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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1929
Page
6
Weekly Letter outlines citizenship ideals and reforms from private enterprise to civic education. It advocates local industrial commissions, education for patriotism, stronger participation of women, simpler taxation, and phased citizenship milestones with national celebrations. The message urges broader civic service and healthier living.
There is hope for peace when women join the industrial cure movement and stabilize social fabric. Mrs Walsh advocates showing workers better lives and opportunity for their children through organized labor and fair shares of productivity, while employers provide cheerful conditions. The Women's Guild is an early plant with September inauguration, aiming to promote industry peace alongside men.
A compact critique asserts that wars begin in higher spheres such as jealousy selfishness and pride before manifesting on the physical plane. The author links global tensions including China and Russia to tariff wars and warns that despite talk of ending war underlying conflicts persist, ensuring violence remains possible.
Church notices list services at Cobram and Numurkah with Reverend Patterson and other local clergy. The text confirms conduct of morning and evening gatherings, with mentions of nearby towns England Katamatite Geeathewerton and a wrestling or hall event phrasing.
Sir William Vene credited advertising as a major money maker noting £324,000 spent on ads last year with 80 percent in daily and weekly papers. He urged press-first strategy and cited Samson’s two-column success at a luncheon, calling advertising a prophet with honor when well used.
Numurkah patrons are invited to inspect Patchells new store offering fresh groceries and ironmongery. The shop promises courteous attention with a stock of the latest labor-saving appliances and welcomes trials. Also promoting agents for Golden Fleece Benzit Summit Power Kerosene and Central Fire Insurance.
Mrs L Hyde has taken over the Victoria Hotel at Katunga and aims to attract broad public patronage. The traveling public will be catered to with a special focus on the dining room as a feature of the establishment.
Mr Madgwick of Sydney University argues that lasting industrial peace requires organized capital and organized labor sharing risks and profits. He cites American example of Nash Clothing in Cincinnati where worker involvement improved planning and profits, and urges full financial transparency to reduce distrust and hasten reform.
A political column notes that capitalists and the leisured class feel relief when their party wins while workers sigh when their interests falter or the country sinks into greater muddle. It questions governance by class and favors a change beyond class lines.
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