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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
2
Doverin Rifle Club schedules an annual picnic meeting on August 28 with multiple races at seven furlongs two hack events five furlongs and a sprint plus pedestrian events and maiden renewals. Prizes range from 2 pounds 10 shillings to 6 pounds for first place with various nominations and acceptance fees listed.
Eastern Railway timetable changes list departures from Perth and Northam. Services run daily at 7 10 a m to Northam and 3 45 p m from Perth to Northam with penalties on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Some services suspended on Wednesdays and Saturdays with limited evening runs terminating at Chidiow.
The writer notes farmers lose money selling eggs and pears while cabbage sells for higher shop prices. A grower sent ten cases of pears, about 40 lbs per case, earning less than cabbages. Frustration grows over unequal quality, high cartage, and middleman profits while producers struggle to survive. calls for government aid to assist struggling growers.
Local and general notices include bids for a brick and stone church at Cunderdin due 10 August, references to 50,000 miles with the Prince of Wales on 15 August and other railway alterations. Laverton Mercury notes and Northam Market preparations, agricultural ball plans, rainfall figures for 1921 to August, and a farewell to the Gibbons in Northam. A new alluvial gold discovery near the Great Western railway is reported as promising.
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