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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1932
Page
2
The Nu murkah committee conducted a dance at the spa hospital on Wednesday night. Local attendees enjoyed a social gathering with music and refreshments in the hospital facilities.
Multiple small ads for livestock sale and transportation, rental offices, and work notices in Numurkah. W L aid chick orders offered. early table. Offices to let at Leader Buildings, Melville Street. Vacant Sept 1. Suit solicitor. Shearing services prepared by J Tyres or H Doody with new plant. Pigs truck departure for Mathieson Davis on Tuesday 16. Ploughman wanted. Local trades promote cost savings and local economic support.
Notice states a meeting of all interested in the Draught Worse Class at Numurkah Show will be held in the Shire Hall next Friday at 3.30. The advertisement mentions a euchre party and an accident fund event with prizes valued at £2 10s and a lucky table prize. Admission 2 shillings.
Notice announces the 26 August 1932 election for Centisl Eastern Western and Moira Ridings to fill retirements of Hooper Pinnock McDowell and Garonne. Nominations close 15 August 1932 at Numurkah Council Office via Deputy A Stringer. Returning officers named: Harry Dudley Alexander Meiklejohn Geo Tucckett James Ross.
A Numurkah Shire Council member announces intent to seek re election for the Eastern Riding. Notices oppose drainage schemes in Shepparton Katandra and Tallygaroopna with a meeting set at Robertson's gate. A Naring Methodist Guild event features talks on hobbies and a concert planned with proceeds for Parsonage and School funds. Elections close August 15. Cr Hooper and Cr Pinnock retire with expected outcomes in Central and Eastern Ridings.
Drs Garonne McDowell Hoouper and Pinnick announce plans to stand again despite a troubled council era. Garonne thanks peers and press. McDonell hints unlikely to seek nomination. Hoouper vows to run. Pinnick hopes to finish term amid calls for rate payment relief. Notices list local events at Numurkah Mechanics Hall and Katamatite football charity event.
The Editor laments vandalism in the district as lawns are uprooted and shrubs ripped from hedges. A stranger intruded the school grounds over the weekend, tearing branches from ornamental plants and carrying off shrubs, raising outrage at damage to public property and its effect on children.
Mr P Deane is named to succeed Dr Hooper as district representative on the Mooroopna Hospital Board of Management. He took his seat for the first time at the annual meeting of subservers on Wednesday, amid greetings from friends. The piece also notes local obituaries and council decisions including talks on the presidency, social events, and community figures. Mr Herbert George Wilson, longtime Cobram grocery department head for Brown Corke and Co, died last week. He served in the Great War and was active in the football club and Cobram Orchestra. The report mentions various local items from Numurkah and Tocumwal, plus a 74-year-old farmer death in Bunbarthis/S perishes.
A charity football match between Murray League and Ka andra Association at Satamatite on Saturday aims to raise funds for Doodoopna Hospital. A new team is chosen, with E M Kilgour as secretary coordinating events including afternoon tea, a euchre party, a dance, and a sheep weight guessing stall.
Auction bulletin notes heavy cattle and lamb offerings at McNamara & Co fourteenth annual sale near Newmarket. Around 150 head of cattle and numerous sheep expected, with high demand for prime mounts and dairy stock. Prices and specific consignments highlighted, with multiple parcel lots advancing buyers from nearby towns.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions Saturday events and positions in a list form. The garbled text renders proper names and places inaccessible, leaving only scattered phrases about a schedule and unspecified personnel or roles. No clear events or outcomes are discernible.
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