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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
3
The Fisk Jubilee Singers will open at Norham Town Hall tomorrow night amid strong press praise. The festival program blends sorrow and cheer with choral works and jubilee style, promising a lively show with rich vocal harmony and engaging mood changes. Box plan at Mannering's offers free booking seals.
Sunday afternoon police inspection with Constable Pusey found opium and warm pipes. Three men Ah Beg Sin Kay were taken to Northam lockup. At Northam Police Court the three faced charges of unlawful possession. Ching Jen and Ab Egg pleaded guilty while Sing Kay pleaded not guilty. After evidence, the RM found all guilty. Fines of £10 and costs or one month’s imprisonment were imposed and paid.
The Commonwealth Statistician details 58 years of livestock expansion in Australia since 1860 1918 with horses up 486 percent cattle 222 percent sheep 333 percent and pigs 160 percent. It notes Goats camels mules donkeys and angora goats as minor stock with Mohair outputs and leather sales, including numbers by state and yearly totals for 1918 19.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss German submarine activity, naval expenditures, and mutinies with references to Lord Lee and agricultural impacts. Mentions sinking costs and wartime logistics, but the text is garbled and hard to parse for concrete facts or dates.
Baker's Hill School cricket team traveled to Clackline for a return match, winning by eight wickets and one run in a closely contested encounter. The Baker's Hill innings totaled 49 with strong bowling from H Bloomfield and E Bloomfield, while G Hooper and J Young led Clackline's attack. A decisive rematch is planned at Clackline after the vacation.
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