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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
2
The Chief Electoral Officer warns officials tasked with polling may not support or oppose the Referendum proposals. Breaches include influencing voters or impersonating soldiers, penalties include dismissal and potential prosecution under the Electoral Act. Each qualified elector may vote once. impersonation risks two years imprisonment or more.
Mr K Hamilton general manager of the Great Boulder Proprietary Co states that one hundred men have gone on active service. If they return they will be given work at the mine. if vacancies are insufficient, other workers will be laid off to accommodate them.
A disjointed account describes a soldier stripped of name and clothes, assigned No. 573, and sent to barracks and a church where he was duty bound to a forty minute sermon. The tale includes a confusing exchange with a parson and unclear punishment for a civil answer.
Fragmentary text with mixed phrases and unclear entities. no coherent event or names to identify a news item or action. Unable to determine a concrete headline or summary from the readable material.
Fragmentary notice highlights a wart cure product labeled Wart Cure for Warts and Seale Ot, advertised as obtainable at Tresice's Coomst in Northam. The text mentions purchasable items and a shop location, though details are incomplete.
Mrs. A Morrell hosted an exhibition at Waeel to encourage local youth and adults in vegetable growing cookery and crafts. Prizes of 11d and 6d were awarded for children's entries. funds from vegetables were sold at auction and tea served by local helpers. A social and concert followed a Red Cross meeting despite Royal Show week attendance issues.
A dog on a moving train faced a crowd and threats of harm. Police attempted to maim or shoot the animal after it threatened passengers. After four shots the dog lay still, and the car moved on as passengers resumed their journey.
An OCR fragment notes a product titled Dryden's Worn and Condition Powders for horses and cate- with reference to Treetes, Chemist, Nodham, indicating a veterinary or equine care item from a chemist shop. The readable text is fragmentary and includes names but no clear events.
A local shop offers B. P. Chidlow butter at 1s 8d per lb, phenyle 6d, dried apples 11d per lb, smoked sardines 4d per tin, Beecham’s Pills, custard powder 1d, syrup of figs 1s per bottle, salmon in large tins 9d to 4d, self raising flour 1s 3d per bag, wheatmeal 7 lb for 1s 6d, blue 6d per dozen.
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