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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1933
Page
6
The Toodyay Herald invites district club secretaries to forward activity reports for prompt publication. News of local happenings keeps residents informed and interests readers beyond the district. Noon on Wednesdays is the deadline for assured insertion. Casual ads rate 1s per inch per insertion with six words per line estimates. display and contract ads quoted at liberal rates.
A humorous verse praising a loyal reader who pays in advance. The speaker marvels at the subscriber who mails money at the start of each period and fills the office with good cheer. The poem expresses gratitude and affection for the prepaid donor.
A fragmented verse mocks farmyard sounds as bees buzz roosters crow and cows moo. The piece playfully catalogs a rooster’s bray the hens clucking and pigeons coo while noting the animals’ persistent call to announce presence.
Miscellaneous items from Baker's Hill note a Joy Girls Club gift to Miss Helen Jose ahead of her forthcoming marriage, and a West Subiaco Junior Football Club visit with a match ending Baker's Hill 2.15 to 108. Edmondson, Quinliven, Hellin and Whittingvan starred for the winners. E Ennor, S Clayden, C Hil, B Clayden and J Purchase scored for Baker's Hill. Also reported are pruning progress, May rainfall figures, frost effects, the death of E L Ward, and Les Oyston's return from holidays.
The Young Australian League announces two interstate tours for the year under the slogan education by travel. A 50 girl Perth departure on December 26 will visit Kalgoorlie Adelaide Melbourne Canberra and Sydney returning January 29 with chaperones nurses and hotel arrangements. A separate boys tour departs three days later visiting Adelaide Melbourne Canberra and Sydney with cost about £4 9s 1d and installment options.
A meeting of the organizing committee for the Band Contest under the Band Association of Western Australia was held. The committee, formed at the Northam Agricultural Society’s request, includes members from the Agricultural Society Chamber of Commerce and Northam Band with joint secretaries Curlewis and Phillips. The event on Wednesday September 27 features marching and a selection night, with entries due August 28 1933. The Bey Pye and the King’s Hand are expected to participate. several other bands promised support for what may be a keen contest.
A circular from the Northam Agricultural Society to all societies and road boards in Western Australia invites landowners and interested parties to a meeting at Northam Town Hall on Saturday July 15 at 11 am. It follows a Meckering district resolution about rabbit damage and the deadly disease Toxic Paral paralysis in sheep and cattle, urging coordinated action and requesting losses data and agendas from attendees.
The Director of Agriculture warns owners of bulls not registered for 1933 that registrations are overdue and punishments apply. Unregistered bulls over a month old violate the act with penalties up to £20. Amendments require pure breed bulls listed in the Herd Book to be registered, with fees set for nonproducible bulls.
The New Idea offered a cash prize for essays on the subject and received revealing replies. One girl mocked romantic modesty, saying she prefers bold, modern behavior and even laments her sister’s marriage where affection came with material talk and credit plans.
A local call invites residents to share news about their town with friends and relatives living in other districts. The message encourages sending along achievements events or notices to keep connections strong and informed about hometown happenings.
Printed on face-16 for 54 shillings I offered 1,000.
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