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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
5
Oppressive week weather in Northam with three days over a hundred degrees. A local business installed a large ice chamber for cooling on site and a saloon area fitted with electric fans serves patrons. Christmas Mass set for Isidore's, with scheduled services and a branch office opening noted at the end.
The display features a mix of shopping items and curiosities including brushes combs manicures trinket boxes perfume bottles jelly dishes and more. Items such as hair cases parcel ladies hand books postcard albums and fountain pens attract attention as customers sample the variety.
Mistico annexed the Beach Handicap at Aspendale Park on Saturday as an odds favorite. The result highlighted Mistico's strong form and dominance in the seaside course conditions.
Local Court hears Meineney versus McCrae over an overpaid 105 refund. Judge notes evidence from plaintiff and defendant and returns judgment for the plaintiff. costs to be assessed.
Fragmentary text records an anniversary and services connected to the Salvation Army. Mentions likely locations and individuals but lacks clear details or final conclusions.
A brief item notes that after a period in Germany lasting two years and four months a hail event impacted England, with concise historical context implied.
Don Donald and partner G have arranged a poultry sale at a Norham shop on General Street offering turkeys ducks and other poultry to benefit a local shopkeeper. The notice notes ample stock and generous quantities for patrons.
The fragment recalls a December weather table comparing temperatures with last year. It also recounts a wounded boy at a New York recruiting office who lost a finger after a medical treatment at a hospital, with doctors later performing amputation.
The Northam Post Office will observe Christmas and Boxing Day and New Year’s Day holidays with altered hours. Open 9 am to 10 am for money orders and related services. mails dispatched as usual except offices closing at 10 am. telegraphs and telephones operating with limited trunk line access after 10 am. pillar clearances at 8 am and 9 30 pm. deliveries limited to the first full delivery in the morning. special arrangements for inward Perth mail and parcels service.
A movement to form a cricket club in West Northam led to a meeting of 15 interested residents. A gathering is scheduled at the Workers' Club at 8 p.m. Monday for those wishing to assist, with Mr Brady collecting names.
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