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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1942
Page
4
A war roll lists district young men who have enlisted for service abroad. The incomplete roster names many individuals across services including Navy, Air Force, and staff roles, with notes of their ranks and units. The article emphasizes parents, relatives, and friends seeking updates on those serving.
A Rushworth native born 1859 recounts frontier days in Numurkah and Ulupna. He details land selection in 1877, floods and droughts, forging a farm, road work, a perilous well incident, and founding Numurkah’s first gun club with 15 neighbors, becoming captain and boosting hare shooting prize events.
Elizebeth Cooke reflects on early irrigation efforts from Katanga to Corowa and the Murray River agreement, noting decades of delay before district gains. She recalls service on the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria council, cross-border farming life, and public concern for land matters, with local notes on caulifield and Numurkah.
The article explains planting roses from bare roots in any season, preferring bush roses unless height is needed. Standards require tall stocks up to three feet, with careful pruning, root trimming, and soil tamping. Avoid direct contact with roots when using fresh manure and tie standards to stakes.
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