Northam Race Club picnic meeting features Perth visitors
A Northam Race Club picnic meeting at the picturesque course drew many Perth and regional attendees despite a lighter turnout. Hon. Jas. Mitchell attended as chairman and stewards addressed minor incidents with no results, while bookmakers from Perth and local officials ran a lively program of six races with Balambi and Lockland among winners.
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Northam Race Club
Perth
Jas. Mitchell
M.L A
Goomalling News Sketches From A Busy Weekend
The town hosted a crack match on Recreation Ground in collaboration with the Goomalling Football Association. A musical evening at Miss Hennesay's drew praise. Ida Inman returned to Fremantle after visiting Mrs. D. Rale. A pair of farm hands boasted after a long billiards game. A farmer asked an employee about drilling and got a confident reply from a miner with 15 years’ experience. Local chaff cutter operation paused due to lack of reliable help. Rumors spread of mineral finds with ore samples shown at A. T. Plaisted’s window. Government officials tested for a new dam site near the town hotel. tenders likely soon. About 100 chains of fencing planned for the catchment area. Lockyer Estate bores are active. Wheat stacks vanished, no rabbit traces, but a snake and many mice appeared. Codlin moth reported absent from the district.
Quiet election and school prize night at Northam
Jennapullen reports a quiet election followed by a community event at the Agricultural Hall. Mr H Lawrence of Rockdale was interred at Northam Cemetery after years of illness. Mr Stewart presented school prizes and medals to pupils and praised Miss Bourke for her service to school entertainments amid dancing and cheers.
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Northam
York
Beverley
Newcastle
Goomalling
Perth
H. J. Leeder
Eay
I. BR. Oldham
Balambi
Wilkinson
S. Murray
EF. Kelly
C. W. Seabrook
Misa Kelpie
Shaw
Locklight
Flinda
Melody
Miss Kelpie
Balambine
Ightfall
Nightfal
Goomalling End
Dowerin
F. RB. Walsh
Eny
Stewart
St. Bourke
Roy Watson
Edith Oliver
Norman
Edwin Watson
Miss Bourke
A. CG
Morrell
Agricultural Society
Charles Moore and Co Silks Bargain Silk Offer
Silk shop advertises wide range of silks and fabrics with bargain prices per yard. Includes black chiffon, velvet, lustre, serge, cashmere, dress tweed, and blousing flannel. Mail order department promoted for home delivery. Readable list highlights color options and bulk quantities.
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Hargan
Rinck Mervilluex
Byarmain
Fancy FLANNELLETTE and fabrics in varied shades and weights
Special purchase of 60,000 yards of Egyptian cotton blends offered in many fabrics for ladies, children, and home wear. Fancy flannel and twill fabrics described with prices per yard and per dozen. Towels, blankets, damask, and sheeting listed with sizes and unit prices. Victorian blankets offered in multiple bed sizes.
Charles Lamb A Personal Appreciation From Hertfordshire to London
A reflective profile traces Charles Lamb from his Hertfordshire childhood to Blue Coat School and early clerkship, detailing family tragedy, Mary Lamb’s illness, and Lamb’s lifelong devotion to his sister. The piece emphasizes Lamb as a unique English voice, beloved for his humor and humanity, and recalls his friendships with Coleridge and Wordsworth.
Lambs Heroism and a Ceaseless Brotherly Love
A retrospective on Charles Lamb and his unwavering devotion to his sister Mary, highlighting his selfless life, tender character, and the profound, almost celestial, bond between siblings. The piece reflects on his lifelong celibacy, past loves, and a poignant dreamlike meditation on what might have been represented by a vision of his imagined children.
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John
Elizabeth Lamb
Mary
Charles
Christ's Hospital
Blue Coat School
Coleridge
Lamb
South Bea
Temple
East Jolia
Mary Lamb
Hells
Charles Law
Mary Lawd
Enab
Lambs
Nelson
Westminster Abbey
Barry Cornwall
Whittier
Alice
Thee
Bertram
Nell
Charles Dickens
Morning view of Halleye Comet in Northaw skies
The Comet is visible at 5 o clock with a filmy tail pointing upward. Venus shines brightly nearby as the comet moves toward Pisces and grows until it passes between Earth and the Sun then reappears in the evening sky with a fine spectacle.
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Halleye
Northaw
Coe An Hhour
Godiac
Venus
Sas
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Booth
T. Beswick
Tattersall's Hotel
H. Withnell
Withnell
Theastern
H. G. Withnell
N. Dempster
Lockland
Dempster
M. A. Kelly
Englend
Gillespie
P. White
Rewell
Tinks
Darkness
Tortoise
Lord Strathmore
Greyland
Velox
Oakover
Peter Byron
Sarsfield
Tours Enyland
Bayland
Sarafield
Flinty
Bergland
W. G. Eaton
Triumph
F. Kelly
J. T. James
Federal
Hawking
Lady Ormuz
Lady Joyance
Joyful
Needle
Brooklands
Lady
Joyance
Lady Joyence
O'dham’s
Due
Me. S. Murray
Kelly
PL W. Hasley
Oakley
Piercefield
Lock
Klla
Fetlock
Balamii
Cemand
Malu
Wandering Willie
Volox
Nevycastle
J. O'Hara
Mr. Meenes
A Watkin
S . Mesars
Beard Sil ‘Black
Mr. J. Sewell
T. Boyle
Sronistien
Lock Essie
Foura
Nee
Lubra
Tremoline
Creylock
Lock Gun
Subra
Greylock
Tammlin
J. Powell
Heal
Dandy
Lord Kitchener
Rodger
Ownie
BR. N. Rocknett, Esq
S. F. A. Parker
Hawkins
le Vent
Lord Strathmor
Nightfall
Locklind
Ida Inman
Fremantle
A. T. Plaisted
Lockyer
Jennapullen
H. Lawrence
Rockdale
Charles Moore & Co
Hay Street
Charles Lamb
J. G
William Hene
Webbool
Hertfordshire
Elia
Blakesware
Mackery End
Widford
Amwell
Valley of the Lea
Charles I
Shakspeare
Religio Medici
Izaak Walton
Wordsworth
Hazlitt
Flia
England
Australia
Charles Lam
Edmonton
Charles Mb
Montaigne
Richter
Kasays
Elin
Lracastorius
Vienna
Olver Goldsmith
R ‘Somer
Southey
Moore
Godwin
Heydon
Painter
Barnes
Times
Barry Cornwell
Thomas Hood
Edward Irving
Admiral Burner
Bernard Briton
Leigh Hunt
Samuel Rogers
Walter Savage Lauder
Charlee Lamb
Crown Office Row
The
Fleet-street
River Thames
London
John Lamb
Mr. Salt
Inner Temple
Elizabeth Field
Oomeo
J. McCulloch
Fitzgerald-street
Bertfordshire
Alice V
Korn-Kinks
Fowler, Ltd
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