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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1933
Page
4
Weekly stocktaking sale offers cash specials on felts velvets berets softies and toques plus wool sur vests air wool vests and mercerised lisle hose. Curtain nets remnant lengths men’s clothing and coats boots and shoes featured with substantial price reductions and limited stock noted.
A wartime profiteer cornered essential supplies, forcing customers to accept magnified prices. Restrictions of war enabled the seller to dictate terms, harming those seeking basic necessities. The piece condemns the profiteer as the most reprehensible figure amid shortages.
The piece urges readers to trust lines guaranteed by manufacturers or distributors and to compare quality, price, and finish. It urges careful note of advertisements in The Numurkah Leader, declaring these lines deserve first preference due to the reputations behind them.
Num Urges Commission to finish the Dunbulbalane channels to Broken Creek. Brig Bourchier receives a letter from Mr R Horsfield noting an Employment Council grant application to fund the Dunbulbalane to Broken Creek works. If approved, construction would begin immediately and secure Numurkah’s permanent water supply.
A farewell social was tendered Mr and Mrs J Stodart on Tuesday evening prior to their departure for Port Fairy where Mr Stodart will head the Bank of Australasia branch. Large attendance, with J Hughes J P presiding. Program presented by Mesdames Field Mills Miss Timothy Messrs Hanson Bradstreet and Hughes.
The Namurkah executive met on Thursday with Mr A McPherson in the chair. Members approved sub committee actions, accepted an invitation to a social at Katunga, and planned distributing copies of The Leader to former residents. The decorating committee sought 45 pounds but may spend 37, and 750 boomerang badges to honour Mr and Mrs Stodart. The meeting praised Stodart for bank and public service help, planned displays, and discussed supporting the Agricultural Society and Melbourne committee attendance. The executive lamented Stodart’s departure and sought ways to preserve local civic ties.
Numurkah edged Muckatah in a congested second round clash seen as ideal weather but poor spectacle. Key moments saw McKendrick injured, Staggard and Kennedy among scorers, with Numurkah pulling ahead late to finish 7.8 to 4.6 as Daly, Bowden, and McBride led the goal tally for Numurkah while Rees, O'Brien, and Kennedy found for Muckatah.
A fragmented anecdote celebrates a woman shedding weight with a drastic change over six months. The narrator notes initial fears among other women about weight, contrasting with the subject who weighed 12 stone 6 pounds and reduced it significantly to around 10 stone, claiming notable progress and future updates.
Tah, O'Brien, Jack Parnell and Kennedy lead for Muckatah with Bourkes G and T, Daly, Crozier and Crozier as standouts while Thornton Tyres Paterson show in and out. Kennedy O'Dwyer McKendrick Rudd Rourke Staggard also figure for Muckatah in a rough court clash.
Parents should teach thrift as life training. The School Bank, begun 20+ years ago, now serves 170,839 scholars in Vietoria with £263,786 in credit. Accounts accept penny to five shillings deposits weekly, with pass books and teacher-recorded balances.
Fragmentary poem-like notice warns of red rain from the west as a sign of forthcoming troubles. It urges timely aid and mentions Woods' Great Pepper mint Cure as a remedy, with emphasis on wisdom and action.
An excerpt from Life magazine's July 15 issue discusses winter cold care. An eminent physician argues against overeating during a fever, recommending a light reducing diet to build resistance. The Life article titled The Breeze On Season covers broader features in the current issue.
A worn paragraph from the Alexandra Sundays discusses friction between Nurmarkah traders and the Alexandra railway line over shop closures on Christmas Eve. It claims repeated warnings were ignored, leads to penalties, and references a broader dispute about department and labor protection amid trading acts and local authority responses.
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