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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
5
Socked with cheap linens and clothing items the shop advertises wholesale level napery including tea cloths and runners. Haberdashery offers lines below manufacturer prices with a range of ladies blouses skirts and aprons, plus gents underwear shirts and socks and various boots and shoes.
Dalgety and Co report a large sale of sheep lambs pigs and cattle to metropolitan and country buyers. Rail delivery was timely with about 2700 sheep drawn from Murchison Midland Faster Great Heathern and South West regions. Prices opened lower but firmed late with best wethers 24s to 36s and best ewes up to 34s. lambs penning total 3049 off shear.
In wartime Australia the loss of AR2 at the Dardanelles is noted with the crew's capture by Turks. A Navy Minister letter to Commander Saker expresses appreciation for exceptional services and the crew's endurance, while Staker replies highlighting the broader wartime effort and the support given to the submarine's crew and families. The piece ends with a mention of Walter H Willcocks and publication from the Southward region.
Noted boxer and vaudeville artist Fred Holland, 32, will appear at the Palace Theatre Norham on Thursday evening. The piece notes his boxing fame, saxophone and trombone talents, and describes his stage presence after a Melrose Theatre appearance with Sydney vaudevillians and Alex Bethune's orchestra.
The Metropolitan Council of the ALP protested to the Premier against exporting potatoes and other produce to other states while Western Australia faces high prices. Mr Mitchell replies that Eastern States suffer dearth in parts and promises inquiries and possible action to curb price distortions from exports.
Mas is celebrated at 8 o clock on Sane day morning and evening devotions follow at 7 30 in St Isidore Church Jeanacubine with services in the same church both times.
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