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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 24, 1933
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Melville, a bridge on Pyteemun, and names like Joe Willaretawn Andrew Aired and Marty rural. The text lacks coherent events, dates, or locations, but hints at a social or oblique local scene around a damaged bridge and nearby individuals.
The Cobram and Nathalia Irrigation League met at Strathmerton on Wednesday to obtain approval of the Murray Valley scheme. Rain in thunderstorms totals 82 points over recent days. Wheat deliveries rise at the local station with over 90 000 bags, much stored due to low prices. Cobram cricket drew with Katamatite. Cobram made 200 plus. Katamatite 14. A well attended RC Hall dance occurred midweek. Cobram Mechanics Committee runs silent pictures on Saturdays and talks on Wednesdays with satisfactory reception.
The Numurkah district reports unusually high wheat yields overall with rainfall near average. Early breaks and heavy soils affected yields in some areas while fertilizers such as superphosphate raised per acre outputs. Tables list yields by town and notes optimum fertilizer rates and limited use of lime and gypsum.
The formal opening of the new Melville street bridge in Numurkah was led by Gr Dudley, shire president, on a dull Saturday afternoon with low attendance. Attendees included Dr A Meiklejohn and H A Lee who praised municipal progress, cautioned over debt, and urged improvements like a watercourse and better roads while noting irrigation plans and a need to balance budgets before expansion.
In the southern division Wanghay leads with 14 points, Numurkah 10, Katunga 9, Nar ing and Wasia 6 each, with two games left. In the northern division Barooga undefeated on 27, Cobram 20, Ka tamatite 11, Strathmerton B 10, Strathmerton A 8, Cobram East pending. one round remains. Numurkah were bowled out for 36 after Katunga posted 84. P Heal 21 and P Prentice 26 not out provided the only double figures for Katunga, while Dickson took 8/28 for Katanga and Paterson 3/14 helped Numurkah collapse.
Wanghou won toss and batted to 116 with D Quinn scoring 34 among several with double figures. Naring’s bowlers Graham and Fahey led a collapse to 40 all out. Saxton 3/13 best for Naring. Naring then bowled to 56 in second innings with T Saxton 15 and W Saxton 13 top scorers. bowling shared, Fahey and Graham taking key wickets.
Hiss Watters, daughter of Cz or peer, cut the ribbon as serosa the bridge. Dr Dodley declared the bridge open for traffic. He hoped the new structure would be free of untoward incidents, noting no accidents on the old bridge.
Inter state buyers attend a land and livestock auction series across Numurkah Nathalia Cobram Strathmerton and Namurkah with special sales of 5000 sheep 320 acres near Nathalia and 640 acres leasehold near Nathalia plus a withdrawn Mrs Hanlon premises sale and horse sale. Includes Dodge Bros and Graham Bros motor trucks and various insurance and shipping line mentions.
Local vendors yard lines of stock including 1109 Abred and Cun ewes, 1000 crossbred and comeback shorn lambs, 100 fat sheep and lambs, and 320 bred ewes among others. Early shorn and joined in December with BL. further entries expected.
Fragmentary OCR lists several sale notices and farm auctions with locations such as Invergoidun and Tatura Suk Sali. Phrases mention stock sales, shop auctions, and a timetable around late January to February with potential bidders and partners, but details are garbled.
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