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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1940
Page
1
The passage promotes reading advertisements in The Leader to color daily life with better goods and comforts. It argues ads inform improvements, boost efficiency, reduce work, and help economize for better tomorrows. It emphasizes timely messages and intimate economy lessons through advertising.
Brigadier General Lloyd advocates Churchill inspired leadership for Australia and Britain during the current struggle. He cites a 1911 Churchill letter about war peril and the need for courage, sacrifice, and national service, urging Australians to look to the Mother Country for resolve and purpose.
The Tungamah Shire Council at its meeting condemned disloyal conduct by contractor staff aimed at hindering recruitment for overseas service. It ordered contractors to dismiss such employees and urged reinstatement for those who enlisted after the war, with a policy to guarantee re employment on return. Local officials reported incidents of abuse toward enlisted men and concerns over oaths of allegiance.
Garden Notes by J W Robinson surveys English RHS shows and offers amateur guidance. It introduces Abelia Schumannii, Acer Negundo varieties, Acmena Eugenia types, Cyenocarpa berries, Benthamia Fragifera the Himalayan strawberry, and silver birches for lawns. It mentions Walnuts and Wilson's Wonder, noting rapid bearing and large kernels.
A Numurkah welfare notice outlines sub committees and duties for the Welfare and Comforts Funds. It lists points for sporting events, patrolling and policing patriotic efforts, knitting and working bees, an Opportunity Shop, farewell events, balls and dances, parcel deliveries to front-line boys, special donations including jewellery and land, and plans for future sheep and wheat donations. The document emphasizes record keeping, advertisement approval, and ensuring proceeds benefit the fund. It also includes gardening notes about seedless Eureka lemons and citrus planting guidelines.
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