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NORTHAM NEWS.
HOT WEATHER AND SICKNESS. A DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE.
GOLDFIELDS TRADE.
DEATH OF MR. J. T. REILLY, JNR.
' HEAT AND SICKNESS.
FARMERS AND THE RAILWAY
DEPARTMENT.
NORTHAM, January 3.J 1
Tbe weather ron i» nea intensely hot, and sickness is on the i'.crtase. John Hetbert, a well-known and high y reapretad old colo- nist, a?ed 78, died su .d-nly yesterday from -the effeots of sunstroke. For many years deceased resided in Newcastle, where he was universally esteomed.
Five trains per day are despatched to Southam Crass, but even these are insuffi- cient to cope with the traffic. Over 100 trucks laden with chaff are now waiting transit. The department will be unable to forward any chaff to Southern Cross until Monday, when the block is to be cleared. There ia great insufficiency of truoks,but tha - local atationmaBter is using every effort to
aooommodate the public.
Mr. H. J. Cooke, with his son-in law, Mr. Geo. Lukin, and Mr. Speakman, have sold their claim at Urallsn te the Hampton Plains -Company for £25,000 cash and a sixth in- terest. The claim is said to be very rich. This sale, from the faot of Mr. Cooke being an old Nerthamite, has given g> neral eatisfaticn '.here. Mr. Cooke h is exhibited indomitable
pluok in personally assisting to work the olaim for many montha patt amid many hard-
ships.
The foundry company have Becured fourteen aor6S of land at Eist Northam from the Morrell estate, where a railway siding to the works is easily procurable.
Mr. Vanzetti returns to the colony by the R.M.S. Ormuz this weak, and is shortly to be entertained at a banquet in recognition of bia being the first to introducá the battery system to Northam.
Midnight services were held last night at all the places of worship here, and ware well
i attended.
Mr. J. T. Reilly, jnnr., one of the proprietors of the Northam Advertiser, died rather sud- denly last night. Great sympathy is ex- pressed for his relatives. The deceased took an active part in anything conducive to the interest of the town, and personally he was very popular. The funeral, which took place to-day, was largely attended, and was of a most representative character.
Sickness ia very prevalent here. It is accounted for by the excessively hot weather, the thermometer for the last week having registered from 100 to 110 in the shade.
Produce is coming in in large quantities. ' Great indignation is expressed by farmers
and others at the want of weighing and loading facilities at E.st Northam. Over 10,000 tons of gooda, mostly produce, will leave here - during the next few months, and greater
facilities than now exist, it is contended, should be provided by tbe railway authorities ? for ccping with this traffic.