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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
1
Carter Co announces a limited sale on men’s summer wear including singlets underpants and flannels in 34, 36, and 40 inch sizes at the same price. Items listed are Balbriggan Singlets Gauze Singlets White and Cream Silk Finish Singlets and Ribbed Cotton Underpants. Prices given as 1 shilling 11 pence each. PROCURABLE ONLY AT Carter Co Ladies Drapers Milliners Men and Boys Clothiers.
A late referendum outcome shows a substantial No majority against extending compulsory service under the Defence Act beyond Australia. The piece notes lingering front and homefront voting, questions over exemptions, and calls for national resolve while contrasting Australia with Britain and urging continued voluntary recruitment.
Mr WV D Cowan chaired three Exemption Court sittings at Northam in the last fortnight. Over sixty cases listed, forty four heard. Grounds for exemption varied with some grants for different periods while others were dismissed or held over. Defense Department represented by Lieut. Lewis. names listed for the new sitting. Courts of Exemption to be held at Quairading on November 2 and 3 and Goomalling on November 14.
Jostus asks why Agio exemptions remain hard to obtain for farmers and farm hands. He notes reports from the Northam Advertiser and Western Mail about exemption settings and Mr Hughes not removing men from the land, urging absolute exemptions for rural workers.
A letter from F J McCarthy of Esperance dated 28 October 191 discusses appreciation for sympathy over the stoppage of the Esperance railway and calls for broader opposition to metropolitan injustices faced by the country people.
Fragmentary remarks quote patriotic sentiment from Victor GC Riseley in Perth. The text references duty to country and individuals preferring death or injury to dishonor. Names include Koral Bank Cherm iers and Cherm iers, Perth.
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