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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1929
Page
3
The Leader invites readers in Australasia to submit district notices and social items. Proprietors request paragraphs on any district functions not yet known, aiming to continue representing the important local community with updates and local interest noted.
The firm claims superior printing quality and prices comparable to Melbourne or country printers. It urges local businesses to obtain quotations and samples before sending work elsewhere, arguing for home trade and reciprocity.
Large attendance for the Thursday opening of a new Strathmerton West school led by Colonel Bourchier. Dignitaries included Dr R. C. Gordon and Drs Meiklejohn, MacKenzie, Thornton, Hooper. The facility features modern lighting, ventilation, water access, lockers, and protected lunch storage. The event included a sports program, afternoon tea, and speeches emphasizing education, local support, and vocational training.
A plain statement of facta claims to interest all sufferers from nerves and neuritis with reference to a peculiar cure or remedy. The text hints at a dated or coded medical claim and invites reader attention to its alleged effects.
A political critique argues Labor’s rural representatives are overshadowed by city-led factions led by the Kavanaghs and Reeves of I.W.U. fame. It faults Theodore and others for foolish statements, questions about railway policy, and ignores water, sewerage, electrical, and railway needs of country towns under the Bruce-Page government.
Victorian Railways Commissioners offer an all lines fortnight ticket at 8 pounds 8 shillings first class and 4 pounds 12 shillings second class allowing unlimited travel within the state from any station to any station. Timetable changes also announced for Sydney Inter-State Express, Goulburn Valley, and North Eastern district, with faster main line services and earlier departures from Echuca Numurkah and Shepparton, plus through carriages on the Goulburn Valley line. A publication titled Peeding the Child for Health issued by the Commissioners promotes diet guidance for children to aid primary industries.
The entry records multiple church services across districts including Cobram Katumatite Naring Yarroweyth Baulkamaugh and Wungu neighboring towns. Names of reverends Patterson Ranwell Townsend Strath a Caldwell Fowler Moore Stroud and others appear with service times 11 and 7 or 3 pm. Several denominations noted including Presbyterian Methodist and Church of England with specific localities mentioned. Voters referenced in Marungi line.
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