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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 17, 1928
Page
4
An exhibition offers educational and entertaining attractions with practical displays and special trophies for horses cattle sheep swine wool poultry and preserves. It includes a parade of prize stock animal trials and motor events with special train schedules Tocumwal and Picola lines and a holiday merry go round with side shows. G Fowler See.
A studio asserts it can deliver work as good as Melbourne or country printers at competitive prices, claiming superior value and quality in its services.
The Nu raurkah Bowling Club held its annual meeting with President C T Trengrove. Finances show debt of £146 0s 2d due to green work and fencing costs. The president urged volunteer help and discussed forming a Saturday association while noting recent pennant success and plans to improve the green with expert guidance. Officers were elected: Guenther president, MacKenny and Linton-Smith vice presidents, Symme treasurer, A E Mor auditor, and a committee including Trengrove and others.
Goldsborough Mort and Co report their second sale on nine inst conducted a catalogue of about 8700 bales from the Riverina and northern districts. The overall clip is described as among the best in years for growth length and soundness with high demand and broad competition, Japan and the Continent leading buyers. The sale closed with about 94 percent sold. Subsequent reports from New Zealand Mercantile Agency and Younghusband Limited note varied but generally firm prices, with top bids around 73d for certain Merino lines and 232 1-2d for a grass-mead clip, as they prepare for upcoming sales of larger bales.
The report covers club finances with joining fees and open function plans, a proposal to form a Saturday afternoon association, and notes on a stimulus for a season opening. It mentions purchases and bets on soap bars sold as a novelty item, plus public remarks by the Bishop of Newcastle and a beef trade pamphlet from Mr Dunop Young. A separate case details a charge of false pretences in Albury involving soap bars and small sums.
After years away the Phillip Lytton Company returns with a season opener at 9.45 on Thursday presenting new dramas. The troupe stages a mystery play where a murder in a locked library unfolds under audience scrutiny as detectives and actors reveal clues, suspicions, and twists over two-plus hours.
The piece analyzes Labor's campaign messaging, accusing it of exploiting tax policy to paint the government as unfair to the poor while supporting wealthy interests. It contrasts claimed government exemptions and deductions with Labor’s criticisms, noting the impact on small farmers and the broader economy.
A disjointed report outlines issues around local coal production at Wonthaggi, noting that trains run to Nyom with no documented fires from engine sparks. It mentions a price dispute involving Charles Leslie South and a licensed surety, plus various scattered notes about property, costs, and local incidents.
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