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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 22, 1941
Page
2
Consumer ad lists Best Quality potatoes extra special 17th SR flour brown soap coatings and many items with two for prices. Items include mixed peel two for 1 9, oatmeal two for 14, bacon Australian salmon canary seed coffee cocoa and jam. Space limited. ads run at 6d per line with minimum charge and no free paragraphs.
The Numurkah Blind Auxiliary holds its annual meeting at Town Hall on Friday next the 25th at 3 pm for officer election and general business. Mrs Shaw serves as secretary. Also notices include Baulkamaugh Methodist Church anniversary on Sunday August 3 with services 9 am and 7:30 pm and a concert on Wednesday. Hazel King offers dance classes at Wonghau Hall Saturdays 1 pm to 5 pm. St Mary's Annual Ball at Nathalia Public Hall on Tuesday July 29 with double tickets 6/ agents 4/ and ladies 2/.
After fourteen days from publication an application will be made to the Supreme Court of Victoria Probate Jurisdiction for probate of the last will and testament dated 8 April 1937 of James Hughes late of Katamatite Victoria Saddler deceased. Executors named in the will are Leslie George Hughes Kenneth James Hughes and Saddler. Dated 21 July 1941. Morrison and Teare Numurkah solicitors for the applicants at National Mutual Buildings 495 Collins Street Melbourne.
The Shire of Numurkah reports an impoundment at Numurkah pound by H. Sloley a three year old draught pony gelding with a white star white coat shod mane and tail roughly cut recent.
Dates of camp for the 20 Light Horse Rest have been amended. Instead of 2 August it will be held in Bath from 20 August to 6 November. Adjutant W F Comans, Lieut Adjutant, 20th Light Horse Rest.
Gladys Mynzell married Edward Sutcliffe in a quiet ceremony at Moynee Ponds Methodist Church on July date. A loving memory notice recalls for wife and mother who died July 21, 1928, from her husband and children.
The Numurkah Leader recounts pride in aiding postwar reconstruction efforts and notes it supported urgent planning for soldiers rehabilitation after the war. It lists Shire Council retirements and potential re-election bids, including Pinnock Hooper McDowell and Garonne. Local reports cover rainfall, hospital auxiliary help, and town film listings and events.
A vintage advertisement extols a cough remedy claiming four essential points: quick cure safety economy and pleasant taste. Heenzo Cough Remedy allegedly scores 100 percent with concentrated formula priced at 2/1 per bottle to make a pint when diluted. sold by multiple stores or chemists.
Residents gathered for a town water planning session to discuss future supply and infrastructure. Officials announced potential projects, funding options, and timelines while inviting public input at the hall.
Fragmentary notice lists names and phrases such as Mane Mustinofas Diehl Pine Artin maple and Bill Austliney. Readers see scattered references to people and locations with unclear dates or events awaiting clarification in this degraded clipping.
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