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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 21, 1910
Page
2
The Bon Marche Sale in Northam features boys tweed knickers priced at 11d per pair and striped blue or green 35 inch wide Northam skirting at 10d, now 4d. These bargains reflect the store’s discount pricing on fabric and children's apparel.
Wheat transport from the Great Southern districts to Freemantle by forty seven trucks averaging five tons continues. Notices cover burning off start March 1, a grand lodge visit to Northam on February 15, local sales at Hen Market Northam, a court fine for damage to sacks and wheat, federal election plans, local court orders, and community events including a boys club paper chase and L O L O F lodge installations.
Eastern States mail schedules list a 7 am departure on Saturday January 22 for the ss Karogla Churriny and a January 27 7 am departure for the RMS Osterley United Kingdom with entries for Moulian and WOMB.
The thermometer readings at the Northam post office over the past days show Tuesday 90.3, Wednesday 56.6, Thursday 62.0 for minimum and maximums. reported figures indicate fluctuating temperatures across the period.
Local notices report a Dowerin Race Club meeting next Saturday and a central Railway Institute session for balance sheet review and officer elections. Other items note Typhoid fever illness in North Perth, banking transfer of Mr Pretty to head office, and travel plans of the Kidson family between Northam and overseas.
The Northam agency has been taken over from Alec Gollan and becomes the Northam representative of the West Australian, Dobbie and Co., Perth. The firm will sell newspapers, magazines, toys, gramophones, sewing machines, pianos, and Tolmeco items at the cheapest rates with papers delivered to all parts of town.
Tenders for contracts will be received by the Minister for Works until noon February 1. Items include additions to the Court House at Northam, quarters and alterations to Schell, and related works at Northam and York. STRONACH, Under-Secretary for Public Works.
John Angel, a professional architect and builder, offers afternoon tea as a specialty with hot grills available during all hours.
A prolonged scrub fire centered near Meckering on Mr. Ty Coffey’s property scorched about eight hundred acres of Coffey land and three to four thousand acres across Gillespie and Nichardson holdings. Homes were saved by luck and neighbor efforts though several settlers lost stubble and scrub. Fire surged NE then NW, threatening the homestead before being contained with few casualties and a potential feed boost for next season.
A Sunday fire at Lockyer's in Goomalling destroyed 140 tons of hay in a stacked bale with the stack insured. The blaze is thought to be caused by spontaneous combustion. Nearby Mrs Schmidt reported the loss of 100 acres and an estimated 26 bush els of wheat. A separate fire at Allert Schell's destroyed about BU acres of wheat.
On Wednesday the Wests batted all afternoon and reached 176 for six declared in the Central Association contest. W Stewart led with 41 not out, Doyle contributed 32, while Central’s bowlers Fairward and Meard claimed key wickets. Central faced a strong reply as the innings featured several tight overs and notable partnerships.
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