that danger looms here as hundreds of dollars drift away unseen and urges early action. A testimonial extols Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills, claiming relief from backache gravel and kidney symptoms, with five years of continued health afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Dean
Don
Doas
Kinney
Storekersere
Foster-McCielson Co
RIA Murray Atrest
Perth
Doan
Advertisers urged to send ads by midweek deadlines
Notice to advertisers that all alterations to standing advertisements must reach the office by Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Copy for display advertisements should be hyphenated in before midday on Mondays and Thursdays.
Wortham Race Meeting Handicaps Declared
Mr. M. F. O Rourke has announced the handicaps for the Wortham race meeting to be held at Northasa on Wednesday next June 16. Details specify entries, weights, and expected contenders for the event card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. O'Rourke
Northasa
Belmont Park Races Acceptances Hurdle Race Card
Belmont Park lists acceptances for Saturdays races with the hurdle event set at about two miles. Notable entries include Mariett Skipton Renouncement Celloist Ashlar Neawera Australian Girl 90, among others in the June 6 program.
Race meeting dates granted to clubs by E. D. Racing Association
The E. D. Racing Association approves race meetings for Northam on June and York on June 15, with dates listed for other clubs. The page also includes a mix of juvenile verse and an ad for Woods' Peppermint Cure and Woods' Creat-Peppermint for children's coughs.
The Little Hero of Vine Cent Atkinson
An appreciation of Vincent Atkinson, a boy hailed as a bush hero for guiding a family to safety under extreme heat. The article praises his courage, resourcefulness, and steady leadership during a perilous five mile trek to obtain aid while his mother was ill and siblings relied on him.
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Lennonville
Vinecent Atkinson
Juno
Bnt Il
Vincent Atkinson
D. G. Gawler
Mel.c
Midland Junction
Australia
Hardihood
Murchison
Tem
Usee
Lewler
Lions Boots Ticker and Pulses Thrill Departed
In a fragmentary reminiscence the narrator recalls the Lions boots ticker and the thrill of pulses. A past scene at Boulder shows men on a roof viewing diver Hughes through a skylight, the rescuer of Vari heth at Bonnievale. The note honors heroes across ages and praises Master Vincent Atkinson as a worthy example. Australia may yet be proud of such sons.
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Boulder
Diver Hughes
Vari Heth
Bonnievale
Vincent Atkinson
Australia
Smut Control in Wheat Football Season Plan
An article outlines methods to destroy grain smut by thorough wetting with a solution, soaking sacks, and removing unbroken smut balls. It announces a football season with six rounds, split into halves for a premiership, and directs inquiries to the Wheat Belt Commissioner at the Department of Agriculture and Industries, Perth, with games to be played at Goomalling and other grounds in alternating order.
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Department of Agriculture and Industries
Perth
Goomalling Vy
Dowerm
Central districts fix fixtures for first round matchups
The schedule lists June 7 fixtures with Grass Valley facing Jennaoullin and Jennacubbine up against Won. Details are sparse in the fragment but indicate early round pairings in the central districts competition.
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Grass Valley
Jenna
Lawn Tennis Mixed Doubles Fixtures Ahead of Pennant Season
The schedule lists mixed doubles fixtures to be played before the pennant season starts. On June 10 Wesley faces St. John’s, and on June 17 St. John’s meets May Reserve in the two staged matches.
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Wesley
St. John's
St. John’s
Northam Eisteddfod October 20 22 Schedule Adjudicator Named
The Northam Eisteddfod announces A J Leckie as adjudicator for musical items with events on October 20 and 22. Concert line up includes Church Choir Juvenile and Ladies choirs, Orchestral Competition, piano solos and duets, violin and vocal solos, recitations and humorous pieces with prize money ranging from 5 5s to 3, detailed with ages and instruments.
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Northam
Tom Alpha
Stainer
Lane
Ronald
Grieg
Moszkowski
Merkel
Allegretto Gracioso
Kublan
Henry
Cowen
Farm Machinery and Wagons for Sale by H. & H. Withnell
Advertisements listing new and second-hand farm wagons, drays, bug boots, sulkies, mowers, stump-jump plows, harrows, cultivators, and rollers for sale with prices from £2 to £19.1s. Includes names of makers and descriptions of condition and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrow
Unicorn
Powell
Massey-Harris
McConnick
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Carter & CO
All Folk
the Drapers
Wortham
Killiney
Lady Romar
Calcamine
Arin
Ivy Bunch O' Shamrocks
Loch Iris
Briza Trueglow
Mural
Polite Lass
Trymine
Lady Romaris
Drury Lane
Bingiey
Greenlove Greenlea
Snaphaunce Langford Amity
Muralis
Soldo
J. Culstock da
Roy
Noongarin Briza
Coithurst
Uncoil
Cosy Sylvanian
Wlawarra Ae Count Zeppelin
Green Lily
Highgate
Mervi Hgh Society
Western Night
Straggler Mytty United Servi Gallego
Manicata
Old Tipperary
Kopeck
Langford Wanbury
Obagoomah Greveliffe Wendy Loch Flint
Ayr Son
Dueler
Bathkeale
Ayrville
Florabel Louyima
Obey Flogger
Chillamun Na
Smapcup Anon
Buttons Orient
Camballo Romulus
Byron
Amy
Sun of
Arronant
Dolores
Ayrton
Ua Mun Lord
Ilia
Muralissien Uw
Sir Owen
Caulstock
Murity
Killigny
Baia
Drary Lane
E. D. Racing Association
York—Jime
T. Harnett
Boan Bros
Lass
Cypher
New Buffalo Incubators
Universal Providers
Wellington & Murray Streets
Commonwealth Sez
Dhe
Bank of Australia
Ornior
Gil Prem Ct
ST George's Terrace
Iso
Sydney
Coberts
Mobourge
Adelae
Hobart
Brabane
Rocthaerpton
Townsville
London
Toucren
Gaponioe
Frances
BANK
West Averraton
George's Terrace
Wade
James Rell
Devers
Gersaren
Jeary, Wik
Darwon Siler
Gersseee
Little Hero
Lion’ Brand
Lion Boot Factory
Subiaco
Wort
Lion” Brand
Goomalling Association
Northam Eisteddfod
Loke
Reem
Cookeies
Hiut
Aylward
Melisa
Goetz
Lohr
Stone
Drake
Hedgecock
Pinsuit
Foster
Allan Water
George Wills & Co
Murray Street
Smith
H. Withnell
General Blacksmiths
Wheelwrights
Iron and Brass Founders Undertakers
H. HA. Withnell
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