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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 18, 1933
Page
2
Numerous notices and ads describe machinery sales from Coxon s and Mitchell, water cart upgrades, knitting patterns from Everylady s Journal, and local events. The column lists auctions, road and fire notices, school tuition plans, society meetings, and upcoming shows with details on schedules and contact points for Numurkah and nearby towns.
Kilpatrick McLellan & Co plan a Friday stock sale yarding 150 fat sheep and 10 fat cattle with further entries invited. Campbell & Co announce a big Numurkah horse sale on Wednesday April 26 with strong demand and arranged paddocks for distant buyers. John McNamara & Co report top lamb prices at Newmarket with 54 lambs at 18/3 for H James and a best truck average of 17/8 for Theo Davies's consignment.
Reminiscences recount General Gordon as a tall spare figure with a cigar and keen steel blue eyes. Lord Esher recalls Gordon’s morning visits to Tilney Street and his humor filled talk. The piece notes Gordon’s final duty to evacuate the Sudan and arrange for its future under Egyptian appointment.
Presbyterian and Methodist notices list services across Numurkah Waain Waain Bunbartha Nuring Wanghaw Kanrimba Congupna Youarang Katama Dunbulbalane Marungi and Youarang. ministers named Sharpe McTroy Sunderland Watters Dudley Willgoose and Delarue. First Sunday after Behar with Sunday school before morning service.
A letter questions whether overproduction and misdistribution cause waste, citing Brazil’s destruction of coffee and prior wheat and cotton losses. It weighs the role of science in human welfare, urging universities to link truth with service and ethics.
Patchy text mentions charity, crime, and daily routines with uncertain names and events. It references a porter, habits of speech, and vague scenes of life, but lacks clear individuals, places, dates, or outcomes. The readable fragments suggest a diary or column style sketch rather than a cohesive report.
A compact column from The Competition notes insights from a secret desk, detailing hidden observations, editor’s reflections, and provocative hints about contemporary design, culture, and media trends. The piece surveys quiet inside jokes, shifts in taste, and the tension between secrecy and public discourse.
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