Australian Wheat Pool Finances Spark Farmer Outcry
A Long discussion on the 1916 17 wheat pool reveals delayed dividends and suspicions the British government payment is being held to fund 1917 18 advances. The writer questions official management, cites 26 3 million tons yielding £26 362 500, and warns of ongoing financial strain on Australian farmers amid wartime policy.
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Hughes
Australia
United Kingdom
Russell
Commonwealth
K.W.W
Troy
B. JL McCuchen
Alvona St
West Perth
Janet Lyon wins college scholarship again in 1917
Local notice states F Pearson Lyon of Northam informed by A J Barclay College Secretary Methodist Ladies College that Janet Lyon has won a scholarship valued £17 for the next year, with attendance required for 1918. Other items note Mr Minneting’s confectionery shop opposite the Palace Theatre offering Christmas sweets and Mrs Mannering’s ice cream. A government note provides wheat and oats yield estimates based on the Assistance Board data.
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F. Pearson Lyon
Northam
A. J. Barclay
Methodist Ladies’ College
Janet
Palace Theatre
Mannering
Government Statisticia
Bennett
Industres. Assistance Board
Sensational accident on Fitngerald Street near Tattersall's Hotel
A sulky driven by a man named Squires and a cab driven by J. Catton collided with great force on Fitngerald Street near Tattersall's Hotel shortly after six last evening. Occupants Messrs Squires and Cammersley were thrown to the ground and the sulky smashed. Catton held the horses as helpers freed them, with one cab horse somewhat badly injured and the other released from the hind end.
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Fitngerald Street
Tattersall's
Squires
J. Catton
Messrs
Cammersley
Magnificent Christmas Show at Walker's Book Store
With Christmas nearly here Northam boasts a festive display as Walker's Book Store near Union Bank remains busy. The shop overflows with toys, bulls, rocking horses, cards, and books at prices to suit all, inviting parents and friends to shop before Monday night.
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Northam
Me Walker
Walker's
Union Bank
Warker's
Coal use on railways stirs Katanning debate
The Katanning Advocate notes the vexed question of using Collie coal on the railways. Producers want full use while farmers resist in summer, and the Government is uncertain about the path forward.
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Katanning
Methodist Church News Christmas Services Planned
Next Sunday and Christmas Day services will feature special music. Children’s Choir performs Christmas hymns, followed by a Sunday evening choral service with an anthem and Cornish carols. Christmas Day evening carol service at eight. Rev J Faull speaks on The Incarnation Choirs. Guild meeting delayed to mid January due to holidays. Mission accounts show payments. secretary seeks further donations.
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J. Faull
the Incarnation Choirs
Agai
Anglican Holy Communion and Carol Service Schedule
Next Sunday the Rector will celebrate Holy Communion at St Barnabas Dowerin at 10 a.m. Goomalling St Pauls at 1 p.m. and Mamberkine at 3 p.m. A carol service will be held at St James West Northam in the evening with a Parish Hall meeting to honor local soldiers who have enlisted. a committee was formed and the Rector seeks names of enlisted relatives or friends.
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St. Barnabas Church
Dowerin
Goomalling St. Paul's
Mamberkine
St. James
West Northam
Evenson
Artificial limbs urged for railway workers after war
Mr G Wardle MP, veteran editor of the English Railway Review, notes that wartime advances in artificial limbs should be applied to railway engineers and users. He cites 6000 cases handled, ongoing improvements, and argues railways can lead in adopting practical limb technology funded by the government for wounded soldiers and sailors.
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Mrg. Wardle
M.P
Fnnlish “Railway Review
United Kingdom
Wrenthy
Unlucky settler Grylls loses team in drowning accident
Kellerberrin reports a severe mishap to settler Me KV Gryllk of Warding. His horses perished in a drowning incident, leaving Grylls with financial strain and prompting calls for aid from P. and S.A. branches to assist a beleaguered settler struggling under the loss of valuable stock and growing debt.
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Kellerberrin
Gryllk
AL S Robinson
Digeriet
Buweh
Found 8
Vodieylly
Taisfortinny
Parner
Orky
Gryllis
Huard
Theotugl
Grylls Lynx
Wedgslone
Yarding
Hess
S.A
New Zealand railway workers gain on accident pay rule
Railway workers win clarification from the Railway Department on accident pay. War bonus counts as earnings for calculating weekly earnings, affecting allowances for accidents. Rules state war bonus is included in average earnings and not paid separately. Changes apply to accidents after April 1917 and June 2017 depending on service status.
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New Zealand
Railway Department
New Zealand Railways
Railway Society
Mice and Thistle Fight in Clare District
Clare correspondent reports mice overrun South Australia and thus far the good achieved by them is unseen. Star thistle, once abundant north and east of Clare, now scarce. shells of thistle seeds lie under stones in heaps. With proper precautions owners can cope with the weed.
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Clare
Adelaide
South Australia
Church of Christ schedule Child of Christ gospel meeting
Church of Christ announces a change in services for Sunday next with Evangelist stirring preaching. Worship with the Lord's Supper, Bible School and Adult Bible class, sing service, afternoon prayer meeting, and closing song service follow.
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Church OF Christ O
Stirtting
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Hortham
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