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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 10, 1922
Page
2
A garbled OCR page fragment lists police, dates, places, and multiple names with disrupted words. It mentions a gaunte day, various counts, and potential events, but the text is largely unreadable and lacks coherent facts to summarize a single clear incident or outcome.
Readable fragments show a dated stage event with minor names and locations. The text hints at a wartime era exhibit or page tag but lacks clear details or outcomes to confirm specifics.
The passage presents a jumble of overheard lines from a noisy street scene or theatre crowd with phrases about meeting someone, staying out late, and social chatter. It hints at a lively urban setting with references to friends, fashion, and public spaces, though many words are garbled or cut off.
A dense OCR fragment lists Cobram telephone exchange subscribers and services including storekeepers, private residences, and several street addresses. It mentions Cobram’s local committee, hospital, hotels, and businesses along various streets, indicating a community telecommunication network and related listings.
Article details a method for computing tank and excavation volumes using top bottom and middle areas. It lists dimensions such as top 60 ft by 40 ft, depth 10 ft, and slopes 2 to 1 on various sides, to estimate bottom area and cubic yard volumes.
A garbled excerpt explains measuring an oblong object by multiplying length by width and by height, with unclear steps and odd phrasing. It appears to be a technical or instructional fragment lacking complete context or readable details.
Cobram district in Tungamah Shire rests on the Murray river with cereal farming stock raising wool and market gardens. The Shire, created May 16 1878, is divided into five ridings. Names of councillors officials and offices include Shire Secretary W H Tricks Engineer T Kelly health officer Dr J T Kennedy and others with meetings on the first Monday each month.
Cobram court sits on Tuesdays and Fridays for entinary bus to police magistrate Me C J Rogers attends monthly. Clerk of Courts-Constable B Jobmon. Local Justices-Dr J T Kennedy, Tamas Grant, Thos Neughton, J Browne, ALR Wadeson, 8 H Scott, W Adame. Cobram Waterworks Trust meets every second month. Commissioners-Chairman J Grant, J P Cru Stokes Wideson Parnill J Ryan and J Martindale.
A fragmentary roster lists church figures and society officers including presidents, secretaries, and chairmen across religious, agricultural, educational, and civic groups such as the Agricultural Society Fire Brigade Cobram Branch Victorian Farmers Union and the Croquet and Bowling clubs. Names include Mr due Grant J J Browns J J O Dwyer W Shedforth and more with roles in committees and trusts.
A fragmented roster lists managers and secretaries for the Bank of Australasia Commonwealth Savings Bank Agency and various community bodies. Includes names for committees such as Hospital Demonstration, Churches, Justices of the Peace, School, Cemetery Trust, Agricultural Show, M U I O O S, Gardens, Race and Coursing clubs, Tennis, Cricket, Dramatic, Labor Council, Recreation Reserve, Births Deaths and Marriages, and Postmaster offices.
The article notes England and the United States exchange gifts such as a sculpture for Mayflower and a George Washington statue for Trafalgar Square. It recalls famous international presents including the Statue of Liberty, the Resolute desk, Queen Victoria’s gift, and notable artifacts from France and Holland, illustrating a tradition of diplomacy through gifts.
Fragmented clippings describe diverse notes from a periodical era: locusts crossing the mid Atlantic, Gaelic St Kilda, a French silver medal for long service, road vehicle accidents rising with more cars, and a huge London watch. It mentions a line carrying buoy and an automatic tennis machine, with stray remarks about marriages, population shifts, and a far ranging mishmash of curiosities.
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