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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 03, 1929
Page
3
The article presents long term averages for a 41 year span, noting 16.54 inches as the overall average and 10.01 inches for the growing period. It references totals around 1804 inches and discusses wheat growing months including October and November, highlighting yearly variations in rainfall.
Numurkah tops the G V F A table after six rounds with four wins and two draws. Cobram is fourth, Nathalia two points behind, Muckatah has one win, and Tallygaroopna yet to win. Barwick’s umpiring drew protests at Numurkah Nathalia with a severe collision of actions. Final score Numurkah 9.8 Nathalia 7.9 with Lease scoring three goals for Numurkah and McKenna two for Nathalia.
Numurkah defeated Nathalia 9.8 to 7.9 while Strathmerton beat Cobram 12.8 to 6.18. Wungha edged Tallygaroopna 13.8 to 1.2 with Mucataha having a bye.
Numurkah versus Cobram and Tallygaroopna against Muckatah headline a rural league program with Nathalia facing Strathmerton while Wunghnu has a bye, outlining four scheduled games and one rest slot.
In a regional match Kandra District’s Numurkah Imperials demolished Ka Tamatire by 11.12 to 1.7, while Yabba edged Drumanure 8.11 to 8.7. Ka Tandra had a bye.
Numurkah hosted Nathalia in a rough contest blamed on umpire Barwick. The home side dominated after an early Nathalia flourish, with key plays by K Crozier Tyres Lease and Tuttle. Scorers included Lease and Sloley, while Lowe, Grinter, and Eddy added goals as Numurkah surged ahead before halftime.
Local clubs announce fixtures for the coming Saturday with matches including Drumanure versus Katamatite, Katan dra facing the Imperials, and Yabba a bye. Positions of clubs listed.
In Katamatite on Saturday the Imperials won 11.12 to 1.7 after a tight first quarter. Scorers for the Imperials included Sloley four and Paterson two while Katamatite’s lone goal came from M O Dwyer. Best for the Imperials were Carnie Flack Scott Tyres Greig Sloley and Paterson. Fisher O Dwyer Kilgour Sheppard were top for Katamatite with Honan umpiring.
Western Australia expands wheat farming east of the Darling Ranges with yields rising from 20,000,000 to 36,000,000 bushels between 1925 and 1928, aiming for 45,000,000 to 50,000,000 in the centenary year. Pastoral expansion adds over a million sheep, with the wool clip near 61,000,000 lb, while railways and water schemes fuel large-scale development and land demand remains high. The centenary drive positions WA as a land of opportunity attracting global interest and government-backed expansion schemes.
The Federal Labor leader Mr Scullin plans a tour of the northern coalfields this week. The Labor Daily hints the visit is not to solve miners troubles but to align political and industrial wings within the Labor movement, signaling strategic moves rather than immediate relief.
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