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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1924
Page
1
The Victorian Wheatgrowers Corporation announces a final dividend of 1.75d per bushel net for growers who delivered wheat in the 1929-24 season. Payment began Thursday, distributing about £968.00, with total distributions this season reaching £4,000,000 after rail freight deductions and adjustments.
Numurkah hosted a mixed association match Saturday with both ladies and gents competing. Details list numerous singles, doubles and mixed doubles results between Numurkah and Wanghuu players, tallying 97 sets and 43 games, with a note offering to publish weekly game-by-game results.
The Advertiser reports on the Saturday half-holiday in Wimmera noting quiet Saturday mornings but no complaints about afternoon closures. A farmer-linked trader argues for universal change by Parliament, while business reportedly declined briefly after adoption then surged. Hotels adapted catering as the system settled firmly.
Deputation from the Euroa Waterworks Trust urges towns in Victoria to adopt sewerage schemes. Mr Catlanach of the State Rivers Water Supply Commission notes small town sewerage lags NSW and SA. He stresses that towns with water supply should also develop sewerage, urging action for Euroa and Numurkah.
An advertisement touts a product called Magnesy fiber as a quick relief for indigestion and digestive distress. It claims the remedy neutralizes fermentation and prevents symptoms while warning buyers to look for the RTS MAG wrapper for guaranteed wetting and notes cynical travel-office critique.
The testimony of A Bell, a bootmaker from Shepparton, describes sudden back pain disabling him and causing kidney discomfort. After using five bottles of Doan's Backache Kidney Pills his condition improved markedly, and he remains well four years later. He buys from Foster McClellan Co. 2/9 per bottle or by mail from Sydney.
Local bakery advertisement highlights a selection labeled as the very best Broad and four small goods. Text appears as an old OCR fragment mentioning products and names, with unclear formatting. The readable portion references a bakery business and product lines in a period-appropriate tone.
Mister of MONEY At Lowest offers to lend on agricultural and pastoral country properties for terms of three to five years. J P Sodomell of Melbourne Street advertises lowest interest rates and invites inquiries. Car and tractor demonstrations mentioned alongside emergency reserve power details.
Tracing a historical notice, the text lists SANDBURST and Northern District Trustees Executors Agency Company Limited with paid up capital £29000, state guarantee 10000, uncalled capital 225007, and references to executors, marriage settlements, and administrator roles. Contact 18 V street Bendigo via Manager James P. B. McQuie.
Paced testimonial from Fadersen of Numurkah praising Ack Hing who allegedly cured a stiff knee after two doctors recommended surgery. He states prior pain and limited movement improved after Dr Ack Hing’s treatment and urges others with tubercular knee trouble to try it, naming locations in Bendigo and Gelien Gully.
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