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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 11, 1947
Page
2
Amusements meetings and ads list livestock sales bids and services. Notices include hospital auxiliary meetings RS L and W C T U events. Collects ads for poultry stock building materials electrical goods and lost items with prices and contact details.
Notice sets the date for council elections in the Central Eastern Western and Moira Ridings on August 30 1947 to fill vacancies caused by retirement. Nominations must be delivered to the council office Numurkah between 10 am and 4 pm on August 18 1947 to Deputy John Kerr Dancocks. Returning officers listed for each riding.
RC Gordon announces he will again stand as a candidate for the Central Riding and Shire seat after terms at the council table. He expresses gratitude for past re-elections without opposition and pledges dedicated effort to local interests.
L A Hamon writes to ratepayers that his term is ending and he will stand again as a candidate. He pledges to promote forward moves benefiting the Town and District and to push these if re elected.
Tender notices addressed to the Secretary of the Board Carlton Exhibitions Building invite bids for supplying and delivering 5000 cubic yards of roadmaking sand along the Murray Valley Highway Section near Nathalia Nhmmurkah Shire. Tenders close 2:30 pm 1 August 1947. Plans and specifications at Numurkah Shire Office and CRB Benalla Divisional Office. Deposit required. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders addressed to the Officer In Charge Numurkah Soldier Settlement Commission invite bids for labor only to erect about 5 miles of fencing with all materials supplied. Droppers bored and most corner posts already up. Plans available in Numurkah and Cobram offices. Tenders close August 18, 1947. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Incomplete and garbled OCR text recounts a piano and organ tuning and repair service, mentions a business name Robinson & Son and a leader Albee, notes some unreadable specifications, and briefly alludes to a life event and a baby.
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