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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 11, 1944
Page
4
A special program features Noel Coward’s In Which We Serve about a Royal Navy destroyer crew alongside Secrets Of The Fjord. The listing notes general exhibition suitability and playtime in Hawaii.
A historical sketch of Numurkah Church life notes improvements during Rev W J Treloar era including a new porch and upgraded lighting. It chronicles organists, lay preachers, prominent local families, and long serving teachers, with emphasis on loyalty to the Bible Christian and early Presbyterian roots and the enduring role of the choir and Sunday school.
At Strathmerton a large Wheatgrowers Association meeting supported creating small silos at district rail sidings and backed efforts to raise meat and lamb prices. President C Crawford presided as Mr W Jenkins urged full membership and warned against profiteering by exporters and butchers while officials promised to pursue two stand shearing plants relief and fair wool sales.
After the death of a dedicated local worker active in church and town affairs, residents of Numurkah commemorated her by dedicating a fountain in the park. Compiled by Brose Tunneck, Melbourne.
Mrs A Ross-Soden, vice president of the G.V. section of the CWA, spoke at the recent conference about the Mediterranean theaters of war. She recalled Abyssinian conflicts and the Spanish Civil War, described Naples’ submarines and Italian ambitions, and reflected on colonial links through Port Sudan and the Sudan’s “Back Door.” She contrasted ancient and modern North Africa, noted Cairo and the Nile’s farming methods, and referenced U S Marines in Tripoli and Barbary piracy. She closed with hope that Naples and Capri remain safe from bombardment and that Rome and priceless sites are preserved.
Fragment of a wartime roll of honor listing personnel such as Adcock Sister Alice Ash T. Ashe T. D. Athine G. W. Baker L. Baker R. H. Brown J. T. Brown K. Brown L. Brown W. F Bourke-Finn J. Bryceland G. Brygeland M. Bryceland R. W. Burgess W. Burrows J. A. Carroll L. Carroll Jerry Carter A Chaffey W. D. Christie F Oreats the Balthor hes given bie life
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