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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1922
Page
2
A brief notice indicates correspondence instructions directing letters or telegrams to Canterbury Road in Windsor with the telephone reference Windsor 3088. The fragment provides no further context about the sender, recipient, or purpose.
A unanimous declaration crowned the event as the finest display of its kind in Nathalia, praising the quality and impact.
Tenders addressed to the President, Shire Hall Numurkah are invited for works including lighting and cleaning street lamps and drainage works in Wangahu and road gravelling between Brenion and Kelly in Drumanure. Applications for combined Rate Collector post for Numurkah and Numurkah Waterworks Trust at £270 per year are due by Oct 9, 1922. Specifications available from Shire Secretary A Stringer.
Dros and McNamara promote prime meat at low first prices and invite trials. Mr W. Smith of Strathmerton wins the sheep guessing contest at the murkah football match with a guess of 1361 lbs. Nathalia parish hall opens with a Children’s Concert that attracts a packed crowd and raises over £23. The concert gains repeated encores and a second show is planned with seat reservations for main ticket holders.
The notice recalls the death of Neil Jorgenson at about 85 in Wain after years of travel and service. It also mentions Harold Thorson receiving a seasonal church role, and reports on several local gatherings, memorials, and condolences for families including the Harpers and Gardiner. A child’s accident and a memorial hall project near completion are noted along with upcoming cinema showings and a fashion display at Namurkah. Continuous tributes underscore the town’s close-knit ties and recent bereavements.
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