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Phone 5862 1034 – Fax 5862 2668 – Email - Editorial: [email protected] - Advertising: [email protected] – Registered by Australia Post – Publication No. VA 1548 established 1895 LEADER NumurkahWEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020 $1.30 INSIDE School’s Too close See story page 3 back! CHILDREN returned to Victorian schools for the fi rst time Welcome in over two months yesterday, and teachers were there to back greet them with big smiles. See story page 6 See story page 7 2 — NumurkahLEADER, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 PETER COX & SONS FUNERALDIRECTORS Professional service tailored to your needs Locally owned & operated 24 hours - 7 days a week Funeral calls and information Cnr5862 Meiklejohn &3047 Quinn Streets ACCREDITED MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION WILL BE Search team ... Numurkah SES members, gathered outside B A C K Cobram police station, were among those who conducted the OPEN search for missing man Simranjeet Bhullar (inset) this week. THURSDAY JUNE 4 SearchAN extensive search of the continueslocal area conducted at around 9pm for on April man30. His vehicle wasmissing police and the special sololocally unit, that conducted BIGGER AND early this week has failed to locate a man who found at the intersection of Campbell Road and an extensive search of the Cobram South, went missing between Cobram and Shepparton Powerline Road, Muckatah, on May 5. Katamatite, Katamatite East and Muckatah areas BETTER Numurkah SES and local police members were on Monday and Tuesday. almost a month ago. Anyone with any information is asked to 27 year-old Simranjeet Bhullar was last seen among a group of searchers, which also included contact Cobram police on 5871 1977 or crime THAN EVER at an address at Campbell’s Road, Cobram, Victoria Police search and rescue, mounted stoppers. Melville Street, Numurkah Ph. 5862 1051 Smell but no fi re Restrictions to ease Local from next Monday raids net THE Victorian Government has LOCAL brigades turned out to two incidents announced a further easing of COVID-19 in the past week, neither of which required restrictions as of next Monday, June 1. them to use their hoses. Here’s what changes: drugs and At 5.20pm last ursday, Numurkah, Katun- • Up to 20 people allowed in people’s ga and Wunghnu brigades, and Shepparton homes, including primary residents. aerial pumper, were called to an electrical burn- • Up to 20 people at outdoor gatherings. ing smell at the Red Cherry Café on Melville • Overnight stays allowed at private guns Street. residences, accommodation, camp Numurkah re ghters could smell a burning grounds and caravan p a r k s , smell and used the thermal imaging camera, except for those with communal but could not nd a de nite cause for the smell. facilities. Working on the theory that it could be a fault • Up to 20 people allowed at weddings, POLICE BEAT with a uorescent light, they advised the owner plus the celebrant and couple. to have an electrician check the lights. • Up to 50 people allowed at funerals, A 31 year-old Numurkah woman is facing Katunga, Wunghnu and Shepparton were plus those running the ceremony. LEAVE charges of tra cking methamphetamine a er stopped enroute. • Up to 20 people allowed at other Cobram detectives seized a large sum of money On Friday, at 6.45pm, Numurkah and religious ceremonies, plus those needed along with a tra cable quantity of drugs during Wunghnu brigades turned out to a reported to run them. NO ONE a raid on a Centre Road, Numurkah property, on tree on re at Walshs Bridge Road, Numurkah, • Libraries, youth centres and other May 21. between Sinclair Drive and Sloleys Bridge. community spaces to open, with no IN NEED e woman is charged with possessing and e re was a heap of rubbish being burnt, more than 20 people in a single area. tra cking methamphetamine and dealing with and was under control. e re brigade was • Galleries, museums, drive-in cinemas, Please donate now the proceeds of crime, and has been bailed to ap- not required. Wunghnu was stopped enroute. zoos, outdoor amusement parks and pear at the Cobram Magistrates Court in August. historic sites can reopen, with 20-patron A 34-year-old Strathmerton man has been sen- limits. tenced to a 15 month community corrections Moira to get $2.5 • Swimming pools to reopen with RED order a er pleading guilty to charges involving limits of 20 people. SHIELD rearms, drugs and stolen property, resulting million for roads • Community sports allowed with up to APPEAL from one of two raids conducted by Cobram de- MOI Shire is to receive $2,544,893 fund- 20 people in undivided spaces, provided tectives in Strathmerton on May 20. ing for road maintenance and upgrades from physical-distancing is observed. salvationarmy.org.au A 50-year-old Strathmerton man has been the Federal Government under its Roads to • Beauticians, nail salons, spas, charged with drug and rearm o ences as a re- Recovery program. ta oo parlours can open with up to 20 sult of the other raid, and was bailed to appear e funding will allow council to deliver customers per space. at the Cobram Magistrates Court in September. priority projects focused on infrastructure up- • Auctions and open for inspections Numurkah Leader is Personal paperwork and a wallet were stolen grades and maintenance. allowed with up to 20 people. bound by the Standards from a vehicle parked at a Grinters Road prop- Mayor Libro Mustica said Moira Shire wel- • Non-food and drink market stalls of Practice of the erty in Boosey in the early hours of the May 23. comed the announcement of the funding. allowed to open. Australian Press Numurkah police are seeking information re- “Under this program, direct funding to coun- Premier Dan Andrews said that social Council. If you believe garding the identity of a driver seen performing cils is distributed according to a formula based distancing must still be maintained at all the Standards may have been breached, burn-outs and driving erratically in the vicinity on population and road length,” he said. times, and that the message has changed you may approach the newspaper of McDonald and Knox Streets, Numurkah , late “Our businesses and communities are con- from ‘stay home’ to ‘stay safe’. itself or contact the Council by email Saturday night/early Sunday morning. nected by one of the largest per capita road e situation will be reviewed in coming ([email protected]) or by phone Police said the individual in question was driv- networks of any Victorian council, and we de- weeks, with further easing of restrictions ([02] 9261 1930). For further information ing a white ute, possibly a Ford, with a canopy. pend on this funding program to maintain and possible from June 21, depending on the see www.presscouncil.org.au. Anybody with information is asked to contact upgrade the approximately 4,000km road net- number of new Victorian cases. Numurkah police. work. NumurkahLEADER 88 Melville Street, Numurkah VIC 3636 Beverley James Dominique Heather Karen Sheryl Phone: 03 5862 1034 Hutchins Su on Cosgriff Kelly Harper Ellio www.numurkahleader.net.au Editor Graphic Journalist Sales Sports Sports Designer Journalist Photographer Published by Jinki Sixteen Pty. Ltd. and printed by Newsprinters Pty Ltd printads@ design@ editorial@ sales@ sport@ Registered by Australia Post - Print Post publication no. 100002644 leader.net.au leader.net.au leader.net.au leader.net.au leader.net.au NumurkahLEADER, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 — 3 No shooting here please ... Fay Scadden and Boy at a warning sign a few hundred metres from the boarding kennels. Welcome back ... Telegraph Hotel staff Sarah Trease, Mary Down, Jasmin Buha, Olivia Cline, Ruby Arnel, Taylor Baldwin and owner Nathan Morris are getting ready to greet diners back to the pub. Welcome back to pub life FEW restrictions introduced to portunity to do some renovations and a en the curve of COVID-19 have we’re pu ing the nishing touches on Duck shooters too close caused a greater nancial impact, and these now,” he said. greater social angst in the Australian “We’re still waiting for some informa- community, than the prohibition of tion from the government about how forNATHALIA Boardingkennel Kennels and Ca ery owner comfort Fay “ e trouble is that none of the maps that the shooters dining and drinking in pubs. it’s all going to work, and Monday and Scadden has been le concerned a er duck shooters got use have buildings marked on them, and if they are not So the announcement of a limited re- Tuesday are usually our slowest days a li le too close for comfort on the weekend. familiar with the area then they wouldn’t know where opening of dining-in at licensed prem- anyway, so we thought we’d wait an Fay said that, despite the kennels, which is located buildings are. ises as of next Monday, June 1,was extra couple of days and reopen when directly opposite the Broken Creek on Nathalia-Waa- “I’m not anti-hunting, but I am anti-disrespect. greeted with joy all round - not least by we’re sure that we can o er our cus- ia Road, having a 1km exclusion zone for shooters, on “If they are going to shoot in an area they are not fa- local licensees and pub sta . tomers the best possible experience.” Saturday morning two shooters were ring in the creek miliar with, they should do a reconnaissance rst so they Whilst local publicans have contin- e Shamrock’s Sam Carnie said directly opposite the business’ gate. know what’s around and they can stay away from roads ued to serve food and drink to take management and sta are raring to go, “My husband heard shots at around 9am and the dogs and buildings.