No school fees charged at Numurkah Higher Elementary
The Numurkah Higher Elementary School council clarified that there are no tuition fees. Parents only provide books, likely costing about £2 yearly. With 69 scholars and expected term starts near 41,0, the school aims to improve overcrowded office classrooms by adding new rooms, with MLA Celine Bourchier and Mr Garrett pressuring Education Department during their Melbourne visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Numurkah Higher
HE School Council
Celine Bourchier
M.L.A
Garrett
Education
Department
Melbourne
District News Recaps A Busy Social and Civic Month
A lively district meeting drew 41 attendees despite poor weather. The comic club elected Oliver Gillespie as president and Fred Sulders as secretary. a rooms committee formed and delegates named. Bowling club re elected I M Kunt as president. subscriptions were raised. Morwell scheme advances with electric fittings planned for Mechanics Hall. Miss Gerard to replace Thelina Nunn at Marungi State School. Floods spike sheep losses as Crope reports rapid fronts and a strong harvest expected. Methodist Church anniversary services considered a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Gillespie
Fred Sulders
Whnsen
F. Haynes
J. Wayler
I. Kunt
Knight
Mechanics Hall
Morwell
Ereen
Miss. Gerard
Letter from Malta describes sights and Saint Paul legends
A letter from Nimurkah residents G. Patrick and family recounts Frank Patrick’s Malta visit from Valetta. He details St Paul’s Grotto and monastery atop the cave, the cathedral of St Paul and St Peter, old gates once gilded by Napoleon, lace-making convents, catacombs, and the charm and nuisance of local beggars and guides intertwined with Australian soldiers’ slang and trade advice in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Patrick
Nimurkah
Frank
Valetta
Malta
Rank
St. Paul
St. Paul’s Grotto
St. Paul and
St. Peter
Sydney
Melbourne
Numurkah footballers win pennant and plan show juggernaut
The Numurkah district hails a football victory over Nathalia as the team adds another pennant to local sporting honours. The piece urges community support for the upcoming Numurkah Show on October 16 1924, highlighting show grounds, educational value, and the need for broad town participation through member tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Numurkah
Gobram
Nathalia
Numurkah Showgrounds
Numurkah Water Works Committee Notes and Flood Tolls
The NumurkahWater Works Committee meeting approved estimates for wards including Strathmerton rural, Numurkal urban, Nathalia urban and related works. Flood conditions forced opening then closing of the Numurkah weir. repairs to Strathmerton pump and mains in Numurkah were needed. correspondence from the Water Supply Commission approved an overdraft up to £650 for relaying mains in Chapel and Manifold streets Nathalia. Reports on rates and local schooling honor lists noted. a political reading anecdote about Hansard and newspapers appeared in the district notes.
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Water Supply Commission
Chapel
Manifold Streets
Nathalia
L. Kruth
Moira
Numurkah
O'Hanlon
Kotupna
Kaarimia
Gentral
Barwo
Narioka
Western
Strathmerton
The
V.F.U
M.P
Material but No Money In View On Road Work
Discussion on better roads in Numurkah shire notes Rodney council frustration over lack of suitable material to spend a £10,000 Roads Board grant. Councillors plan to call tenders for 2000 yards of gravel from Mangalore or Cosgrove to enable project progress amid material shortages.
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Numurkah
Rodney Council
Roads’ Board
Mangalore
Cosgrove
Spardton
Waaia Progress Association debates funding and future seats
A large Waaia Progress Association meeting chaired by George Hutchens discusses tracing parish expenditure, with suspicions on engineer pay, city deputations, and road repairs. Nominations are sought for Western Riding candidates, debt relief for the hall is debated, and a future meeting is planned after the show. Also noted are Railways Rev Reso travel plans to Wimmera and views on school discipline by State Teachers Union president G. Robinson.
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Waaia Progress Association
Mall
George Hutchens
Waaia
Roderick McKenzie
Melbourne
Walter Abbott
Nathalia
Numurkah
N Didate
Rigbng
Hall
Nest
Wonthaggi
Bell & Co Agents for Victorian Wheat Corp notice
Drs Bell and Company act as agents for the Victorian Wheat Corporation in a notice issued to the Nathalia Agricultural Society. The document references agency arrangements and the shareholding or representation in the local agricultural body.
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Drs. Bell & Co
Victorian Wheat Corporation
Nathalia Agricultural Society
Beatrice’s Desirable Clydesdale Stallion Boquhan Kennedy
Boquhan Kennedy, imported from Scotland, is a tall dappled bay Clydesdale with 18 hands and strong conformation. His lineage traces to sires Apukwa and generations including Hiawatha, Prince Robert, Prince of Wales, General, and Sir Walter Scott, with numerous prizes at Highland and Glasgow shows. He is linked to Beatrice 29056 and Barons Bride 9122 among a long line of award-winning ancestors.
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Boquhan Kennedy
Scotland
G.S.B
Beatrice
Apukwa
U.S
Sue Falkirk
Strangraver
Ballantrae
Hamilton
Glasgow
H.& AS
Edinburgh
Ayr
Prince Robert
Prince of Wales
Highland Society
Secon
Dumfries
Kelso
Maanchester
G .Randsire
Inverness
Gegg
Walter Scott
Prmfries
Battersea
Clyde
Aberdeen
Haddington
Bouquhan Kennedys Gam
Highland Arl Agricultural Society
Kirkcndhright District Society
Wigton
Kirgendhright Distriet
Zod Dam Bet
Boby
C.S.B
Freddam Sheila
Sive Everard
Brewick
Auchenevairn
Kirkcudbricgh
Arevieshire
Kintyre
Argyleshire
Pambartonshire
Banffshire
Renfrewshire
Llyvia
Balig
Champion of the North
C.S
Jean of Balig
Sir Walter Scott
Roquhan Kennedy
Timaru
Christchurch
Ashburton
Dunedin
Royalshaw
Melbourne
Rogahan Kennedy
New Zealand
Inverecarfill
Oamaru
Palmerston
Wendemere Bay
Kennedy
Brisbane
Toowoomba
Raquhan Kennedy
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Sumurkah H.E- School
District News
Wunghnu
Numurkah Water
WRUST
Coms. Dudley
Hooper
Gordon
Meiklejoin
Ball
G.tuckett
Merkenzie
Hoss
Quanlen
Guranne
Thornton
J. G . Davidson
Freeh
Wasia
Francis Wall
Enid Kruth
Bryan Hyde
Reg. Lowrie
Jean Newby
Eileen Hyde
Marjory Stringer
Thelma Brooks
Alma Poon
Jack Murray
Bryan Bileen
Victor Daly
Gray Baron
Ruth Cattanach
Alex Baker
Joan Graham
Maurice Prideaux
Marjory Bitecon
John Pryde
Wehaia
Reso
Railways Department
Wimmera
Caoamon
Goulburn
Spencer Street
Tle
Spencer-street
Cook
S.M Numurkah
6G. Robinson
Unioin
Fean & Bolton
Opticians
Collins ST
Mir Bolton
Namurkah
Dodge Bros
Hebel
J. McNamara &O
Tees
Cobram
Numurkan
D. Nelson
EWE Stock, Land, and General Commission Agents
Nathalia and
Picgola
Wiasszy-Harris Machinery
Laith & Co
Yorkshire Insurance Company
Victoria Insurance Company
Gece. Kanros
Ballarat
Agrcultural Engineers
Krenley & Farman
P.O. Box
Coppin Bros
Alf
J. Paterson
Zenith
Sicholson Pole
Cman District
the, Star Bakery
Williams Sakef and Pastrycook
S& Williams
Holdenson Amd
Eilson, Tree Fi Pod Pty. Had
Kelvin Grove
Boguhan Kennedy
Seergee
Graham
Naring East
Numurkah Picola
A. Bohn
J. ‘Okamara & Co. Anctionsars
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