Rainfall Averages for District 1888 to 1928
The table shows an average district rainfall of 16.54 inches for 1888 to 1928. It also notes the wheat growing period May to October averaged 10.0 inches over the same years.
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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 04, 1929
Page
3
Wheat Pool adopts contract system for Victoria
The Victorian Wheatgrowers' Corporation Limited launches the contract system, requiring growers to sign to deliver their entire marketable surplus to the pool. Over 40 percent of Victoria’s wheat land signed, making contracts binding for the coming season. Growers without contracts must join via local agents or the head office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victorian Wheatgrowers’ Corporation Limited
Victorian Pool
Canada
Victoria
Corporation
H. W. Pickering
Pickering
Meddle and Muddle Big Tax Increases
A quoted Australian Country Ports weekly bulletin condemns the Labor administration for meddling with economic policy, scrapping training camps, and imposing new taxes. It cites boosts to income tax, beer and petrol duties, tobacco levies, and a 20 percent company tax, claiming an extra several million pounds in annual taxes and higher postal charges. It also criticizes the abandonment of a Wheat Stand policy and the Migration Agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Administration
Tariff Board
Commonwealth
Thendoret
Bruce-Page
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Prove Longtime Relief
Thousands suffer back ache and kidney complaints find only temporary relief but Doan's Backache Kidney Pills win fast results. Mr W Stratton of Madeline Street Numurkah reports twelve years of freedom from lumbago after eight bottles, keeping the remedy at home for minor ailments. Doan's are sold by chemists and storekeepers Foster-McGregor Co proprietary 15 Hamilton Street Sydney. Be sure you get DOAN'S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
W. Stratton
Madeline-street
Numurkah
Doan
Foster-McClellan Co
Hamilton Street
Sydney
Oranges Prevent Divorce Says Lime Curbs Nervousness
Dr George Welker, a dietician, told a Baltimore group of housewives that divorces could drop if people ate more lime. He argued lime shortage causes nervousness in women and irritability in men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citrus News
George Welker
Baltimore
U.S.A
Railways announce holiday cheap tickets and luggage service
The Railways Commissioners announce cheap return excursion tickets from December 3 to January 1 with return validity after December 25 to February 4. Special fares apply for travel on December 28 and December 2. A luggage collection and delivery system covers Melbourne Geelong Ballarat Bendigo and interstate routes. Guidance on bookings and tourist literature from the Government Tourist Bureau is provided. Australia’s highest railway bridge section describes a 64 mile double track from Broadmeadows to Albion with a towering Maribyrnong viaduct and a 180 foot rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Railways Commissioners
Railways Department
Melbourne
Geelong
Belmont
Ballarat
Bendigo
Victoria
Sydney
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Princesorta
Victorat
Victorian Railways
Trand
Trand Helday
Bureau
Victorian Railways Commissioners
Government Tourist Bureau
Queen's Walk
Government
Railways
Australia
Tottenham
Broadmeadows
Albion
Maribyrnong River
Lord Mayor hosts farewell for boys joining Australian farms
Sir J E Kynaston Studd leads about 100 boys departing for work on Australian farms amid a ceremony with eminent officials including the Lord Privy Seal Rt Hon J Thomas and other dignitaries. Speakers stress the need for skilled emigration, job opportunities, and not treating migration as a cure for unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limer
Salvation Army
Australia
London
J. E. Kynaston Studd
M.A
O.B.E
Australian
Lord Privy Seal
J. H. Thomas
M.P
H. Barwell
Western Australia
C. H. E. Manning
C. T. Galbraith
Vancouver
R. Eccles Snowden
Tasmania
Dean Inge
Inge
Lamb
Turner
Thomas
Canada
Church Notice Schedule Across Districts for Advent
Church of England services listed for Numurkah Katamatite Cobram and surrounding towns with times across morning and evening sessions. Presbyterian and Methodist notices include venue names Numurkah Naring Waaia Cobram Strathmerton Koonoomoo Wunghnu Kaarimba Baulkamaugh Marungi Bunbartha Katamatite and staff or lay leaders such as Rev Sharpe Rev Patterson Rev Fletcher Mr Jaffray Mr Moore and Rev Stroud with multiple 11 am and evening 3 pm or 7.30 pm slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Numurkah
A.m
H.C
Katamatite
Cobram
Presbyterian
Waaia
Sharpe
Fletcher
Strathmerton
J. Fowler
Baulkamaugh
W. Fowler
Koonoomoo
Jaffray
Wunghnu
Kaarimba
Moore
Marungi
Congupna W
Stroud
Bunbartha
Willgoose
Katamat
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