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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 17, 1923
Page
9
Murrah Shire Council met with President Drs. Garonne and members to discuss a double local holiday, road works, water and fire-plug issues, drainage, and bridge maintenance. Debates covered dipping sheep, electrification, and adjacent shire cooperation with Rodneys and Cobram districts.
The Umurkah Water Trust meets with Chairman Campbell and members Meiklejohn Dudley J Tuckett Ross Hooper and Gordon. Reports note monthly collections of 119 pounds 12 shillings 3 pence and discuss pipe cleaning Nathalia and Waala tank works. Resignations and appointments follow and tenders are planned for pipe laying when funds permit. A separate health notice warns of epidemics and pneumonia cases spreading in Australia.
Kilpatrick McLellan & Co report extensive clearing sales across Numurkah and Berrigan with auctions on August 10 and 23 for Mr R C Webster and Mr Chas Lohman. Prices reached 43 pounds for horses and 2000 sheep. land at Trefoil Park near Berrigan sold after a passed-in bid. Clifton Park stock sale drew 600 plus buyers from NSW and Victoria. later sales at Daisy Plains Tocumwal and other properties boosted cumulative nine month land sales beyond 200,000 pounds.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a garbled line likely referring to washing or work. Readable fragments do not reveal a clear event, person, organization, or place. The item appears to be a damaged news snippet with limited usable facts.
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