13 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
1
The following Agents have been appointed to receive wheat on behalf of the POOL Cobram Yerroweyah Strathmerton Mywee Tecumwal AGENT M D O'DWYER Davidson Pepper Our Agents will give any information and will receive all wheat for the POOL The First Adance is 1 4d per bushel net Dont Sacrifice Your Wheat Pool It
Inspectors report Cobram Agricultural Society crop results show Mr S Collie with Free Gallipoli top crop, Mr J Popple Wells second, and Mr J Cullen and Mr J O Dwyer tied for third with Free Gallipoli and Federation varieties. Adverse season reduced overall yields, rust and weeds noted, sowing widely done with a Combine and harrows.
Cobram notes a visit by optician Mr Bolton of Collins Street Melbourne to consult at Donald's Hotel on December 15 and 17. Local sports include a Cobram Tennis Club match against Yarrawonga. Muckatah Turf Club, Boomanoomana Fire Brigade, and Cobram Irrigation League meet in December. Budgets and fees for Cobran pound are listed. Mummery concert postponed then held at Numurkah. Cobram Fire Brigade re elects officers. Miss Evans conducts swimming classes at Cobram East State School. An accident injures Mr FP Tricks at a Ywonga petrol station. Royal Automobile Club plans a Cobram area outing on December 16 with the Numurkah District branch.
A Cobram Cricket Club versus Tennis Club match saw Tennis post 72 with C Scott and Hamilton as only double figures. Cricket responded with 120. Watson led with 37 and Ainsworth 16, supported by Cant, Hirst and Grent. Final tally featured several players out and retired, with Cobram set to play Yarrawonga next Saturday.
The Cobram Turf Club held at the Mechanics Institute with President L A Kennedy presiding. A reconciliation shows a bank balance of £0 0s 13d adoptions include increases to race meeting charges and club duties while trustees discuss future cost sharing and booth arrangements.
A list of successful candidates presented at the Colrama centre includes J D L C M Miss Marjorie Simpson who scored over 90 marks the highest in the examination and will receive a medal from the College She has previously passed the Associate and Licentiate Diplomas with other winners across various diplomas and levels.
Officials at Cobram railway station report November returns show a rise of £277 from the same month last year. Categories include Goods Inward and Inwards, Live Stock Inward and Outward, Passengers, Parrels, and Miscellaneo Goods Outward, with noted stock inward and outward movements.
A local hospital shifts focus to animal care amid rising pet populations. Officials urge feeders to cooperate and support an outreach to increase pet welfare compared with previous years.
Council notes present include Drs Collie Boyd Wagg Davies Finnick Howe Pyle Aitken Way. Items cover roads drum nets Murray River use, cinema filars viewing, valuations, road resumption queries, cycling track permit, tree removal, and tractor access. Appreciation expressed for Wagg and Pyle years of service. meetings adjourned for general business.
A social gathering for Cobram football club featured remarks from president Mr Ho and captain C. Babotue. Players were praised for confidence and potential, with fundraising efforts noted to support the team. An audience enjoyed a night of plantation songs and a supper, concluding a pleasant evening.
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