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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
7
A provincial town concert order was disrupted when a gentleman in the audience demanded louder singing or whispers from vocalists. He complained of an ongoing conversation nearby hindering his enjoyment, prompting a very quiet, attentive audience for the remainder of the evening.
A Kalgoorlie Miner correspondent recalls Kanowna’s early greatness as the Kanowna Hotel is torn down. He notes Tom Doyle’s rise as a leading figure and describes historic events from the hotel's era including Doyle’s mayoralty night and a banquet for Sir John Forrest where the Goldfields water scheme first surfaced.
Haymaking is in full swing with cutting finished and farmers carting and stacking. Anticipated yields reach about 30 bushels per acre as feed and water remain abundant. A boxing day carnival committee aims to boost charity for the YMCA, while A C McCorry reports strong stock yardings and a market for heavy draft horses and dairy cattle. The next stock sale is scheduled for December 1, with a Trayning sale postponed to tomorrow at 3 30 p.m. McCorry runs regular auctions across Nungarin Trayning and Kununoppin and can arrange sales district wide.
A native woman named Lizzie Pompie died after a fire accident near Grass Valley. She lit a fire for dinner, sat beside it, and her clothing caught fire, badly burning her body. Responding officers transported her to Northern Public Hospital where she died about an hour after admission. the coroner declined an inquest.
Orders booked for eggs and poultry stock from Auburn Stud Poultry Yards. The listing notes white egg strain birds and a mixed stock including chickens and ducklings.
Fremantle wool merchant W J Stewart offers to take over skirting reclassing and packing of clips for government shipping, claiming better results and savings of at least three pounds per bale. He notes his 15 years in Fremantle and Geraldton and invites inquiries.
A catalog of assorted household goods with prices as items such as Bird Seed 8d per packet Groats 10d per tin Pears Soap 6d, Beechams Pills 1s, Carnation milk and Sunlight Soap, dried peaches and sardines. Includes various foods and household products with per unit costs and weights.
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