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Newspaper

Numurkah Leader

Location

Numurkah, Victoria, Australia

Date

Dec 12, 1933

Page

4

Christmas in Numurkah Vauxhall Caravan opens Saturday shops

After agitation permission granted for Nu murkah storekeepers to stay open on Saturday December 23 to handle Christmas Eve trade. Arrangements include earlier closing December 20, 12 noon and night hours December 23, with holidays December 25 26. Town to be lit with electric lights along Melville street and a Christmas program planned for visitors.

Numurkah R. Kilpatrick M.L.C Bourchier G. Tuckett Melville Street

What Is It Competition and Vauxhall Bedford Caravan Visit

A town-wide What Is It competition invites entrants to spot foreign articles in shop windows with no entry fee and prizes for top lists. The report covers the Vauxhall Bedford caravan tour in Numurkah showing new Light Six and Senior Six models, plus detailed notes on design, comfort, and performance of the Vauxhall engine and cars.

General Motors Dealers Kilpatrick, McLellan & Co. Pty. Ltd Victoria Vauxhall Luton England

The Ghost Train thrills in Australia stage to screen move

Mechanics praise The Ghost Train as a spine tingling mystery talkie now on film. Jack Hulbert leads a stellar cast with Cicely Courtneidge as passengers stranded at a haunted wayside station on the anniversary of a deadly train disaster. The camera’s scope heightens fear and suspense.

Australia Jack Hulbert Sunshine Susie Cicely Courtneidge

Prize unclaimed from Christmas week awaits ticket 97

Prize from last Christmas week remains unclaimed for holder of ticket number 97. Call at the office to receive the gift before December 23. If not claimed, it will be awarded as a special prize in the What is It competition.

Electricity Grid completes network across Britain

A 70-foot steel tower at Ford ingbridge on the New Forest fringe marks the final hookup to heavy transmission lines finishing Britain's Grid Scheme. The system, costing £27,000,000, spans about 4000 miles of lines and covers England, Wales, and Scotland. The Fordingbridge tower is the last of 26,265 towers, most 70 to 80 feet tall and weighing about 6900 lb, with river crossings using taller, heavier structures. the Thames-Dagenham links rise to 487 feet and 290 tons, among the largest of their kind. The national grid is divided into nine main areas, totaling roughly 2500 miles in each.

Fordingbridge New Forest England Wales Scotland Grear Britain Thames Dagenham

Council debates rate arrears and fire regulations

A Tungamah shire council meeting reviewed public works correspondence on auditing arrears, bank loan interest reductions, forest act amendments, and farm labor scheme cuts. Proposals included extending unpaid rates deadline, bush-fire guidelines, road repairs, and a rate levy for sanitary services across the shire.

Public Works Department Commonwealth Savings Bank Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia Municipal Association Legislative Council Legislative Assembly Numurkah Shepparton Wangaratta Foreste George Neale Cobram Cobram Park Sheppartonshire Boundary Road Department of Lands D. Parish Yarroweyah A. E. Babington Tocumwal Daly Invergordon Broken Creek Dunbalbalane Tomlinson St. James Tharanbegga Numurkah - Tungamah - Wilby Youanmite Katamatite Yabba South State School Reserve

Australia in Economic Battle and British Unity Call

The article argues Japan's industrial capacity and wage levels threaten Britain and Australia, urging economic unity within the British Empire. It cites rising Japanese production, imperial labor strains, and the need for commercial recovery measures, road works, and local infrastructure tenders to bolster resilience.

Japan Hepan Faye Cerh

Church Notices Presbyterian and Methodist Schedule

Presbyterian and Methodist notices list services and pastors for Numurkaht Waai a Rev Shvidt Tehatlain Me Huile and Numurkah with times at 7.30 and 11.00. Rev Taylor Rev Sunderland Rev Thompson lead Wanghau Kaarimba Bunbartha Youan mite Lam bulbalane and Youarang congregations with guest pastors and local names such as Fowler Hunkin Duillew Vale and Mr Wili.

Presbyterian Numurkaht Waai A Shvidt Methodist Numurkah Fowler Wasi Baulkamaugh Taylor Wanghau W .J. Hunkin Marungs Ina W Sunderland Kaarimba 'i Wiliseose Bunbartha ‘i Duillew Youarang Katamatite Youanmite Thompson Lambulbalane Vale

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