07 Feb 1924
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1924
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment shows Watt and Ferry’s Summer Sale with textile items including cretonne and balin fabric. It mentions yard lengths and prices, but many words are garbled, leaving an incomplete catalog of fabrics and a sale marker.
A brief notice notes limited space and time hinder listing hundreds of bargains and similar items, leaving readers with only a sample of offerings and a call to check back for full details.
Fragmentary note records a memorial tone for Albert Victor and references Anker Arnold and Florence Evia amid a somber context. Names appear with damaged spelling and uncertain relation, suggesting a local obituary or notice in a historical paper.
Local and general items from Cobram and district include two men fined for failing to enroll names, a pony measurer recording heights at Muckatab Racecourse, land and livestock sales in Cobram, and community notices. Funeral of Mrs Louise Baldwin noted. police traced horse theft to a suspect with arrests planned for Tocumwal court.
A series of events and carnivals are planned for Tocumwal on Wednesday the 20th with good prizes. The Murray River venue near the show grounds is noted for its recent land sale at about £20 an acre.
Local notices warn horse owners that entries for Yarroweyah races close with the secretary at p.m next Saturday. Barooga Water Trust ballot papers to ratepayers due by 25 February. Auction at Keloa Grove near Cobram for G M Webster estate. Cobram motorist attack and police remand in court.
The forthcoming Mackatah race card lists multiple events with crowded fields. Handicap and distance events show entries such as Pemmount Kurna Jedida Cleremount and Lucy Green across several classes with weights and odds appearing for each horse.
Entries for all events closed last night as Cobram prepares for next Wednesday races with hope for fine weather and strong participation from owners and horses.
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