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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 21, 1941
Page
4
A caustic summer sale page lists millinery from eight pounds to lower prices, with ready to wear items and marked-down mantles, children’s frocks, corsets, blouses, linens, duchess sets, collars, handkerchiefs and ladies handbags. Prices show wide discounts, with Berlin corsets and various textiles on sale.
Limited stock on artificial silk gloves in multiple colors and fully fashioned hose in various weights. Children’s socklets and dress lengths discounted, plus men’s wear specials and act silk curtain nets cleared at reduced prices. Yard terms listed.
The article covers practical kitchen garden guidance on watering, tending, and maintaining plants. It stresses regular watering, moisture management, and timely attention to soil and roots, noting the busy month in the kitchen garden calendar and the benefits of spraying and careful care to prevent neglect and improve plant vitality.
The text advises on winter crop preparation including hoeing and irrigation, stressing regular watering and heavy manure for cauliflower, broccoli, and onions. It notes cabbage and lettuce should be transplanted when fit, and recommends rich soil, stable manure, superphosphate, thorough watering in dry periods, and nitrate dressings as plants advance. It lists sowing and planting of carrots, parsley, beet, beans, peas, spinach, and other vegetables, with care on watering and flowering.
A sequence of daily meditations and biblical quotes through Tuesday to Monday focusing on righteousness salvation citizenship in Heaven mortality judgment entry to the straight gate and the relation of heart to striving faith and deeds in a devotional style.
The Murray Valley District Irrigation League calls on the Government to grant £150,000 this year for extending the Murray Valley irrigation scheme with similar annual funding thereafter until completion. Delegates, led by President F Thornton, press for timely support amid opposition and staff retention concerns as the project progresses westward toward Barmah.
Town Hall presents This Man in Paris sequel This Man is News with supporting Hopalors Cassidy and Windy in Renegade Trail. Magnificent scenery fast action and Scotland Yard sleuths propel a thriller chase amid criminals and murder. Another big picture The Housekeeper's Daughter at Regent Melbourne with The Challenge as catch. Foundation Day program includes Honolulu and The Mystery of Mr Wong.
In Australia war savings certificates reduce the tax burden, said Assistant Federal Treasurer H L Anthony. He notes heavy wartime taxation to fund defence, with £3,000,000 weekly spending, and cites January sales of £17,000,000 toward a £25,000,000 target by June as a way to avoid higher taxes.
The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd reports its first appraisal after Christmas, listing 2544 bales with merino clips from Western Central Northern districts and a Siena Packelip from Victoria Valley selling up to 26d. Proceeds due February 7 and the next appraisal set for February 29. Merino lots include Sierra Park Wick Skipton Cavendish and many stations across Victoria and New South Wales.
Fragmentary OCR notes an oil sale led by a sole agent with references to a 75m figure and Viet Nam context. Ambiguity limits precise details but indicates a single agent handling an oil transaction or listing.
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