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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
3
British anti submarine effort relies on new underwater microphone detectors and powerful bombs. Experts improved microphone use on ships to locate submarines by propeller sounds and steer accurately to strike. Electromagnetic indicators show distance and side, guiding bombs dropped underwater to destroy subs at about 150 feet.
Sister Annie checks patient temperatures in a wounded soldiers ward. A thermometer reads 120 after the hero stirred his tea, alarming the house doctor who suspects a faulty reading rather than a true fever.
Fragmentary text cites Withnell's mould board and a mention of a great fever cure. The readable portion suggests a health remedy linked to agricultural implements, but details are unclear and no specific dates or entities are fully identifiable.
A damaged item note reports sale of Martin’s Female Pills by chemists and storekeepers across Australia. It mentions Matti, a pharmaceutical chemist in South smopeon England, in fragmented phrasing.
A Perth resident, Mrs. E. Miller of East Fremantle, testifies that Doan's Backache Kidney Pills relieved her severe kidney disorder and backache after other remedies failed. She says one bottle helped and six cured her, with nearly seven years of relief since. The ad notes price and mail order details from Foster-McLELLAN Co.
The Eastern Districts Poultry Show ran Friday and Saturday opposite Northam Post Office with over 300 entries. Mayor A W Byfield opened the event as prizes were awarded to F A Hammersley, L Antony, F Reynolds and many others across Orpingtons, Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rocks, Minorcas, Wyandottes, and Toulouse breeds.
Taxpayers must file returns by the 31st of the current month. Failure to meet the deadline carries a maximum penalty of 100 pounds and additional penalties for income tax underreporting, including a possible fine and further sanctions.
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