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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 17, 1934
Page
3
Tributes recall Mick Shiels known as Shivis in show ring and as a longtime supporter of Yabba Football and Tennis Clubs. He helped running the school committee and welfare efforts for children. The Shiels were respected breeders of Clydesdales and noted for horses, sheep, and cattle in the district.
Messrs Campbell and Co. call attention to Mrs Dockery's sale at Wanghau on Thursday April 26, offering a comfortable dwelling first by one Jon, with later sections for removal. An unreserved furniture sale will also be held, with everything advertised to the highest bidder. Funds and health notes accompany this community notice amid regional business entries.
The forum leader defends the disputed musical adjudicator chosen for the event, noting the substitute performed, and cites overall approval by competitors and others. Obituary notes William Miplace, aged 85, and a funeral service conducted by Rev. AL. details of local horse and stock sales follow with brisk bidding from Melbourne and local buyers.
A garbled obituary note from the Goulburn Valley region recalls a pioneer's death and tribute to Mr Mires Patrick Shiels. It quotes local figures reflecting on land selection, family ties, and personal memories amid frontier life. The fragmentary text mentions Councillor Komah Shiew and references to football and posthumous praise for the late John Shiels family.
A Morning Post correspondence discusses memories appearing to be inherited, noting the idea that memories or impressions from past events may be transmitted. The exchange touches on water purification, fears of algae, and a debate over memories of ancestors being passed to descendants with references to Numurkah Nathalia and local officials.
Mir Furphy received a vote of thanks on the motion moved by Drs Tuckett and Mackenzie. In reply he argued that no human life is worth $1000, and that even if one life were saved every two years, the financial case for a purification scheme would still be a paying proposition.
Auction calendar lists stock sales at Cobram Nathalia and Numurkah through May. Includes dates for sheep cattle pig and poultry auctions by Campbell Co Kopatrick McLellan J Namara and others. Also notes local agents for dodize bros and various line of steamers and mortgage companies.
An array of stock and property sales listings across Numurkah and Numurkah area firms. Auctions include Numurkak Stock Sale and Numurkah Stock Sale with cattle poultry and furniture offerings. Local agents from Ballarat Banking Co Lod Victorie and Perpetual and other agencies arrange catalogues and prompt settlements.
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