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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 30, 1934
Page
2
A brief catalog listing men’s summer wear including striped self colour pyjamas with contrasting collar and cuffs in all sizes priced from 10/6. Silk pyjamas in wide stripes priced 13/6. Brace and garter sets at 528, 4/6 and 5/6. Men’s half hose priced 2/6 to 4/6. Silk tennis shirts offered from all sizes.
An assortment of men's wear highlights ties with dates 2/6 3/6 and 4/6 plus coats shirts with semi-stilt collars and twin tab collars in blue and brown. Linen handkerchiefs priced at 2/6. The ad promotes a large variety of striped patterns and materials.
Rate of insertion at sixpence per line with a minimum charge of two pence. Paragraphs will not be supplied for advertisements appearing in this column. For motives under this heading a charge of four pence is made. Advertisements inserted here.
Entries close Thursday January 25 for Mackatah Races featuring Novice Handicap, Pony Race, Mackatah Handicap, Handicap, Trot, Flying Handicap. Luncheon by District Ladies offered at the Course. Secretary Jos. Kennedy Pine Grove Cobram P.O. Box 40 Phone: 136 or 945.
The Shire of Numurkah invites bids for Contract No 422P/143 forming grading trimming and gravelling north of town. Bids close at 12 noon Saturday February 10 at Shire Hall Numurkah and by 2 p.m. or the following Monday at Public Hall Nathalia.
On February 14 Brown Corke and Co store at Wanghou was entered with goods valued about £16 stolen. William Reeve later admitted taking £30 worth of tobacco, sold in Yarrawonga district, and was committed for trial at Shepparton General Sessions on February 13. He also faces charges of store breaking at Mooroopna and Koyngs.
In a tense pennant competition, Numurkah Blues edged Whites 55 to 54 after a tight finish. Blues trengrove, bitzen, and mcpherson posted strong turns while whites led early on and guenther and morris fought hard.
Nathalia bowlers traveled to Wunghnu on a hot night to claim a 16 point win in Eddy Cup competition. The scorecard lists Brutus seller, Preyer, Ritch, Seenoster, T Hunt, Ball, Carter, Hant, F Hunt, Merry, Graham, Larks, Smith, G Gillespie, O Gillespie.
The issue lists several sales: Mesre Kilpatrick HeLeflan & Co Pty Ltd hold a Friday stock sheep sale with strong demand and forward consignments. Messrs Campbell & Co auction land with executors. a furniture sale at Kilpatrick McLellan Co’s yards next Tuesday. a clearing sale at Berrygan for S Baxter and W M Walker as partners dissolve. Numurkah horse sale organized with Campbell and Son. a Numurkah stock sale reporting high demand and prices. and Purrumbest East lambs achieving strong averages.
The Shire of Numurkah Waterworks Trust calls tenders for painting the water tower tanks at Numurkah and Nathalia in 1984. Tenderers must deposit 5 percent with a minimum of £1, with the lowest bid not necessarily accepted.
Poole, Cohen and Coxon items note recovery from illness and a scheduled Melbourne operation. Katamatite reports a large Mechanics Hall gathering for Ada Mills amid wedding plans. Ulupna resident Mrs Eliza Tyack dies aged in her nineties, burial at Cheltenham. District pioneer Mr Daniel Kennedy dies at 72. family mourns a kindly neighbor and former selector of Muckatah. Cobram burial planned for this afternoon.
Memorial notices honor Corporal John William Jackson M M killed in action in France January 27 1917 and Betty Darcy who passed January 27 1932 Their bereaved family letters express enduring remembrance and longing for the loved ones lost.
Notices list upcoming happenings across Numurkah and nearby areas from January through March. Skating in open-air venues, m ock races and cinema at Numurkah Talkies, skating at Star op en-air Palais, a Wanghau Mechanics annual meeting, Yalea Harvest Home Picnic, Waain and Baulkamaugh South events with tea, concert, and races noted.
Thieves broke in between 11 on Saturday and 10:30 on Sunday at Mr George Bitcon's Commercial Stores by forcing a Yale lock. They seized tobacco, cigarettes, paper, underwear, stockings, boots, and silk worth between £80 and £90, plus likely over £100 in cash from a nearly empty till and failed to access the safes.
Fragmented OCR text from a district news item includes scattered names and places such as Wobcam Hut and Seamonk On Branday with multiple garbled lines. The readable segments mention Warden Aven and various surnames, but no coherent event, date, or outcome can be determined.
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