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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1925
Page
2
A local seller advertises a wide range of new shirt patterns and hats with emphasis on safety and design. The notice invites customers to inspect offerings from various makers and to mention the shop for a possible purchase.
Incoherent OCR fragment mentions salt and Xylonite ware with quantities 1/6 and 4/3 and 2/3 in tin. Names and clear facts are absent. readable material is fragmented and lacks a cohesive event or person.
A dense listing of local ads includes bottling peaches, farm equipment, engine and disc plates from Coxon's Foundry, Ele phant cultivator discs, and cheap vehicle parts from Tyres & Bon. Domestic items are offered, plus chaffcutting services, a Katanga district courier, bedding, tobacco, razors, and tools. Lost parcels, pets, and a Kathmatite motor coach schedule appear among events in Numurkah, Nathalia, and surrounding districts.
The Shire of Numurkah invites tenders for road works in the Central Riding including gravel and boxing on NX and other works. Tender documents may be inspected at Nathalia and Numurkah Shire Hall with a 3 percent cash deposit required. Tenders close Monday at 3 pm. lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Fragmented obituary fragments mourn deceased family members with dates in 1918 1921 1997 and lines of remembered kinship from a sorrowful speaker. The text shows personal memorial lines and phrases like deeply regretted and loving memory across multiple relatives.
On 4 January James Allan eldest son of James and Emily and beloved brother of Dorrie Gertie Andy Robbie Marion Edna Lloyd Elvie Freddie Reitta Lorna and Mavis died accidentally by drowning. A voice we loved is still a place is vacant in our hearts. He said goodbye before we knew he had gone. None spoke of him but in praise and love as we recall his cherished days.
Community notes report on the Smith family appeal aiding Meg Smith facing destitution and health issues after railway delays. Updates cover race meeting profits, a fall injury to electrician Bert McPherson, school expansion talks for Numurkah High and elementary, and calls to push Public Works to add classrooms. Also mentions stinkwort spread in parish areas and a machinery agency advertisement in Les Bolt Co. catalog.
Mr A H Draper well known hotel keeper and sportsman of Nathalia drowned while attempting to save another in difficulty at a creek. The tragedy follows a heavy rainfall that worsened road conditions on the Yallygaroopna to Wunxhu road, creating water holes and deep ruts. Local editorials urge road reform, while bread price debates touch on wheat farmers and consumer costs.
In a busy Numurkah scene the Victorian and junior golf champion J H Pauw attended a social gathering with Miss Edith Bedwell. The event featured welcoming speeches, cordial toasts, and notices of future celebrations at the local school festival and theatre retention events.
The article notes a large stock sale at Nu Murkah next Thursday by J. McNama Go. It details 4800 sheep, 400 well bred cattle, and breeding ewes with big framed weaners. It mentions tennis events at Numurkah with local players advancing to finals and names several players in a gruelling day of competition.
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