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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
2
Government Statistician figures show total wheat for grain down by 89.72 bushels with lower average yield across districts. Victoria records the highest all round yield at 15.7 bushels per acre from 168,000 acres, while Northam crops 84,000 acres at about 12 bushels per acre. Hay production favors Northam with 12 tons per acre from 56,000+ acres.
Reports of creditors meetings including Thomas Edward Brown of North Cunferdin and Charles Robert of Goom. a Methodist Christ congregation meeting tomorrow to discuss festival work. a Grew Musical Festival at Salvation Army Hall with local and outside artists. fund duties for the band and purchase of uniforms noted. The Basis of Trade Unionism is stated as minority submission to majority will, with disapproval of disloyal dissent.
Notation states Mr WE Pearson is not authorized by the National Mueial Hike Association caf Anstrilasit Limited to receive money on its behalf or as its agent. Dated the third day of March 1914.
The town council presented the financial statement showing a debit of £1,965 in the general account and £25t Ys qd in the health account, with credits in electric light, loan funds, and trust accounts. Mayor notes the apparent credit masks loan moneys. council to address public holidays and aviation plans. Local notices cover postal arrangements for King’s Birthday, a carnival sale, tar imports, and upcoming meetings. Obits report Mrs J Loughlin and Miss M Jane Chidlow’s deaths, with funeral details.
A twelve member Cottesloe Club team visited Northam spending the weekend. They played singles in the morning and foursomes in the afternoon with Northam players marginally ahead. Northam club members hosted a dinner and both sides enjoyed the event, though lacking an ace limited details.
A fragmentary letter accuses Liberals of courting the Country Party as a scapegoat for their aims. It argues Liberal policy harms farmers by raising Crown fund prices, questions an alliance, and notes past election dynamics favoring Liberals via personal votes. The writer warns against cross‑party ties and urges loyalty to their group.
Train times list daily departures from Northam to Perth Albany and Kalgoorlie with sleeper services to Albany on Wednesdays and Saturdays, plus intermediate stops and special express at 8.8 p.m. Encourages readers to visit and see the new schedules for children's pews.
Fragmented columns critique bank overdrafts and fiscal duties, compare Liberal and Country Party tensions with historic tariff feuds, drift into culture quips about Nelson lectures and gender roles, and close with mixed satire on Australia’s progress and a press spoof.
A Northam Agricultural Society committee met at the society office on Saturday with fourteen members present. They discussed changing show dates due to the Royal Agricultural Society, deciding to protest any alteration from September 5 and 6 and to await a reply to their letter. The secretary submitted a drawing of jumps used at last year’s Royal Show, and an estimate was to be sought. The date for the Society’s horse parade was deferred, with sales in the district noted as influential. The committee favored moving meetings from Saturdays, though some country members opposed, and voted to hold the committee on the first Saturday each month. Discussion covered prize offerings, exhibit quality, and inviting last year’s stewards for suggestions to improve the forthcoming show.
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