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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
5
A local correspondent argues that teachers suffer financial precarity not from lack of organization but from misdirected efforts. The piece urges unity with the Australian Labor Party affiliated unions to secure better footing and end exploitation by those in power.
In Melbourne a Wheat Board conference set the local price of wheat at 7s 8d for domestic use and agreed to supply needy states while retaining stock for Australian needs. Western Australia later repudiated the January pact leading to a government action resolution. Ships to the West faced possible loading refusals and port shipments to the Mediterranean were blocked.
The report lists wheat certificates and quotations across several dates at the Melbourne Stock Exchange in 1916 1917 1918 and 1919. Prices shown include multiple bid and sale figures in pence and pence per bushel with references to pools and specific years. The text appears as OCR garble but preserves key entries and numeric values from historic wheat trading activity.
The Weckerins Road Board met in Cunderdin on Saturday May 29 with members A Chaticd chair A P Richardoom R Cheri ton W Donnan TW Jasper R Baxter and NL Hodgson secretary present. Deliberations covered repairs and road construction finances including about 600 in rates outstanding and uncollectable LAB taemecs. Directors discussed the South Cunderdin road to Quairading the North Cunderdin road repairs and a deviation for South Tammin road. A bid from A P Richardson for hose addry repair was accepted and the board agreed to pay 20 per day for a man or horse. An estimate for three street lamps at Canderdin was to be sought.
A deputation led by CH Rhodes Jberg and Rey Arblarsier urged appointing a medical practitioner for the Meckering district. They proposed government and district guarantees totaling £290 with the first £100 charged on the West and Central Wards. The board discussed residency requirements and hardship from lack of medical care, and the motion to guarantee £100 was debated.
The district reports ample rains and strong ploughing and weeding progress. A local syndicate bought the depot herding shed from W McGarry for 600 pounds, sparing farmers from loss. Jack Rodgers bought Charlie Stubbs’s property on the main thoroughfare for 840 pounds. Stubbs plans to depart for the Eastern States soon.
Dalgety and Co reports on June 2 at Midland Junction market with 5919 sheep 1354 lambs 573 pigs and 14 cattle in stock. Sheep yarding was 4919 with most from eastern agricultural areas and Great Southern Railway districts. Sale opened firmer than last week and remained firm with 1854 lambs offered and prices held. 578 quality pigs penned with satisfactory prices.
May financial returns reveal a record deficit of 201,017 with revenue at 473,701 and expenditure at 674,718. For eleven months the total shortfall stands at 814,786. Last May the figures were revenue 375,451 and expenditure 478,634, while this May revenue rose about 100,000 but costs climbed sharply across Acts, Premier’s and Lands, police, and undertakings, especially railways.
Alf Clarkson, employed by TL A Solomon, died after collapsing in a stable Monday morning while attending horses. A post mortem found spinal hemorrhage. Funeral held Tuesday in Northam cemetery Church of England section with his wife as chief mourner. M Freeman conducted the burial, J W Purslowe oversaw arrangements.
A historical note describes Influence Colds and a claimed remedy named Words Great Peppermint Cure. The item outlines usage, availability, and claimed effects, reflecting period medical marketing in a compact newspaper card.
The Northam Local Health Authority warns all cowkeepers not registered as dairies under the Health Act till 1919 that selling milk without proper registration is prohibited. Action will be taken against anyone disposing of dairy products without first registering their premises.
Nominations close Monday June 14 for the Northam Race Club meeting. The event offers 150 in stakes with proceeds on the day of the Prince of Wales visit, June 30, benefiting the Soldiers Memorial Hospital Wing.
Divided handicap with four waves for plates of four sovs each, prize structure and open entries. Nominations 75 643, acceptance 7 6d, with First Class Plate of one mile, Second Class Plate seven furlongs, Third Class Plate five and a half furlongs, Fourth Class Plate six furlongs. Open to all horses.
In a tight one mile race First Class Plate edged First horse 13 soys by a short head with VG cove second and T soy frat stake third. Acceptance recorded at 7 a 6 d as the betting backdrop and post time details remain incomplete.
Final stakes outline for horses that have never won. prize £7 to winner, 115sows, Viet name 12 sows. second 2 sows, third Toy from stake. Open to horses owned and mined for two months before race date outside Metropolitan and Goldfields area. Nomination 75.6, acceptance 74 6d.
Thoroughbred race details list multiple handicaps at six furlongs to one and a quarter miles. Entries note horses owned for two months prior, excluding metropolitan zones. Nominations include 1 sovereign acceptance and purses vary by stake, with Gallipoli Handicap drawing attention for a 7 furlong tilt.
Nominations close with the Northam Race Club secretary or appointed official on a Monday. Weights to be decided around Friday June 18. Final acceptances due with the secretary on Monday, June. Scratched horses remain eligible unless officially withdrawn. Committee may refuse any nomination without reason. Bred horses and three year olds restricted to certain entries. weights and handicaps to be recalculated as declared.
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