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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 09, 1941
Page
2
A local estate sale center faces questions over water access and site safety as gardeners and residents clash over irrigation plans. Officials review schedules and permits while contractors present revised proposals. Community groups urge transparent timelines and environmental safeguards.
Article outlines wartime UK food policy led by Sir John Orr. Emphasizes milk, oats, greens, and potatoes as key, with the cow as the most efficient convertor of feed to human food. Discusses shipping savings, costs, and subsidies affecting milk and bread prices for low earners.
A reflective view on fathers in law, noting their underappreciation and soft influence within the home. The piece portrays them as peacemakers who foster harmony between sons and wives, suggesting choosing a father in law first leads to long term happiness.
Britain says a new wood from a Foreign Legion country may replace briar in pipe making after months of research. The wood’s name is not disclosed though Britain exports eighty percent of the world’s briar pipes and has long sought a fragrant durable substitute since briar became scarce.
Vacancies exist for a number of young men aged 20 to 22 to train as engineers fitters meter mechanics and signal mechanics in the armoured division. Approved applicants receive six months of technical school training. Early applications welcome at the recruiting bureau Flinders St station or Town Hall Melbourne.
A garbled wartime text fragment describes German and Axis actions in occupied Europe. It mentions Norwegian and Dutch individuals, a Dutch beer bottle assault, and sentences ranging from months to years. The piece references trials, German offices, and Nazi-affiliated groups in a chaotic, censored wartime reporting style. This appears to be an OCR fragment of a broader article on occupation policies and tribunals.
The article traces Turkish women’s gains from subservience under the Ottoman regime to legal and political equality under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It notes bans on unveiling and education, polygyny, and peasant hardships, then highlights reform milestones from 1930 voting rights to 1935 parliamentary representation and broader social advancement.
The Minister for Air, Mr J McEwen, explained the formation of the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force due to staffing gaps at instructional schools and increased operator needs for stations and squadrons. Sufficient male enlistments were lacking, so skilled women radio and tele-printer operators would be trained briefly to fit air force requirements, with a small administrative WAAAF staff appointed.
The readable parts describe a meeting about defense and policy with scattered phrases. Notable garbled names and places render clear facts scarce, but references to a council, citizens, and a talk about property and wards hint at local governance concerns from a historic page.
A notice from Vivian Ronald Roe D V R Ross and nine brothers records printing and publication at their own street in Cobram Victoria, listing individuals and a local family arrangement or business action.
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