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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
1
Church of England holds monthly services with Holy Communion and Evensong at Cobram locations. Methodist and Presbyterian churches list minister names and service times. September 20 features a fall in Barooga Hall and Comforts Fund event.
The Cobram Courier reports Barooga Comforts Fund reception of £10 and local fund-raising, farming weather concerns with needed rain, and Dalgety Co. Corowa sale of 6000 store sheep on Aug 29. It notes silos construction delays, Grain Elevators contract issues, Cobram racing results from Avenel, Euchre party for Xmas hampers raising funds, and local committee zoning elections and representatives.
A Barooga euchre party and dance on 15th inst raised over £4 for the Comforts Fund. Prizes included a hamper won by Mr Cordon Nye and euchre trophies awarded to Mrs Lancaster and Mr E McKinley. A football donated by Mr Allan Frazer was won by Mr M McLachan Cobram. The Health Inspector announced Barooga diphtheria immunisation dates with a per child charge of 4d and family cap of 8d for treatment.
In Strathmerton Hall on August 18, a public send off for Private Smith featured a National Anthem, dancing, and speeches by D Henderson, Dr T Myers, R W Mudge, J Kenny, and G Lewin. Gifts were presented by Mrs McLeod and G Lewin, with performances by local entertainers and several encore numbers before supper and late dancing.
The Katamatite community gathered at Mechanics Hall to bid farewell to Mr. A. Dunn station master for four years who has been transferred to Stratford. Friends from Cobram Youanmite and local groups praised his service and wished him success in his new role. A Porter will replace him and attendees enjoyed musical items and a supper before dancing to close the evening.
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District local committees of review met at Shepparton to hear Mr E E Ryan of the Department of Commerce and Mr L Johns discuss duties, registration rules, and safeguards to prevent excess wheat sowing. They urged adherence to normal cropping, proper data, and fair case handling.
The case in question faced criticism as participants argued against excessive acreage and urged prompt action. Mr Johns advised growers to submit registrations and licenses without delay, detailing the wheat area planted and tasks for the season, to avoid overlooked applications.
At a Cobram Comforts Fund meeting the secretary was told to query the Victorian Comforts Fund about waste paper prices per ton. The letter details varied rates for waste paper including cardboard and old newsprint, with figures cited as pounds, shillings, and pence per ton and per pound for different grades.
Local column reports on youth guarding in camps with signals, skating rink use on the Berrigan Barooga road, and graveling to ease motoring trouble. agricultural talks at Cobram and Yarrawonga, lectures by Prof Wadham invited, militia trainees from Mt Martha return home fit and joking about Army stew and seaside air.
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