Stocktaking Bargains Overcoats Greatly Reduced
Bargain sale lists overcoats at deep discounts with pullover and cardigan options. Readable text references color themes and a seasonal retail push implying significant markdowns on winter apparel.
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
1
Bargain sale lists overcoats at deep discounts with pullover and cardigan options. Readable text references color themes and a seasonal retail push implying significant markdowns on winter apparel.
Notice from Shire of Tungamah announcing election of four councillors for Central North-west South-west and Southern Ridings on August 1928 nomination day August 7 with candidates Edward Mulquiney James W Ford Thomas F Kelly and others plus details of borrowing eight thousand pounds debentures for public works with plans and inspection at Shire Offices Tungamah dated July 30 1928 signed by W H Tricks Shire Secretary
The notice from W. R. Denson Cobram announces inability to take further chick orders due to overwhelming demand this season. It lists contact details and other local notices including building timber, a September gift sale by St. Margarets Guild, stock for sale, and a used Republic Truck with price.
Local business and civic notices record Campbell and Co to yard 100 sheep and 50 cattle at Cobram on August 1. Tungamab Shire Council considers borrowing £8000 for road construction. Election dates set for August 23 with nominations due Wednesday. Boxing title won by Gene Tunney over Tom Heeney in the 11th round. A death in Berri mourned, Miss Joan MarsGeld hosts a fashion show August 13–15 at Cobram Hotel. A social event supported for a supper room at the Local Mechanics' Institute.
Elections loom as authorities plan a principal roll reprint and urge qualified residents to obtain claim cards at the post office or registrar then return completed forms. Fresh cards required for those moving within the sub-division.
Market report for Victorian Central Gtras Associ shows weekly pricing trends with notes on supply levels and varied rates for different commodities. Fragmentary figures indicate deltas across items and days, with several price points likely in prewar style notation.
Last Friday evening a school concert in Koonoomoo drew a full house. Admission was one shilling, raising £3 for the Shrine of Remembrance. The programme blended children’s acts with community singing. Mr T Naughton chaired and thanked supporters. ladies supplied supper.
An article extols home radio use to keep children indoors in 1928, noting Astor sets for Australian conditions with attractive cabinets and easy payments. It mentions Campbell and Co’s demonstrations and a Cobram yarding event with sheep and cattle, but details are fragmented and unclear.
The Katamatite Rifle Club beat Shepparton by eight to ten points in the Barker Cup competition among Shepparton district rifle clubs on November 21. Katamatite led with strong scores across three ranges and earned praise at the annual meeting where R Currie was elected captain and officers were reappointed. Forty three members completed the musketry course and will receive ammunition allowances.
Farmers recognise fallowing as valuable when combined with sheep grazing. Stubble can be grazed six to seven months after harvest, reducing straw waste and allowing ploughing without soil disruption. Old world practice leans on farmyard manure, but labor costs favor grazing straw as a no outlay alternative. If disease hits the crop such as flag smut or take all, burn stubble early, cultivate the land, and sow oats for feed.
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