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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 22, 1944
Page
3
A garbled OCR excerpt references the Murray Valley Irrigation League and plans to supply water to Picola within eighteen months. The text mentions the Tecoma area, local leaders, and project timing, but contains many nonsensical phrases and missing details.
Resnokison and others pressed for an experimental irrigation farm in a central spot to benefit a wide area. The President called for active service youth to participate, while supporters urged government backing, suitable land, and rapid setup to advance the Murray Valley irrigation scheme and broader regional development.
Local notices list upcoming auctions and sales across Numurkah Nathalia Cobram and Numurkah area villages. Entries note after hours listings loans trust money lenders and Valuations plus local stock and tractor sales scheduled by firms including J Mc Namara Co Kilpatrick McLellan Co and Young husband Limited with dates in August September and August 24–31 ranges.
An old advertisement fragment lists stock and station agents and branches in Numurkah. It mentions after hours phone lines and trusts, stock sales, and local agencies including Dennys Lascelles Ballarat Victoria Insurance Co Ballarat Trestease Execute Agency Co Bunge Australia Ply Ltd and Insurance Co of New Zealand. It references wheat notices trucks and Cooper's Sheep Dip as products or services.
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