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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
2
Count Zeppelin faced mockery in 1802 as he pursued airship design. After early failures his persistence paid off with Zeppelin III, a record 200 miles in eight hours. The government bought the craft and funded further trials with £25,000, lifting public opinion.
In Doncaster Harvey Whitten was arrested after winking at Constable Ewart during unrest. The Box Hill bench fined Whitten as authorities warned that winking at police insults law and order, a lesson carried by the magistrate. The piece lampoons exaggerated reverence for officials and defends police authority.
A unique strike occurred as 240 workers stopped work for two days over a new foreman being appointed without prior notice. 25 workers faced proceedings. The foreman’s greeting allegedly shocked staff, with claims he resembled a policeman. The tribunal, noting better notice would help, chose no penalty, urging harmony in future.
Mrs H Stromg of Baker Street Bea consfield Fremantle testifies her husband suffered twenty years from checkache and relief came after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. She notes lasting cure over three years and recommends the remedy. Pills priced 2/4, six for 15/3, from Foster McClellan Co. Perth.
Thomas Walker argues the Total iser Duty Act Amendment Bill cannot destroy betting instinct. He and colleagues attack wheat buyers and gamblers, likening farmers to gamblers through seasons, fertiliser, seed wheat board and machinery bets while lamenting lack of big crop success.
Dryous Wary and Canlitian Powders are linked to Ihissa and Cork in a note from O. Tresise Whicsost Nathan, detailing a historical pharmaceutical or trade context with names and places. The fragment suggests a report on powders and suppliers, highlighting possible regional or commercial connections.
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