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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
8
Local horse owners anticipate a busy August with meetings at Northam, Goldfields, Boulder and Kalgoorlie. The York Race Club plans a carnival with 100 togs in prize money and fresh imports from Victoria. Nominations close Saturday August 4 as clubs announce stalls, dates, and expected local and metropolitan entries.
Helena Vale meeting results show Hardie Race-Darrawa and Golden City taking class plate events. Entries include Silver Lady, Kzoo Boy 2, Venetian, Aly Baer Bedud, Pali Done 2, Cantilever, Blélenn, Minever 1, and other horses with multiple placings.
Urgent recruitment notice seeking volunteers for overseas service in Morse, Artillery, or Camel Corps Infantry. Details and applications handled by F.C. Smith in York. contacts listed with unclear spelling and names.
Race meeting at Northam features three handicap plates with distances from 5 to 7 furlongs. Open and first class plates invite horses aged and weighed per rules, with weights adjusted for handicaps and radius eligibility around the Metropolitan and Goldfields areas. Nomination and acceptance fees apply, entries restricted by prior wins and ownership, with several races detailing weight reductions and allowances.
Nominations close Tuesday August 14 for Northam Trotting Club under WA Trotting Association. Meeting at Northam Racecourse on Wednesday August 22 features maiden plates and staked events with horses owned or trained in the Metripolitan and Goldfields region. Distances range one mile to one and a quarter miles with handicaps to 2 55.0 and further conditions for outside owners and varying nomination fees.
Officials announce appointment process for the Norham Race winner and weight declarations. Secre tary Mor Shit Rice Smith and new receivers will oversee Saturday proceedings with exams limited to registered stewards and inspectors. Rules specify weight tests on thaw day with nominee verification and restricted entry by registrants only.
A fragment from an old West J 1 location describes Waine Bros supplying coal and wagon deliveries. The note mentions coal facilities at the West J Wand and Coal Yards and delivery to any part of Tom using Coal feitier ing the Truck.
Fragmentary note indicates scheduling of handicaps for an event to be finalized on Friday August 27. Readers are left with unclear details about the event participants and exact location.
Fragmentary text describes a rural area with references to a four-rowed house, stable, wines, and brat Freus near a mile from Tern with names Carter and Baer appearing in the damaged OCR.
Notice to creditors of the estate of THOMAS HINGING deceased in the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Creditors must send particulars of claims by 28 July. The Curator of Totestate Estates will distribute assets among valid creditors and interested parties after that date. Dated at Mette on 27 June.
A notice published by A. B. Wamasa for Victor Risley and Co appears in the Courier printing house on Fitzgerald Street Northam. The short fragment identifies a printing or publishing arrangement but lacks further action or dates.
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