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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1941
Page
1
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At a Saturday public meeting about 60 attended to form the Murkah Patriotic Youth Movement with L Belt as President and Mona Kelly J Greig jun joint secretaries. The gathering, called by A G Daws, aimed to awaken fitness and coordinate local efforts through a National Fitness Committee linking Swan Hill Kerang and Numurkah groups to improve physical education health checks and community service.
Sidelights of the War urges Australians to support Britain by buying war savings certificates and stamps. It emphasizes London's frontline battle and the need for three million pounds weekly for war and defence, urging renewed Australian aid as safely as possible.
The Australian Defence Canteens Service appeals urgently for sage thyme and marjoram for troops overseas. Normal monthly minimums cannot be met as overseas supplies have ceased. Send sage promptly to Mrs Vasey 437 Collins Street Melbourne. gifts or purchases encouraged with incidental charges paid.
An American reporter’s message about Coventry during a fierce bombardment was censored, leading to an altered reference calling it a Midland town famous for its naked women. The garbled text includes stray phrases such as There will be no open season for wild duck this year and a stray line about The Chief Sawate from Att teen SO.
Garden Notes outlines January sowing for Teeland Poppies Cineraria Primula Malacoides and Brilliancy Ranunculus Anemones and other winter flowering choices. It covers sowing methods spacing watering mulching and garden tasks plus late season crop planning and soil preparation for robust vegetables and tomatoes with staking mulching and root vigor notes.
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