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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 07, 1916
Page
4
The Northam Trotting Club announces a Pony Trot and a Consolation Trot with multiple events including novelty races. Post entries are required with fees. programs list handicaps, exemptions from rules, and admission details for ground access.
An Appropriate Program of Pictorials shown at Palace Theatre. Tickets start from 1 shilling sixpence. Secretary W J Morrison and assistant secretary W A Ruediger listed.
Scrambled OCR notes list racing dates and places such as Goomalling Mareh 1 and Merredin May 25 along with names like Carlita Maurvalius and Pateobus. The fragment mentions acceptances and a referenced pony or horse named Hush Money.
Goomalling Race Club announces a picnic meeting scheduled for Wednesday March 2 1916 with racing events and local attendance planned.
The notice outlines first and other handicap races with prize money from £6 to £50, details start times at 3.45 p.m. and 4.25 p.m. five and six furlongs, and a picnic handicap at 5.5 p.m. Nominations close March 13 with the secretary and Northam officials. Weights released around March 16, with conditions on horses trained outside metropolitan areas and racing rules per the WA Turf Club.
Seed seller promotes Currawa Wheat with claimed purity and true-named variety. Guarantees quality and mentions pricing per acre for seeding. References Stanley Fisher and a May timeframe for availability or sale.
The notice promotes volunteer enlistment with daily pay details for ranks from Private to Lieutenant, including separation allowances and pensions for widows and dependents. It also advertises a two week special on a solid oak dining suite from J. J. Golding and Co, Australian made and warrantied for durability.
Warmers are notified of a matter involving Esportiva of Wheat and directors OLDILAM and WEAZLEY acting as General Agents for Northant. The notice references AUILN DARLING & SUNS and requests attention to the specified names and parties.
The notice promotes a Great Art Union with prizes totaling £1000 including £500 first value and various second third values. Proceeds aid hospitals and public charities in Australia. Tickets are sold via local agents in Melbourne and Brisbane with postal options and envelopes for prize lists.
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