Tecumwal Red Cross Ball and State Holiday Motion
The Tecumwal Red Cross branch hosts a ball on Wednesday 9 June featuring an old-time waltzing competition. Promoters urge no clash with other events. A Mildura movement backed by major clubs and unions seeks a state wide Saturday half holiday with government representations to follow. Australian WWI enlistment figures cited and welcome-home event noted in Cobram East for Mr and Mrs J Allen.
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Tocumwal
Tecumwal
Tecumwal Red Cross
Mildura
ALF
C. W. Graham
New South
Australia
Cobram East
J. Allen
Rev. Lonergan
Allen
Memorial gates and fence dedicated for farm shows
Readable fragments describe a dedication for a Junior Farmers State Championship lamb raising event in 1996 and a Ray Donaldson placement in pig raising. A mention of tennis and cricket clubs and a theft at the door appears as fragmented notes with uncertain amounts claimed.
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Estes
Ray Donaldson
Dixon Receives Farewell as Savernake Club Gathers
At Savernake on Saturday the local club bid farewell to Andrew R. Dixon who is moving to Adelaide. President J A Gorman noted his ten years as club president and presented a Life Membership Badge before Dixon accepted a further token gift. The note mentions plans to build a new Methodist Church using the current building as a Sunday School.
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Savernake
Andrew R. Dixon
Adelaide
J. A. Gorman
Dixon
Numurkah Oddfellows Plan New Lodge Hall in Saxton Street
The Numurkah lodge of the Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows has opened negotiations for a hall to be used for lodge and social events. Approval from the parent body is granted. The hall on Saxton street will measure 50 by 20 feet and include a kitchen store rooms and offices. The Numurkah Methodist choir trained by Miss Hilda Tyres and assisted by Miss Margaret Smith won the Rochester church choir contest, praised by adjudicator Mr V Lorimer for their performance of Passion Chorale from the hymn-book.
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Numurkah Lodge
Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows
Saxton Street
Hyde
Rochester
Numurkah Methodist
Hilda Tyres
Margaret Smith
V. Lorimer
TOCUMWAL War Reserve Firearms Incident Report
An excerpt notes a gunfire incident during a reserve takeover with a woman injured by shotgun pellets to the face and a man reporting cattle losses from shooting. The passage also mentions land department activity and Yards being erected by D Wylie for a firm.
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Pepens
D. Wylie
Anzac Day Service at Mechanics Institute Recalls Sacrifice
The Anzac Day service in the Mechanics Institute drew a large audience as Rev. Grylls delivered an address based on Hebrews at a moment when war’s memory and moral duties were urged. The sermon linked heroism, debt to the fallen, and the duty to teach younger generations about the horrors of war.
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Mechanics’ Institute
Grylls
Kipling
Australia
Gallipoli
Strathmerton RC Ball Promoters Schedule July 27
Strathmerton RC and Ball Promoters announce the annual Strathmerton ball on Tuesday July 27 with Grr vasoni's orchestra engaged. Cobram Methodist Church hosts the annual bazaar on Saturday afternoon with usual stalls and varied competitions. Brown Corke & Co advertise winter goods in the current season. The Returned Soldiers League hosts an Oman night in Shepparton with speakers including McEwen MAR and figures into pension and tax context.
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Strathmerton RC
Grr
Vasoni
Cobram Methodist
Cobram Methodist Church
Oman
Shepparton
Returned Soldiers’ League
Mead McEwen
Mar
Hinal
Australia
Railway Revenue Increase at Cobram Station
March revenue at Cobram Station rose by 640 pounds compared with 1936, with goods tonnage up 854. The station remains understaffed and overworked, prompting calls for appointing a junior goods porter to restore efficiency and balance workload.
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Cobram
Cobram Ralway
Railways Department
Violin prize and board appointments in brief
At Roche uns Anisguilie Lew Laghtten Mr J Lewis of Cobrani won second prize in a under 16 violin solo. The Youngs husband Ltd board appointed Clive McPherson to fill the vacancy after the death of Reginald I Argyle. Rutherglen loss noted Owen Smith 77 former Star Hotel licensee died at Rutherglen.
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Roche Uns Anisguilie
Lew Laghtten
J. Lewis
Cobrani
Guinea
Youngs Husband Ltd
Clive McPherson
Riverina
Reginald I. Argyle
Rutherglen
Owen Smith
Star Hotel
Kilmore
Burramine
Mt. Gwynne
Wagga
Temora
Clergyman Testifies in Dangerous Driving Dispute
A magistrate questions a clergyman after a warning for dangerous driving. The clergyman claims 15 mph while police say 40 mph. He suggests the discrepancy may stem from having married the officer three years earlier.
Wheat Market Overshadowed by Speculator Moves
In a column titled Our Country As I See 4 the writer notes last week’s wheat price drop unsettled Australian farmers shipping grain. The decline was driven by speculators, not real value, and a subsequent rise followed. The piece cautions farmers against selling in fear of a market bottom and urges prudent, not panic, actions.
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Sattler
Fragmented Correspondence Relating to Local Church Aid
A garbled correspondence fragment references a Kaiior Cobra Liveter su and church aid. It mentions officers approaching a committee, a prior engagement or meeting, and a date described as “Burinday” with mentions of a church aid and duties.
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Basidalya
Petrol tax dispute stirs public uneasy in parliament
A fragmented report outlines a heated conference on petrol taxation with debate over defense costs and policy aims. It notes international comparisons, mentions Australia and the United States, and describes ongoing efforts to justify petrol tax increases amid general public concern.
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