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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1938
Page
1
At Cobram Post Office holiday schedule lists closures and openings. Monday December 26 is fire closed all day. Tuesday December 27 office opens 9 am for most business except money orders with inward mails delayed to Wednesday morning. January 1 office opens 9 to 10 am for business except money orders with inward mails delayed to Tuesday morning.
The year 1938 brought world unease with Austrian annexation and the dismemberment of Czecho Slovakia. Australian farming faced low wool prices and poor meat output while sentiments rise for a hopeful 1939. Advertisers and subscribers are wished a Merry Xmas.
Cobram shoppers are told the Cobram shop will stay open until 10 pm on Saturday with Friday hours closing at 6 pm. Rail revenue for November fell £471, driven by private loads and reduced wheat and wool shipments. Barooga exams show multiple promotions and class moves, plus a Christmas cake and silver Cup for top student. Berriquin resumptions note cabinet approval process and no overnite action, with local consult advised.
Mr and Mrs T Hebb escaped serious injury after a car crashed through a bridge parapet on Barooga Highroad. The Velidu overturned 25 ft into the creek bed. Mr Hebb was freed and both were taken to Lisieux Hospital with concussion. The car was wrecked. Tennis tournament starts Christmas Day by Cobram Club with Boxing Night ball and Yarroweyah Hall dance.
A Katamatite district hospital may close in January as Dr. F S Coombs plans to leave after fourteen years. Residents have funded and supported the hospital, but impending wage awards and doctor departure threaten access to care and district finances. A public meeting is called for December to decide on retaining resident medical services.
The Courier reports a five-candidate race in the North-West Riding with Dr Guthrie Hugh Dick and Jon Crawford backed by the paper. Ex Councillor Gninour campaigned at Cobram while Katumatite and others influence centered meetings. Guthrie led in the end, Kennedy and ex-Dr Armour followed, Crawford and Dick split support. the race highlighted promises and local engagement across Yaroweyah and surrounding centers.
A dwelling on Mr Davies’s property at Cobram East burned on Wednesday. The body of Peter Mills, a local returner, was found on the farm days after the blaze. Deceased. The incident occurred on the Davies property with local officials in attendance.
A matinee begins at 4 pm on Saturday December 34 featuring The Rambamres of Tom Sawyer. The drama promises appeal for all ages with a lighthearted tone and family friendly entertainment at the local school ex venue.
The ordinary monthly meeting of Berrigan Shire Council discusses correspondence from Tocumwal about transport of Tyall children to Finley for a grant, road department holidays, a bridge project, and proposed boundary road work. A large deputation urged early completion of a sewer and employment measures including permanent telephonists. council also considered road maintenance and local service arrangements.
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