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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1941
Page
2
The advert lists a wide range of gifts for men women and children including lingerie, handkerchiefs and ties, undergarments, shirts, hosiery, gloves, handbags and linen, plus a grocery and toy section. It highlights early shopping urgency and suggests linen towels and table linen as thoughtful gifts.
Rate of Insertion 6d per line. Ads include seed, gin, rams, wagon, house to let, milk, oats, gifts, chemist, Christmas goods. Trade names include Belar seed cats Temora seed farm, H. H. Jewell Invergordon, A. R. Watters Waughau, W. H. Hodge Inver Gordan, Kilpatrick McLellan & Co, Louis Harmon F.P.S., J. N. A. Greig, Henshall, Hamnon, Treacys Numurkah, J. Eddy Numurkah, Pocknee tailor Kilpatrick’s Buildings. Various offers with delivery, contact numbers, and sale deadlines.
The Leader will not publish on Tuesday December 30 during the Christmas holiday. The final 1941 issue appears Tuesday December 23, with the first 1942 edition scheduled for Tuesday January 6 by Morris Bros.
After fourteen days from publication an application will be made to the Supreme Court of Victoria Probate Jurisdiction for Probate of the last will and testament dated 11 September 1937 of Marwood Rundle late of Wusin Laborer deceased. The executor named is a Ford? Dated 9 December 1941.
The Numurkan sewing Club schedules a weekly Pairs Tournament with a 1 shilling entry per player. Draw at 8 pm. Also noted is St George's Sunday School prize distribution on Sunday December 14 at 2 pm featuring singing by children and a collection. Vernon H. Williams, Rector. The Nomurkah Branch CWA will hold a monthly meeting in Town Hall Supper Room on Friday December 12 at 2:30 pm featuring a five-member one-act play and a gooseberry jam competition.
The Shire of Tungamah invites applications at Shire Hall Tungamah until 12 noon on Saturday December 13 for the Power Grader Driver role. Salary at award rates. Applicants to submit copies only of testimonials with their application. F E Bartlett Shire Secretary.
Shire of Numurkah urges residents to contribute toward replacing H.M.A.S Sydney. Donors may leave at Shire Hall Numurkah or Nathalia Herald. Subscriptions should be handed in by Christmas. J. S. Mackenzie J.P. Shire President.
The Numurkah Leader lists a subscription price of 10 shillings per year for delivery by post or direct mail.
Petrol tickets unavailable after Saturday November 15 until January 6. Nu murkah Agricultural Society crops judged with E C Watters first 96 points. McLean Bros second 95. W H Hodge third 94. Christmas mails urged to be posted early. new postage rates apply from tomorrow. Bowls tournaments and town notices follow. Skeleton weed warns farmers to clean fields. Leader publishing arrangements for year end and 1942 start. Christmas greetings to soldiers approved by Shire Council. Secondhand wheat bags deduction 2d per bag required. new storage rules at Williamstown. Rain and hail hit districts. harvest delayed due to labor shortage. First openea silo opened at Tallygaroopna. other silos nearing readiness. War notes include evidence on democracy and liberty.
Four hundred delegates from Riverina and Murray Valley districts are expected to attend a New Year conference called by Corowa Shire. The chief topic will be postwar reconstruction, with a report by shire secretary R L Campbell on measures to reemploy ex servicemen and munitions workers.
The Lord Mayor urges a public meeting at the Town Hall to discuss a 500 000 subscription target by December 3 for subscribing donors. Dr Mos and Hanlon back the motion to replace Sydney amid association hopes. Donations may be left at the Town Hall and local editor Haralds notes coverage in the Numurkah Leader.
A jumble of church notices names numerous congregations in Numurkah Nathalia Cobram and surrounding districts. It lists service times for Baptist Methodist Presbyterian and Anglican churches with locations such as Katamatite Youanmi and Nathalia along with special remarks on sale dates and cattle terms.
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Community notices list December 10 town hall events and screenings including "Air Bit of Heaven" and "Doud Ali bi." A December 10 pairs tournament on Nimi in Bowling Green is noted, followed by a December 12 monthly meeting of Nimuhah CWA. December 18 town hall showings include "South of Pago Pago" and "Sky Murder." A prize distribution is planned for St George's Burcay wheel, Nu wert, on December 14.
Messy OCR notes describe a Friday meeting by a group labeled CWA, with a 1MOR1 December 14 date for a prize jam event and an annual prime distribution planned at the Church of England Sunday school at 2 pm. Several words are garbled. key entities include CWA, Church of England, and a jam competition.
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