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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 19, 1936
Page
3
Numurrah, Tocumwal, and Cobram Barooga win in opening football matches played Sunday in dry conditions. Strong work from forwards and midfields kept scores close as teams battled for early momentum.
Unclear OCR text records results and fixtures with names like Trerrigan and Nathalia. Mentions Muckatah, Borooga, Pisley, and Navhalia with scattered scores and players including Hooper Daly Hut Terulich Lee and Bush. Indicates regional Australian town teams and fielding lineups but lacks complete figures.
The Barmah Forest match, overseen by Minister of Lands, finished 1411 to 2.3 with a tight scoreline and lively crowd. Presiding official Cr O fiachoe welcomed visitors who watched I Wunghnu defeat Katandra 13 to 7 in a local nod to Barmah’s opening season.
Moser Campbell & Co. advertise a sale at Numurkah on Friday with about 1000 sheep including breeding ewes and fat wethers. The event also features property sales nearby and a public meeting on timber protection and road development led by local officials and visitors from government departments.
A Victorian deputation praised forest policy and timber value during a Gippsland province tour. Speaker Binger highlighted hardwood resources and denudation concerns while Lind praised ministerial forestry efforts. Galbraith received credit for leadership as Bourchier and Kilpatrick spoke on fisheries, tourism, and future Park revenue.
The minister outlined forest development aims and the value of timber for state revenue. He stressed real trees mean real work for real men, with quotas rising from 64 to 80 and potential youth camps near Melbourne. Dr O Hanlon praised the minister and urged cabinet support as forest officers praised the initiative.
The report outlines Campbell and Co and associates handling trust monies for multiple firms across Numurkah Nathalia Cobram Katamatite Strathmerton and Cobram. It notes an unreserved furniture and effects sale at Cobramace and a Numurkah stock and poultry sales program. It describes a ministerial party tour from Nathalia to Moira Lakes highlighting flood impacts on timber work and tourism, with visits to Bridge Creek and The Gulf and comments on water levels affecting the Humey acres.
Kilpatrick McLellan & Co Pty Ltd advertise as auctioneers stock and station real estate and business agents in Numurkah with local agents and affiliations listed. The notice notes sales of land and clearing sales and promotes competent staff and sworn valuations. Local agents include Dennys Lascelles Ltd Gy tarat Banking Co Ltd and Ballarat Trustees Exonsted Aw eney Co with connections to shipping lines and insurance partnerships.
Late field sale at Katamatite lists agents including George Mills Commission and Pearson Rowe Smith, with Melbourne and Australian estates firms involved. The catalog shows XB and CB ewes, yearling to two-year ewes, cross ewes in lamb to pedigree sires, mixed sex weaners and fat wethers. Various stock buyers and lenders participate in purchases and financing arrangements.
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