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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1923
Page
2
Two miles from Toodyay on Tuesday December 18th, A J Briggs instructs Lder Smith & Co Limited to offer livestock farm produce machinery by auction. Details pending.
Elizabeth Caroline Ferguson of Toodyay Western Australia applying to be registered as proprietor in fee simple of Toodyay Suburban Lot 45 seven acres. Notice calls for caveats by December 29 to challenge the application under the Transfer of Land Act and Registrar of Titles.
Belgart Property sells 300 acres to K J Martin of Northam. Toodyay stock market set for December 7 by Elder Smith & Co and Dalgety & Co. Parcels await pickup at railway station. Fisk Jubilee Singers perform at Town Hall with Uncle Tom's Cabin film. Church services listed for C of E, Roman Catholic, and Methodist. Road Board meeting scheduled at 11.30 am. Mrs Gooch and daughter return to Perth. funeral for late Mr Gooch planned. Six years of silence court case in Hampstead. Accident injures Leo Clune in Toodyay. Exceptional Delaware potato crop grown by Tom Ferguson of Mayfield.
Sermons should be brief to fill churches and convey clear points. Rev E J Selwyn urged five minutes can say more than twenty and that services should be more reasoning than attractive. Other talks advocated cinema moral instruction and earlier wartime attendance declines. The report also covers Tow sy workers housing plans, a Derby wedding collapse, and Parliament cleansing of weak politicians praised as a worthy example.
On Thursday November 22 a social at Toodyay Methodist Church welcomed Rev. W. Frost to the district with introductions by Rev. A J Barclay of the W A Home Mission Society and remarks from S G Beach. Frost spoke of satisfaction with Austrian life and later conducted the Beycording service at 2.30 pm inviting deeper consecration. An evening Toodyay service covered The Inspiration and use of Holy Scripture urging better Bible reading and opposition to modern cults. The next topic will be The meaning of Holy Communion.
The third sale of the season in Perth drew a large attendance as brokers submitted 16 000 bales in catalogues. Elder Smith reports 7 556 bales 171 fadges and 5044 bags from multiple districts with top prices including 334d for a 21 bale interletted lot and 5s pid for eight bales. Dalgety notes strong competition with top line Behn Ord at 364d and Mabinup at 36d.
A cryptic note describes wool values with figures like A.A. 291d and A. fie 2834d. and A. pes 25d. attributed to R. Siene Yudgan and Bol- Bart, suggesting market performance or valuation details.
Elder Smith & Co Limited held a stock sale at Carroll Farm Bolgart on Thursday. A strong attendance of buyers cleared 1440 sheep at top rates with prices including 4 to tooth ewes 23 shillings 11 pence and wethers from 18 to 22 shillings 6 pence. Seven head of cattle were sold for 31 pounds.
The Public Health Department warns cattle owners to watch for fever dullness loss of appetite and rough coat in cows with reduced milk. Early signs include eye congestion discharge and later diarrhea and weight loss. Isolate suspected animals and contact a veterinarian. obtain thermometers from Corner Stores.
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