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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1929
Page
2
A note on the shop’s offerings highlights costumes sports suits coats and related garments as a fashionable feature of the business. The piece emphasizes style quality and the range of apparel available for customers.
A dense catalog of notices and ads from Numurkah including an Old-Time Dance at Yarroweyah Hall on Tuesday August 27 to aid a hospital, with admission details for gents and ladies. Also listings for auctions, housing and land loans at 6 percent, various sales on goods from hosiery to golf sticks, and notices about euchre parties, theatre and orchestras, lost livestock, and local business services in Brown Corke Co and partner firms. Proceeds to hospital, with multiple events and sales across the community.
Katandra District Football Association holds its final match at Katamatite on Saturday August 24. Local clubs vie for the title as officials announce the schedule and expected turnout.
Wednesday August 28 1929 Gervasoni’s Orchestra. Tickets seven sixpence. The ball has recently been enlarged and made more comfortable. Mrs Jones Jos Kennedy Hon Secs.
Impounded at Numurtcah by M Seymour two steer calves are unclaimed and branded off shoulder. If not claimed and expenses paid they will be sold Friday September 6. J Trewin Poundkeeper.
A brief wedding notice appears for Mrs C Wood and a partner, noting details of a ceremony and contact information. The fragmentary text references a telephone contact 93 and scarce names.
State organiser for the W C T U Miss Williams will deliver addresses at the Presbyterian Church Numurkah Sunday next at 11 a.m. and at Methodist Church Naring Sunday next at 3 a.m. and at Numurkah Methodist Church Sunday next at 7 p.m. Wanghau Methodist Church Monday next August 26 at 8 p.m. Bearn Methodist Church Wednesday next August 28 at 8 p.m.
Miss Margaret Smith A L C M and gold medallist visits Numurkah every Thursday. Interviews with intending pupils are possible at the Presbyterian Hall from 12.00 to 4.30 each Thursday afternoon.
The Numurkah Leader lists a subscription rate of ten shillings per year for posting or delivery service across the town. The issue is dated Wednesday August 21, 1929.
Under the Justices Act the jurisdiction of several petty sessions courts in civil cases has been extended with Namorkah listed for return days September 25 October 23 November 20 and December 18 at 10 am. A local RSA meeting urged government municipal and private firms to prefer returned soldiers, and asked the shire council to reaffirm loyalty to the preference principle amid ongoing unemployment among veterans. The report also references weather and flood concerns, weed outbreaks like skeleton weed in NSW Riverina, India brides aged 13 14 and grooms 15, and various remarks on politics and local matters.
The Cin ’tiational Club heard Director of Land Settlement Melver discuss Victoria's progress in four development stages. He noted roads and electricity aid country growth, irrigation as long term security, and the rising landowner base from 80,000 with postwar settlement. He cited rising cultivated area, sheep numbers, wool yield, and rateable property values as indicators of ongoing expansion.
Parents warned against using certain cough medicines claiming unsafe ingredients. The notice emphasizes that HEENZO contains no poisons and is marketed as a safe option. The language urges caution and directs guardians to choose reliable remedies for children.
An oblique, fragmentary account recalls Mr Barritt a long resident connected with Shepparton public life and NSW Greek or Greek-like ceremonial ties. The text notes his years of public service, election to a presidency, and a long period of land tenure, along with his later grief and local commemoration.
A local rifle shooting event notes a near miss by Shepparton and lists Numurkah B grade lineup for Saturday's match. Caldwell Hasert Ginter Weller Johnston Jeraham Harley Brown Lineias Yarwood will represent Numurkah, with a trophy donated by Myst Brown Corke & Co for the top scorer.
An Australian experiment at Trangie Farm tests drought rations for sheep fed hay and roughage. Forty percent of the weight gain occurred during the first fortnight, with trials noting a minimum ration could sustain flocks under feed constraints.
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