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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
3
Dalgety and Co report demand for rabbit skins is limited with prices from 74 to 1s per lb depending on condition. Vines prices cover merino sheepskins crossbred lamb skins and damaged lots with specific weights in d per lb ranges.
The Department of Defence seeks osier and silver osier timber for artificial limb manufacture for returned AIF members. It requests large sound trunks 18 inches to 2 feet in diameter cut in autumn and dried. Communications should be sent to the Secretary, Department of Defence, Melbourne, with help sought from Agriculture and Forestry departments.
The article recounts unique naval clashes across history including a 1817 Lake Chaplain engagement during the American and British War of Independence. It describes ships exchanging bombardment in a closed lake arena with both sides unable to break through, ending in a drawn engagement and a treaty provision to keep equal naval power on the lake.
Advertises Martin's Female Pills as a common remedy sold by chemists and stores across Australia. Urges readers to obtain the genuine product with the signature Marin, Pharmaceutical Chemist, South Island.
Joyance, a well bred dapple grey over 16 hands, shows quality and promise as a stakes horse. He is described as a premier sire prospect with strong lineage including St Simon. Details on breeding and racing record are noted amid praise of his stock and pedigree.
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