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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 22, 1932
Page
3
Sydney correspondent surveys tensions in Manchuria with Japanese and Russian influence. Chinese state weakness allows interlopers to fortify railways and industry. The piece casts the era as a prelude to a new world order, urging solidarity and social reform to confront imperial power rivalries.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe wheat shipments loss and hunger, tomatoes destroyed in the Channel Islands, and children in London short of food. It mentions semi final matches and arrangements by nations, with references to towns and clubs, all in a stream of disrupted phrases.
Campbell and Co operate as stock and station agents with broad services in livestock sales and rural property dealings. The firm maintains market connections and offers consignor support, client brokerage, and settlement processes.
The 1921 report of Commonwealth Auditor-General Cerutty criticises road building as unproductive public expenditure, arguing it diverts funds from private enterprise and provincial needs. He cites motor taxation as earmarked for road work and warns against diverting those receipts. The piece also references a World Motor Transport Congress speech by Sir William Joynson-Wicks praising roads and transport. It notes the importance of roads for commerce and cites figures on road board revenue, public funding, and the shift of responsibilities from general revenue to motor-vehicle-specific taxes. The article weaves in global perspectives and calls for prudent road policy aligned with production and national development.
Baulkamaugh first men mentioned with pairs Kruth Hyde losing to Patterson Tremellen 3 6 1st to Deveral Pinchbeck Burns Montgomery 6 5. Kruth Carnei and Burns Montgomery defeated. others, match results and sundries from Strathmerton and Cobram stock sale listings follow.
Final for Gripu commenced at Ysa 515 Collins Street Melbourne with 10 John McNamara and Co Pry Ltd as sponsors. A local bowling event lists teams including Misses Fowler Thorn Hodgens Montgomery and Deverall. Several matches ended with Montgomery and Poppins leading 6 3, while Kruth Reed and others chased pins and forfeits. Totals show Tallygaroapuna with 10 sets and Baukamaugh with 7 sets.
The final match of the Gripu cup between Numurkah Fire Brigade and Numurkah Town teams saw the Brigade score 167 with K Crozier unbeaten on 90 and F Maudesley adding 12. Youlden led with 4/36 bowling while the Town were 56 without loss at tea. The game resumes next Saturday with further innings to come.
The monthly magazine issued by Gordon and Gotch offers readers many colorful stories to wile away a couple of hours. It is good value at 1/3 auctioneers stock and station agents Cobram readers for Remnald von Bree Tippatt tractors Little's Sheep Dip National Trustee Co Anat Lek South British ramce ce Lia.
March sales across Numurkah Cobram and Kilpatrick firms promise large yarding of sheep cattle and pigs. Listings show dates for Numurkah stock sale Cobram sale and Numurkah pig and poultry sale with accompanying catalogues of wheat grazing and dairy properties and swift trust money and clearing sales across Victoria and NSW. Multiple entities Campbell & Co Frim of A T B Goyen estate trustees and Ballarat Traders are named along with consignors and banks in a bustling regional auction listing with emphasis on sheep ewes and quality cattle.
The card lists mixed doubles and singles results between St Johns and St Georges with players N Lease F Wood Townsend G Lease, Misses Gleeson Beimed McPherson and others. Totals show St Johns 14 sets 92 games to St Georges 3 sets 56 games.
Kilpatrick McLellan & Co list a genuine clearing sale by A E Hill of Arcadia farming plant and stock near Arcadia Station with lease details. Multiple sales across Numurkah, Shepparton, Tatura, and Cobram districts include cattle, sheep, dairy stock, calves, and store stock with consignments and schedule references.
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