11 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
1
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Mr W Meosell of Toumwal wins the carting contract for mails to and from Boom anoumana Cobram, starting January. Cobram stock sale December 17 at 1 pm. Melbourne mails delivered at Cobram post office on Wednesdays 3.40 to 4 pm due to Yarrawonga route. no mails from several nearby towns. Rainfalls in mid December total 125 points, with floods and harvest delays. Cobram Via Packing Co reports over 3 010 cases of oranges shipped. season output around 100 000 cases. rail freight about £2500. Mechanics’ Pictures features Skinner’s Big Idea with Bryant Washbury, a comedy drama about rejuvenating old office hands.
events include Sunday School Anniversary with Rev Patterson preaching at 1 am and 7 30 pm. Reports cover grasshopper damage in Boomanoowans district, a fire destroying Mr C Nicholas’s Gast Monara Vale home, Barooga Parish Hall sanctuary opening led by Bishop Howes, and Rev H L Watchem’s planned leave for Europe. Cobram ANA officers elected, fire at Cobram power house charcoal shed, and upcoming town cinema pricing and schedule notes.
Sir Isaac Isaacs will become Governor General mid January. Commonwealth Bank plans a two shillings per bushel advance on wheat for wheat pool handlers. Train curtailments slow mail delivery to country centers. Fruit crops show large increases. total large fruit harvest reaches 6 3 415 bushels. British officials debate appointing a British High Commissioner to Australia. Premier Lang dodges answer on securing 704 bushels per wheat unit for farmers. Premier Hogan says railways may be placed under a single commissioner. Commonwealth Statistician Wickens to study cost of living for a family of five. State Government aims to control large sums for unemployment relief, to fund developmental works. Mr Scullin visits Villers Bretonneux school. children sing Australia Will Be There in French and English. Victorian State Coal Mine reports record output and £100,000 profit. mine contributions affect New South Wales coal owners.
The death occurred at his residence Boomanoomans on Tuesday evening of John Francis Luffy age 73. He died of heart failure after an operation and had not been in health since. An Australian native and early pioneer type, his quiet unassuming nature earned him many friends. Remains interred at Yarrawonga Cemetery. He leaves a widow and nine children Patrick Richard Joseph Mary Ellen Kate Leo and John. Sympathy is extended to the bereaved family. The report notes the death of Mrs Wilfred Rolfe wife of the citrus supervisor at Shepparton on the prior Saturday after a 12 month marriage.
A didactic piece extols merchants who advertise and women who submit wedding reports. It urges readers to call in events promptly, praising early copy as rewarding editors and communities, and asserts cooperation builds a thriving town press and reputation.
The Young Australia League votes 151 boys for a Victoria led tour to Canberra Sydney and the Blue Mountains during January school holidays. A further 25 Victorian boys may nominate as other states failed to secure enough. Closing date extended to December 17. Eligible ages 11 to 17. Prospectus from Y A S Secretary Temple Court Collins Street Melbourne.
The hospital guided by Dr. G Kennedy on Broadway is nearly complete and its external brick facade enhances the town. Inside features include two swinging glass doors, a wide 6 ft passage, an operating theatre, five single wards and a double ward, nurses and parents baths, a large kitchen, sleep-outs, pantry, laundry, boiler room, built-in lockers, and electric ward signaling. Murray pine flooring, ivory and white enamel walls, wide verandahs, and a laid-out garden finalize a creditable, modern hospital environment.
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd Melbourne says its last sale of the year included a 7513-bale catalogue with wools from Victoria districts and Gippsland. Top price 1536.4d for the Sop Com we &w ofthe JC over Anchor clip from Seymour.
At the annual Licensing Court the renewal of Cobram billiard saloon licenses was approved with no objections. Licenses held by Bertie Leon Rice for two tables and Walter Shadforth for one table were renewed.
Tennis players are reminded that entries for the Cobram Lawn Club tournament close on Tuesday with boating Day and 27th December. Host R A Adama and T C invite entries and provide entry forms.
At a Cobra Fire Brigade meeting the following officers were elected Capullo as leader W Shadjortiy as tenant J Stanger as foreman J McCormack as apparatus officer D Ryan as secretary J Martindale as bearer for the year ahead.
Report notes 15 laws govern fishing with at most two jues and three hooks per line on the Murray River. Many try their luck, yet fish are few as grasshoppers flood the river, changing feeding patterns and biting activity.
Miss Winifred Brown wins the King's Cup for the air race around Britain beating 72 men and six women while Miss Marjory Foster takes the King's prize in rifle shooting against 9 men.
The silver Champion ship Cup of the Cobram Golf Club is on view in the window of Messrs McPherson Callender Pry. The cup has been won three years in succession by Mr Gen G Grant. At a Numurkal Borting Club committee meeting the proposal to install a miniature golf course on part of the club green was discussed with opposition and a sub committee set to study details.
The Berrigan Bowling Club postponed the season opening due to a grasshopper plague. Mr Mudge and club members used water and Hessian covers to slow the pest, then flooded the green to reduce danger while the hoppers remained a threat.
The West Indies cricketers will play five Test matches with Australia, the first at Adelaide, commencing tomorrow. The English Board of Control notes receipts for the five Tests totaled 477.20, with Victoria's share listed as SAAT. Doubts about the fairness of delivery by the Queensland Aboriginal fast bowler were dispelled last week after a motion picture captured the bowler in action.
The Mosstrooper, the grand national winner, took the weight carrying back event at the Dandenong Show last week. The Labor caucus in New South Wales approves a 1 percent tax on all racing bets, to be deducted by bookmakers and paid to the government. Critics say the tax will hurt racing in the neighboring state, arguing that the public rarely profits from betting as bookmakers and owners rely on losers to sustain the industry.
The Tungamah Shire Council monthly session records attendance including Ur Smyth Cowpx Kelly Sampson Martin Jones and Wadeson Crmmneniestns. It notes loan provisions for care, bridge and road works at Kalas Waggarayl and Katamatite, showground improvements, drainage, culvert removal at Ingles, kerbing costs, and tender preparations with engineers Mr Dempotes Woods and others.
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