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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 03, 1935
Page
3
A local controversy in The Leader concerns a near disaster on the Murray River with a boat in distress. Witnesses recount cautious maneuvers and a close escape while officials discuss rescue efforts and risk. The report notes a successful life saving act and raises questions about safety and response procedures.
A local gathering near Shepparton discussed upgrading the Goulburn Valley Highway from Seymour to Tor Street. Attendees, including shire officers and board members, urged faster progress and possible parliamentary action to secure national highway status.
The men's handicap singles concluded with A Mehrens defeating A Morris 6 1 and 6 6. Women's handicap final set Mines Ball against G Greig, with several 9 games scores in the rounds. multiple matches list players including Greig, West, Alleeson, Hall, Gleeson, Morrison, and Lynne in various rounds.
The Old Students and Methodists concluded tennis events with mixed results. Final scores include Krous and McBride defeating Hyde and Hankin 6-4, and Hyde and Hank defeating Staggard pairs. women's results feature Miss M Gunn winning the handicapped event and Miss M Sunderland as runner-up, with R O'Brien defeating R Buxolich in the men’s final. A hurry-scurry event was won by M Keats and K Kite ey over L Marshall and TL ick.
Numurkah Old Students visited Cobram on Saturday and, after an enjoyable game, lost by 15 runs. Cobram batted first for 124 with McKenzie Scott Brentall Wyitt as top scorers. Brooks 8/21 bowled well. Numurkah’s Bourke top-scored with 33. Watson led bowling for Cobram with 4/28. Next matches set with Nathalia at Numurkah and more district games during the break.
Mesars J McNamara Co and partners announce a December 6 stock sale at Henley and Fairman Nathalia yards featuring about 500 sheep and 50 cattle with fresh lines. A separate December 13 sale offers a W B residence and two building blocks in Numurkah Queen Street, under Trustees Executors and Agency Co administration.
Public notices describe the sale of greeting telegrams by telegraph and post offices for Christmas and New Year. The practice includes forwarding messages with the word event before the address and charging the sender, with details on fees and application.
Younghusband Ltd reports a catalog of 4200 bales with keen competition and practically full clearance at auction. Prices favored sellers versus the previous sale, with strong demand from Japan and local mills for wools and lambs. Top greasy wool reached 23d for AM/Homelands clip from Gippsland. Arrabury/Pastoral/Q clip from Queensland brought 201d. Next sale set for December 9 at Geelong Wool Auctions. Geelong brokers note weekly greasy wool average of 17.09d per lb.
Auction notices from Numurkah detail sale of W.B. residence building block and furniture, land lots, and various stock and poultry offerings. Executors in estate of late W J Bolt and Miss Croutsch provide terms, with Kilpatrick McLellan and Co handling real estate and Campbell Co handling stock. Auctions include sale at Numurkah Shire Hall and property on Queen Street with payment plans and conditions noted.
Fragmentary OCR lists many names and places such as Melbourne Shepparton Ballarat and Bankers by Lew Virbade Amidst garbled dates and times a Melbourne to Shepparton trail is referenced with early morning arrival and road or service details drifted by misreads The item resembles a chaotic transport or sale notice with missing context and illegible segments.
A world survey by the Imperial Economic Committee analyzes mutton and lamb production and trade within the British Empire and abroad. It notes the UK as the main market, absorbing over 96 percent of 1934’s surplus, with New Zealand and Australia supplying most. Sheep numbers and output rose through the 1920s and early 1930s, peak years 1932–33, then declined slightly. domestic consumption rose, but per production share it trended downward.
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