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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1923
Page
6
A chaotic vintage notice advertises several stallions including Everlasting and Tim O'Shanten, with terms of £6, £2 at season end and mare proof balance. It lists locations Numurkah and Katamatite, owners A Dunning and J Eddy, and references Clydesdale and Red Stallion stock plus delivery and care conditions.
Listings describe multiple NSW parcels with 2690 and 99 acre blocks, near Freshold and Hoviarip, featuring good water, cleared or fallow land, several dwellings, and strong wheat potential. Prices range from £40 to £1500 with terms offered by Remedy & Co, with contacts in Armidarth or Grong Grong.
The Numurkah show featured large contingents from Numurkah State school Convent Ulupna Katunga Wanghau Baulkamaugh and Dookie with strong needlework drawing and home craft divisions. Judges praised improving shed exhibits while noting space limits and rising demand for schoolwork displays.
Trade displays were fewer than usual at the Numurkah event with several firms from last year not taking advantage of the opportunity. George Bacon featured Fowler's fruit and vegetables bottling and aluminium ware including a sink and draining board. Kilpatrick, McLellan & Co. promoted Ford, Fiat, and Overland cars with a Buy a Ford and bank the difference slogan. E Coxon’s Numurkah Foundry presented wagons, cast items, wheels, water carts, and related goods.
A Melbourne era customer from Numurkah shares a testimonial praising Doan's Backache Kidney Pills for long lasting lumbago relief. He says eight bottles cured him and four years later still no symptoms, with continued use as a preventive. The ad notes price and mail order from Foster-McClellay Co. Sydney.
Boquhan Kennedy the imported Clydesdale stallion is profiled with lineage, show awards, and progeny success across Scotland New Zealand and Australia. Notable ancestors include Beatrice and Prince Robert with numerous premiums at Glasgow Edinburgh and Highland shows. Dam Beatrice also carried prize winning progeny. Breeding notes list foaling status, exchange terms, and care details.
aT eTw Whigiewa Marshal by Lord Dundonald out of La Francs dam La France, a noted prize-winner in Melbourne and Sydney shows. Terms: aingle mare 26/6, two or more mares £6, £3 payable on Jan 1, 1924. balance when mare proves in foal. Free to live for next season only. The section invited. JOHN B. CHRIBHIK, jun., Owner, Kuakura.
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