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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1921
Page
2
A Methodist Ladies College report highlights staff achievements including ten university graduates and a Melbourne lecturer in mental and moral philosophy. The article notes Rav. Wheeler and Mead of Souter in the honors list.
A fragmentary notice advertises a book titled Forty Years at the MLO, with descriptions of domestic training ideals, university preparation, business courses, social culture, and moral duties. The catalog mentions Moses Kilchen and Laniitey for Domestic Arty Department, swimming baths, tennis, and requests applications for the attractive grounds and buildings.
A brief notebook note lists gift ideas for Christmas with a focus on practical presents and seasonal items. The fragment hints at travel themes and weather considerations influencing shopping choices.
The Leader announces publication arrangements for participation in Xia with a note for subscribers advertisers and respondents. The first issue of the new year will be Wednesday January 4. Morris Dros Proprietors The Leader.
Friends are respectfully invited to follow the remains of Mrs R Prideaux to Murkah Cemetery. The cortege will leave her late residence Knox Street this day Wednesday at 1 20 pm. Alex Duns, Undertaker.
Incoherent OCR fragment notes a term start date February 15 1922 with references to people and places and unclear auction or sale details. Mentions include a singer's agent and various garbled names and addresses, lacking coherent event description or outcome.
A local music event titled A Feast of Music features the He Shepparton Model Band performing at Meptunies Hall. The programme includes a firstelites Creal lineup and invites attendees to support the Numurkah community event on Wednesday evening.
A State wide appeal to all Victorian Presbyterians urged attendance at a Sunday service on the 1st. Invitation extended to members and honorary members with arrangements for those unable to attend to send donations. The gathering at Widener and twin ere buildings aims to support church relief and funding through Presbyterian appeals led by local organizers including W. Bennet and others.
A long awaited Nenurkeh town band benefit plans a concert at Mechanics Hall in October. Dr Campbell will speak on child welfare and local officials thanked attendees for their support as fund raising for the Returned Soldiers’ Association proceeds. Special program items include children’s turns and new instrumental pieces, with tickets on sale soon.
A Saturday program features The Inside of the Cup adapted from Winston Churchill's novel amid other features. The lineup includes The Rookie's Return with Douglas McJean and Nurse May, plus Dabbling in Art, and a Mount magazine short. A holiday series of extra pictures is promised for Katamatite's season.
Attractive goods at bar gain prices from Myers Bendigo with a representative visiting Numurkat on Thursday and Friday December 5 and 6. A show window at Plancke's opposite the Shamrock Hotel will display many star bargains including indigo twill at 25/6 yard, ladies night dresses stockings and shirts, bath towels, and a range of new season coats and costumes.
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs Prideaux aged 54 in Namurkah and Patrick Naughton aged 40 of Yarroweyah Cobram hospital, with funeral details and expressions of sympathy. The Cobram Cemetery service was led by the Ven Arch Prient McCarthy as mourners gathered.
A Maller storekeeper proposed a bulk building project paying high wages while demanding workers buy all materials from his shop. He kept a separate tally of such sales and announced profits after evaluating builder purchases, claiming favorable pricing.
A burglary at the Rumurkan police station area involved a lone thief entering through a broken window on Meeweatown side. The intruder rifled desks, fled before officers arrived, and investigators seek witnesses as the chase widens with a suspect named Claud De Vere sought in a related series of incidents.
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