05 Jan 1945
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1945
Page
1
The Acting Prime Minister urges a renewed national push for victory in 1945. He emphasizes intensified production, sustained efforts to supply materials, and readiness to contribute to final campaigns in Malaya and Tokyo, as Australians mark a sixth wartime Christmas and a shift to focused work.
The Group Machinisation Plan begun by the Victorian Government in June 1944 has formed 41 groups to support priority food production in vehicle growing and dairying areas. It pools scarce implements, offers four to five year purchase terms, and enables approved private contractors or farmer groups to equip and operate machinery for multiple producers amid labor shortages. Edge obituary note: Thomas Snell Edge, formerly of Melbourne, died suddenly on December 19.
Council debates charging for pump distribution and granting access to Russell while planning a formal agreement. A coupon free period for hosiery is explained to clear stock, while a national duty to save coupons is highlighted. News covers tyre wastage, improvised lens prisms, Spitfire squadrons, cinchona bark schemes in Ceylon, and local war‑time Christmas observances.
Residents of Yarroweyah gathered at Tul to bid farewell to DARE R. A. Mudge on preembarkation leave. Local volunteers provided music and a program by the Yarroweyah Welfare Committee and Presbyterian Church members.
The readable fragments mention individuals in Croydon Park and Tungamah, including Mrs 8 L Robertson of Brighton Avenue and C P Nicholls news of his mother’s death at Ballarat on December 16. Other garbled lines reference Tocumwal Berrigan, a Mr Karl Weiss at Blacklock's garage, and travel notes.
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