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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
6
Melbourne housewives lead a Do Without campaign to protest profiteer prices by pledging to skip boots gloves and skirts. An inmate in a West Australian jail complains shaving soap pajamas and towels are unavailable. the judge remains unsympathetic about prison reputational risk.
FitzGerald Street Northam advertises farm vehicles and equipment for sale including 3 Farm Table Top Waggons 4 Table Top Waggons 1 Box Waggon 1 Farm Lorry 2 Farm Drays several buggies sulkies and numerous ploughs drills and cultivators all in perfect order. Prices are stated as right and items are described as O K and almost new by H and H Withnell.
The page invites readers to send items of general interest including social items land stock matters and trade notices. It requests clear writing and contact to supply news and notices for publication with editor’s attention.
A testimonial from Mrs P Lawson of Korrelocking near Northam praises Doan's Ointment for healing a leg wound that resisted medical care. The ad claims the ointment provides fast relief without detaining daily work and notes it is sold by chemists and stores for 2 shillings, through Foster-McClellan Co. at 313 Murray Street Perth, urging buyers to ensure they get DOAN'S.
Agricultural department advises keeping sheep on every wheat farm in Victoria’s wheat districts. The journal notes rotation ideas for mallee Wimmera and dry moieties, recommending wheat with pasture and fallow, plus forage crops where possible to spread work, improve fertility, and reduce disease. Manure tests at Longerenong favor superphosphate heavy dressings.
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