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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1922
Page
4
A compact overview of a shorthand method promising rapid learning in a single day. The piece highlights memory techniques, quick accuracy gains, and a commercial angle with an offer diagrammed around £5 5/. and a £100 prize, noting practical home practice and efficiency goals.
Plans for the village fair include an opening by Lieut. Coton Bourchier MLA with daily evening events and a matinee. Entertainment features named span Jugeling Punch and Judy Pantoscope Spider's Web Murna Ford and a beauty show plus many acts. Tickets and arrangements aim to attract wide attendance with extensive local and state newspaper praise backing the event.
At the mammal show last week, Poultry exhibitors led by Messrs McPherson White and Jorgensen showcased birds across breeds. Awards included multiple second and third place finishes for White Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, Orpingtons, Italian Game, Ancona, Langshane, and Leghorns, with special cups and ribbons recognizing best utility and cockeral entries.
Local church notices list Numurkeh 11 Anglican Invergordon 3 and 4 o'clock services with Methodist and Presbyterian mentions at Numurkah Strathmorton Cobram and Baulkamaugh. Names include Rev White Rev Webb Pastor Webster and Capt. X Nana. Executor administrator of trust noted. rate remains 25 percent.
A travel diary recounts crossing Connell Ferry now bridged by a narrow stone and steel railway span between Bendernock and Oban. The writer describes weather, coastal scenery, sightings of Duart Castle and Mull, local folk, Tobermory’s town layout, and a wartime mine incident in the Sound of Mull while noting hotels, locals, and historical sites along the route.
The writer travels from Kinlock near Loch Beard to Tobermory and Kinlock, then eyes sheep farming and wool practices, noting shorn and unshorn wool, a shearing shed, and lack of equipment. He learns of woodwork, meets relatives near Griben, visits islands Viva Staffa and others, and reflects on ancestral homes and a water source named Williams Well. The journey proceeds to Iona, Bronsassen, and the Sound of Tona, describing a decayed town, lack of sanitation, and an ancient cathedral with ruins and royal memorials, ending with a quiet stay and cost concerns.
Illnesses including influenza, whooping cough, and measles spread across Australia with pneumonia in many cases and fatalities. The article urges regular mouth treatments for all, offering a DIY mixture to be prepared by adding Heenta to sweetened water or Heanza Cough Diamond pastilles as an alternative.
The firm of Crawford Pty Ltd informs that Mr J McGowan now represents the firm in all lines except Mens Wear where he will not be involved. Communications addressed to the firm or Mr Metsowan will receive attention. Mr Metsowan will return to Melbourne to arrange delivery of new season samples for approval.
Prime Meat Only Co and Retam, butcher Melville 87, advertise prime beef mutton and pork. Absolute Gleaklin insured from lime to customers, with daily inspection access. Email orders with shells, invites price comparison. Up-to-date ice chamber ensures safe sale, with fan makes shop habitable. coupon exchanged with every cash sale.
ATK Hing Chinese medical verbalist notes a late James Lamaay consult at Howard Place Bendigo. Patient details a six month leg injury from knee to foot, two doctors offered care but no relief, and a recommended treatment plan leading to improved mobility and a hope to resume activities. Mention of Maud Faderson and other names appears with uncertain context.
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