Personal Notices and Local Happenings Vary in Village Letters
The column recounts updates from residents including Mr and Mrs A C Ven Vilay learning of a soldier’s post, family reactions, and plans to await further news. It mentions local honors, a Medal for bravery, and various social notes such as weddings, returns, and community acknowledgments across the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C
Martin
Ruth
Jack
Vodick
Geores
Raikeey
Saxton
Bluey
Homer
Wagaya
Appeal for Free France supporters and knitting aid in Australia
A letter from a Free French Movement representative in Australia appeals to readers to support General de Gaulle’s cause. It asks generous ladies to knit for French soldiers and to mail garments with names and addresses for acknowledgment. The writer emphasizes solidarity with French troops and the hardships under Vichy rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gaulle
M. Brenac
Australia
Free
France
Charles de Gaulle
Sunny
Vichy
Cau Ling
League 1
Pictures at the Town Hall week night film program
A mixed film program screens at the Town Hall featuring Warner Bros pictures Passage from Hong Kong with Luise Gules Paul Cavanagh and Baten, plus Night in Hong Kong and other entertainments. Earlier, a separate court ruling awarded damages of £160 and costs to Kortrun D Rudd in a Town Hall area case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennette McDonaly
John Barrymore Fong
Stu
George
Warner Jncia
Hong
Tarein
Lueille Fairbanks
Gules
Paul Cavanagh
Or Baten
Orient
Revirol
Colram East
Kortrun D Rudd
Mamond O'Kane
Furen Richardson
Coury
Area
Are
Tix Honor
Aboriginal Place Names and Numurkah Meaning
A letter to the editor challenges Bruce Tunnock on Numurkah meaning. An elder suggests the name means lite plains, noting several plains in the district. The writer seeks reader substantiation and mentions Wunghau or Wunghno as related terms tied to a resting paddock and stock watering site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Tunnock
Numurkah
Tunnock
Wanghau
Bankers and depressions haunt postwar Australia tale
In a 1930 Australia visit, Otto Niemeyer warned of belt tightening and budget balance while critics claim bankers manipulate credit to inflationary overdrafts. The discourse cites Menzies speeches promising deeper depression, with implications for workers, dole, and shared poverty amid postwar economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Niemeyer
Australia
Bank of England
Menzies
Palestine
England
House of Commons
Canada
Melbourne
A. G. Huie
Blamey
New Order After War to Harness Real Wealth for Peace
A wartime appeal urges postwar economic reform to cancel wartime debts and illegal credit, destroy armament industries, and ensure full productive capacity for peace. It calls for government boldness via the Commonwealth Bank to fund war ends and postwar prosperity, urging allied nations to demand security and shared prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Commonwealth Bank Board
British Commonwealth of Nations
Brown-Out Restrictions Proclaimed Across Victoria
A new lighting order extends brown out rules to all Victoria premises. Between sunset and sunrise windows must be fully drawn to block direct exterior light. Shops and homes face heavy penalties for noncompliance, with police enforcement strict. Exit lights and external stair or halt lighting may remain from independent sources but must be screened to star-like illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Dear Mum I’m Safe and Well Verse from Port Moresby
A wartime message from Gunner Stan Moore to Mrs A Moore describes safe and well notes from the front. He mentions rations water and absence of leave, notes about bombers overhead, and a letter from home helping sustain morale. The item also lists social notices about a dance and a CWA meeting with mundane civic details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunner Stan Moore
Port Moresby
A. Moore
Burra
O.K
Aussie Shores
Happy Jack
Early Numurkah Memories of Ned Kelly Visit
In Victoria during unrest over the Kelly Gang a rider calling himself Ned Kelly visited Katanga at the Flack homestead. Residents alerted Messrs Woods Armstrong Taylor North McKinney and Arm strong, who questioned the man at Taylor’s hotel. A search moved toward Jerilderie. the suspect was captured and later imprisoned, but not as Ned Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Kelly
George Flack
Katanga
Flack
Tounghau
Ned Kelly
Dick? Woods
William Armstrong
M. A. P. Taylor
Strathmerton Township
George North
George McKinney
Shepparton
Armstrong
Mrs Armstone
Armtrong
North
Messrs Armstrong
Taylor
Mr Taylor
Mr Flack
Mr McKinney
Mr North
Gannon
Tocumwal
New South Wales
Jerilderie
Heenzo Claim on Quick Cough and Cold Relief Sold
An advertisement touts HEENZO as a concentrated cure for coughs colds croup bronchitis and influents promising quick relief and claiming a price of 2/1. It asserts a money back style guarantee and emphasizes concentrated formula.
Shocking Victim Former Numurkah Resident
Constable Thomas Kelso Hay died from a gun accident while holidaying near Boo manoomoonah. He was 32, from Numurkah, joined the police in 1988, and leaves a wife and two children. The funeral at Numurkah Cemetery drew a large mourners’ turnout with Inspector Kennedy present. His death followed a shooting incident on a rough road when a gun exploded, injuring him in the temple. He had served at Shepparton for two years and was well regarded. The piece notes his early days in Numurkah and lists his siblings across several towns, with continuing sympathy from the communities. The report also mentions tea ration guidance for farm workers during peak seasonal work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kelso Hay
Cobram
James Hay
Numurkah
Kennedy
J. H Allison
Hay
Boomanoomoonah
Tan
Mr Hay
Coxon Foundry
Shepparton
Shepperton
Ethel
Miller
Albury
Bert
Amy
Nixon
Corona
Ruby
W. Block
Moonee Ponds
Les
Florence
R. Fawcett
Tallygaroopna
Myrtle
Baker Ganmain
Clif
Carlton
Wilf
Moama
Joan
F. Christie
Brighton
Numurkah and district stock sales and auctions notice
Numurkah Nathalia Picola Cobram Katamatite and Strathmerton trust monies offered at lowest rates with sworn valuations by Mads local agents for several insurers and estate firms. Listings include Numurkah stock sales Campbell Kilpatrick McLellan J McNamara and others with dates May to June and pig sales in Nathalia Cobram and Cobram Melbourne transport notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Numurkah
H.O
Nathalia
Picola
Cobram
Katamatite
Strathmerton Trust
Mads
Campbell & Co
Kilpatrick, McLellan & Co
Cobram Melbourne
J. McNamara & Co
Goldsbrough Mort & Company Ltd
Woold Produce
Wyndham Street
Shepparton
Bourke Street
Melbourne
Kyabram
Tatura
Katama
Newmarket
Western Assurance Company
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Uervanisationa
Wlaes
Nasheen
Him Iast Feu
Willems
Alers
Free French Movement
Kang
Ani
Iwarkah Town Hall
Sunurkah
Mum
C.W.A
Bourne
George Reynoldson
Aston
Campbell and CO
John Darling & Son
Ronaldson Bree and
Tippett Tractors
Little's Dip
National Trustes Co. of Aust. Ltd
Shearer
Kilpatrick & Co
J. McNemara & Co
Numurkah Stock Sale
J. McNamara and CO
Donge Bros
THE
Commercial Union Assurance CO
Trustees Executors & Agency CO
Prudential Life Assurance CO
Australian Estates & Mortgage CO. Ltd
LANZ
A. R. Wadeson
Main Street
Exprs. & Agency Co
New Zealand Loan and Mercantila Agency Co
Farmers’ and Settlers’ Co-Op
Tesurance Co
Consign
J. Kennon & Sons Pty, Ltd
River Street
Richmond
Hawthorn Bridge
J. McNamara & Co Auctioneers
MR. C. Lovey
Onthly Stock Sale
China
Coburg Avenue
Hah Shamrock Hotel
Jas. McBride
Nathslia Stock Sale
McNamara & Co
Picola District
Innaurance Co. of
N.Z Ltd
Aurink Stock
Dennys, Lascelles
Wool, Stock & Land Agents
William Street
Geelong
Numurkah Im
Aenon W. Kilpatrick, McLellan & Co. Pty. Ltd
Kilpatrick, McLellan & Co. Pty, Ltd
Holdenson & Nielson, Fresh Food Pty. Ltd
R. Firman
Phone 1
H. J. Hamley
J. W. Jackman Dinger
Norwich Union Isurance Society Ltd
Emelandt
Queen Street
James Williams
P.O. Box
Sale
Katematito
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