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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1943
Page
1
Community notices list upcoming events including Euchre and Darigé at Cobram and the St Margaret’s C of E annual Young People’s prize. Also mentions New Year’s Day sports and a general December 15 publication date in this 1888 established issue.
Advertisers and subscribers are informed that the next issue of the council be the last for 1943. The first issue in 1944 will be Wednesday, January 12. A grand Xmas ball is to be held at Berrigan on Friday next. The ball promises to be an excellent one. Talks by Air Force visitors Cobram residents praise the hospitality. New Year’s Day Sports and Gymkhana programmes are available from secretary Mr D O Keeffe. The Comforts Fund aims to raise a record sum. Members there a priv ed of 10% will admit the holder his wife and children under 14 years of age.
During a visit to Sydney the speaker expressed shock at a widespread breakdown of morals. He said he had traveled much but never witnessed such evident immorality and loss of decency among youths.
An open letter to the editor challenges a reported transfer of a public school official and reflects on life in Papua New Guinea. The writer defends veterans’ experiences, contrasts hardships with food, dug potatoes, and local conditions, and urges space for varied perspectives.
A Tungamah Shire Council minutes page records gravel road works East and West needing grading, land sale and licensing talks under the Lands Act, ambulance grant of £12 12s 9d, street light power limits, and a gravel contract approved for St James road. It also notes plans for a Lake Rowan trustees meeting and footpath concession requests.
A list of appointed stewards for the New Year’s Day gymkhana appears, with many names including Harris O’Dwyer Scott Hay Sexton Kennedy Walsh and others. A working bee is planned next Sunday at 1:30 pm to prepare grounds and raise funds for district schools championships.
Personal notices report AWAS service member Miss C Merickton on leave and others home on furlough, engagements announced for Muriel Planche and John Allen, LT, plus Royal Navy recruit Arthur Harris. Updates include Major J S CBE MC visit, irrigation official Berriquin area surveys, and a Burma POW note from Private R O Young with Cpl Ken Stewart in the same camp of 20 000 prisoners.
Cobram posted 86 with Crozier 18 Cleave 17 and Gus Weidner 12. Weidner starred in the field with an acrobatic turn while McGuire and R Coldwell led Barooga bowlers. Barooga replied 76 with Dawson McGuire and Coldwell top scorers and Dan O Keefe the leading Cobram bowler. Afternoon tea by local ladies followed the match.
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