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Northam price hikes and war efforts dominate city notes
The column notes beef and mutton price rises at Northam, a 94 degree heat reading, and local opposition to moving stables from West Northam Recreation Grounds. It covers Red Cross appeals, war reports from the Western Front, a Sydney divorce case, and reflections on wartime austerity and prices in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Northam Recreation Grounds
Red Cross
Australia
West Front
Daly
Red Cross Society
Richellen
Albert
Dunkirk
Calais
Guifre
France
England
Dover
English
Freeland
London Evening
Armentiere
Bailleul
Ior
Star
Messines
Samuel Grimshaw
Katherine Butcher
Justice Gordon
Sydney
Gordon