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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 15, 1941
Page
3
OCR text presents a jumbled sports scene with many garbled names and phrases. It references attendees, a sports venue, a mayor or official, and possible court or team actions, but lacks coherent facts, dates, or clear outcomes. The readable parts offer minimal concrete details to summarize further.
Fragmented OCR text references a Tungamah trust meeting and diverting water, with scattered mentions of related terms and names. The readable material is garbled and lacks clear events, dates, or concrete participants to form a coherent report.
The Wonghau Sports Club held its annual event yesterday in ideal weather drawing both old residents and visitors. Despite wartime relocations and population shifts, the day showcased strong competition across events from sprints to horse trots, with notable crowd engagement, performances by local clubs, and a late-evening concert and dance. Local efforts by organizers and volunteers, especially the ladies, sustained the program though some delays occurred in the afternoon.
After the war science promises surprising advances across many fields. Crosses of melon and cucumber yield the eucem fruit while tomato and pepper create topeppo. loganberry, blackberry, and raspberry yield boyensherry. Seaweed becomes ersatz leather and new flooring. castor oil plants yield plastic and fertilizer. glass sandals and flexible polyvinyl acetal resin loom on the horizon.
A jumble of market notes and reports lists sales, stock activity, and prices across multiple goods and regions. Names of traders and locations appear amid fragmented phrases, with references to sales, auctions, and competitions.
Sir Clive McPherson, chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, said next year’s harvest should be large but storage and labor shortages plus shipping restrictions threaten exports. He cited 1940-41 deliveries of 62,685,000 bushels and 88,500,000 to dispose of for the year, with 67,700,000 remaining and 49,400,000 slated for local and export flour use. Overdraft stood at £12,900,000. 140,000 bales of corn sacks on hand.
The principal Mr G B Woodgate reports Dookie Agricultural College reopened in March with 49 students. Heavy rains reached 612 points over nine days, three months total 1214 points, causing unprecedented runoff and serious erosion. Contour furrowing in paddocks 15 and 20 improves water control and pasture growth while 61 lambs were sold and sheep remain in good condition.
State political circles discuss child endowment based tax changes to offset war costs and a £350,000 payroll bill to the Commonwealth. Any income tax rise would be minor and offset by unemployment relief tax cuts, while a high income tax increase would not raise enough funds. The railway deficit, once £435,000, is expected to shrivel due to military use and petrol rationing. New South Wales may cut state taxes after Federal child endowment, as it ends its own scheme and pays its share as an employer.
What The Adors. Tell be performed on Saturday or J. c. McDonnald BSA. The ceremony of opening the Strathmerton Golf Club season will post by a reminder for the Presbyterian fair to be held in Town Hall next Friday. A concert will be held in the night.
A damaged wartime notice lists numerous Air Force personnel and relatives honored for active service abroad. Names include Adcock, Dudley, Elliott, Farrands, Geldart, Hendy, Hilliard, Jackson, Jamieson, McArther, McPherson, OLeary, Osborne, Patrick, Patterson, Robinette, Rogers, Rowe, Ryan, Sanders, Saxton, Shannon, Sharp, and others associated with the Air Force and related units. The page underscores families and operators tied to the war effort.
Numurkah Nathalis Picola Cobram Katamatite and Strathmerton stock and sales listed. Kilpatrick McLellan Co. Cobram J McNamara Campbell Co. April 16 Numurkah sale. 17 Cobram monthly sale. 23 Numurkah sale. May 5 Nathalia pig sale. 15 Cobram monthly sale. Agencies include Dodge Bros. and various insurance and steamship firms.
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