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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1936
Page
8
Simone Simon notes a new fruit cake that is unusually light. The recipe uses Kellogg's Whole Wheat Flakes with butter, sugar, eggs, milk, flour, baking powder, and chopped fruit. Mix, bake about one hour at moderate heat, yield sixteen slices.
Local sports page reports Calingiri topped Wyening in a Sunday clash at Wyening with final scores 58 10 for Calingiri and 58 24 for Wyening. Earlier averages show Wyening led 44 7 at halftime and Calingiri closed with a strong third period. A college team from Piawaning defeated New Norcia 108 to 14. Bolgart and Wyening played a goalless hockey match extended to extra time ending Bolgart 3 Wyening 2. Yulgering beat Corondeen 33 in a separate school hockey game.
A pretty wedding united Mary Parnham fourth daughter of E Parnham Mumberkine with Leslie Gordon Purser son of J Purser Toodyay at St Johns Northam. Rev Fr Collins officiated. Bride wore white lace over satin with orange blossom halo. Attendants and guests praised smart attire. couple left for honeymoon amid many presents and cheques.
Archbishop Prendiville will visit Toodyay for a weekend including a Sunday mass at 11 o'clock and Confirmation at 7.30. He will also visit Wootooloo on November 7 to confirm candidates. A popular lady competition in the Southwest draws parish interest, with Miss Boyd among noted candidates. Social events include dances at Chidiow on August 29 and Mt Helena in September, plus a children of Mary gathering on August 22 with a gold sovereign raffle. Mundaring held a ball on August 8. Parish notices urge watching timetable changes for the near programme.
A tender offer from the paper office supplies printed butter wrappers with official name and address details. Pricing tiers listed include 100 units at 7/, 200 at 8/-, 300 at 9/ 400, 11/, 1000 at 17/, 82,000 at 27/6 plus sales tax.
At the Goomalling championship three players Mess Campbell Patkin of Toodyay and E Nye of Dowelin dead heated. Nye established a lead and won the match six down. Pat Campbell and Parkin followed. The draw for Sunday lists pairs J Parkin F Keeley T Donegal W Twine A Campbell C Wood E Brewis M Bateman K Waddington E Forbes N Gooden W Mercer W Jervois T Christie J Williams H.
Bolgart defeated Wyening 3 2 in the semi final to advance and meet Calvigiri for the trophy. J Ellery scored twice and H Millington added one for Bolgart while W Watson and D Cousins scored for Wyening. C Lloyd off the field was noted for Bolgart. Calvigiri and Bolgart have shown good form heading into Sunday’s decisive match.
Owing to a mis understanding the fortnightly Spoon Shoot was not held on Sunday last. Club members are notified that this shoot will take place on Sunday August 16.
Riders from Northam competed in a local cycle meet on Sunday. The course went to Coondle and back, a distance of several miles. Results list Walters first, Wells second, and W. Chitty with the fastest time at 21 minutes 40 seconds.
A historic advertisement touts Woods Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for coughs colds and influenza claiming relief through its peppermint formula and medical endorsement from a local apothecary.
The weekly rainfall table records the minimum rainfall totals observed at Toodyay during the last seven days. Data shows daily measurements, with the week’s cumulative total noted as well.
Deaconess Dorothy a Mothers Union worker in Pemberton has launched an appeal to help distress cases. Meg F G O Halloran will receive and forward any donations and will acknowledge them through these columns.
A reader asks for ten copies of THE TOODYAY HERALD delivered weekly for a full year, requesting consistent publication across twelve months. The note specifies weekly posting of the same newspaper title.
A long OCR style roster lists Members for the Province including Vero non Hammersley and M.L.C. Herbert J. Yelland with Toodyay and Board names such as Mr. Pollitschwirwun Air. Charles Alday and Secretary Memru KE Twine Ludewaun EG Hasson and H.C Woods. It covers Toodyay District Hospital officers, Powmasters, State Schoolmaster, Station Master, Justices of the Peace, and numerous local associations including the Agricultural Society, Bank official, Police, Fire Brigade, golf, cricket, hockey, hill club, veterans, cycling, swimming, CWA, Traccis Association, Parents and Citizens, RL, churches of England and Roman Catholic and Methodist with listed clerics.
A brief note states the party will arrange payment details to create a permanent record of the event. The message emphasizes that arrangements for rent will be completed by the noted party.
The Toodyay area page lists diverse notices from hotels bakeries and garages. Includes local business names Swan Brewery Stirling Terrace and Victoria Stirling Terrace addresses. Insurance and accommodation references appear alongside sporadic supplier names and phone-less listings.
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