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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 13, 1945
Page
2
L A Martin district manager oversees auction and clearing sales in Shepparton district for State Assurance Company Limited. National Trustees Executors and Agency tracks secured for Newmarket prompt settlements.
A meeting of the Wunghnu branch of the UCP will be held in the Wunghnu Hall on Saturday night next August 18 at 8. Important business. All members urged to attend. The service will be held on the day appointed by the government for celebrations at 11 am. W. L. Moss Shira President.
News notes set times for services and celebrations after Japan surrenders. Australia to broadcast cessation of hostilities by 7 o clock with services at 8. V D C schoolchildren and returned soldiers urged to parade at the War Memorial at 12 30 followed by a combined schools picnic and comic football match.
In loving memory of Ann who passed away on August 16 1944. Our flowers fade but our love remains steadfast. From her mother, brothers and her two little daughters Marge and Janice. Also memory from sister Doreen, Reg and nephews. Sheltered in the beautiful somewhere waiting for the day we meet again. Sheltered from sorrow and pain. Dear pal waiting till then. Cliff and Colin in Shepparton.
A dense cluster of Numurkah columns lists farm gear and services. Woolpacks and various seeds appear alongside fencing and repairs offered by J McNamara Co and Gerald Heard. Local harnesses, lamps, radios, and a Massey Harris machine headline a practical ad page for rural buyers and tradesmen.
A candidate declares intent to re run for council saying term as representative expired and pledges to spend money fairly. He seeks support to continue policy and serve the Shire and the South West Riding.
Shire of Tungamah posts election details for four councillors with nomination day August 14 1945 and election day August 25 1945 for Central North-West South-West and Southern Ridings. Also lists appointment of deputy to receive notices and state rivers offers closing August 22 1945 plus machine and farm equipment advertised for sale by Hutchinson's Finley Milling & Agency Co. Pty ltd.
Officials announce re election of F PINNOCK and W HOOPER as representatives. Notice lists as duly nominated for Councillor ROBERT GRAY BARTON and ALEXANDER McDONELL in the Eastern and Central Ridings respectively.
A praise and thanksgiving service will be held in Numurkah Town Hall at 11 a.m. for the cessation of hostilities. If news arrives by 7 p.m., a 4 p.m. service will follow that night. Strathmerton will celebrate the day after the official announcement with parades and a school picnic.
Local elections and council contests are listed for Numurkah and Tungamah Shire with names of candidates retiring and opposing. The Numurkah Agricultural Society reports a productive meeting, fund-raising ball success, and plans for a show with cattle pens pig pens and new booths. An irrigation farm project in the Murray Valley is endorsed, and a working bee is scheduled.
Sir readers complain through the Personal Column about poor roads despite high shire rates. They cite mud, delays, and lack of labor as reasons for dilapidated upkeep, noting repeated appeals to representatives with no results and claiming little has changed in decades.
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