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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1944
Page
1
Red Cross urges volunteers to resume drives but faces a shortage of bags for collecting bottles and paper. The appeal requests donations of bags to restart waste collection efforts and support ongoing relief work.
The Numurkah Chamber of Commerce discussed sustaining activity after low attendances, agreeing to push for a local high school and to explore recruiting efforts and improved goods handling at Spencer station. Members urged continued work with fewer but faithful participants and considered appealing to Shire Council and public bodies for support.
The Numurkah Water Trust visits Numurkah as the independent Towns Water Supply Committee surveys country towns to assess needs for improved water services. It will share costs with residents, seek local input through the Water Trust, and target towns with unsatisfactory supplies while planning for 1965 population needs and postwar work.
Residents argue that sending printing orders outside the district drains town money. They claim money earned locally funds rates and services, while Melbourne firms contribute nothing locally, harming the town’s economy and customers who spend locally.
Brown Coree & Co Pty Ltd Numurrah advertises reduced prices and new yarn shades for knitting, listing Patons wools from 9d to 1/6 per skein plus coupons. It promotes Patons Azalea Bluebell Totem and baby wools, men’s and boys’ knitwear, and a hardware section with cement, solvents, and mops. The window display shows knitted garments for men and boys.
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