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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1928
Page
4
Stop and look both ways for Royal Stores on Melville Street at Sattes crossing. The store advertises full department stock including ironmongery, tools, timber, fencing, roofing, and paints. Building department offers plans and quotations from £500 upward with courteous treatment and fair pricing.
A B Jaffray Royal Stores and Morrissy and Deane solicitors list multiple Melbourne and regional addresses. Locations include Melville Street Numurkah Nathalia Dookie Shepparton end 440 Little Collins Street Yolbourne.
MR J KING of Lyttleton Terrace Bendigo informs Numurkah residents he will visit every four weeks on Fridays. Next visit date to be announced. Patients who failed other treatments should consult him at the Farmers Arms Inn. He claims to treat eye ear brain lung liver head blood kidneys bladder spleen cancer bronchitis and appendicitis.
Numurkah and Wunghau share the lead after a Saturday of early qualifying matches. Both teams hold one defeat as Nathalia and Cobram trail with two losses, followed by Strathmerton Muckatah and Tallygaroopna in the standings. Played Won Lost 6 6 1 6 5 1 6 4 2 6 2 6 1 5 6 0 6 Pt.
Numurkah 10.11 defeated Nathalia 8.13 while Wanghau 19.17 defeated Tallygaroopna 7.10. Cobram 13.19 defeated Strathmerton 2.5.
Cobram hosts Numurkah next Saturday while Muckatah battles Tallygaroopna and Strathmerton faces Natthalia. Wunghnu enjoys a bye as the schedule lists all district games for the round.
In fine weather, Numurkah and Nathalia played a highly watched game with Numurkah leading 6.2 to 0.4 at halftime and edging ahead then clinging to a close contest as Nathalia rallied. Key moments featured Williams, Cumming, O Beirne, Bates, and Hawker with multiple goals and singles, while crowd attendance was large and traffic heavy.
The Great Pacific Life Assurance Association Limited spends 62 to Aue S64 oot ieee AD Weel Bay 1.
Numurkah led by A Williams three goals and O Beirne two in a hard fought match, finishing 10.11 to 8.13. Best for Numurkah included Beirne Bacon Woods McKenna Sutcliffe Crozier and Gregory. For Nathalia: W Grinter Matthews Tuckett R Grinter Crane Bates Collins.
Cobram ram dominated after a tight first quarter, winning 13 19 to 2 5. Best for Cobram were Watson Russell Wyatt Smith Colliver Babidge Toohey with Wyatt kicking 8 goals and Sharpe Tuck Lallor also scoring. For Strathmerton, Lorenz Ryan Guthrie Reynoldson Muir (2) starred.
Positions of clubs reveal Dookie leading with four games, four wins and sixteen points. Drumanure and Yabba also posted solid records, Numurkah trails with two wins, while Katamatite and Ketandra struggle as the season progresses.
Numurkah Imperials triumphs with 12.10 to 4.9 over Katandra and 11.14 to 12.7 against Drumanure while Yabba defeats Katamatite 11.6 to 5.3 in another district clash.
Numurkah Imperials hosted Katandra and won 3 goals to 3.5 in a tight match. Katandra showed strong air work while Imperials used speed on the ground and steady finishing, with umpire Honan overseeing a lively contest marked by scoring bursts in each term.
Firman and G Crozier with D. Eddy Paterson and Close did strong work after halftime. Katandra were best served by Crighton, Maskell, Mage, Cummins, Turd, and Waldon.
Yabba took early wind advantage to lead 6.3 to 1.0 in the first quarter at Katamatite, then held on to win 11.6 to 5.3. Best players for Yabba included Shiels three goals with Ru theford Cornford Ford noted, while Katamatite had Mills Anderson Ballard Mc Kendrick Neal Collery among honorees.
In Saturday’s Western and Moira Association games Picola lost to v.6 by 6.16 while Moira defeated Yalea. Next Saturday’s fixtures feature Yalea against Cummeragunja Barmah hosting Moira and Picola having a bye.
The Nathalia club erected a neat box on the ground to house timekeepers and pressmen, improving comfort and uninterrupted adjudication of play. The paper praises the setup and urges other clubs to follow this example, though acknowledges it won't host the final.
The Railways department offers free screenings of tourist and industrial films for societies and institutions with only cartage costs. Dates can be arranged via the Betterment and Publicity Board in Melbourne. Winter timetables began June 15 with new schedules and copies available at booking offices for 3d. A May demonstration run showcased new rolling stock on a special train from Spencer Street to Seymour and back, including dining and sleeping cars. Public exhibition of the new Pacific locomotive at Flinders Street on April 29 drew about 3000 visitors and raised £8 6s 8d 7d for the War Memorial funds.
The Astor receiving set showcases rapid radio development from crude crystal sets to neutrodyne valve receivers. Built in an oak cabinet, it boasts precision construction, a performance guarantee, and testing before dispatch. Hazeltine grants the Neutrodyne license to this Australian made set, with G Bitcon as Numurkah district agent.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a peppermint cure for coughs attributed to Woods. No clear date, place, or full attribution is readable. Further readable details are not available in the supplied fragment.
The Bulletin lists yearly subscription at 24 shillings, six months at 12 shillings, six weeks at 6? three months at 7? with payment required in advance. The ad conveys pricing tiers and advance payment condition for readers.
A compact note describes a home cough remedy intended for family use. The text emphasizes a simple preparation, suggesting an accessible approach for household care and relief from cough symptoms.
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