Meckering Market Auction Invites Farther Entries
Public auction Friday May 26th invites further entries from various owners. L A Solomon Meckering Pioneer Northim tider Shenton & Co Limited act as auctioneers under instructions from multiple owners.
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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
4
Public auction Friday May 26th invites further entries from various owners. L A Solomon Meckering Pioneer Northim tider Shenton & Co Limited act as auctioneers under instructions from multiple owners.
Education Department announces free continuation classes at Northam for a second term starting May 7. Male and female students aged 14 to 18 may study arithmetic mathematics history geography or commercial and public service subjects plus domestic subjects such as dressmaking millinery cooking and workshop drawing. Apply to the headmaster for details.
Bids by JENDERS for Northam School renovations will be received by the Minister for Works until noon May 22. Details cover Court Houses Northam and York. Under Secretary for Public Works.
A fragmented sports style blurb urges rapid enlistment via military recruiters in Northam and related towns. The muddled text references a recruiter and duty, urging readers to act now, with scattered place names and hints of a recruitment drive.
Twenty fifth anniversary of the Methodist Church Sunday School was celebrated with a public meeting. The Rev RF Sing of Meckering led the service and distributed prizes won by the children for the year.
Local lists Holy Mass times in Grass Valley and Northam with Rev Father Walsh and Rev Father McGrath. Mentions sale of Mrs G H Wilson shop in Fitzgerald Street, a bread waste case in London, upcoming ratepayers meeting, Rev Father O'Donnell illness, and past Brisbane election chaplain. Reports death of Mrs Arm Diamond, Northam resident, with funeral details. Notes legislative council by election in South East Province, and local ward notes on disease pest control efforts and a bronchial cough remedy.
From Our Correspondent the Wael Red Cross fete at John Collins residence Haverhill features a football match an afternoon tea and novelty events amid fundraising aims. Sire R Cheriton faces Mrs Lynn in the Ugly Woe men’s competition while Mech amusements draw local crowds and school enrollment figures note rising pow tax and small school sizes.
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