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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 17, 1939
Page
2
Retail catalog notes Pelacco shirts in multiple styles including Airway and Durbar with Nabob Art Silk Pajamas priced at 15/6. Hardware section lists garden hose 6d ft, wheelbarrows, lawn tools, axes, axe handles, nozzles, and 45-Volt batteries at specified prices.
A dense excerpt of historical classified ads lists items for sale and services in Numurkah. It includes livestock raises and exchange, farm machinery such as Massey-Harris gear, hay cutting services, reconditioning headers, stray notices, rentals, and employment wants. Local businesses advertise sewing machine repairs, a Fiat car for sale, and cinema or consumer-goods offers.
A meeting of the Goulburn Valuation Council of the Victorian Wheatgrowers Association will be held in the Numurkah Town Hall on Friday October 20 at 2 pm. An address will be given by FH Cullen. Euchre and Dance at Wunghnu Hall on Saturday October 21 for Wunghnu Cricket Club. Grand Massed Bands Display at Yarrawonga on Sunday October 29, 1939 with 9 bands and 250 bandsmen including St. Augustine's Boys' Band Geelong. Naring Presbyterian Church anniversary services postponed to Sunday December vi. Numurkah Band Euchre in the Bandroom Thursday October 19 with usual prizes. The President of the Ladies Committee of the Agricultural Society requests all members attend a meeting Friday October 20 at 2.30 at the Methodist Hall.
The Numurkah Bowling Club official opening of its green will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m. Shire President T J Myers will perform the opening ceremony. The public is invited to attend and all members should bring refreshments for afternoon tea.
Maurice O Kane of Numur kah offers an unreserved apology to V A Dreher of Katanga for insulting defamatory remarks. He admits fault, regrets his action, and asks for acceptance of the apology dated October 17 1939.
The Shire of Numurkah invites applications for eight weighbridge keepers for the coming season. Applications close at 12 noon on Friday November 12, 1933. The daily wage is 11 shillings 8 pence, payable monthly. Applicants should state weighbridge preference.
An apology explains a breakdown delaying news paragraphs and a return to normal service. Local items report Red Cross appeals in Numurkah, support for soldiers, and a farewell to Light Horsemen with community thanks. Apprenticeships offered by Victorian Railways and a feature on The Australian Journal October highlighting railway stories and authors.
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