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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 03, 1932
Page
4
Mice are plentiful and damaging hay stacks chaff and grain. A dance in the public hall to aid Mooroopna Hospital raised £10 14s 8d with expenses light leaving £1 8s 14d forwarded. Sunday school social prize distribution followed with a large attendance and a pleasant programme. Land is in good working order with seeding progressing and grass thriving. cream cheques are increasing.
The Numurkah Golf Club held its annual meeting in the Mechanics room with Dr Parker chairing. The balance sheet showed receipts of 197 pounds 11 shillings 9 pence and a profit on operations of 19 pounds 13 shillings 1 pence. An influenza of illness slowed other events as diphtheria cases rose in Katamatite, causing school closures and postponement of local church and sports activities.
At the Westa Hall annual meeting the secretary reported a profit from races and a clear total from nine meetings, with a bank overdraft hoped to be wiped in 12 months. The hall declined shire grants, re-elected officials, and planned to open the dancing season in May. A golf club review noted floods, improvements to links, a new ground manager, and a move to appoint one pennant team.
The Clarence River district celebrates traffic bridge opening with a seven day Back to Grafton carnival starting July 27. The event features church services, racing, coursing, football, bowling, golf, tennis, croquet and aquatic contests and a monster carnival for visitors, with the official opening on July 19 and broad cooperation from sporting bodies.
Entertainment tax issues at Shepparton Jockey Club lead to a warning from the taxation department. The club failed to lodge certified annual returns and admissions and member ticket sales for the year ending December 1931. Legal action and estreatment of an insurance bond may follow if relief is not provided within seven days.
The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria calls Parliament to enact stricter vehicle lighting rules after judge Foster condemned dim rear signals in a jinker collision. The club warns that poor illumination endangers all road users and urges mandatory widespread lights for motor and horse drawn vehicles.
The text advises treating cold sufferers with rest and simple foods. It recommends hot baths and fluids, then a light diet including oranges lemon drinks lightly boiled eggs white fish and brown bread butter. It warns against overfeeding as it can raise temperature and hinder recovery.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Kalle Street Numurkah and locations near Verhalle with unclear place names. The readable text centers on Melbourne area references and street names without a coherent event or clear actors.
An advert promotes Kruschen Salts as a digestive aid. It cites Mrs. G. P. praising the remedy for biliousness and sustained health, noting her husband and children now take it too. The copy asserts the product stimulates gastric juices and improves elimination, reducing bloating and enabling enjoyment of meals.
The readable lines discuss damp clothing issues and ironing guidance with unclear names and places. It hints at maintaining fabric quality through moisture control and pressing methods but the text is garbled and hard to parse into concrete facts.
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