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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 04, 1942
Page
2
A plant listing notes flowering cherries Prunus and almond trees with pink crimson and white blossoms. It mentions Prunus mume and Prunus persica varieties, plus flowering quince and decorative maples, with prices for large balled plants and shade trees like silver birch.
Sydney based Australian Consolidated Industries reports a new Australian optical glass equal to or superior to British American and German glass. The plant, built in nine months, powers wartime needs and will boost domestic production of lenses prisms and instruments. A miner, James McCluckie, aged 89, retires after about 80 years in coalmines, with pension bid and a humorous family anecdote.
A fragmentary wartime poem reflects on crosses earned in battle and by mercy. It links Croix de Guerre honors, censored letters, and Red Cross service to the idea that crosses mark sacrifice, valor, and civilian compassion. The poem frames crosses as signs of heroism, wound, death, and the unseen mercy carried by women.
Dr C Rowlands confronted Waugoola Shire Council over unfulfilled pledges to unlock Blue Mountains petrol. He cited a promised 12,900,000 gallons yearly at Glen Davis not delivered for two years, noting shale oil potential and low production costs, urging action by NS W Minister Hari ton Knight and Federal Minister Beasley.
The article states no advance amicus announcement will be made about Class 3 marines aged 18 to 38 called for training. Southern Army Command says call-up dates cannot be given for security reasons. AMF members receive battle kits and permanent gear as they move from training to active deployment.
Most of the world's rubber and tin come from the Near North counties now occupied or threatened by Japanese forces. In 1940 crude rubber exports totaled 1,392,000 tons with 1,077,000 tons, or 78 percent, from Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies. An additional 168,000 tons originated in north Borneo, Sarawak, Thailand, and French Indochina.
Fragmented text hints at tin and rubber outputs, references to Malaysia Australia and the USA. Mentions small quantities, years, and various unexplained figures. No coherent event or narrative emerges from the readable passages.
Fragmentary OCR reads unclear sports notes and names with numbers. Mentions January print, NFFL Friday tie, and unclear outcomes or participants.
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