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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 24, 1929
Page
3
A damaged notice from The Leader describes B Jaffray advising reading about tubercular knee treatment and a testimonial of recovery after multiple doctors failed. The fragment mentions Golden Gully and dates 1916 1918 and references a Chinese Doctor and Hospital.
Posted free to any address in Australasia or delivered. The Leader invites paragraphs on any district functions that might occur, especially social items. Proprietors seek to continue representing the important district and welcome знowledge of events.
A Melbourne area agronomy lecture highlights soil texture control via early June ploughing and careful cultivation to hold moisture for a year. Records from Rutherglen and other Goulburn Valley farms show 5 inch ploughing often yields more, while late or dry work reduces texture benefits and boosts disease risk.
Advertisers attack a three year contract pool proposed by the Victorian Wheatgrowers Corporation. They cite past failures to regulate prices and a global wheat slump, claiming open market returns are higher and current prospects poor. The newly formed Victorian Wheatgrowers Association opposes the contract pool, deeming it inappropriate for wheatgrowers interests.
Torn by faction wars the Federal Labor party fights to survive as leaders propose a unity plan. The plan envisions merging rival groups including the A.W.U. A.L.P. and ACTU factions into one single Labor party, while tensions over arbitration powers and federal versus state control intensify. The piece notes past splits and parliamentary hesitance amid a looming reconstruction conference led by Mr Scullin.
Church of England listings show service times at Numurkah Katunga Cobram Strathmerton and Cobram with H C Evensong Festal Evensong and Matins led by Rev W Ches terfield. Presbyterian services at Numurkah Drumanure Cobram with Rev Pattergon and Rev Sharpe. Methodist posts include Numurkah Waaia Naring Cobram Strathmerton Bunbartha Wanghnu and Youarang with Rev Stroud and Mr Fowler. Additional notices at Congupna Dunbulbalane Katamatite Youarang and Youjarang with Rev Hales Delarue Vale.
A Belgian church committee refused £15 3s 10d payment until itemized. The artist listed ten repairs to plaster work and statues including correcting the Ten Commandments, embellishing Pontius Pilate, a new rooster tail, re-plumbing Guardian angels, renewing heaven and moon robes, Tobias’s son, David and Goliath, and Noah’s shirt decor.
Olds engineers, banking on feedback from women, dealers, and experts, tested against rivals at GM proving grounds. The 1929 Oldsmobile adds vertical radiator shutters, pressure lubrication for piston pins, revised valve and carburetor design, higher compression engine, and richer interiors with four hydraulic shock absorbers.
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