This week in 1919: November 6

AFTER THE SHOW.

COMMITTEE REVIEWS ITS WORK.

NET PROFIT, £255/18/10

Owing to many of the farmers being busy hay-making, there was not a large attendance at the monthly meeting of the Numurkan Agricultural Society executive committee held on Tuesday last.

The Numurkah Cricket Club applied for the use of the showgrounds for matches, and this was granted. A suggestion was made that the ground should not be let to outside bodies, as it entailed a good deal of expense in shifting the jumps, etc., and their re-erection. The President said the society was at a monetary loss through giving the use of the grounds to sporting clubs, but gain was made through securing the goodwill of those concerned.

A Protest.

G. A. Bedwell protested against the first prize for thoroughbred brood mare being awarded to J. C. Gribben, on the ground that the animal was not in foal nor had a foal at foot.—In support of the protest,  Mr Bedwell said the mare had with her a yearling foal, and the owner of the sire to which she had been stinted had told him that the mare should have been on the point of foaling on show day.— It was decided to hold the matter over until the January meeting, to ascertain whether the mare foaled before the end of December, as provided in the rules.

The Profit.

The secretary announced, amidst applause, that the profit on the show had totalled £255 18/10, and that 307 members’ tickets, not including patrons, had been sold.

(The statement hardly shows the true position, for several amounts have been debited to the show account that should rightly have been spread over 12 months. For instance, the secretary’s salary is shown in full, though he has only been in office for seven months, so that the actual profit on the show is quite the £300 we stated in our report of the show.—Ed. “L.”)

Bowling Green Opened. — The extremely unpleasant weather no doubt kept many people away form the ceremony of opening the bowling green on Saturday afternoon, but there was nevertheless a good attendance, and a pleasant time was spent. The President (Mr. R. J. Watters) and his good lady met their visitors and bade them welcome, and Mr Watters formally repeated the sentiment in his address prior to the opening. The first Jack was thrown by Mrs Watters, and Mrs R. Kilpatrick, wife of the senior vice-president, threw the first bowl, the season being then declared open for 1919-20. Whilst the gentlemen were indulging in “rolling them up,” the ladies partook of excellent afternoon tea at the hands of Mrs Watters, and by this means, and in social chat, the afternoon was spent very happily.

PERSONAL

Sergeant Cyril Brown, who spent his boyhood days in

Numurkah, has just been advised that he has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for “gallant services rendered in France and Flanders.”

General regret was expressed in Numurkah last week, when it was learned that Mrs Musgrave (wife of Mr Musgrave, formerly managing clerk for Messrs Morrissy & Deane, solicitors, Numurkah) had died in Melbourne as the result of injuries sustained through being knocked down by a motor car in Albert Park on Friday week last. 

WUNGHNU

For some time past one of the  Bunbartha footballers (Mr Newt. Howard) has been threatened with total blindness, owing to an insidious affection of the eyes.

Mr Howard has always enjoyed the esteem of his club mates and those who know him as a footballer and resident of Bunbartha.

And with that true sportsman-like spirit which characterises the footballers of this district, they decided to tender him a complimentary foot ball match and concert. 

KATAMATITE

The annual meeting of the Hospital Sunday demonstration committee was held on Saturday evening last, when there was a fair attendance, the President Mr D. Ashton, being in the chair. The balance-sheet showed that £63 had been forwarded to the hospital as the result of last year’s demonstration.

To celebrate the State Library of Victoria’s digitising of the war years editions of the Numurkah Leader, each week we will include the news of the week, 100 years ago.

To view these editions online go to trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/591.