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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 03, 1944
Page
3
A wartime notice outlines ticketing for Niumur village events with sheep shows and fairs. It notes rationing, entry controls, and required permits while describing shiftable schedules and public interest in forthcoming exhibitions.
A miscellany of reflections on shifting facts, aging knowledge, and social control. The author muses on how what is true today may be seen as stale tomorrow, the role of high pressure selling, electronics, and mental discipline in public life, ending with a quip about lazy directors.
Digest lists October 4 working bee at Numurkah Showgrounds and multiple church fairs and town hall performances. Notes Numurkah Bowling Club officers, publishes delays due to a mechanical breakdown, and mentions reports on WGTU address. Mentions larceny conviction and wartime training figures.
Clearing sale of cattle horses and machinery at Katandra West conducted by New Zealand Loan and Mortgage Company on behalf of M J Murphy. Listed cattle include seven cows many calved and milking plus heifers vealers and a Jersey bull, noted as sound well bred and disease free.
A detailed sale list for Katandra West announces a complete dispersal of farm stock and machinery. Plenty of draught horses and mares, pigs, gears, dray and engine, seed drill, harrows, rakes, tons of tools, furniture, and household items. Terms are cash on sale day with viewing by New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. in Shepparton and branches.
Market reports note sales events and catalog offerings in New Zealand and Australia. Auctions feature luares, with heats in Western Victoria and Riverina regions, highlighting seasonal items like mules and returns in Masons, Woorook, and Terang districts.
A compact notice lists stock sale dates at Numurkah Cobram and Numurka with agents J Me mara Co Young husband Linsley Kil banick McKellan Co J Mc Namara Co and Denwye Lascelles Ballarat Banking Co Vicoria Tesui Co and other local agents for stock sales and rural supplies including fencing sheep dip and general GM care tracks. The notice also names exporters insurers and insurers of N Z Ltd and Wheat sales along with after hours phone numbers and multiple regional auctions.
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