18 Feb 1926
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 18, 1926
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions names Cusia Doel Cetra Katema and Milleti, with references to a service depot and Loreto. Incoherent phrasing suggests a damaged report or notice with no clear event or outcome to summarize.
The notice lists events from March 17 to 24 including Cobram Mechanic's Institute performances Welcome Stranger Good Bad Wife and a choice comedy and English gazette. It also promotes Henry Tuck's Aberdour Cobram sale on Wednesday 24th under executors of Mrs I Alston with stock goods and furniture to be sold without reserve. The Yarroweyah Turf Club races are planned for next Saturday with high expectations. A land and clearing sale by J McNamara Co Kilpatrick McLellan Co for Mr W J Leavey at Sandmount on Thursday 25th and a note that Leavey is selling his Wyalong property. Finally Numururah Council debates Strathmerton raised crossing to reduce accidents.
Pickers work at Messrs Graham Brothers Seven Hills vineyard with overland shipments to Rutherglen. Seppele’s Barooga vineyard plans to commerce in about a fortnight, growing a later grape variety than Seven Hills. Pension reforms in NSW grant widows under £78 annual to claim. Open-air Theatre features The Mountebank and The Sideshow of Life with Eva Nowak and others. Duck season yields scarce birds, with mixed success across river sides. Yass hospital election balloons ballots. payment rules. Country Week display in Melbourne requires local effort. Cobram window secured. Mech anics’ Hall meeting urged. City newcomers warned of land agent touts and bogus cheques. New Settlers League seeks tighter controls.
A warm day and westerly wind tempered by a gentle course breeze marked the Cobram Turf Club annual races yesterday afternoon. A large crowd attended as improvements to the track paid off with orderly events, led by President J Millerick and Secretary M D O'Dwyer, who oversaw a smooth program and satisfactory gate takings.
The Principal of Dookie Agricultural College reports a dry late winter and spring but excellent wheat yields on fallow ground. Yields reached 25 bushels per acre, with Federation and other varieties producing 23 to 45 bushels. Total crop returns include hay 29 tons and wheat 2,200 bags.
On Wednesday Colham hosted Nuamurkah Reds in a lively bowling contest. The locals won by 11 points after two ends, with Bolshies in light red ties drawing attention. Final scores show COBRAM 92 Numurkah 81 amid heavy green lanes and a strong home crowd.
Turf clubs Yarrowevah and Katamatite Race Club headline racing notes with possible meetings and upcoming events. Unclear details reference two local clubs and potential fixtures in regional harness or horse racing circuits.
The Ioueloure River storage drought pressures irrigation districts with limited water allocations. Only partial watering remains possible unless heavy rains hit Gouldtrn watershed. Critics accuse water sales to non irrigated lands of unfairness, while stock and sheep numbers fall or are sold off. Subterranean groundwater holds promise if rains arrive soon.
Householders at The Rock short of water must buy supplies by train at a rate of 1 pound per gallon. At Coolamon 76 pounds are paid for the same quantity, highlighting a price disparity in regional water delivery.
The text records a fragmented February issue with short stories and notices. It mentions Edward Lamgill a retired farmer, his death and bequests, including £351 to the Wangoragrai and legacies to friends. It refers to real estate valued at £2443 and parish connections in County Kilkenny and Good Shepherd.
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