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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 06, 1947
Page
1
Foyle St areas require preliminary grading and drainage planning to maximize water use. Irrigation Surveyor F Bourke of Cobram urges farmers to survey holdings and prepare layout now to save costs and boost production.
October offers ideal timing for planting chrysanthemums to develop showy blooms, with options from early cuttings to late varieties. Grow in medium heavy loam, plant in full sun, and mix early mid and late varieties to extend flowering. Petunias prove useful in warm dry regions, best massed in color blocks with regular pinching and spacing for a long flowering period.
Private H J Adams writes from Warrnambool about being carried wounded from the battlefield by Private Ralph Levings grandson of Mrs Levings Numurkah. The Provincial Press Association warns of famine in newsprint with 61 papers folding since the war began. Mrs Meiklejohn wife of John Meiklejohn dies on Tuesday. A photographic roll of honor for 42 Katamatite district soldiers will be unveiled Wednesday night. Mr Doherty of Mynee is appointed headmaster of Katamatite school succeeding the late J N Crow.
The page lists church services and confirmations for Numurkah Cobram and surrounding districts with times from 8 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Names of clergy and lay leaders appear alongside town names including Numurkah Keonoomoo Cobram Naring Youanmite Wangaratta and Yarroweyah. The section also notes Reverend Dunkley Brimacombe Blakemore Muller and Longthorn among others. The October Australian Journal features popular novels The Eye and The Yearling and other stories with a sixpence price.
Good range of curtain fabrics now in stock including cotton and art silk in fawn ecru and cream. Prices from 3/11 to 6/ a yard for cream cotton Fuji 36" wide, plus sturdy head cloth 36" wide and striped cotton for boys suits. Also spot muslin 36" wide for girl dresses and tapestry options from 9/11 to 25/ a yard with Belgian tapestry at 25 yard.
Furniture Buffet lists fancy glass doors and a cupboard with cutlery drawers at £26 15. hardwood kitchen tables from 48/6. chairs from 17/6. fly wire doors. cement wash troughs from 45. children's high chairs from 21/6 and children's low chairs from 22/6.
Best quality binder twine available at 76 shillings 4 pence cash 77 shillings 6 pence booked or 10 pence per ball. Also harvester oils tractor oils motor oils and greases kept in stock for immediate purchase.
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