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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
2
Local notices list a May schedule of masses and church services at multiple towns including Kunnioppin Goomalling and Trayning with speakers and missionary topics. A Ladies Meeting and revival services led by Rev McLaren are announced along with a public meeting and various church activities. Separately an auction of farm equipment and chattels with land details is advertised with entries for horses, gear, and crops.
The annual general meeting of members will be held on a Thursday at eight o clock in the morning in a location indicated by the notice. Details and agenda to be announced by the organizers.
The HallYearly Meeting of Ratepayers of the Municipality of Northam will be held at the Town Hall Northam on Wednesday May 2 at eight o'clock. Business includes receiving the HallYearly Report and Balance Sheets for the period ending April 20 1914.
Notices dated the 16th announce vacancies for the Dowerin Road Board and Ratepayers Auditor North Ward East Ward North-West Ward South East Ward and Auditor positions with names of candidates. A £65 reward is offered by J. Gregory secretary for information leading to the conviction of a burglar who looted the Miwherkine Agricultural Hall on the night of May 15 taking refreshments belonging to the Hesnetyier Tennis Club.
In seven East Province electorates the Country Party led Baxter wins five contests by large margins while Swan falls short by five votes. Baxter tops Toodyay Avon Beverley York and Moore with lopsided totals, suggesting strong rural bloc support and potential gains for Country Party in the Legislative Assembly.
The first four months show emigrants dropping from 23 423 to a lower figure, a decline noted during the Fisher regime. The shift contrasts with the same period last year and sparks commentary on Labor policy impacts.
The text argues British immigrants care little for party politics in Australia and focus on new opportunities abroad. It notes ignorance of local regulations and a preference for distant lands like Victoria, Queensland, or Tasmania. It highlights dwindling immigration, labor shortages in Europe, and a drop in British arrivals to New Zealand and Canada, suggesting immigration limits may be unsustainable.
Northam page items announce a Rhodes Grass letter, a Northam ratepayers meeting on May 27, and a clearing sale at Minnivale Farm with 1675 acres, horses and farming gear offered without reserve. Also listed are a July 8 concert plan, Empire Day at the Northam State School, local crime reports and a drought era weather note.
A well attended shore Society committee meeting at Tattersall's Hotel set the next month’s show as a champion event at Hulice Theatre on last year’s terms. F H Robertson named poultry judge and New man Tull a dogs judge. Dogs to be shown on a single day with entries due June 44 and many special prizes announced.
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