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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 16, 1927
Page
5
Annual meeting outlines events across horse, bicycle, dancing and open competitions. Prizes include cash sums and entries close on Friday April 8 with acceptances on sports day.
A fragmented sale list reports heavy and medium draughts, ponies, chaffcutter, cultivator, binders, header, saddlery, and a 1925 motor truck. Items include The Popular House and Namurkah Hotel names, multiple districts in Victoria, a boy of 10 to operate gear, and an auction underway by Luncheon Mr Guyner with various equipment described as in good order.
Clearing-out sale advertised by Muntz Bros Auctioneers for Frank Barnes and WM Fisher on premises at Cobram district. 258 acres freehold irrigation land plus 170 cultivated acres and 88 acres virgin timbered land offered with stock, machinery, grain, and farm improvements. Sale starts 12 30 pm Friday March 18 with full particulars on application.
Instructions from Mr William Young for a public auction offering 16 horses including 14 draughts, 2 gig horses, 2 dairy cows, 1 Paddy, 130 ewes with lambs, 50 lambs, a nearly new McKay combine, 9ft harvester, reaper and binder, drill, cultivator, harrows, waggons, drays, harness, tools, sacks, posts, and substantial quantities of hay, grain, seed and farming implements.
The sale offers 520 acres of land subdivided into six paddocks with a fine two story WB house and amenities. Water from wind mill tanks, garden supply, separate kitchen, and extensive farm buildings including stables, chaff house, machinery shed, and tennis court. Located nine miles from Nathalia and six miles from Wasiowind up to railway stations. The auctioneers Kilpatrick McLellan & Co. Pty Ltd conducting on April 6 1937 with luncheon provided.
A raw notice sheet lists multiple stock and property sales including a March 16 clearing sale at Taverpine with auctions of motor cars and household items, and various land and stock sales around Nathalia and Yalea. Names such as McNarvuia & Co and Mr Frank Burnes appear alongside references to insurance and employment claims from the era.
In a dense catalog style, the ad proclaims a grocery department stocked with first quality goods, imported groceries, ironmongery, enamelware, glassware, kitchen safes, bedding, furniture, and extensive sporting and farming supplies. It touts Golden Fleece motor spirits, oils, and drums, mentions Mitchell plows and Allis Chalmers tractors, Diabolo equipment, and wireless sets with full UK style contact details for local agents and direct sales.
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