25 Aug 1932
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1932
Page
1
August events include the second football semi final on the 2nd and 27th, mechanical pictures at Barooge, cricket matches on the 30th, and a Cobram Heat fixture. September lists a meeting, hospital ball, talkies at Mechanical Hall, and a Koonoomoo school picnic on the 14th.
Local reports note shearing at Gorton Anderson's Cobram depot and a strong butter factories race. Polls open today in the Tongamah Shire with candidates for Southern and Central ridings, plus talkies and contests on municipal honors.
Rain showers with lightning sweep Monday evening as hospital balls and church farewell sermons are announced. Public notices cover unemployment grants to shires, bicycle lights at night, new hotel leases in Cobram, a big Fat lambs and cattle sale in Numurkah, and a Holland's Talkies program featuring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald with Barnacle Bill cartoons at Cobram Mechanics Institute.
The death of May M J Eldridge at Mooroop hospital last week aged 15 arose from rheumatic heart trouble. She was the bright daughter of Mr and Mrs T Eldridge of Cobram. A lengthy cortege followed the hearse to Cobram Cemetery where Rev Blake conducted the burial service in the presence of mourners. The community extends condolences to the bereaved family.
A partial classified notice notes leather for upholstery and foam wools at low prices. The garbled text lists sale terms and costs but unreadable specifics prevent precise figures or vendors.
District news notes Strathmerton R C Ball to be held Wednesday next week with Gervasoni's Orchestra engaged and a set supper. Double tickets cost 5 shillings from the bon. secretary J Patterson. Also celebrated thrift at State School No 2790 with school bank accounts and a framed certificate. Cow owner Mrs Cranst6on of Ratamatite reports twin calves, fifth such set. Totumwal station busy with 216 trucks moved to Newmarket. seven trains with stock arrived from NSW centres. Fire insurance premiums reduced in Shepparton by 15% after council pressure. Shepparton Co operative Butter Factory reports strong profits and earnings with bonuses and reserves.
Archdeacon Hancock recalls a 45 year old memory in Nathalia when Victoria's first woman barber shaved him in a composite shop. He was a young pastor facing a rough environment in the backblocks where men were rugged and beards common.
A fragment from a Sydney conference discusses broad tax burdens touching farmers landowners and workers. The speaker notes stamp land sales stock payroll family services and transport taxes weave through farm commerce and public administration amid regional and federal taxation debates.
A hard fought semi final on the Cobram ground sees Muckatah defeat Tocumwal by two points in a scrambling match. Umpire R McNabb officiated as Muckatah showed strength in the centres while Tocumwal faltered with abort passes and criss cross plays amid mixed conditions.
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