12 Aug 1937
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1937
Page
1
The notice lists postage costs: to Australia and New Zealand 1d to the United Kingdom via France 2d to the United Kingdom via the All-sea route 1d to other British possessions 2d to the U.S.A. and foreign countries Sd.
The Cochran Courier Meriauianannes announces a Thursday event dated August 12 1937 with Pomusunymoasbar Moanisus featured in the notice.
Riverina Transport Pty. Ltd. has gone into voluntary liquidation after ceasing haulage on July 19 following a High Court judgment. There will be no appeal to the Privy Council. A County Fire Brigades Board officer visited Wobram, teaching on the new foam extinguisher and standard extinguishers for petrol fires. The Victorian Police Team and Concert Party praised Neville Huggins, Williamsown captain, for winning the Recorder Cup as best and fairest in the VFA. At Tungamah Shire Council, Dr Mills joked about hare shooting at Muckatah and road works, noting speeds on bad road sections and promising to attend to the repairs.
About 590 people attended Yarrawonga Town Hall to bid farewell to Right Rev Monsignor Mahony after 19 years in charge. He was appointed parish priest at Shepparton. The night featured a gold chalice presentation, a novel ball, and plans for a lavish reception with music by the Wagga Melody Makers and a hem and turkey supper.
A motor car owned by C A Walker of Berrigan overturned on the Murray Valley highway near Strathmerton on Sunday afternoon. Two passengers were injured. The vehicle was occupied by A Davidson, Walker Bros, Ay McFarlane, and Johnson. David.
J McMehon riding Pilowsham in the Olinda Steeplechase at Mogee Valley broke his right collarbone when the horse fell. Frank Lee faced eviction after nine years of payments on a £715 house loan from the State Savings Bank, with £64 down and regular installments, due to unemployment. The Prime Minister deemed the eviction harsh but unavoidable.
Monday morning last week marked the final run of the motor train on the Numurkah line with detonators set for a ceremonial explosion. Steam trains will serve the route thereafter, a change riders welcome. The service’s lack of comfort made travel from Seymour to Numurkah dreaded by women and the elderly. In Baulkamaugh North Mr Patten’s farm workers saw Mr Robert Cunningham suffer an accident while ploughing. his foot was damaged by a cultivator, leading to amputation of the toes after initial efforts failed.
Dr W H Hodge returned to Katamatite Methodist Circuit events. Women of the Dunbulbalane pastorate hosted an American tea at Mrs W White’s Invergordon residence, raising seven pounds. A floral spray competition was won by Mrs W H Hodge of Youanmite.
The Berrigan Shire Council notes main roads bitumen surfacing plans and spraying schedules, with work to be carried out when arranged. It records financials for half year road expenditure, including government grant adjustments, and confirms Mr J G Collie as electrical engineer in Berrigan as Tocumwal Finley projects near completion.
A hare shoot at Katunga last Wednesday supported Collingwood Methodist Mission. Participants totalled 190 hares and 12 rab bits bagged for the fundraiser.
A regional fisheries update announces an extended Murray cod close season from October and November to include September. Possession or sale during the prohibition period becomes an offense. The strengthened law follows an interstate conference noting risk of extinction without tighter protection and calls for vigilant policing of the Murray River by NSW and shared funding with Victoria.
Barney Dearer, driven by youthful G Poustie, claimed the Richmond Handicap at Ascot Trotting meeting on Monday. The long shot, starting at 20 to 1, upset the field in a notable upset for Tocumwal trainer Dr B Horton.
A Melbourne cable report states cyclist Nicholson holds a 774 mile edge over French rival Rene Menzies in the yearly mileage race. Since January 1 Nicholson reached 34,733 miles, averaging 160.4 miles daily, while Menzies cut the deficit by 116 miles in three weeks, Aug 4 update shows.
Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, stars of The Champ, appear in O Shaughnessy’s Boy at Photo Phone Talkies on Saturday night. The pair deliver romance, laughs, and tears in a 100 percent entertainment feature, backed by The Unguarded Hour with Loretta Young Franchot Tone and Lewis Stone.
The Strathmerton mixed foursomes were won by J B and Mrs Reynoldson with 73-15 2-3-38 1-3, and a large entry is expected for the Cobram Club annual tournament set for Friday and Saturday as a new clubhouse nears completion, while the Numurkeh and Yarrawonga meets produce course records and notable performances.
Laur an Jay Tee plays Barooga against Je rilderie on Sunday while Mr F O Keete suffers a broken left collar bone. Mrs Hurley of Mumurkah is away in Queensland. The Perpetual Executors and Trustee Association of Australia Limited and Mrs AM Dixson serve as executors for the will of Henry Robert Dixam who died on June 12. The estate is valued at £41,568 including realty £1,000 and personalty, subject to legacies to relatives and the Presbyterian Church at Park and an annuity to the estate.
In Finley Court a dog led Sergeant Luther to a bag with a stolen suit and other items valued at £5, linking two men, Brown and Young, to the theft. Brown received six months hard labor while Young paid a £10 fine or 20 days imprisonment. Donald Brown, alias, had earlier been arrested at Euston for stealing a horse and sulky at Tocumwal, serving six months.
Engineers Cre, Coldwell and Collie oversaw repair work on the Barcage high road fence after breaches. Gr Colie urged that anyone driving through the fence should bear the repair costs.
An unclear text fragment mentions a tanker voyage from the Antarctic to South Georgia with casualties and a captain named Yume. It references Whaler, No. 5, and a voyage pattern of annual ports including Stockholm and Gray, but many details are garbled. The passage lacks verifiable names, dates, and events.
Fragmentary note references a woman and figures Uke Hivicu and Bob B with unclear context regarding a court or stake event and a plunge on Mellow leaving the story unreadable and not fully obtainable from the readable text.
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