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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1947
Page
2
A historical listing summarizes amusements meetings and catalogues with scattered details on events venues and organizations. Readable items indicate schedules notices and reference to various public entertainments and informational offerings.
A full time opportunity invites ex service personnel to sell guaranteed home and farm products from TI Fant, including essences spices cosmetics medicines and more. Earnings of 6 to 10 pounds weekly are reported by men over six months. Credit may be extended. Call or write J R Watkins Company 292 Exhibition Street Melbourne C1 for details.
Recruitment notice offers 51 shillings weekly pay, free rail passes at Christmas and Easter, quarter fare rail travel, and home visits. Vacancies across many trades for 15 to 19 year olds with leaving certificate or technical diploma, permanent posts with superannuation, education scholarships, and rail benefits. Apply by October 13, 1947, via Secretary for Railways Room 236, Railway Fl Spence, Streat, Melbourne.
Brown Corke & Co Pty Ltd Numurkapoo invites applicants for multiple roles including junior and senior positions as Haber dashery department typiste grocer and book-keeper at Cobram branch. Applicants should be reliable and capable of handling clerical and retail duties.
Shire secretary announces intention to apply to the Public Health Commission for permission to construct saleyards on Orchard Street Numurkah Town Ship. Also notes Greengrocery business sale to Mr Stan Gainey and thanks supporters while pledging continued weekly household deliveries of fruit and vegetables.
Mrs Mackenzie and daughters thank friends relatives for tributes letters and sympathy after the recent bereavement. Special thanks to De Thomas Hey Booth Mr Twit Mr api Mes Henderson Miss Christie and Mr Willy. Mrs C U Dudley and family express gratitude for kindness after the death of their brother George.
Late copy holdovers include school sports report and other items. Dr Ford criticises uneven mail service in Goulburn Valley while Mr Martin says train services unlikely to improve. Numurkah Butter Factory wins export butter prize at Melbourne Royal Show. team and officials celebrated. Holdenson & Nielsen also win awards. A recital and concert by the Numurkah Town Band will raise funds for Mr George Poole after eye injury.
Following two years, the Water Commission warns future irrigation channels should not refill farm storages for stock and domestic supplies between April 1 and September 1. It urges sufficient storages to carry through the period and outlines loan terms under the Farmers' Advances Act with seven eighths of cost funded over ten years at interest rates near four percent.
Readable words describe a local gift or home narrative involving Mrs Reynoldson and Mae. text is garbled with many nonstandard spellings and inserted letters. The passage lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable organizations.
A golf event report lists Payson and Newnan as sites with mixed results. Names such as Cy Butte WhMre Dayigwyke Christie Roche appear in fragmented form alongside scores and participant mentions, reflecting a local sports brief from the period.
Fragmentary text describes Meklinn listening to a speech and motion that the formal opening was abandoned. The readable portion emphasizes a change in plan and a response to the event but lacks concrete names, dates, or places.
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