Cobram and Tocumwal News Highlights Local Events
January pay-sheet for the Dairying Co. totals £25,009. A butter factory may open in Cobram. Campbell & Co. hold a clearing sale at Muckatabod on Feb 27 on Mr W A Woods’s account. Cobram stock sales resume Mar 9 with 2000 sheep yarded. The Blind Entertainers perform tonight at Mechanics Institute. Maurice Chevalier and The Smiling Lieutenant play at Tocumwal cinema. Harold Clifford Jean Harry Jones arrested for bicycle theft, sentenced to two months. Harvest Festival services March 6 with Rev C F Gribbie. Musical program and produce sale March 7 in Tawarra. Clearing sale Mar 4 at 12:30 pm includes 13 horses and harness. A stolen car recovered near Yarrawonga after being ditched. fire at Mrs Shears’s house minor. Freight concessions spark protest from northern stations. Tocumwal plans freight relief meetings. Telephone Directory soon. cost 1 shilling 6d. Goulburn Valley tours for Batter Farming Trade announced with stations and pastures demonstrations.
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Dairying Coy
Progress Associ
Cobram
Campbell & Co
Muckatabod
W. A. Woods
J. McNamara and Co
Mechanics’ Institute
Tocumnal
Maurice Chevalier
Rich
Arles
Fay Wray
Harold Clifford
Jean Harry Jones
Tocumwal
Cobb
C. F. Gribbie
Shepparton
Albert Brown
J McNamara & Co
Yarrawonga
Lee
Corows
Shears
Tocummal Sed Nain
Goulburn
Timboon
Cobden
Stanhope
Tatora
Tongala
Kyabram
Numurkeb
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Cobra
Cobram Tobacco Growers Form Committee for Relief Works
The Cobram Tobacco Growers Association adjourned meeting elected S H Scott as president and W G McKay as secretary. About 370 acres are being grown with curing under way. Tobacco expert Mr Coghlan of the Department of Agriculture will visit Cobram on Thursday 17 March and may lecture to growers.
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Cobram Tobacco Growers’ Association
S. H. Scott
W.G. McKay
McKay
Coghlan
Tebacco
Department of Agriculture
Cobram
Crowley to Fill Cobram Stationmaster Role
Personal notes indicate Mr W J Crowley will relieve Mr N L Greaves as stationmaster at Cobram during Greaves absence on his annual holidays. Greaves plans tours through Gippsland along the Princes Highway to Sydney and Canberra.
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W. J. Crowley
N. L. Greaves
Cobram
Gipps Land
Yin
Prince's Highway
Sydney
Canberra
Zwar
B. M. Zwar
New Zealand
Harris
London
Frank Henry Cope
Thames ,Cope and Son Ltd
Aldred Brevinail
Weber
Aldy
Notable Tasmanian teen sets wheat bag record at 19
Colin Collins, 19, a Tasmanian from Buswalos on a farm of Mr Robert Anderson, rammed and sewed 400 bags of wheat in 12 hours in 104 degree heat. The weighed bags total up to 3 bushels and lbs, with speculation it may be an Australian record.
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Robert Anderson
Buswalos
Colin Collins
Collins
Lodi
Brahms
Murray Shire
Blythe
Barooga District News Highlights Local Events
Wallace Stillard admitted to Hay High School traveled there with G Hughes and Lloyd Hughes who also returned to continue studies. Barooga Cricket Club gifted Aldy Brentnall a mounted bell after his bat trick at Strathmerton on 9 January. A rescue occurred when two boats capsized with J Brown Pollips 7 and R Barrows aiding the survivors. Shire clerk notes water abundance places Tocumwal near the state’s fourth highest level.
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Barooga
Wallace Stillard
Hay High School
Lloyd Hughes
Barooga Cricket Club
Aldy Brentnall
Strathmerton A
J. Brown
Pollips
R. Barrows
Tocumwal
Yarrawonga Protests Road Through Grove Park Hailed
Yarrawonga Counc and Grove Trustees unite against the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission plan to run a public road through Grove Park risking park destruction. The plan suggests a chancel may cross C jon sale yards and the council seeks more information. The Boy Scouts buy a disused school at Muckateh for搬 removal to the Mechanical Hall site to become a Bout hall. Mrs Kilgour’s handbag and trinket lost years ago reappear via a post parcel from her brother Mr H Sidebottom with an unsigned note claiming the writer found the items years earlier.
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Yarrawonga Counc
Grove Trustees
State Rivers and Water Supply Commission
Grove Park
Muckateh
E Kilgour
H. Sidebottom
Kilgour
Fire destroys Finley home and contents
Five room weatherboard house owned by Mr H Mason of Finley and furnishings including musical instruments valued at 750 pounds were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. Origin of the blaze unknown as family members were away at the time. Insurance is with the New Zealand Fire Insurance Company for 1950.
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H. Mason
Finley
Fie
Thasurance Co
New Zealand
Berrigan Shire Council Faces Arrears and Fire Precautions
At the last council meeting in Berri gan Shire, officials warned of dry grass risk and urged strict fire precautions. They disclosed over one thousand ratepayers owe money, and decided to issue notices to those owing eight pounds or more from last year while preparing legal action for nonpayment.
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Berrigan
Ius
Local golf and tennis results from Shepparton area
At the Goulburn Valley Golf Association annual meeting in Shepparton Kyabram An Nathajia were granted King’s Birthday open tournament dates. Cobram and Cobram players dominated Cobram and Mooroopna District in tennis events. Cobram fell to Colac in the final. Cobram players Mra G. Cotton Miss H. Jackson and Miss M. Browning achieved multiple wins with various partners across singles and doubles in mixed results against Echuca Colac and Strathmerton teams.
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Cobram
Mra G. Cotton
H. M. Brownleg
Shepparton-Mentoopne
Echuca
St Colac
Miss Browing
Yarrawonga
A. O'Kene
Mra
G. Cotton
Miss H Jackson
Shepparton
Mooroopna
M. Browning
Harridge
Mra Locke
A. Jackson
Hall
A. O'Kane
J. Sunt
R. Hicks
Mra Graham
Misa H. Jackson
M. Berryman
Misa A. 'Kane
Misa D. Stokes
O'Kave
Stokes
Berryman
F. Westwood
G. McLeod
Cotton
Crutchfield
H. Jackson
G. Howey
Misa ‘Westwood
Mra Howey
Misa Q. McLeod
Mra Crutchfeld
Misa H Jackson
Strathmerton Club Narrowly Triumphs in Wicket Clash
Local match details show Strathmerton Club posting a strong batting display with multiple players contributing. Key performances include Sloley, Watson, and Maudsley among others, while bowler Hodgens delivered decisive spells. The narrative notes nearby BAROOGA and Numurkah contests with Hodgens taking five wickets and Birkenwas h contributing a 64. The report highlights the win influencing cup prospects and future city matches with several players named across teams.
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Barooga
Newchrab
Katamarite
Siseday
Talley
Yvoulden
Dicks Son
Hodgens
Shaw
Dalyent Cussen
Kershaw
Namarkab
Wilton
Burkinshaw
Harooga
Birkenshaw
J Hodgers
J. A. Rossells
McGowan
Star
Barnoga
Es Conwem
Numurkah
Strathmerton Cricket Match Ended in Berooge Victory
The Strathmerton match saw BakooGa defeat STEATENERTON with strong batting and tight bowling. Key performances included Hodgens and Brentnall taking multiple wickets while J Russell and G Barnett made decisive runs as the totalé fell short for the opponents.
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BakooGa
Steatenerton
Strathmerton
Berooge
J. Reynoldson
J. Russell
J. Patterson
J. A Russell
Hodgenajas
Patterson
Wilton
Hodgens
J. Ryan
J A. Russell
J. Lorens
R. Riley
J. Rowell
Brentuall
H. Guthrie
Brentnall T. Pisnuck
Alcorn
B. Guthrie
J. Russel
Brentnall C. Reynolds
Wilton P. Stokes
P M S Important Ruling At Benalle Court
In the Benalle court M Williams POM dismissed charges against Jebo F Wagner and clor McDonald for offensive conduct at the Botanical Gardens during a December recital. Witnesses Hyland and Bradstow testified to the disturbance but denied offense to them. The judge said public galleries are not a court for righting personal grievances and noted no one claimed offense.
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Benalle Court
Mwilliams
Jebo F. Wagner
Clor McDonald
Botanical Gardens
Comstadies Hills
Heyley
Alexander Hyland
Reginald Bradstow
Williams
Coarges
Casey
Parkes man solves washing problem on holidays
In a peculiar local note, a Parkes man during holidays demonstrates washing clothes by paddling them with his feet in soapy water beside a bath. He claims to have a good reading pace and cooling, though he has not patented the idea yet.
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Parkes
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