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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
2
Dr Tateron, professor of agriculture at the University of Western Australia, will lecture on the Principles of Agriculture at the Mechanics Institute in Northam on Saturday 23rd mat at 2 30. All farmers cordially invited.
Nominations close soon for several Western Australian events at Merredin and surrounding districts. Open handicap races include the L-Nangeenan Stakes, District Plate, Merredin Cup, Farmers Handicap, Totadgin Plate, Farewell Handicap and more. Weights, penalties, entry fees and acceptance rules are listed with dates, locations, and(secretary) contact details for Alfred Beazley and E. J. Cook.
Fragmentary OCR text appears as garbled diary style lines about breath and darkness, with stray phrases like “SMITI'S NIGHT OUT” and nonsensical wording. No coherent event, person, or location can be established from the readable fragments.
Watkins & Mitchell, sole agents for Northam and District, advertise shares and mould boards kept in stock for immediate delivery.
A forthcoming Catholic Bazaar prompts a large turnout for a party and dance at the Railway Institute next Monday with prizes on view in Mr L Boshora's window and music by a local orchestra. The report also notes a boy losing two fingers after handling detonators, with investigations into who took the detonators from a shed and possible suspects among local youths.
Hap Wah a warder at Ultimose market was fined and given time to bury or burn horse remains after a river incident at West Northam. The report mixes local business openings, political disputes, and odd anecdotes including shipper notes on the pig tail industry and a dramatic tale of a man named Blodder.
Personal notices announce the appointment of Mr W H Melvin as justice of the peace for the Northam district and a Meckering Meckering wedding between Miss Ivy G Deane-Freeman and Mr K W H Bailey at St Peter's Meckering on Wednesday the 27th. Farmers and Settlers Association officers were elected with A J Monger as president and several vice-presidents and executives named. Sir Stephen Henry Parker Chief Justice takes six months leave, with a retrospective on his career in politics and judiciary, including service in York and Perth and a bid to lead the Opposition.
On Sunday a rifle shooting event titled THE NORTICVM 118 is described with weather affecting scores and a second round nearing completion. References mention the secretary and a donation campaign, while a skeptical political aside questions cant and praises a tobacco temperance effort, with a hopeful note about a certain Woods project boosting confidence.
A draft political platform from the Country Party outlines vigorous land settlement and tenure policies, land element planning, railways to promote settlement, grain handling improvements, and centralisation. It supports compulsory preferential voting, economic administration reforms, and a White Australia policy. The draft was adjourned to the next annual conference after consideration of a proposal on extended irrigation and political alignments.
A chaotic Peel Terrace scene ends with the arrest of Heeman Harry Ruezee after a late Saturday disturbance. Police examine evidence, including boots and a revolver cartridge, while a witness account and court records detail charges of obstructing and resisting arrest. The Northam Wolks Court proceedings followed, with Ruezee pleading guilty to both counts.
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