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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 07, 1941
Page
3
A rural-column advocate hails a planned mortgage bank as long delayed relief for farmers facing high interest rates. The piece notes cautious optimism about majority rule and warns benefits will not reach all, while urging decentralised advertising and government support to ease rural finance without broad dole.
Fragmented OCR summary reports a crowded public debate on universal funding and a proposed charter for Numurkat. Voters weigh half holiday postponements, with committees and cabinet actions tied to broader UC P conference decisions. Strong entities include Numurkat and UC P, noting local energy and uncertainty.
The Federal Treasurer announces a farmers' mortgage bank to ease farming burdens across the Commonwealth. Details of operation are not yet clear, but the move is expected to relieve long standing farmer difficulties. Mr J McEwen, member for Indi, first championed the proposal in the Federal House.
A wartime proposal suggests using prisoners of war to alleviate labor shortages in fruit picking and harvest efforts across farms in the Murray region. Central camps would guard workers sent to orchards and fields, with returned soldiers aiding in housing. Immediate action is urged as harvest approaches and labor shortfalls widen.
State Savings Bank loans issued in 1896 saw 84 per cent of farmers paying interest in full, a figure highlighted as the era’s hardships extend to March 1940. A trading account alongside mortgages is urged to provide temporary advances on stops, produce, and stock to sustain farming. The note calls for practical mortgage terms based on repayment potential, favors mixed farming as lower risk, and credits Mr Mc Ewen for pushing Treasurer to act. The piece criticizes past fruitless attempts at reform and hopes for targeted relief.
Premier Dunstan denounces redistribution aimed at city gains and warns it would cut country representation. He accuses supporters of pursuing political aims and says years of effort to keep country life balanced would be undone by centralisation. He argues one vote one value is not equitable for this state and cautions against further reductions in rural representation.
District news from Cobram notes weekly rainfall totaling 74 points and details a local marriage between Josephine Carroll of Cobram Enat and Thomas Doyle formerly of Yarroweyah. A public welcome is planned for Private Norman Brown on Wednesday after his return from the Middle East.
Katunga Mre Sloane of Yarrawonga visited the Katunga Red Cross branch and spoke on first aid. A first aid class was formed to affiliate with the Yarrawonga group. Nurse Mrs T Morris offered to give lectures and demonstrations. Classes run every alternate Saturday with afternoon tea by district ladies. In October £19 was sent to headquarters plus regular donation. A novelty evening will raise funds for canteen orders and POW parcels for local A F men. Look for a later ad.
At the fortnightly meeting chaired by Mr Edgar Betts, two new members Tack and Gordon Sharp were nominated and accepted. The YPG resolved to assist in services next quarter. The devotional titled What Christ Means to Me was shared, several members spoke, a short hymn service followed by supper.
The Youanmite branch plans an October 11 carnival to raise funds for C W A patriotic work supplying sheepskin vests and accessories for the Air Force. Donations include lambs and cash, with nets and garments made by members. Red Cross accounts and card parties boosted finances,-and demonstrations by Katamatite Home Guards and bagpipes are slated along with children’s races and tea.
The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co Ltd reported the 1 October 1941 third Melbourne appraisal, cataloguing predominantly comeback and crossbred wools from North Eastern and Northern Victoria and Riverina with an odd Wimmera clip. Proceeds for today’s appraisal are due 17 October. next series on 14 October.
J McNamara and Co auctioneers and stock agents advertise low rate trusted monetary transfers with sworn valuations. They list local agency reach across Numurkah Nathalia Picola Cobram Katamatite Strathmerton and promote offerings from Dodge Brothers six cylinder cars and trucks. They also note affiliations with Commercial Union Assurance Trustees Executors Agency Orient Line Prudential Australian Estates and Mortgage and Lanz Bulldog tractors.
Sale fixtures list for Numurkah and Cobram stock sales including Numurkah Stock Sale at Ji Me Namara Co on 15 with Campbell & Co on 22 Kilpatrick McLellan Co on 29 and Numurkah Stock Sale J Me 40 Cobram Monthly Stock Sale ber.
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