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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 23, 1930
Page
3
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The piece contrasts modern education with lingering old tools and lamplight, noting how advertisements push progress. It urges readers to read The Leader to keep alert to new improvements and bring them within reach, replacing out of date practices.
Mr James T. W. Ingram M V O A F LO Lond is well known to local people as Sessor Assistant to the late A A Abotomey His special visit to England allowed him to study the latest in scientific sight testing His pharmaceutical experience and contact with oculists give him extensive knowledge of eye diseases His thousands of tested cases prove public confidence.
Mr Guenther is noted as a chemist at 6 St Kilda Road Melbourne in a terse card item listing professional appointments and locations.
The Numurkah Golf Club held its annual meeting with W L Moss in the chair the balance sheet showed receipts of 252 18 6 and disbursements of 282 18 6. Officers were elected including H B Linton Smith as president G S Catlow as secretary treasurer and Linton Smith as captain. The club plans two days of competition in July and to affiliate with the VGA and VLG. The meeting praised the season despite a dry spell and noted the new nine hole course and district association formation.
The Opposition leader Latham criticized the Governments rushed constitutional amendments granting broad trade and transport powers. He warned the bill would extend power over road and sea traffic while constraining railway regulation to inter state cases, risking chaos and poor coordination. He urged careful reform and pledged cooperation on aviation wireless and other sectors.
A fragmentary newspaper line hints at parental guidance themes with emphasis on prudent giving by guardians and the caution against imprudent gifts, reflecting a period voice in a short archival snippet.
The annual Nu Murkah club gathering is set for Shire Hall at eight o clock this evening with expectations of a large turnout of prospective members.
J E Harper presided with reps from Numurkah Muckatah Cobram Nathalia Wangau Strathmerton Shepparton Imperials and Tocumwal. Umpire list to select officials Melbourne League umpires appointed. Muckatah ground dispute refused. Free admission for limbless soldiers continued. Last year’s draw adopted. Opening matches set Numurkah v Cobram Shepparton Imperials v Muckatah Nathalia v Strathmerton Wunghnu v Tocumwal.
At a Wednesday meeting of the Numurkah Imperial Football Club in Shamrock Hotel sample rooms, President M Barritt chaired as delegates from Katandra District Association outlined recent business. The club backed the delegates actions and agreed to reforms for the coming season with revised ticket prices and a flat away match levy to reduce end of season costs.
The report clarifies that the medal won by Mr J Greig was donated by Mr C Levy Numurkah and awarded for the best and fairest in the Imperial team not the association. Officers appointed include Collectors Messrs Backstrom Kenyon Barritt Duguid. Umpires Messrs M Barritt J Kenyon. Time-keepers Messrs V Smith T Backstrom. The captain and vice-captain to be elected at the first scratch match.
At a recent G V League meeting President D C Morrison urged forming a combined association with the G V Association. With both bodies to play Saturday football a two division structure could start, leading teams meeting in a final. President J E Harper of the G W Association endorsed exploring the plan for a possible 1931 season.
Large crowd attends Katamatite rifle range for the Halliday cup annual shoot. Champion R Currie wins with a 108 score and also takes the handicap. Second place goes to H Chessels. Sixteen shooters competed with notable scores listed for Currie OConnor Lean Redpath and Chessels.
A Sydney reader, Mrs A Hall of Morrell Street Mooroopna, credits Doan's Backache Kidney Pills with curing her crippling backache after days of immobility and pain. Eleven years later she remains well, keeps a bottle at home, and notes occasional dosing benefits for the kidneys. Doan's are sold by chemists and storekeepers. Foster-McClellan Co. at 15 Hamilton Street, Sydney, urges buyers to be sure they get DOAN'S.
Notice announces hiring an A GRADE motor mechanic with years of experience in a large Goulburn Valley garage. The business offers all classes of repairs for cars, tractors, and trucks with guaranteed workmanship. It emphasizes thorough training, wide experience, and competence in all branches of repair.
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