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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1931
Page
1
Overstocked Drapery and Bargains at Caddy and Wiltshire Toodyay showcase new season lines and clearance items across underwear, hosiery, dresses, wool cardigans, bloomers, calico, gingham, sheets, flannel, and workwear. Many items heavily discounted to clear stock ahead of July consignments.
Social afternoon organized by the Red Cross Society at Rest Room A in Toodyay to raise funds for Toodyay Hospital. June 20 features refreshments and the slogan Come Along, and Help a Good Cause. Secretary Mrs Al Jack invites community members.
Lock-up shop to let is available next to The Toodyay Herald office. Suitable for a representative or agent. Applications should be made to The Toodyay Herald Office in Toodyay or The United Press Ltd at 971 Hay Street Perth.
Local notices show H E Ding, dentist of Fitzgerald Street Nor tham, visiting Toodyay every alternate Sunday with hours 11 am to 3 pm at the Newcastle Hotel. Repairs may be sent by post to Northam. Next visit listed as Sunday June 28. Also an advertisement praising Woods' Peppermint Cure for coughs and lung relief.
Advertisements in the Market Place on page three invite readers to explore a wide variety of wanted to sell items and other notices. The column emphasizes real money saving opportunities and encourages regular attention to the Market Place adverts.
Anglican services listed for Sunday 28 June include Holy Communion and Evensong at Calingiri with Rev. F G O Halloran. Sunday School at 7 39 p m. Sam and Spam appear in text as fragments.
A letter writer using the pen name Micky the Mouse defends transparent publication practices while detailing the case of John Joseph Hague. Hague faced a May disorderly conduct charge in Stirling Terrace after a late night disturbance near Clarke and Lduig’s, with Constable Miller reporting a group of men, Hague asleep upstairs, and the court proceedings outlining the penalties of up to ten pounds.
Mr J Ellery won the rifle trophy after a keen contest with G Bradford who tied at 33 with a 2 handicap in the shoot off. Bradford again matched Ellery but dropped points in the second shoot off. A second shoot on Ellery produced 35 while Bradford scored 30. A future trophy is promised for over the 700 yard range with handicaps to be arranged. A guilty plea led to a £5 fine, while the Red Cross linen afternoon for Toodyay Hospital is noted.
The Toodyay team led by Mes sirs Campbell Annear and C Haymes failed to win prizes in the handicap Bogey Competition won by R M Pemberton of York. Walstaf of Bruce Kock took the Championship with 163, Annear 173 Campbell 179 Haymes 139. A Bolgart Concert Party program for the Anglican Church fund drew strong local and district support in Toodyay Town Hall.
An Australian advertisement extols Doan's Ointment for piles with a testimonial from Mrs M Brown of Five Dock Sydney. She credits rapid relief and full cure after previous remedies failed, noting no recurrence after nine years. The notice urges purchase from chemists and Foster McClellan Co. 15 Hamilton Street Sydney. Then a stray line mentions a fat mining event in Toodyay on July 6 in the Lesser Town Hall.
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