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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 01, 1928
Page
4
The store showcases enamel bath heaters, wood and cane chairs, bedroom and dining suites, and a wide range of home lines. Timber yards stock hardwood and red gum with droppers palings and softwoods for flooring lining weatherboards Oregon. Iron fencing wire ridging spouting plaster joinery and more. Inquiries welcomed on measurements quantities and costs.
A Chinese herbalist promises to visit Nu Murkah every four weeks on Fridays. He claims to treat diseases and long standing complaints including eye and ear disorders, brain and lung issues, liver kidneys spleen blood cancer bronchitis and appendicitis.
A regional shooting result from Mooroopna shows Numurkah scoring 722 and Mooroopna 704 across 300 400 and 500 yard ranges. Individual scores from shooters including Patrick Holmes Mapletoft and Prideaux are listed, with B G F Pretty and A Preston among top scorers. A follow up match is scheduled on Local Rifle range next Saturday August 4 with Moylan's team Katandra and Numurkash participating.
Numurkah Leader published weekly in Numurkah Victoria invites reader submissions and social items. It advertises subscription at 10 shillings per year posted to Australasia and delivery options and asks for district function notices to be reported.
On Saturday Katamatite riflemen hosted Kyabram at Katamatite range to compete in the Parker Cup. Katamatite won easily with scores listing individual entries such as Jones 41 32 and R. Redpath 29 35, while G. Spreadboro 30 32 and J. Melis 28 32 were among top marks.
A boast by the office that its work equals any competitor and that its prices compare favorably with Melbourne or country printers.
The Life magazine juried an Australasian rights scoop on Count Felix von Luckner known as the Sea Devil. The first Life instalment recounts his ship raiding career sank fourteen Allied vessels without loss of life and his bold feats including disguising as a Norwegian lumber carrier and rescuing aboard his ships.
Lord Apsley known as The Amateur Settler will retire his House of Commons seat at the next general election. His Australian visit as an emigrant sparked this moniker and his varied life included stints as an out-of-work labourer in English provinces and a night at the Thames Embankment Home for the down-and-out.
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