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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 13, 1940
Page
3
The Numurkah Shire Council meets to discuss rural aid and wheat farmers’ cost of production, considers a circular across wheat regions for a payable price, votes on road closings near Lee’s property, and reviews dam, light, and sustenance matters while planning meetings and tenders for road works and water works.
Service schedule lists Numurkah eight am with H C, seven pm, Tallygaroopna West at ten am with B C, Wanghu at eleven thirty am with H C, PresbyTerian Numurkeh at eleven and seven, Wasia sign shows Rev Johnson.
Numurkah Water Trust held a session with directors including Chairman Mackenzie and members Pinnock Prentice Bacon Hooper Gordon Moss Myers Garonne O Hanlon Lancaster McDonell. Auditors noted receipts fell £60 short despite higher rates. costs varied by district with elevated pumping and new works.
At the close of yesterday's meeting the Shire Council bid farewell to Drs O'Hanlon Lancaster Mackenzie and Gordon retiring members. Nomination hour expired with no challenges and all four were re elected unopposed. Councillors praised officers and the Press for reporting council meetings. The President noted their unopposed re election.
Tomorrow night two films screen. Henry Goes Arizon features thrills of the range with kidnapping a wild chase and plotter capture filmed on location in a Western town built for the picture starring Frank Morgan and Virginia Weidler with a strong supporting cast. The second feature, She's Got Everything, stars Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern in a light comedy romance.
The Shire Council received a Melbourne Methodist Social Service letter condemning Sunday sports to fundraise. Debate followed on organized Sunday sport with several councillors opposing and others arguing for individual choice. amendment failed 7-4, main motion passed.
A council record shows contrasting views on a point raised during a Tungamamah/Tungamah meeting. Dr Chapman notes opinion differs and says no council action is needed until the shire leads the matter, suggesting the shire should proceed cautiously.
At the recent Shepparton Council session the body voted to support a protest regarding Sunday sport. Dr Formby argued sports hurt church attendances while Dr Hosie warned the war talk inflated sport. Dr H Dudley supported the motion and the president praised the lack of sports in the shire as creditable. the motion passed unanimously.
The advertisement directs males aged 20 to 24 in Australia to report for medical examination and enrolment under the 1940 compulsory service proclamation. Exemptions include those already enlisted, with 70 days training, or living outside specified towns. Report at Numurkah Drill Hall on August 22, 1940, with schedule by surname. Penalties include up to £50 fine or six months in prison.
The fortnightly Nu markth committee notes £75 gross receipts since the last meeting and £41 in disbursements. July woollen goods costing £35 were dispatched to the War Service Fund. A waste collection drive aims to convert waste into value and aid refugees via the Red Cross.
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