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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 31, 1944
Page
1
A fragmented note reports a gathering of former Numurkah residents with unusual attendance. It mentions a levy, wine, and local officials, though the text is garbled. The piece hints at community memory and a postponed or disrupted event with unclear dates or exact details.
In late September guidance for amateurs on planting bedding and dwarf dahlias, with postable green plants from Victoria. Advice covers spacing 18 inches, staking tips, and varieties like A Bishop of Lindiff and Border Princes. Also lists garden club names and associated members in a local community note.
Fragmentary text mentions trustees and a location with references to names and events. The readable parts are insufficient to identify a clear person, place, or event. preserves era tone but lacks coherent facts.
The text outlines soil and fertiliser steps for plant growth, suggesting digging in manure, two fertiliser applications three weeks apart, and notes late summer annuals needing warmth. It recommends Zinnias Begonias and Sylvias, alongside mauve Ageratum borders with Salvia Bonfire, and highlights Begonias thriving in shade or sun with tall varieties reaching two feet or more.
Watkins Quality Products announces it will supply spices essences soups cleansers medicines and toilet articles via mail order until an agent is appointed in the district. For agency information and orders write The J R Watkins Company 292 Exhibition Street Melbourne Victoria.
GOOD tailoring shows itself in warm weather with suits styled to face the world. A. McPherson & Son Pty Ltd offers tailored garments at reasonable prices with prompt measure taking today. Also featuring watch repairs, jewellery, optical services, and Numurkah tobacco and tobacconist goods.
Brown Coree and Co Pty Ltd Numarkeh offers a vast shelves list of fabrics and household items. Lingerie fabrics in pastel shades with floral designs, silks for coats, crepe fabrics and satin, cottons for house frocks and overalls, Manchester goods sheets and towels, cotton shirting, double bed sheets, honeycomb towels, ticking, navy drill and khaki drill, blankets and wool blankets, linen blinds, striped windeyettes, and a grocery line of pure fruit juices in black currant blackberry and raspberry with usage directions.
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