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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1914
Page
2
Heavy rains flooded the area with 28 points on Friday night and Saturday, bringing the monthly total to 33 points. The town faced multiple attractions and events including an Eisteddfod Concert rescheduled to July 22 and a varied lineup of local notices and business changes.
The Australian Boys presentation by the VAL. Boys tours state towns with a faithful bush life show titled Siph Hot and a musical comedy Selected to see Me World. Costumes and furnishings total £250 as audiences praise changing acts and lavish scenes across Goldfield towns en route to Nor Hinex.
The Palace presents In the Dawin of London Crooks a acclaimed drama about professional swindlers with romance and subplot. It features singer Tom Dawson and Anstratio as comedians with vaudeville acts and coupling humor. Popular prizes attract audiences with no extra charge for booking.
The Suall Bore Rifle Club announces an upcoming shoot on the F 2th inst with competitors Corr as Masehmedht and Marton among participants. Castledine's advertises school books and Woods' Peppermint Cure for children's hacking cough.
The report notes a July dissolution of the Federal Parliament with elections scheduled for September 5. It mentions Mr. Jue Gardiner Au named Country Party candidate for the West and quotes CP and Liberal Party figures debating reform, pacemaking credentials, and housing policy criticism of Mr. Scaddan’s stores scheme.
The Commonwealth Electoral Department in Western Australia issues advice to political organisations seeking full enrolment. It stresses timely field book duties, central oversight, and the need for representatives to verify with registrars, inspect official rolls, and file objections through designated offices.
A public debate on preference to Unionists took place at St Aloysius Hall on Friday night. Speakers for and against included representatives from the Hibernian Society and the ALU with Mr Wy HL A Phillipe and J Moore among the advocates pro and Mr O'Donognin noted for the anti side. The discussion drew a large audience and lasted several hours with vigorous exchanges and a verdict favoring the Hibernian town line, viewed as influenced by the speakers' logic and rhetoric.
The article argues German cooperative banking benefits farmers and small trades, detailing Schulze-Delitsch and Raiffeisen systems. It notes local credit tied to member shares, dividends, reserves, and low rates supported by the Prussian government, urging similar co op structures in Australia.
The Department showcased a miniature irrigation farm about 60 feet square with crops, trees, and concrete drains. Attendees showed strong interest, asking many questions as the exhibit demonstrated how irrigation could transform land use and productivity, signaling wider adoption across New South Wales and beyond.
The Kennedy Brothers advertise a Low price sale on drapery as they announce a forthcoming event. The firm pledges to maintain a reputation for genuine bargains and broad value while promoting specific remedies and medical devices for bronchial coughs through the same notice.
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