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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
2
A jumble of names places and words appears through an OCR read of a local page. Readable tokens include Alicia Tammy Loreim and Hamish plus references to Valley Cane and Wer. The text lacks coherent narrative and identifying details to form a specific news item.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a house and singing, with unclear wording. No clear event, names, date, or location readable.
Fragmentary OCR summary suggests a life threatening fish fight incident at Avon site with Bevin named among involved or observing parties. Details remain unclear due to damaged text but indicates a rescue or danger event. Further readable context would clarify roles and outcomes.
A fragmented text fragment lists numerous tenor names and references positions at Westminster and other venues. It mentions Edward, Ragland, and Mogtish among others, hinting at a discussion of a world series of tenors and associated reputations within a historical press context.
Fragmentary notes describe a method to determine tank dimensions by dividers and arithmetic. Mentions feet divisions, height, length, breadth, and bottom area calculations with references to inches and feet, including a sample involving 9 cubic yards. Contains garbled phrases and unclear units.
Fragmentary instruction on calculating the contents of an oblong stack cade. It suggests multiplying length by width between boltons and the height from eaves, with unclear references to a 7 weight and Montvin’d. The excerpt appears garbled and unoriented.
Cobram and District form the northern portion of the Shire of Tungamah. The article lists industries such as stock raising wool and fruit, notes the Murray river location, and mentions transport lines and utilities. It provides population figures, parishes, electoral divisions, and a long roster of shire officers and council meetings.
The report lists court officers and officials for the Cobram petty sessions including the magistrate Me COD Bacera, Court-Conetable B Johnson, staff Mess Dr J T Kennedy, Thos Naughton and others, with roles for Commissioners Chair J Grant Cr Stokes and Wateson Parnell, Solicitor D Brace Tunnock.
A dense Rolodex of church denominations and community bodies appears with names of clergy and officers. It includes Church of England, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian and Methodist leaders, plus agricultural and lodge secretaries and society chairmen across Cobram and district.
A fragmented survey of local organizations and officials including savings banks, religious groups, temperance and improvement societies, justice and electoral offices, schools, sporting clubs, dramatic and labor bodies, with names such as Sir D. E. McLart J. Bradgcrest Rev H Sidebottom D. Ashtee and A. Taylor. The scan lists presidents secretaries and chairs across clubs and committees.
A historical account explains Stonehenge as an ancient temple built about 1900 B C, used to align with Midsummer sunrise. It notes early worshipers arranged stones to mark solar events, with the wobble of the earth causing a slow shift in sunlight over millennia.
The article notes rain-gambling as a prevalent form of betting in Calcutta during the June to October monsoon. Books are made on rain timing and amounts, with large sums wagered as monsoon forecasts trigger gatherings atop high flats. Marwaris, famed gamblers from Rajputana, are highlighted for ritual wagering tied to Diwali, influencing business confidence for the year. Police efforts to curb the sport have limited effect, mostly shrinking publicity and pushing bets underground.
A garbled report describes the rare sighting of tinned octopus along English shores and notes its scarcity on Greece. The piece mocks eating the creature, details how it is prepared, and satirically mentions tax and officials collecting rates in a provincial voice.
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