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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1924
Page
2
An advertisement touts reliable styling and careful instruction with a claim of high quality clothing offered at low prices. The promo emphasizes a strong reputation and guarantees value through its service and product standards.
The Wanghau Spring Fair opens with a broad lineup from car bargains to poultry, hardware, and crafts. Gleaming autos by Glenny & Heard Fleet and Overland family car on display, while Tyres & Son advertise wheat forward delivery and a range of farming goods. Local firms Campbell & Co and J.N.A. Greig offer goods, auctions, and services. Readers warned of upcoming English mail and Christmas card specials at Leader Office. Rewards posted for lost items, and notices for livestock, cattle, and dairy stock for sale. The fair promotes community buying with multiple vendors, demonstrations, and contests across November 13 and 14.
Mechanics' Pictures next Saturday with Black Oxen and Pickle Women visits Namur- Kalt Strathmerton. eye testing and mounts. Tenders due Nov 11 1924 for forming graveling works Strathmerton Namurkah. deposits required. Namurkah Shire Council to meet Nov 41 1924 to set rates. School winner list includes Elen Guenther Colin Coxon Bee Guenther and Elag Guenther.
Local notices list claims against the estate of Thomas Leavey of Naringaninga and obituaries and memorials for residents of Numurkah and Cobram. Entries recount legal undertakings, births, marriages, deaths, and expressions of gratitude, with names such as Morrissy & Deane, Nurse Meiklejohn, Gray, Dunn, Coghill, Potenger, Sage, and Dun.
Dr O Hanlon was advised that the Postal department will assume maintenance of the Telephone line from November 1. Auctionsers and Agents meet in Numurkah to discuss amalgamation with the Victorian Country Land Agents Association and aim for a uniform national charging scale. In Numurkah, Francis Need Jam was fined 7/6 and 16/6 costs after calves wandered onto Quinn Street and were found in the street.
Nemerah, a weekly town paper, notes Jackie Coogan Circus Days will screen first in the area next Wednesday. The feature is billed as more than a circus film, promising drama, humor, and emotional moments with the familiar Coogan touch.
At the final guarantors meeting the balance sheet showed a deficit of £24 17s 5d, to be apportioned among guarantors. Dr Marbison and Mr Teare proposed equal sharing of the deficit, with thanks extended to Mr Gilenny for a donation of £6 5s. Tickets and sales figures were reported, including season tickets at £62 1s 26d and dance sales £190 15s 4d. The main expense was a £189 guarantee to the Chautauqua Association, plus amusement tax of £15 15s 3d.
Committee plans record of innovations and changes for next year. Consider restricting Symons pavilion space or adding a new building or transferring exhibits. School work should be judged before hanging to allow prize winners to be seen. Some arena events changed as trotters’ owners divided rather than contesting. Public should see horses under correct rules. Champion hackney and harness horse crowned with ribbons by Mrs Hilliard. Yearling draught colt bred by Widgiewa Marshall noted. colt Widgiewa Fash referenced though not listed among stewards.
A local notice mourns Mrs Dut wife of Mr Alex Dunn of No Murkah who died in a Methionine hospital after long illness. Her son Alex Dunn, training in aviation work in Keanee, also died recently. Funeral at Nathalia Cemetery was led by the Reverend Hie Hes Aoodwnes. Details note extended family sorrow and memorial arrangements.
We the W Hall held a salutary evening meeting to solidify plans for a Waaia Picnic on Saturday. The program includes a harvest feast, demonstrations by farmers, and reports on grazing lands and livestock progress as weather cooperates.
Sub Tas Treasury accounts awaiting payment show unsettled sums. A Yalea benefit next Saturday offers sun shade rain themed entertainment for all ages at Yalea with Crickomatric activities and an optician visit by Mr O’Kerke from Melbourne at Eddy’s Hotel. Mechanics’ Pictures presents Black Oxen starring Gertrine Griffith and Conway Tearle amid South African intrigue.
Fragmentary report notes a horses and cattle sale at Nanirek with bidders from various districts. Descriptions include geldings and mares, lot pricing ranges from £0 to about £34, with multiple buyers listed and a copy of the sale terms and conditions partially recorded.
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