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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 17, 1910
Page
2
Readable fragments show Venetian Cloth dresses in navy green and brown at Tweed fall season. Mentions robes stocked with blankets and rings, with notable price markdowns for men’s department items and tweed capes in assorted colors.
Auction includes twenty medium and heavy draught mares and geldings mostly young cows. Ten milch cows and springers offered from £8. Bags rental Calcutta tornet season. Manures from St Lyte Co as agent with best prices. Money to lend on farming properties Meckering area.
Community updates from Northam include railway concerns, auctions and stock sales, and evolving local events. Reports cover a proposed Northam Municipal Council meeting, a bridge of memorial services, police notes on local incidents, and upcoming sales and sales conditions.
Legislative Council election returns show old members re-elected while turnout across the East Province remains low. In Northam Mr Hamersley leads with about two to one over his opponent, and Fremantle and Kellerberrin provide mixed results. The Labor nominee J E Dodd scores a strong win in the South Province as Labor forms a small bloc in the Upper House.
Central reports Patrick Stone leading with no more boxes to count. West favors Briggs over Metayer by large margin, with three boxes remaining. Metropolitan tallies Kingsmill and Havill, while South-West notes McLarty and Thomas in play with three boxes to come. South-East lists McKenzie Mills and three boxes pending.
The poll at Northam Town Hall on Monday named Vernon Ham 1012 and O.L. iene 587 as the voters. Mr Hamersley was declared elected and thanked Returning Officer F A Gregory and supporters for a friendly campaign and large poll. Bernard, his opponent, was praised for courtesy and support for Hamersley.
A reader writes to the editor arguing against harsh Sunday tobacco sale restrictions while cautioning against overstating the impact on tobacconists. The letter reflects public debate over weekend trading freedoms and store practices.
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