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SPARKS FROM NORTHAM.
Complimentary dinner to Mr. Burt,
R.M., takes place tomorrow a large attendance
expected.
Who is to be his successor ? Previous
knowledge of the law of course not required
for the position.
If a quarter of a century of honest
service and considerable knowledge of
Colonial law were thought worthy of recognition
(which of course they are not
without social influence Mr. John Adam
would be the man. Adam, where are
thou j
Fires from railway locomotive constant.
Is the Department liable? Some
simple people who have lost their crops
imagine the Department should recoup
them. What next ?
Wheat coming in yield will be from
10 to 15 bushels per acre. Many will
reap 20 bushels. This is attributable to
the new lands cleared and the greater attention
to agriculture owing to cessation
of sandalwood trade.
Abundance of home grown flour, excellent
quality ; yet our merchants will
of course give their orders and their
cash to the Eastern Colonies in preference
to the Eastern Districts. Is it not
on set ord-" Can any good come out of
Nazareth ? "
Fifteen new two horse strippers turned
out by our local tradesman for this
harvest, and pronounced equal to anything
imported. Can it be to us ?
Three thousand pounds on estimates
for water boring apparatus thanks to
Governor Broome being a promise-keep-
ing man ; but when is the apparatus to
be here that the thing ? Instead
of one expensive boring plant
would it not be wiser to have 2 or 3
smaller ones for use by our settlers, to
tap the back country where water exists
at a depth of from 40 to 100 feet j
When are the land laws recommended
by the House to be made public ?
Would their publication cause a rush fol-
land ?
Greatest confidence felt in our present
Commissioner of Railways ; he is always
right. Yet he should lose no time in
going on with the railway bridge over the
A von at Spencers Brook and its construction
be delayed we shall again be cut off
from the railway the coming winter.
Temperance people are making another
move here, enlarging their hotel. Will
beg the money, of course ; just like them.
Our York gum and. moral woods are becoming
quite marketable articles not only
for local consumption but for shipment
to our Northern ports,
Messrs. Tom Cook and Geo. Smith
preparing bullock wagons for Kimberley
district. Northam wagons the fashion at the
north, so much for York gum and
our tradesmen.
Three pounds twelve charged to convey
a wagon per rail to Fremantle, same
weight of material to build wagon conveyed
for ten shillings. This is very
comfortable to Perth tradesmen, but local
men say if is a shame and use the road.
Much of our wool sent to Perth by road instead
of rail ; this is not the thing. If
revision of railway tariff is in some lines
necessary, why not point it out to our I
energetic common-sense Commissioner ?
One of our " incorrigibles" states he
paid Is 6d carriage on a box of eggs down,
but the empty box cost 3s. Serve him
right. Why did he want to introduce a a
new patent egg box? Besides the railway
would be swamped with small packages
if it gave encouragement to small exchange
trade.
Summer grubbing being carried on successfully
with tree pullers recently introduced
by Mr. Morrell. Large York
gums uprooted in 10 minutes. No horse
required. Puller known as the " Forest |
Devil" and is worthy of its name.
Newspaper proprietors not to send accounts
up this way until yearly store bills
are paid when it is likely they will stand
over to a more convenient season. Like
Sam Slick's clock we take a lot of tick to
make us ' go.'
New Years day to be observed as a
general holiday here. Cricket match,
concert, tea fight and bail in aid of Mechanics'
Institute funds held that day.
December 9th.
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