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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
7
A dated wartime account recalls two POWs fleeing a German railway compartment in winter snow. They crossed countryside after leaping from a moving train and hid in a wood while dogs and locals hunted them. They found scarce food before being chased toward safety.
A tall Scotch soldier cooly endures a hot march in Palestine while a tiny Englishman boasts midges ignore him. The Scot jokes the insects have not noticed the little man yet, highlighting the height difference and playful clash of pride.
An advertisement urges purchase of Martin’s Female Pills from chemists and storekeepers Australia wide. It claims all women recommend them for female complaints and directs buyers to seek the genuine product from Martin Pharmaceutical Chemist in South Hamption England.
The Labour Gazette notes October food prices rose, pushing general living costs to 106 percent of September levels and 80 to 85 percent higher than July 1914. Tea salt butter bacon eggs led gains. milk rose in about half of places. meat fell.
In the Supreme Court of Western Australia Probate Jurisdiction the estate of Mathew Graham Neil deceased is under administration. Creditors must send claims by October 21 1918 to Gervase Clifton Curator of Intestate Estates Perth. Assets will be distributed after that date to those notified.
SH notifies the public that Avon Hostel has taken a lease and aims to meet fair patronage terms. Board and lodge offered at 26s per week.
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