26 Feb 1931
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 26, 1931
Page
1
Church notices from Keonoomoo Strathmerton Cobram Warrowevaht te Lyofpe list events and services. Rev Palterson leads duties at Cobram while local congregations prepare for upcoming rites and community gatherings.
Mary Sheridan widow of the late Edwin Sheridan dies at her Pine Street residence on February 1. She leaves daughters Ellen and Edith and sons Edward Frank Harry Edwin and others with surviving in laws and grandchildren. Funeral details are not provided in the notice.
A Blind Entertainers Concert is rescheduled to next Wednesday with their famous band. A large wheatgrowers and residents meeting will be held at the Mechanics Institute on Friday March 6 to discuss Parliament meeting immediately.
Cobram Scout Group holds a committee meeting with Mr LD Jack chairing. Plans include sending twenty seven boys to Melbourne for Baden Powell centenary events, a concert to fundraise, and socials in March. Volunteers and arrangements for billets, transport, and a troop shield competition are discussed.
A large Birchip Conference meeting of district wheat growers, led by M D O Dwyer and P Parnell, outlines proposals for a home consumption wheat price, with debates on moratoriums, bank loans, and measures to aid farmers. Delegates urge government action and plan further petitions and local gatherings.
A nugget of gold about twice the size of an ordinary item was found inside a young girl’s possession by a farmer near Whisky J and about five miles from Dorrigo, New South Wales. The discovery details are sparse and the report notes the location and approximate distance from Dorrigo.
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