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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1944
Page
1
Annual event at Nuomurkah H E School featured speeches and performances by students across grades one to eight. VIP attendees included local officials and educators, with prize citations and an elaborate display of student art and achievement.
Several readers plan to stay home this Christmas and use the time to garden. Advice covers Dahlias between May and New Year, shading and mulching for establishment, planting Gladiola in autumn, staggered gladioli planting, Delphinium care, staking spikes, maintenance of permanent borders, English and Trallan Lavenders, tall flowers protection from wind, use of strings or twig props, potato pruning, and general bed planning.
F. C. Matthews & Son tinsmiths and plumbers advertise as agents for Southern Cross windmills to be erected or repaired anywhere in the district. Hot water services expertly installed and sewerage installations a specialty. All classes of tinsmithing and plumbing offered. Telephone Numurkah 76.
Article No. 69 surveys Numurkah District origins with notes on settlement patterns, local figures, and geographic features. It outlines early farming, town development, and community growth through the region's earliest era.
The article recalls J Crockett who led the school through 1908 and praised his geology and agricultural teaching. It notes J B Brinton’s 1908–1912 tenure, his later roles, and the many pupil teachers who advanced locally. It covers W H Bullied, R H Cook, and other staff, plus Mrs Wall and Miss Woodhouse, detailing long service, transfers, and the 1920 farewell. It also mentions a wax of public appreciation with officials present.
An advertisement lists IXL and TRIUMPH stoves in solid cast starting at £6 18s 6d, steel wheelbarrows from 25s 6d, Fowler preserving products with thermometers and jars in sizes 20, 31, and 36 with lids and red rubber rings, plus accessories and AGEE Utility Jars. Also promotes tin wash-up dishes and glass mixing bowls in various sizes.
An advertisement lists woven cotton and plain cotton men pajamas all sizes with 17 to 18 November dates and 15 coupons. It promotes boys and men khaki shorts in sizes 22 to 32 inches with light or dark khaki, dated 6 November to 10 June with 4 coupons. Men khaki shirts offered with sizes S to M and 5 coupons, plus boys options at 10/6 with 6 coupons.
Suitably offered in our grocery department line up includes Gil. pet Dessert half packet and Crown lids. Flavors include Lemon Vanilla Orange Pepper Cochineal Ri mini Kerry Strawberry Almond Green.
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