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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
4
State Implement and Engineering Works rents the former Plaistowe site at Mars Quin Street near West Perth Station for new show rooms and general offices to open July 1. The display will include a full range of agricultural machinery, spare parts and accessories with stock flown in to Perth for quick country despatch. Telephone 4 1982.
ENDERS for Northam School Storm Water Drains to be received by the Minister for Works until noon July 3. Details concern Court Houses Wortham and York. A. MUNT Under Secretary for Public Works.
Meckering Road Board Cunderdin invites tenders for gravelling and retopping multiple roads including Annie Road and Woonwooring Road with various chain lengths. Tenders due Thursday 28 June. Submissions must include a per cent bond and are not binding to accept. Secretary Hodgson signs the notice.
A notice announces that Ms A. J. Castleside has taken over the van and will manage the business, seeking to receive the export of Westenders and other items through the stationers shop and newsagency.
Citizens must pay licenses for all motor vehicles, cats, carts, dairies, goats, and dogs before July 1 to avoid recovery actions. The notice warns of penalties and enforces compliance in a terse public record style.
Northam local Board of Health urges parents to seek medical attention for children with colds sore throats or mumps and to use an effective gargle this season. A W Byfield chairs the committee.
On Sunday Rev 1 Faull preaches morning on Moral and Spiritual Forses with address on Animal Sunday and its lessons. Evening service at 7 30 features Lessons from the grain of wheat with Lord God of Heaven anthem and solo by Miss G Martin. Wartening Rejoording and Toodyay Mel Parslowe.
A social will be held under the auspices of the Social Club at the Railway Institute this evening. Admissions are 18. Nearly 46 million bags of wheat were received for the 1916-17 pool, with only 245,000 shipped. Ghalid Station in Nov'West was bought by Ms Mat Harper from Kalid Pastoral for £5,850 on a walk in walk out basis. Mr Thomas Sermon of Grass Valley reports his son Jim Sermon, 28th Battalion, died of wounds at Princess Christian Hospital London on June 16. Britain spends about eight million pounds daily to defeat the Hun, about three billion a year, raising hope England could be Merrie England after the war. A fatal accident near Wattening, Toodyay, where two young daughters of Mr and Mrs W Syred were in a vehicle when the horse bolted. one child, 13, killed, the other seriously injured. Weather: heavy rains at Northampton. 63 points recorded at the post office, bringing Jane’s total to 332. Walker's Book Store sees a large consignment of leather attache cases, celloid Cupid dolls and mirrors. The Northam Workers' Club half yearly meeting on the 13th shows a healthy financial position. an Honor Board unveiling social planned. Mr W McKay, club steward, leaves for the Eastern States to visit relatives. a presentation planned. Holy Mass at St Joseph's Northam 8 o'clock Sunday. Grass Valley 10. Evening devotions at St Joseph's Church 7:30.
The Narrogin mayor Dr Mackie voiced despondency about the nation’s future at a meeting. He said a recently shown picture drew poor audiences while a rate payers meeting drew only one non-council resident, urging God help Australia amid national problems. The remark ends by comparing attendance to Charlie Chaplin screenings.
A June 26 fundraiser at 3 to 6 pm in the Town Hall invites all residents to support “Trench Comforts” for soldiers. A musical program and afternoon tea are planned to bolster patriotic funds and show appreciation for those serving abroad.
Carter and Co of Northam, General Drapers, stock scarce rags blankets and flannels. They offer affordable prices and promise indispensable service to you, presenting a practical aim to serve customers in tough conditions.
A correspondent from England notes shortages changing daily life. Cakes with sugar vanish from shop windows replaced by cream or jam pastries. The sugar basin disappears at table and chocolate treats are scarce. Potatoes become scarce though optimism persists for better times and the war’s end.
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