23 Feb 1899
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
1
Court docket notes transfer of land by Jon Robert Deaper of Numurkah and contract items for masonry, roofing, and drainage across multiple sites including Dare and Boyd streets. Details list weights for perineal creinte and a March event with weights and participants in a period registry.
Cobram hosts a week of weddings fairs and races with details on Mr W H Curtis showcasing fruit and a mammoth two foot cucumber, Katamatite Turf Club events, a Cobram Presbyterian Harvest Thanksgiving, and notices of meetings, sales, and club activities across Numurkah Cobram and Numurkah districts.
A Victorian farmers’ petition argues freight charges on wheat by rail should be reduced to reflect higher yields and lower market prices. The piece calls for reform of rail policy and sanitation improvements in Cobram.
An Indian hawker Singh faced charges for damaging property at Yarroweyah and obscene language. sentences included fines and costs. Separate cases charged H G Rattray for possessing gunpowder without a license. he failed to appear, but representatives stated ignorance of law. A maintenance case involving Charles Wightman proceeded, with a possible weekly payment set by the bench and a £50 surety.
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