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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
5
Boans Money Saving Articles urges shoppers to save money by buying at Boans Popular Emporium. It touts high quality dependable goods and exclusive millinery, inviting mail orders to Onceland for savings on every article.
At Northam Police Court officials charged rail way workers EB Morey G Shaw and S Anderson with stealing three bags of chaff from the Railway Commissioner. Witnesses testified to bag labels and movements on boards and trains. Morey was committed for trial at Perth Criminal Court on May 6 with bail set at £10.
Lewis Edmond Talbot Morley a 20 year old worker at a dam two miles from Pithara shot himself at about 6 39 pm his mates found him dead with a bullet wound in the right temple Dr Allen and Constable Spry conducted a post mortem and Morley was buried in Northam cemetery police cannot locate his relatives the weapon was a pea rifle loaded with a 22 cartridge.
A brief item notes the release or sale of a product or remedy titled Children’s Hacking Cough Woods Great Peppermin with price references 1s 9d and 2s 9d, indicating a price scale or variant. The entry reads as a concise market notice or catalog snippet from an old issue.
The 1918 Commonwealth Electoral Act is in force requiring every person entitled to enrolment in their local sub-division to file a Commonwealth electoral claim within 24 days of entitlement. It also requires prompt notification of residence changes within the sub-division within 21 days and allows objections to retention of names for non residence.
A London correspondent notes a mix of Russians in the city from Kerensky to Bolshevists in the East End. He questions why alien disturbers are not repatriated and observes a large group of real Russian patriots ruined by Lenin and Trotsky, living on hope.
In April 26 births were registered at Northam with 14 males and 11 females. There were 22 deaths, 19 males and 4 females, of which twelve occurred at Wooroloo. Six marriages were solemnised during the month.
Ex champion Jack Johnson is described as broke in Spain with purses around 60 pesetas per ten round bout. He is seen wearing a shabby fur coat and has diamonds disappearing from his wife’s jewelry. He recently fought a German U boat sailor named Bill Flint and Blink McCloskey in Madrid and Barcelona hotel holds his property for debt.
Mrs. M. W. Hodgson reports her husband suffered from kidney trouble and severe backache. After a few days of using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills his pain subsided and he remained free of backache. Pills sold by chemists and stores at 28.0d per bottle or six for 15s 3d, via Foster McClellan Co. 313 Murray Street Perth.
A public meeting is planned at the Mechanics Institute in Northam to form a Literary and Debating Society. The event aims to launch a society offering educational value and spirited debates on contemporary issues, reflecting a history of similar groups in the town.
Meyers Elder Smith at Co conducted a sale at Northam for Messrs G Donald and Co. over 30 fine pigs were offered and 323 pigs were sold at current market rates. Baconers brought 14s 15d to 38s 5d, light baconers 17s, heavy porkers 14s 15d.
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