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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
2
Damaged OCR text shows garbled phrases and stray names without clear events. Readable fragments mention people and places but lack coherent action. The piece resembles a miscellaneous column or notice with uncertain dates and details.
Report outlines the Prince of Wales earnings chiefly from the Royal Duchy of Cornwall with last year paying 442,000 into his accounts. Much funds go to maintaining the household and younger children while the Crown provides limited direct support, and some income is privately raised by family, though key royal income remains tied to the Duchy.
Readable fragments describe household hints for preparing velvet and shellac polished surfaces and household mixtures. The text then shifts to recipes and serving ideas including baronete cakes with lettuce salad, potato and cheese filling, minture, and a savory sandwich filling with haricot beans and orange sauce.
A readable exploration notes Venus hides features under a vast cloud envelope. It argues cloud masses could mislead about surface facts and that removal of the clouds might reveal a planet resembling Mars or Mercury. The piece ends with a light, unrelated comic aside about a cake joke.
Rates charged and accompanying notes for Cobram Telephone Exchange appear with numerous business names, addresses, and services listed. The document includes baroque OCR strings for a wide range of local firms from Barooga to Cobram, such as Brown Corke & Co, Cobran Park, Cobram Hotel, and McPherson firms, along with street addresses and roles. This item reads like a directory-like rate card or vendor listing attached to the exchange.
A garbled technical note explains a method to compute excavation volume from teak measurements. It mentions combining measured length, depth, and areas, converting cubic feet to cubic yards, and adjusting for slopes on three sides. The text includes numeric depths, slopes, and area figures as part of a calculation process.
The text discusses calculating the contents of a stack by using perpendicular offsets along the bottom edge and the average width. It explains how to apply offsets to determine the overall measurement and balance, noting how errors affect the summed result.
Cobram sits on the Murray with a river service, power scheme, flour mill, shops, and farming. The Tangamah Shire, created 187R, is divided into five ridings with representatives in Commonwealth, state, and shire councils. Council meets monthly in Cobram with officers including Secretary Tricks and Engineer Kelly, and a roster of inspectors, poundkeepers, and waterworks trustees.
Cobram Court of petty sessions operates Tuesdays and Fridays for sedinary business with police magistrate Mr C J Rogers attending monthly. Clerk of Courts Constable R Johnson. local justices Kennedy, Grant, Naughton, Bos, Wadeson, Scott, Adams. Cobram Waterworks Trust meets every second month. commissioners Swan and Martindale, Kelly, Tuck acting secretary, Tonkin treasurer, Bruce Tunsock solicitor.
A dense listing of church parishes and clergy followed by a miscellaneous roll of local groups and officers. Includes Church of England Rev A C Edw Raman Catholic Very Rev Father Mc larthy Presbyterian Rev W Campbell Lahore Methodist Mr J F Sileater and numerous society heads across clubs, lodges, and political groups with names such as Robt Groom, J J Brownes, J G Grant, D Little, Jax Aysey, and J D L Tait.
A long list of local officials is named, including presidents, secretaries, and chairmen across banks, schools, churches, committees, clubs, and public bodies. Notable roles include hospital committee, cemetery trust, agricultural show club, football and cricket clubs, and the registrar of births, deaths and marriages.
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