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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1936
Page
3
The town of Numurkah recorded the heaviest rainfall in memory Thursday afternoon, flooding streets and gutters. Water flooded Melville street while nearby homes feared structural damage, with rainfall totals showing 139 on Wednesday and 139 or Thursday across several sites.
The day features a 5000 sheep sale by McNamara & Co in Cobram yards with John McNamara & Pry Ltd. hosting a 5000 sheep entry and 20 feet of mixed cattle. Kilpatrick McLellan & Co. Pty, aided by Lascelles Ltd, organize a large 5000 sheep sale with 4000 local entries. Katamatite plans a 3000 sheep and 100 cattle sale on Thursday. Special openings attract graziers seeking strong demand.
High class properties to be offered on January 20 at Medhatties Hall Cobram under National Trustees Co. listings include 626 acres on the Katamatite Cobram road with two lots and 377 acres near Cobram with a dwelling and improvements. inspection by appointment. Also stock sale reports from Numurkah and Melbourne exchanges with brisk competition and detailed sheep lamb prices and yarded totals.
A collage of vivid excerpts from early twentieth century fiction and essays. The selection traces fear and irony through moments of danger moral conflict and social observation featuring works by Marjorie Binnie Naomi Jacob D. H. Landells Carroll John Daly W. C. Buckley Mona Messer and others.
Auction listing for Numurkah Cobram Nathalia and Cobram East sales by J McNamara Co and Campbell Co. includes sheep pig and poultry sales, stock auctions, freehold property sales near Katamatite Cobram East and estates late Patrick Parnell Mary Hanrahan and William Caldwell with notes on motor cars tracts and farm implements.
A long description of Lot 2 near Cobram Katamatite detailing soil types red loam and grey box timber, 186 acres under fallow, fence quality, dam and well, and buildings including a weatherboard dwelling. The property combines wheat cultivation with fat lamb production, good for dairying and grazing, with potential for cultivation and citrus due to soil. Auctioneers offer inspections by appointment.
Numurkah listings show multiple sales including sheep and cattle auctions, stock sale specials, pig sales, furniture sale, and unreserved furniture sale. Listings mention Dennys Lascelles Ltd as agents with J McNamara & Co and New Dean L tk Sale among organizers. Details cover February events and local trust money lending agents.
The excerpt urges businesses to advertise to reach customers and boost sales. It extolls advert ising as the quickest, most efficient path to growth, urging readers to shop where they are invited and to seek facts from "The ender."
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