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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1940
Page
4
Brasender Bros Wool Merchants advertise top prices for all wool classes with cash returns. They pledge to visit Nathalia every Thursday to quote and purchase wool through their Numurka hub and Seinen Eikel network.
A wartime obituary notes the loss of His Majesty's trawler Washington a 207 ton vessel of the fishing fleet sunk in the North Sea on December 16. The Admiralty announces next of kin have been informed as the bell tolls for the ship and her crew. The event is framed within a broader tribute to sailors who face peril at sea in war and peace.
Advertisement text urges lifting mood and promoting optimism. It promotes bright thoughts and a positive outlook, encouraging readers to cut through gloom with upbeat messaging. The piece reads as a cautious pep talk from a seller of cheerful vibes.
Annual Wasi sports meeting boosts Red Cross funds with £5 13s gate, plus money making contests and tea stalls led by Mrs M A Sleeth and Mrs Allan Tweddle. Volunteers from Indies and men’s committees organized events, including wood chopping, Old Buffers race, and various handicaps. Results announced by Lea Belt with on ground broadcasts. notable winners included C Row, D Trewin, and J Thomspon among many.
Relief work officials report 87 year old Minister for Public Works Mr Semple stripped to the waist, using a wheelbarrow and shovel to show 67 men how the job should be done. He urged workers to stay active and warned that relief payments of 17/8 were not fair if effort lagged, asserting the need for a fair go and higher productivity.
The State President Mrs C A Hicken attended the Katamatite CWA branch birthday function with Miss Lillian Lynch Rosa Rourke and Bliss M Girdler performing. Flowers and Easter daisies adorned the hall while a candle ceremony and tea marked the celebration.
The Rev A Crookes Hall presided over the quarterly Methodist Church meeting for the final time before transfer to a Tasmanian circuit. The balance sheet showed a credit, membership declined due to families moving away, and plans covered irrigation workers camp visits, Sunday school, and new circuit structure including Katamatite Cobram. Induction of Rev A C Boquest to be conducted by the district chairman with services by Rev Lechte and Rev Berber.
Cobram defeated Drumanure by seven wickets in a Gripu cup game. Crozier led Cobram with 64 not out and Hughes added 56 as Drumanure, chasing 136, faltered after a strong start. Sellick and Patrick top-scored for Drumanure in a troubled second innings.
Reverend Palmer Phillips of the Methodist Church preached on the home front task during wartime. He argued real national victory requires spiritual reform and repentance for sins of the spirit, including selfishness and racial superiority, not just material readjustment.
The article records match scores with Bourke and Ellery among dismissals, noting key players and methods of dismissal. It shifts to a broader wartime moral reflection on employment power, capital versus labor, and the ethics of competition in industry, contrasting political talk with moral issues.
Essay notes economic justice gaps between rich and poor and the danger of wealth as success. It argues modern democracy risks war for political ends while neglecting home front issues. It laments persistent social evils, calls for personal freedom, and condemns wealth-driven social inequality.
Church notices list service times and pastors for Numurkah and nearby towns including Tallygaroopna West Cobram Narurkah Stratharton Cobram and many others with various ministers such as Rev Johnson Rev Alexander Rev Kemp Rev Boquett and Rev Hegbes plus lay readers Mr Cowan Mr Watters Mr Dudley and Mr Parker.
Partial line lists totals and players: ey 188 Bowling Shaw 2/39, 3. Taylor 7/63, T Taylor 0/37, F Garrick 1/32. Indicates a summarized score or statistics from a bowling match or event.
An Australian letter laments a federal deal selling wool to Britain at a price below ideal. It criticizes the Times for prosperity talk and attacks a woollen rule requiring 10 percent local content. The writer warns of rising adulteration and long term harm to the Australian wool industry.
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