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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1929
Page
2
Income tax is payable on your interest and you may invest through Banks Savings Banks Money Order Post Q Place and Stock Exchange members. Apply now with EARLE PAGE treasurer to secure investment before 4 June with one deposit balance payable later.
A garbled OCR listing multiple local notices and ads from Numurkah district newspapers. It mentions harvest festival activities, church events, trades and services, removals, repairs, sales, and a public holiday event at Numurkah show grounds with prizes and a concert. Names include HARVEST FESTIVAL, Namurkah Presbyterin Church, Treacy's, Treasy's, M. Byrne, J. Eddy, and local businesses. Dates referenced include March 18, 1929 and February 14. Various notices call for work, sales of bread, replaced items, and lost articles with rewards.
Advertisement notes silk hose offered at reduced prices with typical old style pricing 4 11 and 5 11 reduced to 2 11 and 3 11. Mentions large sums on township properties and first or second mortgage with business confidential tone.
Advertised price offering a yearly rate of ten currency units for delivery or postage. Readability is limited and missing specifics about product or service origin. The notice hints at a subscription or mail delivery service with a ten unit annual fee.
A Numurkah meeting at Shire Hall on Friday evening discussed library matters and a plan to widen the premises by taking in the shopfront for a future supper room. The group preferred delaying great expenses, while the hall committee will review the plan at the next gathering.
Mr and Mrs R H Grant and family relocate from Sandmount to Ohuna where Mr Grant has taken land. The Grants leave many friends who wish them success in their new home. A notice mentions Rev J S Fletcher’s appointment to Nu nurkah Methodist Church district and Rev F S Woods moving to Sandy Bay Hobart. The district mourns the death of Mrs Josephine Bourke-Finn of Wanghu, age 50, after a brief illness. Funeral at Mooroopna Hospital graveside service by Revs Rohan and Maloney. Floral tributes include Bunbarths Cricket Club. Also notes on Numurkah musical conductor J Sutton Crow hashes ap pointed conductor of the Royal Victorian Leidertzfel, with a Storied career and links to Numurkah. A marriage notice follows: Martha Eu Allendale Koturaa to Joseph F Davis at Presbyterian Church on January 6, with attendants Annie Bowers and Misses Dery Davis.
Boosey Creek, Katamatite’s water source, ran dry last week and no pumping can occur until a fresh supply arrives. It will be months before replenishment. Rain has been scant, forcing residents to pay for water carting from district farmers’ wells. The Mechanics Institute alteration contractor delays work due to a timber strike.
On Saturday afternoon at Shepparton courts home players posted an overwhelming victory. Seaguenent Carter and Bander Harrison defeated Maudesley and Hunt 9-8, and Twitt and Graham 9-3. Sanders and Harrison beat Wilmot and Davies 9-5, Maudesley and Hunt won 9-2 against Twitt and Grebe, Torver and Trak beat Sanders and Harrison, and other mixed doubles results followed.
The text records acknowledgments of subscriptions with dates 81/12/28 and 31.12.39 and mentions individuals Meme hh Raker and Win terion in a damaged note about renewals or receipts.
The Shire Council met on Monday March 11 with President Dr Gordon and members Hooper Dudley Ross Garonne Vanlon Meiklejohn MacKenzie Hall McDowell present. Key items included approval of a Public Health officer Nathalia swalth appointment to year end, actions on declared weeds prairie ground cherry and rampas lily of the valley, consideration of an infectious diseases ward at Echuca Hospital, and financial questions from the Numurkah committee regarding Sister visits to Nathalia and Numurkah for welfare work. The meeting covered road leasing requests, pound improvements, contract transfers, and bank funding finalities, with reports from the health officer on polio and diphtheria cases and local welfare arrangements.
The Tasmanian Government Tourism Bureau outlines a summer holiday plan with a four color coded system and four selected events. It urges readers to make plans and adopt the slogan Buy 9 to 4 turks.
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