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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 01, 1923
Page
4
The plan promises all departments run by the latest methods with no chance involved. Dining room service will rival any motel in the state, and the district will be made popular by these improvements.
A public meeting of the agricultural society in the shire hall elected three trustees for the show grounds and discussed a proposed agreement and 10 year lease with the Numurkah Football Club. Debate focused on draft terms, duration, and the need for a formal draft before further votes, with the motion to confirm the executive's agreement carried by the subscribers.
Seventh annual Numurkah District Poultry and Dog Society show ran two days with fine exhibits from local and Melbourne fanciers. Judge P Briggs praised the quality, noting strong Leghorn and Orpington displays, notable Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes, and good duck and pigeon entries. Exhibits traveled from Moorabbin and other centres. prizes widely distributed amid steady but smaller attendance.
The Numurkah and Shepparton regions dominate the poultry exhibition with entries across hens cockerels pullets and ducks. Notable champions include best Rhode Island ribbon to J Murray and top Wyandotte honors to A E Johnson and A D Boon with multiple classes judged at Plymouth Books Barred Gork and other venues.
Wesley Barry, beloved for eight comedy, appears in Hags and Mileties’ Year Saturday to entertain with his trademark pranks. The feature includes lively comic bits, with Jem Moore starring in the drama and a Jim Moore soapstars segment plus a Pathe pictorial.
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