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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text describes a person named Geol a pass and a hoop scene with earnest breath and repeated attempts. The readable portion lacks clear participants, location, or event outcome to form a solid news item.
An OCR fragment lists Cobram Telephone Exchange entries and a jumbled catalog of names, places, street references, and company mentions. The text appears as disjointed names such as Cobran, Cobrain Aurel, Cobion Station, and a mix of personal names, firms, and street terms with little coherent narrative or dates.
Classified notice advertising a selection of courier office supplies including assorted envelopes and writing items offered for sale. Includes item range and potential supplier contact details for immediate purchase.
The text outlines a method to compute tank capacity in cubic yards using length breadth depth and a series of arithmetic steps. It provides example measurements with top, depth, and roadways given as proportional scales, and yields a bottom area of 30 ft by 20 ft for final tank dimensions.
Cobram Court of petty sessions lists officials and attendances with clerks and constables names. Local Justices and department heads include waterworks, engineers, treasurer, postmaster, stationmaster, and various public servants. Community groups enumerate church denominations, agricultural and fruitgrowers associations, fire brigade, nurses, and clubs with officers.
A scrambled OCR shows numerous names and roles across civic, church, and club groups. Entries include Str ide State Savings Bank Agency Autralane Commonwealth Savings Bank Agency A Poul Unce Mothauke Institute President LU Stevens secretary C Clayton. Mutual Improvement and Progress Association Provident J Bradstreet secretary W Higgins. Demonstration Committee Hughes president Bradstreet secretary Church of England Chesterfield. Methodist Penne Bown Catholic Father Ellis. Electoral Registrars Beare and Taylor. School Committee Chairman A Uiske and others. various clubs with presidents and secretaries. Labor Council, Recreation Reserve chair Hughes, Kilgour registrar.
A partial readable line hints at a religious or ceremonial phrase about measuring and offering. The text is fragmented, with unclear subjects and missing context, limiting precise interpretation or identification of persons or institutions.
Delivery and despatch of letters will be aided if the postal district number is shown. The text lists suburbs such as Abbotsford Armadale Brighton and Armadale again, noting cor- rigated stands and various numbers.
Fragmented OCR details Tangamiah Shire in 1935 including boundaries 612 square miles population 3408. List of government divisions and representatives such as Robert Cook MHB and W Kendell MLC. Shire Council meetings on first Monday monthly at Shire Hall Cobram area. Officers include Shire Secretary W H Tricks Engineer T Kelly valuer and dairy inspector M J Timothy. Mentions council zones Cobram and Yarroweyab with various ward officers and officials.
An article describes an ongoing planting of new trees in pairs along Sir William Geary’s Tonbridge avenue. New species listed include sider, as, Dirch, cataipa, davidia, alm, fir, and others extending alphabetically to yulen and trikorn. A separate section notes a red and blue dyed commercial tree variant.
A garbled collection of world trivia covers dream settlers, a banyan tree sheltering thousands, Argentina’s president becoming a godfather, and vehicle counts. It notes over 12 million motor vehicles globally and US cars over 10 million, plus myths about water freezing and sun at noon. Other items mention donations to American Baptists, aviation accidents, road spending, and school performance linked to home surroundings.
A garbled editorial style piece argues success comes from merit, not timeworn quotes. It urges self reform and proactive effort, warning against chasing others ideas and stressing service over talk. The text emphasizes happiness, perception, and making good impressions through deeds.
Importing parasitic wasps from the United States to Canada aims to wage war on corn borers. The wasp destroys the worm within the husk and milky ear, protecting crops after scientists found its climate fit and its prey specific to borers. The piece notes a dramatic shift in pest control methods and cites economic losses from borers prior to this biological approach.
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