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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 14, 1944
Page
4
A wartime catalog advertises Ladies light weight coats collarless with cornelli trims in black navy and brown. It lists light weight wool skirts tailored costumes Adelyn frocks floral frocks and other dresses with varied shades and coupon prices, urging wardrobe versatility and coupons to aid the war effort.
Weekly commentary urges Curtin to convene Parliament before he leaves for overseas talks with Dominion prime ministers. It warns prolonged absence could worsen civil tensions as censorship and mail openings erode democratic access, accusing Curtin of mismanaging absenteeism in essential industries.
The text condemns deliberate lies aimed at harming another's private character to satisfy selfish ends and argues for removing the shelter of privilege when such conduct occurs. It emphasizes accountability for those who traduce others instead of upholding truth and integrity.
The Australian Red Cross urges members to plan for postwar relief as war ends. It warns that disease, hunger, and disrupted transport will threaten many, especially children, and calls for a bigger, longer Red Cross program of mercy.
A Leader subscriber writes that the paper has given town and district notable publicity and that readers in Canberra recognize the outlet. The reader praises the articles as repeatedly readable, noting they strike hard yet stay within fair play, calling them fat punches above the belt.
The Leader proposes naming a Murray Valley channel The Brewsing Channel if the Water Supply Commission names channels. No reasons are given, as the hearer and his work are well known.
An excerpt revisits Aesop style fables about foxes, critiquing modern rush to change as progress. Fable 1 depicts a tailless plan to unify foxes, flushing out mediocrity, while Fable 2 notes the fox's failed chase of grapes and hints at the danger of overreaching profit motives.
Jed resolved to gather the foxes at the river bank under a shady tree to seek their verdict on the grapes. The foxes unanimously denounced them, illustrating a moral about denying what we cannot obtain.
Seasonable gardening notes advise careful transplanting of Iceland poppies in hot weather, aiming for medium-sized seedlings and firmed soil with crowns just above soil level. Guidance covers pruning, clump planting, water management, and weed control, plus proper dibber use for Brassica family crops. It warns gentle handling of nursery transplants and mentions arsenate of lead spray to deter pests like white butterfly caterpillars.
Notices list services scheduled next Sunday across multiple towns including Numurkah Cobram Nathalia Youarang Nathalia Bearil Yale Yarroweyah Strathmeston Strathme ton Woun ghru and others with various times and ministers such as Rev Allison Rev Fabb Rev Churchward Rev Kemp Rev Puckett Rev Walsh and Mr Wood.
The article recounts Numurkah District history focusing on its early curates from 1890s to early 1900s, naming Mather Bertholomew Murphy, Father O Dea, Father Bolger, Father Brady, and others. It notes their terms, movements to other parishes, and their wide district duties under Archpriest McCarthy, with references to church social life and dances hosted at the Grey street building and presbytery events.
Bruce vom President Melkourne is credited with compiling the document. The text appears as a lone attribution fragment without additional context or events to describe.
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