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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1924
Page
3
Sensational seven day reductions on all dress goods and mens wear. Cash only with a Christmas ticket giveaway for the largest set of receipts. Featured items include Fugi Silk at 2/9 yard, 60 yards, with many specials across fabrics and haberdashery.
A Toodyay cricket party traveled by four cars from Nungle and Tsaodyay to New Norcia for a match with St Idelphonsus College. After arrivals at Canterbury the visitors enjoyed dinner and a dance, then played a challenging game where Toodyay posted 137 and the College scored 216, with J Clune making 65 and Bro Theodore 44. The return journey included a breakfast stop and a snake sighting rumor, followed by more cricket details and upcoming fixtures with Christian Brothers old boys.
A sparse turnout failed to dampen keen interest as riflemen contended at 500 yards with A E Deacon J Beardman J Lee K Beardman leading on handicaps. At 600 yards J Beardman claimed the trophy narrowly over A Minchin who had closed strongly. Other performances listed.
In Bassendean on 1 December 1924 C G Meredith thanks Toodyay friends for £18 raised to buy an artificial leg. He notes special thanks to C Fawcett who organized the appeal and to all donors who aided his return to work.
The vice chancellor of Western Australian University proposes bursaries of £50 a year from towns to help local students attend the university. Endowment names, funded by capital interest or local rates, would be awarded on school certificate results, with local bodies retaining control. The aim is direct student support, not university grants.
The hospital secretary L. B Fox reports twelve patients admitted in November eight discharged and six remaining under treatment as of the end of the month. Seven children witnessed a newborn world for the first time during that period.
The piece urges advertisers to spend on promotion, asserting advertising drives prosperity. It argues the public should be informed about good articles to sell and states that advertising properly invites attention and sales.
A Thursday meeting of parents and the Parents and Citizens Association chaired by Mr Alfred James decided not to hold the usual prize distribution for the annual school Xmas dispersal due to disruption from a long sickness epidemic. Sports will be held on the school grounds on the afternoon of the 18th. inst.
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