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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1922
Page
2
The notice invites readers to inspect seasonal merchandise showcasing wonderful values. It highlights quality fabrics, bright colors, and affordable prices for a limited time. Shops emphasize clear displays and easy returns to attract customers.
An 19th century advert promotes Kapil Gold Ghee and Pine Tar and Honey as cures for coughs and colds. It urges viewer to take one tablet per box and claims benefits for choking coughs. Liniment also sold for chest rubbing with price listed.
A dense local page lists assorted ads and notices from Coxon's Wool Exchange Numurkah and surrounding towns. It mentions disc cultivator parts Fearing axles and boxes plus plows at Coxon's, a footballers ball event July 26, and consignments from Elephant Pisex. Also lost and found items, church notices, auctions, and social event details with dates in July and June.
Listing of 8th to 2nd grade students receiving honors with equal marks across several names. Also notes a Monday executive committee meeting of the movement, chaired by F G Sleep, approving forwarding plans for a September carnival and reporting on Wednesday night's concert with a motion of thanks.
Football fund raisers seek more donations as 50 members respond. weekly 4d contributions planned with L Kroth in charge. Rain brings modest totals at Numurkah gauge. concert by Box Hill visitors to Mechanics Hall with tiered admission. Universal Pictures presents Reputation and Risky Business starring Pris cia Dean and Gladys Walton. Poultry Society and Numurkah Park improvements noted with community support.
Notices report the death of Frederick George Fenton of Nathalia with will dated 1920 leaving £1,180 real and £14,517 personal estate to sisters. A marriage in Armadale is announced for Misa Pansy Loftus and John of South Gippsland. Probate sought for Dennis Patterson at Bunbartha with estate valued £10,622. A London College of Music examination note and a near fatal acetylene gas explosion involving H Stevens, manager for Brown, Gorke & Co., in Shepparton are also recorded.
The dramatic club in Katamatite plans an entertainment early next week to benefit Mr Si Tait who was seriously injured by a bursting water bottle at a previous show. Residents praise a new weir across the creek to secure a permanent water supply. A late bazaar profit reached £95 while a telegram caused some inconvenience for Mr and Mrs Bell. In Nathalia, farewell notices were given to Mr and Mrs Stanley Williams, a returned soldier, with gifts from local citizens. A Water Commission plan expands the rattern channel to irrigate near Marungi and Kaarimba. A youth was arrested in relation to thefts involving a horse saddle watch and other items.
On Wednesday a ladies match extended beyond 41 holes on a hard course producing uncertain play. Treacy defeated Nedind with strong finishing strokes as Nathalie, Saturday results, and several other local names fielded in church and Salvation Army notices.
Longtime district settler and agricultural leader Mr Newell Sutcliffe died at his Baukamaugh residence on Monday morning after a two year illness. Born at Sandy Creek near Maldon, he moved to the district in 1878 and built a substantial landholding including 400 acres at Baukamaugh and later properties at Waaia, Mooroopna, and Marcus farm. A hard worker, he rose to vice president of the district Agricultural Society and was active in reorganization efforts. Survived by his wife Janet and five daughters, his funeral was attended by many neighbors and the Society. wreaths lay on his coffin and Rev W Bremer read the service at the graveside.
Thursday night an Abpalal 10 event features Rev Canon Brydges lecturing to aid starving Russians. Meredith Atkinson and Mary Inde speak on communities while Prof AtRingen and Miss Richards outline arrangements. The talk describes famine horrors in Russia, including typhus and mass deaths, urging public sympathy and fundraising.
A Melbourne letter expresses gratitude to Mr W A Campbell for valuable letters on his trip to England and Scotland. The writer praises the information gathered in a short time and remarks on the inquiry’s value, noting appreciation from readers for his contributions to The Lender.
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