Local and General News. - The Northam Advertiser (WA : 1895 - 1955) - 19 Dec 1900 (original) (raw)

Wed 19 Dec 1900 - The Northam Advertiser (WA : 1895 - 1955)
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In reporting the proceedings of the "Nor

tham Police Court in our last issue, Mr,

Thomas Sermon has taken offence at the

manner in which the case against him by

by the Northam Municipal Council was

lated. As brevity must govern our reports,

we used a very idiomutic phrase, instead of

setting out the precise charge made against

Mr. Sermon by the Council, which was to

the effect that "he (T. Sermon) had re

fused to comply with an order made by the

Healt Board to remove certain rubbish."

This sounds more euphonious than the sen

tence we used, but there is really no more

difference in the meaning of the two

sentences than if instead of calling a spade

we called it " an agricultural implement,"

which, nevertheless, would still be a spade.

W ecan assure Mr, Sermon that we have

too much respect for him personally and

appreciation of the manner in which he

conducts his hotel, to intend reflecting

eithet on him or Ins popular hostelry.

With this assurance we feel Mr. Sermon

will be perfectly satisfied.

Quite a gloom was cast over Newcastle

y.esterday when it became known that Mr. '

J. Qayanaglj, Jicensee of the Victoria

Hotel, had passed away op php previous

evening. Mr. Cavanagh suffered from an

attack of pneumonia. He leaves a widow

and three little boys, for whom the greatest

sympathy is felt. The funeral took Dlace

yesterday afternoon and was largely

sale of Mrs. Woadfield's property,

advertised t.o fakp placp on Saturday uight,

was a failure. fipg spenjefl to \vfft frflat

class of property, apff po bids were" re?

ceived. It is now for private safe,

The members ol the Wesley Church

Guild are arranging for a Monster Xmas

Tree and Children's Festival, to be held in

ihc Town Hall 6n Friday evening next.

Father Christmas will be in attendance and

Little Jack Horner mtf) J-ja big pie. Other

attractions will he provided in the shape qf

a fishing pond, lollie and refreshment stalls,

etc. All the arrangements point to the

spending of a very pleasant evening.

4 jWjrpaf may be quickly cured by

applyiug a flannel bandage damped with

Chamberlain's pain Ijalrff. " A Jaipe back, a

pain In the side or chest! should be fci-'sated

in a similar manner. For sale by Co-Op

Cash Store, Agent, N or tham.

Private Thorburn has brought home

with him many very interesting mementoes

of flifj vjsit to South Africa in connection

with te ,/ar. Tl:c?c are now sn view at

Mr. H.. Bartiett Day's surgery, wjll

well repay a visit, fbe exhibits include

the fclfqwiDg —Pieces ql shrapnel off a

oaTOieuvui > j ftr1? 1 "VV raqny ;

soft-nosed bullets as used by thg Boers ill

some of their engagements f a Mauser rifle

that looks as if it sow a uood deal of service

during the war, and who knows how many

brave British soldiers it may have seut the

ipessenger of death to ; helmet badges and

butteps from J?CBr uniforms ; a splendid

collection of badges representing nearly the

whole of the Imperial regiments' flghtjng jn

South Africa Dee Afetford bullets; native,

tomahawk ; a revolver taken from a Boer

prisoner; native "fig-leaves"; home- made

bandoliers ; collection of bead work ; a

Kruger penny ; Boer bandolier ; a relic of.

an armored train wreeked near Mafeking ;

and a Boer watch. The collection is a

decidedly jpteesfcing one, We were wrong

in stating last issue' thai' Prlva pc Tliorburn

was invalided home, He wasafljqng the

number of returning troops whose labors

A very successful choral service was

held in Wesley Church on Sunday evening

last to celebrate the opening of the new

organ. The church proved altogether too

small tq accommodate all who desired to

be present. choir, under the baton of

Mr. A. Frith, quile fexceiied itself in its

productions on Sunday evening last, yke

anthem's "He that Dwelleth " and " Hear;

Ale Jehovah," with Mr. Riley and Mrs.

Jfodgeas soloists were exceedingly well

rqndertajL "jThe Misses Chambers rendered

their duet, oyfYily -Sing," with the usual

taste and sw,ee,tn?ss ,p(iaracterisi;iq (jf

sjqging, jvhitle the qyartette, " Breakers

Ah'oad, W?ib Mr/4- Efb'1 as so-Ioist, .was

greatly enjoyed, ' Pbp nejy organ, which is

one ot Alason aua riamiui's is scajqiy t>

verv fine one. Possessing as it does such a

fine range of stops and couplers, and capable

of producing a volume of sound sufficient

even for a much larger building. Mr. F.

4- Qvemn-y, the church organist, presided

kstrfim/jnt, Tfle trustees of the

churcl/ ai'g to ?\C9ngrafcula(,ed on possess

ing instrument whi.cb'I|"?iky. £<? reet

ati requirement for some time to coqie.

Mr. Tim Healy and Mr. ,T, L, C,|r.ew

have been expelled from the Irish' pariia-

Mr. J. A. Thomson, manager of the

Singer Aladufacturing Co. in Western

Australia, has definitely announced himself

as a candidate for the Federal Senate. In

due course his views will appear, in the

The Annual Christmas Tree and Sale of

Gifts in connection with the Parish (Saint

John's) "Special Aid Fund " will take place

in the Parish Hall next Friday evening.

Liberal contributions of poultry, Christmas

cakes, etc., have been donated, and a good

musical programme arranged to pryvide an

enjoj'able aud entertaining evening's amuse

ment. It is hoped the public will cordially

and generously patronise this function and

that the efforts of the promoters will be

crowned with a big success and euable them

to hand over a substantial sum to the vestry

towards paying off several outstanding lib-

This evening the Australian Natives

Association will hold' a "mock election for

the Senate in the Northam Town Hall. The

candidates announced to give their views

are Messrs. G. L. Throssell, C. R. Knight,

,T. Barry, E. \\ . Carter, E. G. Rodda ami

J. Fielding. We can promise all who

attend a most" enjoyable evening, as the

members of the Association are working up

During the absence of the Premier in

Sydney we have been informed that the

duties of Colonial Treasurer will he dis

charged by the Hou. G. Throssell.

A very successful meeting to arrange for

celebrating the inauguration of the Aus

tralian Commonwealth was held in Northam

on Monday evening last, under the presi

dency of the Worship the Mayor. A meet

ing of the Committee will be held in the

Town Hall this" evening at 8 p.m. to

transact business of an important character

will be dealt with. The attendance of

everyone interested in the proposed Com

monwealth celebration is most cordially

W. D. Cowan, R.M. has proceed to Perth

where he will discharge the duties of

police magistrate during the absence of

Air. A. S. Roe in Sydney. Air. Cowan has

made arrangements for the business of the

Northam Police Court being carried out by

Particular attention is drawn to a letter

in our open column with our local volunteer

force. We shall deal fully with this sub

The readers of the Northam Advertiser

will be pleased to learn that the editor,

Mr. J. T. Reilly, has been appointed an

A Daudabin correspondent writes : — The

children a1 tending the Daudabin State

School were very much disappointed on

Friday last. On gathering at the school

to receive their Christinas prizes not a

single member of the District Board of

Education was in attendance to discharge

that function. As a result the children

went home very gloomly. On Alonday last,

however, the Rev, Fr. Walsh came to r.he

school, and after addressing the children

made them happy by distributing the

The deputation which waited upon the

Premier in reference to a grant for the

local celebrations were successful, but the

exact amount the town will receive will be

A STRAIGHT TIP.— You can cure that

miserable cough you have by taking Cham

berlain's Cough Remedy It is by far the

best cough, medicine made. For sale by

Co-Op. Cash Store, Agent, Northam,

At the inquest, on Friday last, in Perth,

on the remains of Arthur Brown, who was

shot by Constable Hieltey, on the 1st

December, in the execution of his duty,

the jury returned a verdict of " justifiable

The troops selected to represent West

Australia at the Commonwealth celebra-.

tions in Sydney, writes the " Morning

Herald," left Fremantle on Sunday last in

the steamer Wollowra. There wCre fully

5,000 persons on the wharf to witness the

departure, and when the Wollowra moved

off ringing cheers went up for the men and

their officers, The cheers were as heartily

returned from the steamer, with the

Australian war cry, " Rie, Ric," etc.

Amongst those who witnessed the departure

of the troops were Mr. J. J. Higharn,

M.L.A., and Alajors Campbell, Strickland,

and Hobbs, each of whom received a round

of cheers from the departing men. At

Adelaide the Wollowra will embark the

South Australian troops, and at Alelbourne

TirE Sunday limes " writes ; — ' If

you've g< t no case, abuse the other side," is

an axiom observed by most lawyers. Few,

however, descend to the tactics adonted br

Beresford, a. lawyer, who made an attempt

to defend Dnggan and Davis in the East

Perth shooting case trial. He vi'lified the

pnfic.e in a disgraceful manner when the

officers having .charge of the case had acted

witfl all honpr and b'rqvery. Inhere is a

limit to most tilings, and evep a policeman

is entitled to protection. Beresford was

privileged, however, but he got an awful

slap in the face when the judge said that

Harris, whom Beresford had specially

attacked, had displayed bravery, and did

honor to the uniform he wore. The jury

rjiljer backed.this up with a similar ex

pression bf'oyn'm'on. |f Beresford isn't too

thick in the hide lie will take the hint, and

be more moderate next time.

The following land reservations have

been approved of by the Executive Council :

—Lak View suburban area, 2 acres for a

school sit.e ; Yppk, town lots 9, 10, and

467 for public ' gardens ; Afurrin Murrin,

about 39,000 acres for a common ; Boulder,

town lot 445 for the Woman's Christian

Temperance.. Union Home for Girls;

Katanning, town lot 58, for the Presby

At the Criminal Court, which was held in

Pert?, on Friday lacfc, Peter Joyce, who

yirg. s arraigned oh a c&'arge of havjng mur

dered his wife, Eliza Ann Joyce, in J&erth,

i' "iii.il ' r L. i.i! r j

iyii juiijq liuii ut iiucuiuci jffioi/ yVrXo round

gpiity I'.y the jury, atid wag sentenced to

death by tlie presiding Judge, Ajr. Justice

The "Morning Herald," of Thursday,

writes : — During the last month many hun

dreds of persons have left this colony for

the east. Every vessel has been crowded,

\vhiip the bookings for the uext few weeks

are unusually targe. The Pixroo left yester

day with 371 passengers on "bpard. !phe

R.AJ.S, Grtona, which sails to.-day is full,

as also are several vessels which are fixed to

leave during the next week or two,

A new "reading of the "beatitudes": —

Blessed are they who have presumption

unlimited, for they shall be the honored in

the land ; blessed are the mean men, for

they shall liye .911 tve work ci their fellows ;

blessed are the cheeky people/' for they

rijalj occupy the fron.t seats ; besSed are

the stingy, "lot thejr shall get the portion of

the poor ; blessed are tho3a wflpsg sense of

right is protected by armor-plated sordjdjfcy

for they shall be able to do meau things

The Executive Council has approved of

tfle cancellation of all existing regulations

in regard ,tc allowances to injured employes,

and of the substitution of the following

regulation therefor Ahy employee in

jured while in the execution bf his duty,

and incapacitated for work by any cause :

other than his own want of care, shall

reqeiiVv not less than three-fourths ' of his

pa.y, if his rate js ,6s. gay day or under,

a lid' five-eights pay if &boye Uiafc rape, from

tii.e date qi the accident, for any 'period not

exceeqmg rfiqr weeks, provided that he

eettd? ft report of the his

superior officii hours fche |

occurrence, and a medical certificate within

three days, which must be renewed weekly

during absence. Further allowance of

accident pay to be at the discretion of the

Commissioner of Railways,"

In ' cohsejlVheh of - continued' v7q,rlike

Ctjbitjjde-of the Boers the government hqve

decided to retain the New Zealand con

In October last Mr. J. J. Williams of

Alt. Leonora, and Captain Oats, of Perth,

offered, through the Australian Natives'

Association, prizes of £2 2s. and £1 Is. to

be awarded for the best suggestion in open

competition 011 the settlement of t lie

alluvial gold mining question, and the first

prize has been awarded to " Snggestor,"

who proves to be Mr. J. H. Dures, 44

Francis Street-, Perth. His proposal is as

follows : — " Should any miner possessed of

a valid miners right wish to enter 011 ground

comprised within any gold mining lease

for the purpose of digging for and carrying

away alluvial gold, and the lessee refuses to

allow him to do so, he nr-iy request the

Aliuister through the Warden to call f. r

a report 011 the possibility of alluvial g< Id

existing, and the Miuister mav call for such

report from the Government Geologist, aud

or_ the. Warden, and or an Inspector of

Mines, and or any one or more persons, and

if such report states that alluvial deposits

are likely to exist within the boundaries of

such lease the Alinister may grant auy

alluvial claim or claims applied for on such

lease provided that they do not interfere

with buildings or machinery or the proper

working of the mine, but he may also order

what percentage, if any, of any alluvial

gold won must be banded over lo the

lessee. The Alinister to be guided in such

decision by the quantity of work done

by the lessee or his employees 011 such

lease, and who thee the le.-see or his

employees, or an alluvial miner not em

ployed by the lessee, first discovered such

deposits of alluvial gold.

The Governor-General, the Earl of

Hopetoun, arrived in Sydney on Saturday

last, and was accorded a most enthusiastic

reception. '1 he Governor-General was

officially welcomed by the Premier of New

South Wales, Sir W. Lyue, and also by the

Mayor of Sydney, Sir Al. Harris. ' Our

readers will be glad to learn that the

health of the Governor-General has con

siderably improved, so much so indeed,

as to make him feel confident that he will

be quite equal to earryiug out the inaugural

Commonwealth ceremonies arranged for on