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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1938
Page
4
A long fragment mix of jokes and anecdotes features a gardener, Edison comments on a storage battery, a street beggar exchange, a thimble tale about sisters, and a body snatcher story. The odd collection also jokes about bachelor fashion and clerical smuggling of corpses for science.
A district worker questions why kindness to animals is stressed over kindness to people and children. The author argues kindness underpins all virtues, criticizes abstract talk of kindness, and urges duty to the vulnerable as the practical core of Christian ethics.
Social notices describe gatherings and functions to appear in next edition. Includes dances, parties, receptions, home entertainments and other forms of social entertainment.
In Cobram district weekly rain kept up good growth on both riverbanks. Mrs Emma Sheppard died at 84 at Cobram after 11 years with her husband absent. She leaves a daughter Hannah and a son Paul. burial was in Cobram Cemetery. A girl was savagely bitten by a workman’s dog at Boo Moonoomana but rescued. the dog was destroyed. A large meeting of horse owners breeders and clubs discussed night trotting. delegates will petition Chief Secretary Mr Bailey to permit night meetings under electric light. Delegates named: L Horton A R Wadeson T N Harris Bert Hay and Harry Stillnyd.
A blaze on the show grounds yesterday damaged the caretaker’s room. Fireman Frank Prentice entered the burning poultry pavilion to rescue a dog tied inside, sustaining a cut on the cheek but receiving praise for his courage. The caretaker had been away in Melbourne for about four days.
Members attended despite poor conditions at the Strathmerton branch meeting presided by Mm T. Smith. Mrs Hall demonstrated rag and wool rag making, Mrs A. Ross-Soden judged the sock darning contest won by Mrs T. Haynes. Hostesses were Mesdames D. Gleeson J. Reynoldson and Miss A. Sage. Next meeting set for August 29 rather than September 8.
A clippings bundle from Youanmite era items covers a party at the Youanmite branch of the Country Women's Association in Yousamite Hall with over 100 couples despite wet roads, plus social chatter about guests from Finley and Stanhope. It mentions a gardening turn of phrase, a jail record quip, a small joke about bank notes and mice, and reflections on horse breeding, beer to workers, and a science mention about Dr Alexis Carrel and organ research.
The editor rebukes a reader alias Joken for attacking Federal member John McEwen and argues his ascent to ministerial office shows recognition from colleagues. The letter defends travel to the Territory by leaders and urges sympathetic public support, noting the value of first hand knowledge and meetings of officials across states and nations.
Charles Owens of Gray-street Numurkah argues against prohibition and no-license attitudes. He defends current liquor trade laws, cites economic distress and poverty, and questions government intrusion into adult choices citing Winston Churchill’s observations in the U.S. and a broader rights-based stance.
A Crookes from Katamatite writes in defense of temperance and Wesley against Mr Owens. He blasts Sutton’s Handbooks and Liquor Trades Defence Union while demanding answers about Owens’s stance on Wesley and the liquor traffic. He urges readers to study reformist texts and questions Owens on abolition and reform history.
A list of Misses with varied outfits from Finley and nearby towns, detailing colors and fabrics such as green net white net heather crepe mauve georgette blue taffeta pink matalasse white georgette coral blue and other materials. The lineup includes M iss Donaldson Barty Rudd Ford Bald win Lawford Gillespie O'Brien and more in a formal event setting.
A brief exhortation argues against waiting for demand before advertising. It cites figures like Marconi Ford Bell and Edison as examples who pushed innovation and promotion regardless of immediate demand, urging immediate action to capitalize on opportunity.
The article shows rainfall averages for the wheat growing period May to October and for the overall growing period 1888 1937. It lists monthly values across Feb through October with numerous numerical figures and notes.
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