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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 24, 1938
Page
2
The readable text fragment mentions agencies and names in a garbled way. It references New Zealand related terms and what appear to be organizational initials. The exact events, dates, or outcomes are not discernible from the fragment.
Seed advert lists ICELAND POPPY varieties including Ormond Askhartes and Mond Goon Tango with pale shades and deep pinks. Also promotes PRIMOLA MALACOIDES and WINTER FLOWERING stocks with multiple varieties and pricing per packet.
Auctions draw large crowds as MR W J BROWNS BASE holds two sales at Katamatite and Katanga. Bids rise on horses and farm gear with items like harrows, comb ines, wagons and mares selling to 30 pounds or more amid brisk demand. Mortimer sale and dairy cattle sale also attract buyers from St. James, Murchison and Corowa with total clearances and solid prices.
A Cobram Courier 1897 column notes a complimentary banquet for Mr T Kennedy MLA. The temperance concert features performances by Misses Gedye, Ross, Kendall, Ide, and Grant, with songs, duets, recitations, and an address by Rev J W Crean.
Cobram committee members and friends gathered as the Barooga estate sale offered 10 000 acres in blocks. Reynoldson and Russell bid for 640 acres at £4 18s, John Howe bought two blocks, Patten of Berrigan paid £4 10s 6d for 474 acres, and Reynoldson secured 28 acres at £4 6d.
The newsletter cautions petrol risks from friction and static electricity. A man burned his hand when a petrol soaked bandage on a car edge caught fire, recalling a Sydney incident where silk scrubbing with petrol caused serious injuries. It urges careful handling and grounding in petrol operations.
On March 1 1938 R W K Johnson of Waldara Wangaratta gains possession of Boomanoomah Estate on the Murray River with 3400 acres of land and sheep and plant. Frank Ruwolt of Barings Mulwala also takes Stewarton comprising 2517 acres of agricultural and grazing land once part of Boomanoomans station.
Miss Alma Keamy married Richar Sutton at Roman Catholic Church Tocumwal in a pink Chantilly lace gown with orange blossom crown. The wedding was followed by a reception at the Keamy home and a honeymoon trip to Sydney before settling at Company Plains Tocumwal.
Mischief and merriment follow Jane Withers as she flirts with trouble in The Holy Terror. Leah Ray Anthony Martin and El Brendel support this Navy flavored comedy with a complex plot of spies, a cafe, a hangar view, and a dramatic escape at the inn.
Dalgety and Co report on the eighth sale of the season offering 4 300 bales. The Melbourne catalogue covered Central Western Gippsland Victoria with Riverina New South Wales and South Australia. High prices achieved for top Merino clips with strong support from Yorkshire the Continent and Local Mills. Japan bought mainly merino. Notable results include JF Byaduk Hamilton 19d for 7 bales, Minnx dia Thurloo 18d for 5 bales, Jaw Booabula Wanganella up to 17d for super com.
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