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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
4
The Toodyay Road Board met in the board chambers on Saturday August 17 with majority present. Movements included donations to the AIF and funds for De Gaulle’s forces and plans to close Reserve Road at Roberts Road. Generating unit notes discussed and accounts approved for payment. An appeal court date was set for September 14 1940.
Members of the Toodyay Rifle Club are asked to parade with rifles at the Newcastle Hotel on Sunday 24 August at 10 a.m. to advance the Home Defence Movement.
Wool consignments are heavy from Miling to the coast where bulk wheat is stored for overseas shipment. Livestock is again railed along the line and a train ran to the Midland saleyard last Tuesday. Eggs and cream are produced in large quantities for Fremantle.
Six friends set out after a dance in Irishtown when Ron Wood’s utility truck vanished. The crew walked 13 miles to Northam, reaching 5.30 am while police recovered the abandoned vehicle. Two Northam youths were fined £5 and costs in court for stealing it.
Recipe fragment describes mixing Kellogg corn flakes with fat, sugar, sultanas, honey and flour, adding milk and egg, then steaming in a pudding basin for two hours. Serve with custard or honey sauce. suggests buttered paper cover and steam method.
A Tuesday night meeting linked to the Toodyay Show and gymkhana fixed October 5. The horticultural Society to run pavilion exhibits of vegetables fruit flowers dairy produce, with a schoolchildren section. Committees to schedule agricultural exhibits horse events pedestrian bicycle events and side-shows. Red Cross may handle luncheon arrangements. Funds go to the National Emergency League for redistribution.
A fatality occurred at the Northam military camp when Private Albert Ira Exley 39, of Subiaco, was shot through the heart by a .303 rifle gun miscleared at the rifle range on August 16 just before noon. District coroner F M Read RM was notified.
Mr N M James of the Bank of New South Wales returned from holidays. Mr F Touhy, relieving at the bank, arrived back in Perth. Miss C Hornsby from Wagin visited Wyening with Mr and Mrs C J Martin. Dr R Anderson from the Dept of Public Health spent days in Bolgart inspecting district schoolchildren. Mrs H Fynmore and small daughter from Bunbury arrived to stay with Mr and Mrs W H Syred at Wathening.
The Federal Government will pay an additional 4d per bushel nett to growers on all wheat delivered to the No 2 Pool from 196 million bushels. The nett payment totals about £27 million, with handling and railage pushing the total to £34 million. The raise marks a 100% rise over last year and follows low prices and drought. The payment was made on August 16, with future sums pending depending on remaining unsold 60 million bushels.
The Toodyay Herald urges residents to back a district initiative. The appeal emphasizes local representation, community development, and continued funding to keep the district visible on regional maps.
The readable text lists unconventional kitchen measures such as two level aviespoons equal one uz and three devel break fast cups equal p Ll. It also mentions sugar amounts in two level tablespoons and butter in a heaped tablespoon, with other odd unit names and quantities.
An old advertisement warns of kidney and bladder troubles causing sleepless nights and bodily aches. It promotes Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as a remedy to strengthen kidneys, relieve pain, and clear toxins from the blood, urging readers to buy them now.
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