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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1923
Page
1
Money trusts and other boneys advertised as always available across country lands, with large and small sums offered at low interest rates for term of years.
The Royal Stores advertise value in house furnishings with Chesterfield Diningroom suites from £16 10s and 3 piece drawingroom suites from £17 10s, oak and blackwood bedroom sets from £18 10s, oak sideboards from £9, beadsteads from £5, various tables, chairs, and carpet options, plus hardware, steel goods, and a grocery department. A letter to the editor from W F Maher, secretary, urges Numurkah residents to donate to hospital canvass funds for extensive additions and a drainage scheme, noting the financial year ends June 30.
A Berrigan public meeting discussed a rail proposal linking Tocumwal with Yarrawonga and Finley Warmalley districts. Speakers urged a new line to connect Echuca and the Goulburn Valley, arguing it would boost NSW coal deliveries and open up country towns, with Victoria expected to gain traffic. An executive committee and memorial to the Railway Minister were set up.
An advertisement touts Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as the right kidney remedy for backache, citing a testimonial by W Stratton of Medecine Street Numurkah. The seller Foster McClellan Co offers 9/9 per bottle with mail order from Sydney and urges buyers to insist on Doan's.
The Farmers' Arms Hotel, run by Mrs D. FE. Trainor, promotes a statewide reputation as a popular flat hotel with extensive fish offerings. The advert highlights seafood such as ling, sardines, herring, cod and oysters, and notes sugar sold in abundance at 28 shillings per bag net cash.
A fragment describes a home cough mixture claimed to treat colds bronchitis asthma whooping cough and sore throats. It references adding Heenzo to sweetened water with label directions and notes price and perceived value, praising its supposed effectiveness and noting limited availability. It presents a period voice of a shop or advertisement from a historical era.
Numurkah A W Thomson Junr advertises his small goods and wedding and birthday cake making service offering custom orders and home delivery in the local area.
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