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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
2
A rural advertisement lists a dwelling on Wellington Street and a wide array of farm gear including 4 sulkies, ploughs priced from £12 10s to £20, light dam ploughs, a sunghine harvester, steam engines, and wagon components with certificates of quality.
Strayed into my paddock a bay gelding with a numbered rug. The other entry notes multiple church services at St. James Church and Wesley church with various Sunday dawn and evening rites led by Rev. Hammer and Rev. Tartun, including matins and evensong.
An array of local notes covers university teaching, school financials, and charity drives alongside community events. Reports include a financial summary from a National Mutual Life Association year end, a Women’s Temperance gathering, Northhaus State School accounts, a horse injury, church services, railway parcel deliveries, and holiday shop hours with a near-miss vehicle incident at the newspaper office.
A penel meeting of the Nor tham Race Club will be held Saturday afternoon in January. The annual report and balance sheet will be submitted for consideration. Nominations for the annual election must be in the hands of the secretary by the Wednesday preceding the meeting. Government savings and postal matters loom large as changes affect depositors and mail services. Special notices detail new branches and holiday goods advertised by local merchants. The column highlights Norway’s paper house church and a Bergen exhibit.
Report from Hawke's Tay of Attenata mentions Wharehiri the Mur whieftainens being 120 years old and a payment of one thousand pounds for a copy of Christoe's Comterhiry Tales, tied to Cor tom.
At a Yorkrakine school meeting on November 1 a large group of district residents elected a building committee to oversee matters related to the Agricultural Hall. Dr. A. W. Nock was chosen chairman with W. Nock K L Hutchinson and Everett selected for the committee. The gathering endorsed actions by the local Progress Association and urged ongoing assistance. Harvest is underway with yields reported fair, though rainfall this year is below average. There is support for improved railway facilities and a government tractor to move produce to stations, seen as essential for farmers beginning wheat-carting after the new year.
Mr James Mitel of Malad telephoned Northam about speeding work in by Caves district. Captain Lorence of the Commonwealth Defence Forces will leave Fremantle by the Warilda on January 4 to attend a military school in Sydney with Mrs Lorence and two daughters for about a week. Also noted is the illness of Mr Pred and potential operation, plus resignation of Mr S H Pellett from the Farmers and Settlers Association. A feature on Reginald Crisp and his coal storage invention gains attention amid land boom losses.
Yesterday’s temperatures were a few degrees cooler than the past week with highs around 68.8. Data shows a persistent drop since Saturday with daytime readings near the 68 to 69 degree range and a steady cooling pattern.
A reader signs a December 1 letter from Northam praising Christmas cheer for the hospital. The writer, RN WH RET District Medical Officer, expresses confidence in providing festive support after a year of limited generosity.
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