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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1940
Page
1
The message extols advertisements as color and comfort providers for food shelter and clothes. It argues ads offer improvements for pleasure and efficiency, promising safer, value true goods. Read The Leader ads for economy and the best today and tomorrow.
A Numurkah Court case shows a farmer paying £58 6s for eight felled trees from a forest reserve, highlighting long standing tensions over logging permits. The Numurkah Shire Council laments past lack of enforcement and vows renewed Forestry Department cooperation to curb illicit timber felling while urging better scrutiny of permit issuance. The piece also notes a local press column praising open criticism and signaling closer cooperation between the council and the Chamber for town welfare.
Farmers urged to control skeleton weed before it spreads like in New South Wales. The noxious plant, leafless in appearance but highly seed bearing, can ruin land for cultivation and grazing. It is being monitored and prosecutions may follow careless landholders. The Lands Office at the Court House lists the plant, with Mr Marshall offering guidance to farmers who seek help.
After decades of delay local irrigation ambitions receive a fresh £40,000 addition as officials awaken to the project. The Yarra Wonga weir, begun years ago, laid groundwork but progress lagged amid scepticism. With £60,000 and later £50,000 allocations, the latest £40,000 suggests renewed commitment, signaling crucial gains for channels and culverts.
Consternation follows notice that a Leaving class may be formed at Numurlah HLE school. Ten scholars have enrolled though seven were needed, with parents ready to keep children for Leaving standards. The district serves Cobram to Wangaratta area, raising travel and boarding cost concerns. Parental and public body advocacy supported by local MPs seeks resolution.
Mr Hogan announced at Speech Night that staff changes continue at Numurkah H E school with nine sloyd masters in four years. The potential transfer of Mr McLean draws concern as new equipment was added last year and again this year to enable broader pupil work.
Letters from Jack Martin, overseas, describe camp life and agricultural conditions. He notes farming methods rival those at home, compares prices, and observes cigarette, beer costs and food prices higher in Namurkah than in Melbourne and Victoria.
Victorian communities mobilize toward National Fitness under the National Fitness Council led by Dr A G Scholes. Warrnambool Swan Hill and Melbourne area locals form committees, promote teacher and church involvement, fund programs, and support soldiers families while medical inspections and x ray facilities appear in city schemes.
Fragmentary OCR notes hint at a discussion of suffrage or eligible voters across England and Australia. It suggests a call for men to pull their weight in an electoral context, though specifics are unclear. The text references England and Australasian regions in a political frame.
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