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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
4
Limited Auction under varied owners offers for sale 150 mixed weaners 290 good wethers 1E merino weaners 20 mixed age ewes 110 mixed ewes 1 chopper 1 prime hutlock 1 prime heifer. Terms at sale. Entries invited. Baxters Yards Northam and Cunderdin sale conducted by Elder Smith Co Ltd on February 18 1920.
Elder Smith and Co Limited acting order invites entries for auction of a variety of farm stock including imported rams and bred ewes, with sheep dip and good condition noted. L A Solomon Meckering listed as auctioneer.
Northam Road Board to meet February 7 at 2 30 pm in Northam to discuss the past year affairs and the Noxious Weeds Act in the district. Auction notices from Elder Smith & Co. for farm equipment and hay stocks to be offered at Cunderdin and Dover auctions on February 19 1920 and related sales details.
Elder Smith and Co advertise a large sale by order of Mr A B Stewart including draught horses bay mare foal at foot several mares gelling years and other stock milking cows heifers calves sheep and a wide range of farm implements such as harvester machinery binders wagons plows and tanks Local agents Dalgthy & Co Lid Northam A Hills Goomalling First Sale expected with about 1000 sheep to be offered and further entries invited devices and sundries listed for prospective buyers.
Northam notice shows Dalgety and Co Limited calling in cattle and horses, with further entries in view. Empt or details incomplete but indicates ongoing estate or auction activity by the firm in Northam.
Salvation Army drill and hobnob meeting at Fitzgerald Street and Avon Street. St James Church West Northam offers Humly Communion and Evensong with Rev Nicholls. Methodist Northam Wesley hosts Sunny's services and Junior CE, Morning service and song. Church of Christ Evangelist Marsden conducts worship with Breaking of Bread. All welcome.
An advertisement notes Fitzgerald Street Northam opposite the Palace Theatre offering Choice relish Australian Confection Picnics and Private Parties supplied with Coo Drinks as a specialty from a first class confectionery.
The article describes church notes on Morrell and the rector’s interment, the evening service at Becal Pere, and the village organ. It notes preparations for Harvest festivals at Katrine and Northamar, with fruit and flower displays and choir arrangements as decorations are planned. The Archbishop plans to visit Northam and preach at an open event.
At the Gonmalling Police Court on Wednesday last Clancy of Pithara faced the S P C charge of “treated a horse” by stabbing it in the shoulder with a jack knife. He pled guilty and was fined four pounds sixpence, plus costs, and one day’s imprisonment. The defense said drunkenness caused the act after the horse allegedly annoyed him.
Handicapper A. E. Warman issues weights for the Jennacubbine meeting to be held on Wednesday. The list covers the entered horses with assigned weights reflecting expected performance and recent form for wagering and race planning.
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