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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1935
Page
5
A garbled OCR fragment describes events near Wishelingstowd involving a fire and wheels, with references to La Pewee Colune and Dich and a series of unclear actions. Names and places are partially legible, but key details and sequence are obscured.
In a Numurkah petty sessions hearing this morning, the proceedings addressed issues related to local matters and minor offenses. No further details provided in the readable text.
A major sale to be held at Numurkah on Friday October 25 by J McNamara Co and John McNamara Co Pty Ltd features 5000 sheep and 200 cattle entered, with wethers lambs and ewes with lambs among the stock. Other listings include Nathalia and Nathalia horse and land sales, plus Kilpatrick and Co previews of forthcoming fat lamb and cattle auctions in the district.
Wheat growers who have not claimed payments under the Wheat Bounty Act 1934 are urged to act now. The bounty is 3d per bushel on wheat sown in 1934 and vested between 1 October 1934 and 1 March 1935 or delivered for storage to a recognised buyer on or before that date. Already £260,000 has been distributed in Victoria. To receive the bounty, wheat stored at home must be sold or delivered for sale before 31 October 1935. Applications for farms or post office grants are available via the Wheat Growers Relief Committee, 605 Flinders Street, Melbourne.
A business notice indicates J McNamara and Co and John McNamara and Co Pty Ltd operate in conjunction, outlining a collaborative arrangement between the two entities for a joint venture or shared operations. The brief indicates formal partnership or association status within the firms.
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