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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1928
Page
4
The Numurrah Agricultural and Horticultural Show lists school and home craft classes with cash prizes for drawings maps needlework and essays. It details entries for grades 4 to 8 and a special education section, with rules on entry submission timing judges and transport.
Water Commissioner Horsfield outlines possible Hume water delivery from Yarrawonga to Cobram Picola area. District leagues press for quicker action and affordable, compact irrigation schemes with surveys, cost estimates, and potential landholder rights while NSW cooperation remains uncertain.
At a district meeting the council confirmed a site for the weir at Yornwongbern and approved its design. Mr Horsfield, who urged pushing irrigation interests, noted the plan before catching the Melbourne-bound train.
The Cobram Nathalia District Irrigation League was reformed with officers named including President A McCormack Cobram and secretary A J Wadeson Cobram. A £3 3s affiliation fee was set, and delegates from several centers were urged to form irrigation leagues as Ka Tunga Strathmerten and Numarket had not attend.
At a meeting the mayor complains that the advertisement for engineer applicants will be sent to heaven in hopes of finding an angel. He warns the town may never recruit an engineer suited to the position. Local officials discuss staffing needs and public notices.
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