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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1929
Page
2
Community ads list agricultural concert at Numurkah Mechanics’ Hall and multiple dances and dances at Nathalia and Wangaratta districts. Beehive fair, church anniversaries, raffles, and social events recur with times and venues. Items include sales ads, hiring notices, eggs for setting, and theatre or minstrel entertainments backed by local clubs and firms.
The Numurkah Police Court recorded a £5 1/8 verdict with costs against James Walsh. Local groups report on the Sporting Club carnival, welcome Mr Banner’s honorarium, and announce the next annual meeting. Frosts and fogs en route harvest concern locals while juvenile dance festival and infant welfare attendances feature in community notes.
A Leader editor receives a letter from a local client praising published loose leaf ledger accounts. The writer notes the price was 10 shillings cheaper than Melbourne and expresses pleasure at supporting trade in their own town.
An almost full turnout at the Numurkah A. and P. Society executive meeting discussed agenda items. Officers and committees reviewed drought relief, show spaces, show-day tent costs, and upcoming events, with plans to finalize arrangements and accept offers for grounds use and facilities.
By S Chapman a dapple grey pony gelding about Aa Ranta Ellew In back and ovine if not claimed and expenses will be sold August 16 1929 J TREWIN Poundkeeper
Shire of Numurkah Waterworks Trust invites tenders to take up an existing WI main and relay 64 chains of CI main in Pearce Street Nathalia. Inspections at Herald office August 7 to 9 and Numorksh on the following Saturday. Cash deposit 50 percent with each tender. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. A Stringer Trust Secretary.
Tenders returnable on or before Friday August 9 will be received for the erection of outhouses at the Numurkah Show Grounds. Specifications may be seen on tender lodgement at McPherson Cal lander and Co.
A local shop advertises a complete stock clearance of electrical and radio items along with sporting goods, Gramo phonographs, and records. A staged sale highlights all categories at reduced prices, inviting buyers to preview the inventory and take advantage of the bargain event.
A Friday farewell dance at Presbyterians Hall honored Mr and Mrs E Rowe and other retiring workers. H Lee praised their service to the ranch, gifts were presented including a travelling rug and pipes, and Auld Lang Syne closed the evening. Constable J H Grant began duty in Numurkah after transfer delays. Mr and Mrs T Ford returned from Bendigo to TalIygaroopna to say farewell. The Ford family received a handsome eight day clock and stainless cutlery. the VC P gifted Mrs Ford a stainless table set.
The Forum prints a reader letter criticizing the Numurkah Progress Association for proposing removal of the horse trough in front of the post office. The writer argues the trough provides shelter for night-howlers and a receptacle for sputum and cigarette butts, and urges replacing it near the police station while noting the old trough is an outdated convenience in the era of motor cars. The letter defends the trough as part of local history and laments its removal, urging action to allow the street to shed this encumbrance quickly.
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