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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1948
Page
2
An impassioned piece imagines a child growing up under royal privilege detailing perks like education, status, and unaffordable comforts. It contrasts such protection with losses of ordinary freedoms such as voting and personal choice.
Members of the P F A recount recent activities including a November 16 Youth Rally in Finley with guests from Numurkah Berrigan and Jerilderie and a November 22 gathering after a devotional service in St Andrew's Church. A November 23 Goulburn Valley Presbyterian Unit meeting in Shepparton shaped future work. A December 5 Youth Service at Scot's Church Cobram featured Rev R A Dunksey assisted by Travald Evans and Misses Harris Gale Janetzki and Thompson. The group recessed until March 1949 and a Christmas tree social is planned December 17 with a parent plate.
Britain is advancing a major naval expansion with two 36000 ton fleet carriers under construction. The first HMS Eagle nears completion while the second will be named Ark Royal. The plan includes eight light carriers with keels laid.
Property prices rise as tram expansion pushes land values up to £8000 per block with few buyers previously. The text notes blocks near tram routes now selling, while earlier sales were stalled. Trade losses from strikes and events like Henley Day and the Royal Visit affected small traders and suppliers.
The letter recalls Melbourne safety at night on Collins Street and legends of a Spring-heeled Jack scaring pedestrians. It notes gangs forming to hunt the intruder, who was rumored to be the son of a leading citizen, and mentions law cases drawing wide interest including the famed Mixed Babies Case and Justice Barry’s awaited judgment.
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