This Day in History: 1898-07-27

A farewell banquet was held in the Freemasons’ Hotel, Newcastle, for former Toodyay Resident Magistrate John Adam, transferred to Northam, and also for the former Newcastle Postmaster Charles J. Annear, who had been transferred to the Northam Post and Telegraph Office.

Sources:
Northam advertiser, 30 July 1898, p.3.
West Australian, 16 July 1898, p.5; 23 July 1898, p.5.