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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1913
Page
2
Valuable prizes refreshments for gents versus 6d and ladies 1s. L Teague honorary secretary offers Jersey cows, draught mares and a list of horses for sale with rewards. Toodyay notices advertise Royal Hotel lodging and a chestnut mare with a reward. J Shiel seeks ownership for a childows Wells address.
Local notices report voter card delays before a federal election and church services at St Stephen's Old Town and Toodyay markets. The piece covers parliamentary deaths in Kilgoorlie and Fremantle region, local market updates, weather, and a school exhibition at Toodyay Convent with prizes awarded.
Authorized salesmen for Western Australian Producers Union Ltd report scarce supplies across major goods on the date May third. Tea and apples show tight stocks with Rome’s fruit at 102 to 15s. Rokewoods 121 to 16. oranges at 260 cavela 133 to 203. lemons at 12. apricots 85 to 158. potatoes 5110 6161 ewt. fowls 7a to 9s per pound. turkey gobblers at 58 640s. buns to 241. eggs Lilto le 3d.
A letter discusses corporal punishment, exploring parenting attitudes toward children from infancy to toddler years. The writer reflects on poverty, family dynamics, and the challenge of raising kids, noting temper, chores, and mischievous behavior as children grow.
Plain clothes constable Sharps presents shocking examples of dilapidated slum housing before the select committee on Melbourne housing. Witnesses accuse Dr Tevers of owning the worst properties in Cariton with 1000 Tevers family houses in decay. Rats are reported up 25 percent as tenants suffer sharply.
The Light Horse camp will be held at Katanning instead of Tammin for convenience. The date is not fixed yet. A notable change is the horse allowance increasing from 1 to 4 per year, with 5s paid for each mounted parade attended.
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