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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 19, 1923
Page
1
The notice promotes investment options with large and small sums and low interest rates. It advertises term loans and continuous market terms. It also mentions a Melbourne location and a hotel managed by D. E. Frainer, aiming to attract patrons and maintain a strong reputation. It references Durant and Prideaux Numurkah Garage as district agents.
The fragment lists stock at Murka Store on Melville Street with teas including Glenvalley Tea and Union Tea, mentions fresh fruit and cheap lamp items, and promotes a monthly sale. It references Kent Grant and a trial with unknown outcomes, urging inspection of the Tow department and savings.
Readable fragments show a shop listing items such as crockery glassware and hardware. The tone suggests a small local retailer naming goods like ironmongery crockery and glassware under the business name Les Belt and Go.
Advert shows a hotel in Numurkah offering airy bedrooms a clean dining room and a spacious yard for locals and travelers with emphasis on modern liquid refreshment and ownership.
A garbled notice from The Great Northern Garage references Lake 3 Rathalia Motor and General Engineers with names like Je Greyete and Fr WIGTOR Prapetiter. Details are unreadable, but the fragment suggests a local business or repair listing with unclear personnel.
The club held a Monday meeting with H Segrave as president and ten other members present. The financial report showed an overdraft of £740 0s 5d, down from £1,165 9s 8d last year, while officials debated whether to add a supper room or extend the hall, with estimates ranging up to £1,000 and suggestions to cut from the stage for a cheaper option.
A historical Bendigo firm, Sandhurdt and Northern District Trustees Executors and Agency Co Ltd, lists directors including tt Merchant Bendigo J H Goudge Prighton Major V Lansell and Dr J McIntyre Laie. The group offers executorships trustee administration without wills and lending at current rates. Manager Janes P B McQuie based at 18 View Street. Also mentions The Federal Bakery Numurkah and a calendar of church services across Numurkah Katunga Waaia Cobram Naring Koo noo moo Youarang Wunghau Bunbartha Congupna and Youanmite with various pastors and times. Wedding and birthday cakes advertised and money lending services.
Correspondence from Waterworks Trusts Association asks for a delegate to the annual session on September 26. Chairman appointed. J Bursill Nathalie seeks permission to lay convey water for irrigation. Mackensia named for government votes. Kett moves forwarding vote to Lieut Colonel Bourchier for Water Supply Commission recommendation. L Kruth reports rates collected totaling £167 1 0.
A long stock notice from Royal Stires WUMURKAH Mutual lists Glen Valley location in two grades, freshly ground coffee and cocoa, and various price markdowns. It promotes china cups, savers, ten sets, and cookware, plus hardware items including plough shares, machinery, oils, and sheep tools, and building materials. It also highlights wallpaper designs and up-to-date furnishing displays with bedroom, dining, and drawing room suites in Blackwood, Oak, and Maples, with carpets and curtains at city prices.
A Sydney reader reports lasting relief from backache and kidney discomfort after a short course of Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. She suffered, felt dizzy, tired, and unable to tend to duties before trying the remedy. She now feels well and urges others to obtain the product from Foster-McClellan Co. in Sydney.
A testimonial letter extols Dr Ack Hing’s healing methods after years of illness and failed conventional treatments. The account details severe knee damage, prolonged paralysis, and a dramatic recovery following Ack Hing’s treatment, noting prior doctors advised surgery and urging others to consult him at Howard Place Bendigo or Farm ers Arm Hotel Numurkah with dates September to December.
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