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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 08, 1941
Page
4
An advertisement touts spring and Easter apparel including coats and hats in black navy and brown. It highlights wool boucle frocks, welted skirts, bodice updates, silk hose and fully fashioned lisle for cooler days. Kid gloves lined napa gloves wool scarves and assorted shades offered in multiple prices.
An editorial voices concern over uneven enlistment in Australia’s armed services, urging selective service matching young men to roles where they can serve best. It also discusses the Credit Foncier system’s loans to farmers, credit reform, and calls for a Land Mortgage Bank to stabilize finance for primary producers.
The article compares Australia and Japan amid wartime alignments and diplomacy, noting Australia’s war with Germany and Italy while Japan shifts sympathy to Germany. It comments on ambassadors, tourist visits, and intelligence worries as cameras and spies appear in public life.
The passage examines Britain’s reputed wartime chivalry and its lasting pride among generations, weighing how humane actions toward foes and among peoples shaped national identity and diplomatic conduct through history.
The column weighs the promise of a land mortgage bank and the Credit Fonder system to secure long term tenure for primary producers. It cites France 1852 land credit and notes copying this model elsewhere, highlighting planning and stability as keys to economic success.
The notice warns advertisers that standing ads in The Leader must be submitted before 10 30 a m on Saturdays to guarantee insertion in the following issue. It emphasizes that stopping advertising halts purchases and production, urging continued advertising to sustain earnings.
The discussion centers on forming a fathers association in the district to assist rehabilitating soldiers after the war. James Williams claims over 20 members with further promises, while concerns about attendance and honesty in recruitment are raised. Melbourne parent branch may fund activities and send speakers to Numurkah to explain aims.
Nu Murkah Shire Council met at Sathalia with Drs. Gordon Hooper Mackenzie Pinnock Prentice Myers Garonne O Hank Lancaster McDowell and Tuckett present. They discussed Empire Day celebration, Win-the-War committees, rabbit skins pricing schemes, and farm and road matters. The session recorded contributions from Murray Shire Council, Numurkah Win-the-War, Marungi School, and local residents on lighting, traffic, rubbish, and school access, with decisions to procure equipment and inspect bridges.
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