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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1912
Page
4
An old trade directory page lists numerous businesses along Fitzgerald Street in Northam including Tattersall's Hotel and related services. Entries cover accountants, tailors, veterinary surgeons, pastry cooks, hairdressers, fruit merchants, hotels, drapers, chemists, and auctioneers with numerous firm names and street addresses.
A Goomalling race club meeting debated allowing motor cars inside the enclosure on race days. A plan to place cars outside was favored to reduce disturbances to horses. The day featured multiple harness and flat events with several notable placings and a disputed Maiden Plate result referred to the WA Turf Club.
Hot weather marked the March Culham Race Club meeting with Dee Modier leading Dusk before an inside shift allowed Loch Ease to seize the front and win by eight lengths. Princess Myall edged Nardoo by a length after a rerun of the abandoned first stretch, with Sir George and Nanloo among those backing favourites.
The Goomalling Club plans a picnic gathering on the 17th with an attractive programme of two open events and five restricted to heroes trained in the Eastern Distrait. Prizes total across events include £6 10s, £6, £10, £5, £4 10s, £7 10s, with donors Messrs. Eaton O Connor and Levy Avery. Nominations close April 6, 1912, to secretaries J Gollan Northam and M KF O Rourke Gross Valley.
The Easter Meeting of the Cunderdin Race Club will be held on Easter Monday in April. Events include Flying Handicap £12, six furlongs. Trial Stakes £6 6f. Cun winner take all £5 added six furlongs. Nominations close with Messrs Copov en and Walter Stone and Mr Withnell Northam by Monday March 95. Racing begins at 1 pm. a ball will be held at night.
Owners and trainers are reminded of the quelling races meeting at the Mumberkine Race Club on Wednesday April 7. The eight events include Trial Stakes, First Class Pige, Galloway Handicap, Qosiquelling Handicap, Pony Handicap, Nursery Handicap and Farewell Handicap with prizes from 5 to 15 pounds. Nominations close with the Jennacobbine secretary on Saturday March 23 at 9 am, or with Northam ad Te secretaries. entries must be in by the date of entry.
Weights announced for Randwick April 8 Swiney Cup sweepstakes two miles. Entries include Crown Geant Royal Ned Mattfield Midge Lady Vanity Barlow Posture Olive Green Aimiss Abdicator Wassall Count Terrell Sic Vive Lochano Emelia Sally Nyrang and others.
The article traces Robert Minson’s life from a 19th century cottage childhood in what became Northam to his later years aided by family struggles and a plea for Old Age Pension. It notes his work, migrations, marriage in Newcastle, and eleven children, highlighting his enduring hardship and call for pension recognition.
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