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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 12, 1942
Page
1
The Leader calls for local recollections and records to aid a Melbourne driven history project on Numurkah. It urges residents to send notes, letters, or clippings to the Numurkabites Association or the paper, noting the potential links between past events.
A Victorian railway notice criticizing platform ticket rules for soldiers drew attention to special circumstances. Numurkah station master Mr Sealey had warned Comforts Fund that officials and soldiers’ relatives would be admitted without tickets on return or leave. No fault was found with staff. the piece questioned the regulation’s disparity between Victoria and South Australia.
A column criticizes Curtin era politics in Canberra noting new ministers failed to implement regulations. It blames Ward and coal mine owners for ongoing strikes, argues ministers must act to protect national security, and laments parliamentary provocations undermining the war effort.
A Melbourne column questions government dichotomy between urging decisive war action and restricting production under the Wheat Stabilisation Scheme. It argues for relaxed caps to let farmers grow more wheat, proposing a rational rota and compensation to cover reduced yields, and questions payment levels for the upcoming season.
A Nathalia sandpit death led to two inquiries. The first found accidental death. the second, before a six jury, ruled the pit a mine under the Mines Act and tied death to a sand collapse. Deceased John Joseph Grinter, two days after burial, died from internal hemorrhage due to the fall. The sandpit belonged to Numurkah Shire Council. Albert Grinter and the deceased had permission to take sand for land concreting. Legal representatives for the council and for Albert Grinter appeared.
The State Premier Mr Dunstan resists raising evacuee sustenance above the seal rate set by State Authorities. He defends the rate as fair for billeting while avoiding undue burden on parents, noting correspondence praising the rates as satisfactory. Critics argue the sums fail to cover sickness, clothing, books, and other hostHousehold costs.
A notice lists a variety of upcoming shows at Numurkah Town Hall including Leon Errol and Mildred Coles in Harry Charlie, Harry, a Kent Taylor led film Am Still Alive, another Green Hornet episode, and the thriller Contraband with Conrad Veidt. Also featured are a British Naval Patrol sequence, a Technicolor cartoon Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, Youth Takes Wings, and Robert Young in Business Honeymoon.
Readings and worship times listed for Numurkah Wanghau Tally Barcoona West Ka tunga Strathmerton Cobram Numurkah Waaia Baulkamaugh Numurkah Youarang Youaninite Kata matite Cobram Dunbulbalane Nathalia Narioke and others with various ministers including Rev. Allison Rev. Alexander Rev. Kemp Rev. Muller and Rev. Packatty among an ecumenical schedule of morning and evening services.
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