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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 11, 1923
Page
1
Trust and other financial terms appear in a rough classified style from Melbourne. The fragment references term of years and market rates with low clarity. It mentions MeEvoy 400 and large and small bux, suggesting a land or loan advertisement context without coherent details.
The Royal Stores at Aumurkak advertise good value with affordable goods and weekly specials aimed at attracting local shoppers.
Advertising copy lists 7 piece dining room suites from £16 10s, 3 piece drawing room sets from £17 40s, easy dining room sets from £3 10s, 5ft oak or blackwood bedroom suites from £18 10s, sideboards from £9, beadstead options, tables, cane chairs, couches from £37 6s, brass squares, and various home goods. Mentions hard and soft woods, joinery, steel goods, groceries, crockery, and curtains.
A. RB Jaffray NUMUNEAR and WW Thomson Junr advertise baked goods and birthday cakes made to order. The listing promotes bread, small goods, and custom cake services offered by the two firms in a period newspaper style.
The Nomurkah Hotel House provides lodging for the needy and traveling public with airy bedrooms a clean well ventilated dining room and convenient yard for guests and locals alike.
In a late night gathering at Mechanics Hall Numurkah a branch of the Country Towns people’s League was formed with F G Sleep in the chair and LD James as organiser. The meeting outlined aims for a united rural party to curb city drift, promote local industries, and secure fair parliamentary representation. Officers were elected and pledges made to push policy and candidate selection through Bendigo talks next March while noting potential Oaklands railway implications.
The Murka Store advertises Box 3 stock including Glenvalley Robur and Union Teas in various cannister sizes and agencies for Fresh Kept Fruit noted as the housewife’s friend. It promotes cheap raspberry jam from Fresh Kept Fruit with a monthly terms plan and a call for trial.
The Farmers Arms Hotel announces Mrs D E Trainor as proprietor. Readers are invited to write or call for particulars regarding accommodations and services offered.
Testimonial from Maud Fadersen of Golden Gully Bendigo praising Ack Hing herbal treatment after seven months bed rest and a failed leg plaster. She credits Dr. Ack Hing with restoring leg function and curing her tuberculosis condition, recommending it to others.
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