Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
A damaged newspaper fragment outlines a public sale action with readable bits naming the sale and local officials. The text includes unclear phrases and partial names making full details uncertain.
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
2
A damaged newspaper fragment outlines a public sale action with readable bits naming the sale and local officials. The text includes unclear phrases and partial names making full details uncertain.
The text appears as garbled OCR about tanks and sustenance, with scattered phrases regarding tank dimensions, lengths, breadths, and unidentified technical terms. It mentions a Lee Street area and various measurements like 120 percent, 40, and 20, but lacks coherent context or complete facts.
A distorted passage discusses measuring a structure's contents and calculating weight and height. It mentions stacking, perpendicular axes, and deriving roof ridge height as half the vertical distance. The garbled wording prevents clear conclusions or specific figures.
The piece reflects on singing for wireless, describing the novelty and anxiety of performing for distant listeners across miles. It notes the ambience of a concert hall helps sustain voice, the temptation to force tone, and the anticipation of audience reception and global feedback from promoters, friends, and distant listeners.
An ornate, fragmentary reflection on ambition fate and virtue urges readers to grow through responsibility and experience. It recalls that nobility of effort surpasses birth and that a hopeful outlook conquers hardship, shaping character and life.
A vintage piece discusses radium valued at up to £1,000,000 per ounce with demand from doctors researchers and industry. It notes rare, costly extraction, limited market, and potential agricultural and horticultural future uses as radioactivity research expands. Prices and sources from prewar Austria and Joachimstahl are referenced as the article reflects on supply shifts.
Local Courier Office advertises a sale of good envelopes and inexpensive writing pads. The notice touts office supplies available for buyers, with emphasis on value and practicality for readers seeking stationery deals.
Cobram and District form a prosperous region on the Murrey River with cereal crops, stock, dairy, citrus and other fruit diversity. The Cobram Shire Council meets monthly with officers led by President W M Frat and Secretary W H Trick, outlining water, roads, and local services for a growing community.
A garbled list of Melbourne suburbs and street fragments outlines addressing letters and spraying material delivery points. It mentions Neptune Oil Company agent in Abbotsford and various suburbs such as Alphington Kensington Kew Brunswick Malvern Moonee Ponds Prahran Coburg Caulfield Oakleigh Parkville Collingwood Elsternwick Reservoir Port Melbourne Prahran and others with scattered street numbers and notes on sprayer and spraying material availability.
The Cobram page lists court and police notes with officials like A C J Rogers and B Johnsos, plus waterworks trustees, church leaders, and community groups. It details committees, secretaries, and presidents across the Cobram Waterworks Trust, churches, agricultural societies, schools, and clubs including croquet, race, and football.
A garbled OCR fragment lists figures such as A. W. acht and Myrif Claytos connected to Austrelesia managerial and agency entities. Mentions Mechanics' Institute and a president figure named Gomme arng Bask Agrony de. The text is fragmented with several unreadable names and phrases.
The readable OCR lists numerous local bodies and officials including churches, electoral registrar, school committee, juvenile secretary, gardens committee, race club, crick et club, farmer union, political labor council, recreation reserve, registrar of births deaths and marriages. Names such as Rev Father Ellie, A Blake, J Bradstreet, J Hughes, T J Quinlany appear with titles.
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