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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
8
The event saw top performers dominating the Imperial Stakes with record times. Bardenr impressed as a prod horse in the weight for age race, while Dowhing Street carried the 1st 45h into second, signaling a strong showing for Me BP and Robineau at Tattersall's Club. Belmont course tomorrow hosts prestinnings and racing committees weigh next dates for Gos and Northam Park meetings.
Fragmented OCR text shows an urgent appeal for pottery clay tied to mining interests. Mentions Mr A and Ms McIntyre, a minister, and possible water rate adjustments. References to deposits, reserves, and speculative locations such as Australia and Southern Grass. Details are garbled with unclear names and places.
A fragment recounts an older case where a dying father divided his estate between a son and daughter. Two-thirds to the son, one third to the widow, and the widow bears a child. Three counsel debated the rightful distribution with various opinions. The text ends mid debate amid scholarly disagreement over the daughter's share.
An English periodical quotes various Irish statistics and opinions from the late 19th and early 20th century. It notes population changes, emigration, wages, exports to England, land use, and Home Rule commentary tied to figures and authorities of the era. The piece cites figures on population, wheat acreage, and imperial spending, with attributions to figures like Professor Galbraith and Gladstone.
The passage notes death and marriage rates compared with England and Scotland, cites Pitt’s alleged corruption in dissolving the Irish Parliament, and records tax assessments and Old Age Pension costs in Ireland. It adds that emigration raises Irish pension burdens and cites a Royal Commission finding excess imperial levies on Ireland totaling about two to three million annually.
Bishop Bury, the sole English visitor to Rubfeben Hesobing prisoners, recounts starvation in Germany and experiences of prisoners. He fears the winter will end the terrible struggle, notes typhus spreading in big German cities, and recalls prisoners facing abuse and hunger from civilians, contrasting with hope and fatigue.
Partial OCR reads like a garbled note praising a chemist and drugs, mentioning England and a signature. Hard to parse but suggests a promotional or testimonial fragment tied to a pharmacist or chemistry.
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