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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 05, 1933
Page
4
Numurkah Show continues with a farm competition section. Entry fees set at sixpence for members and one shilling for non members, with the document noting sea-m bers as a printed fragment. The tally hints at a broader event program and member benefits.
A detailed notice from Numurkah outlines prize values for classes in farm, stock, and poultry exhibitions, including first prize trophies, entry rules, judging dates in November, and special sections. It details geographic bounds for farm entries, member requirements, and numerous cup and prize listings across poultry breeds, vegetables, flowers, and baking.
Entry details for the Numurkah Show list sections 1 through 15 for preserved fruits in glass jars with prizes. First prize 20 shillings, free entry for members, pay 20 by nonmembers. Sections include peaches cherries plums apricots grapes pears tomatoes nectarines rhubarb quinces figs and a collection. Special classes for first and second prizes, eight jars, and bottles under Fowler system. trophy valued at £61 as a gift.
Entries detail prizes for jam jelly and related preserves, with sections for apricot, black currant, cherry, gooseberry fig grape loganberry melon quince peach plum raspberry strawberry grape fruit marmalade and apricot jellies. Contain conditions for exhibits within 30 miles, limits per exhibitor, and collection prizes for jams jellies pickles sauces tomato products and woollen crafts.
The notice lists prizes for the June School Paper contests by grade, covering best copies on pages and various home work books, with divisions for Agricultural and Horticultural, needlework, drawing, and maps. It specifies exhibit rules, entry deadlines, judging dates, and transport arrangements for Nu murkah, with class divisions up to higher elementary and a separate dogs class.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses rainfall and wheat growing periods with references to inches and averages. Names, dates, or places are unreadable, but the piece appears to summarize rainfall amounts and seasonal patterns from a past period.
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