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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
4
Carter Co announces a price cutting carnival sale starting Thursday May 28 1914 to advertise their new Fremantle Northam address. The ad promises Fremantle prices cheaper than Perth and invites ladies and gentlemen to shop the values.
A list of fabric and linen goods offered for sale with prices per yard or item. Includes fast color galatea cloth in black striped double width at 1 per yard, cream and voile curtain plannelets, and brown veoit towels.
An advertisement for a clearance sale at a new premises near Fitzgerald Street Northam listing prices on hats muffs coats scarves and undergarments with discounts on blankets rugs corsets and umbrellas. Customers spending one pound or more receive gifts of glass and crockeryware from the sale event advertised as low Fremantle prices.
Judge B A Lockyer reports on the farmers flock competition run by the Eastern Dismeta Dog and Poultry Society. He visits Mrs Letch and Mrs Manning's yards, analyzes egg and stock sales, and notes high returns from Mrs Manning and Mr Leton, with overall profit and depreciation details and a final award suggestion.
Messrs. Dalgety and Co report their usual weekly sale of hides at the Wool and Produce Exchange Fremantle on Friday May 22. Sheepskins fell 1d to 4d per lb, hides bidding unsettled but prices steady, tallow firm, kangaroo skins in good demand with prices easing slightly, horns hair etc in small supply, beeswax in keen demand.
Train times list services from Northam to Perth Albany Katanning Kalgoorlie Merredin Goomalling Dowerin Toodyay Bolgart and Wongan Hills with daily and special days departures including sleepers to Albany and express to Kalgoorlie. Times cover weekday weekend and targeted intermediate stations.
Six rounds of matches are planned with games split into halves. First round results show May 30 Dowerin versus Wanderers and June 6 Goomalling versus Dowenn, to be played at the ground of the first-named club. Subsequent rounds will follow the same order and grounds used alternately.
The Central Districts Association released the fret round fixtures for May 31 with matchups including Jennacubbine against Jenna gilli Wongamine versus Grass Tune Grass Valley versus Jennar oullin and Jennacubbine versus Wongamine.
The schedule lists fixtures for mixed doubles between St. John's Wesley and May Reserve. Matches run from May 27 to July 1 with dates: May 27 St. John's v May Reserve, June 3 Wesley v May Reserve, June 10 Wesley v St. John's, June 17 St. John's v May Reserve, June 24 Wesley v May Reserve, July 1 St. John's v Wesley.
An advertisement touts Vogue Ointment and Dean's Ointment as the best cures for piles including fissures and rectal ulcers. It features a testimonial from Mrs Sut of Amherst-shoeet praising rapid relief after two pots, with claims of a long-lasting cure and no recurrence for 13 months. It lists prices and local sellers in Perth and promotes Castledine's writing pads and envelopes.
The E D Racing Association lists Northam on June 10 and York on June 17 as permitted race meeting dates. Advertisers are urged to submit alterations by Wednesday or Saturday evenings and display copy by midday on Monday or Thursday. Money order offices hours shift to 9 am and 10 12 noon Saturday. The Swiftness mechanism update and electric brushes claim new hair shine in Tim Harnett’s saloon. Castledine's offers latest fashion books and school materials.
Northam Race Club announces a Wednesday June 10 1914 picnic meeting with Flying Stakes Galloway Handicap Farewell Handicap and other events. Nominations close May 23 with final payments by June 6. Weights to be declared around June 3 and exemptions apply. Beazley is secretary. For chronic heat complaints Woods Great Teena Cure.
The York Race Club announces the June 17 1914 meeting with multiple handicaps. Included are the Flying Handicap ten furlongs and other races with prize breakdowns, nominations close June 2 and weights declared around June 6. The event adheres to West Australia Turf Club rules and weights may carry penalties after certain races.
The article outlines steps to destroy wheat smut by thorough wetting of each grain with a steep or solution, soaking sacks, and removing unbroken smut balls to prevent reinfection. It cites contacting the Department of Agriculture and Industries Perth for more details and advises using DOAN'S.
The Northam Eisteddfod announces a full competition slate on October 90 and October 22 with adjudicator J Leckie. Highlights include juvenile and ladies choirs, piano solos and duets, violin and vocal contests, and public recitations with prize money ranging up to £5 5s for orchestral performers and £1 13s for solos.
Mail dispatch times listed for numerous Western Australian towns from Northam Post Office. Daily departures at 6 am and 5:30 pm, with additional special days and times for towns including Fremantle Perth Boulder Coolgardie Kalgoorlie Menzies Southern Cross Albany Beverley Katanning Mount Barker Narrogin Wagin York Wongamine Quairading Thos Kitto Woola Livesay’s Goomalling Tennacubbine Dowerin Leonora Norseman Newcarnie and others.
H and H Withnell list numerous farm equipment items for sale including new and second hand waggons, buggies, sulkies, a clog crusher, rollers, stump jump plows, cultivators, and other farming gear all described as near new or in good order with price ranges and condition notes. The listing emphasizes own make products and discounts from hull cost.
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