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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1947
Page
3
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Incomplete OCR passage contains scattered names and phrases. It references several personal and place names but lacks a coherent event. The readable bits suggest a local notice or brief item with unclear context and multiple erasures.
Fragmented OCR text references figures such as Chifley and Lalor, with scattered remarks on governance and policy. The garbled lines hint at political analysis or memory notes but lack clear actions or outcomes.
At Numurkah meeting the Goulburn Regional Swani Slee urged the Education Department to rectify border anomalies across Victoria South Australia and New South Wales. Delegates discussed consolidating schools Tongala area pupil numbers and improvements in teacher housing and hostel plans while noting grants and bus routes and site issues for Ratwanga and Ka Ka Hunga.
The committee backed consolidated schools in developing areas and left site selection to the Education Department. A reciprocal scholarship proposal for border students was supported, and the need to review the current scholarship system for fair regional allocation was agreed. Additional land near schools for hostels and amenities was urged, with Rochester to host the next meeting on November 12.
The notice lists church services and names across multiple towns including Namurkah Strathmerton Cobram Youarang and Cobram with ministers Rev Dunkley Rev Blakemore Rev Muller and Rev Longthorn. Basketball results show Surkah Blue 24 defeating Kaarimsha Cobra 18 and Yu Jnurkah Red 15.
Dalgety & Co Ltd announces public auction of land from the estate of the late Joe Grant to be offered by public auction as instructed by the solicitors for the estate. The notice details an auction sale of land clearing in the estate.
A 21 acre 1 rood 24 perches parcel in Crown Allotment 17 and 19 Sect C Dunbulbalane Parish Moira. Located two miles from Marungi School and Post Office. Described in Title Vol 3301 660054 and Vol 3301. Farm largely uncleared red and grey loam with shade belt, ~ acres under wheat on shares. Contains old house shed good fencing dams fed by Water Commission channel. Unworked for 9 years, terms cash.
A broad unreserved sale lists tractors, headers, cultivators, ploughs, chaffcutter, hay gear, iron, tables, and sundries. Items include Schumacher Gradey machinery, McKay and Mitchell implements, water tank, wheels, and a single Gig Horse Plant. Viewing arranged through Morrison and Tears, solicitors, with cash terms.
Readable fragments show a sequence of place names and numbers: Prones Numurkah after hours 168 33 Cobram 29. No clear event or action evidenced.
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