Fire danger lingers as drought relief and postwar plans emerge
Amid heat and a cool change in Wangaratta district, the fire fight continues with remaining hotspots alarming for strong winds. Farmers are urged to register extra labor needs with the National Service Officer at Shepparton, while irrigation figures show 17 000 people in Murrumbidgee area and 20 000 acres in fruit crops producing over £2.5 million in 1942 43. Officials forecast Shepparton urban population reaching about 30 000 by 1965, and local councils push for road works and power restoration as postwar expansion looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Service Officer
Shepparton
Murrumbidgee
Government Water Supplies Committee
Shepperton Water Trust
Com. J. Maloney
Cobram Comforts Fund Thanks From Allied Servicemen
Letters from service personnel express gratitude for Xmas canteen orders and greetings. Recipients include Cpl Weatherill, Sgt Hanrahan and many others in Queensland, New Guinea, and the Pacific. Messages note warm Cobram support, holiday wishes, and hopes for peace, with vivid glimpses of camp life and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobram Comforts Fund
Rea Lac
Woolford
Cpl
Weatherill
C.o's
Cobram
J. McKenzie
Raaf. Hospital
F/Sgt. R. Barrington
C.O
Sig. J. Cant
Comforts
Spr. P. Carrick
Queensland
Eligate
Nita O'Connor
Nita
Bill
Oscar Weatherill
Les Cowder
Allan Gaylord
Jack Macleod
Capt. Gibbs
La.c. A
Brentnall
Cpl. J. Buncle
Sgt
A Hanrahan
C.o’s
London
A.c.fane
Lac. T. Linehan
N. Gaines
Sah. C. Nuttall
Sallie
Cpl. P. Shadforth
Gnr
K. McClure
Harry
Tom Butt
Stan Shepherd
Dr. G. Cole
A. Jordan
Dunkley
Roy Wyatt
F. Leahy
Jack Lynch
Bill Chandler
Wash
Moonee Valley
Ajax
Padre Bill
Wheat harvest at Foley lowers due to dry season power limits
The 1943 harvest at Foley faces cuts from a dry season and power shortages with total output reaching 42 249 bags to date. Wheat carting nearly halted as silos received 2 945 bags before last week closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Jowest
Postwar housing urged as city planning fails
J S Gawler advocating postwar housing reforms cites poor town planning and land subdivision as core faults. He urges a basic standard of living housing with light ventilation sanitary facilities and protection from weather, plus access to kitchens baths and storage. He calls for regional surveys land and water planning and phased building to meet minimum norms while controlling costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althouh
J. S. Gawler
Sion
Nd Ciitest
Reasun
Gawler
Australia
Peter
Gaur
Cobram pupils win certificates amid district misfortune
Mr T Stanger suffered a four bruise right arm after a mishap near Cobram station while guiding students Lexie and Ken and Mrs L Grant at MLC Cauirieic mar School who obtained intermediate certificates. Constable Ben Stanger dislocated a finger and broke a bone after a fall between railway trucks. Community mourns Captain McNamara MC of Varsavur active service with condolence letters to his father debated by the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexie
Ken
L. Grant
Cobram
MLC
Cauirieic
Mar
Ben Stanger
N.S.W
Ercosine
Cob
Berrigan Coun
McNamara
Varsavur
Counc
Tuck
Lees
Also Mentioned on This Page
J, J, Kelly
LDS
Weiss! Buillings
Younghusband Limited
Coby
Morrison & Teare
High Street
Cobran
Numuri
Nathalia and National Mutual
Collins Street
Meibourns Trust Monsey Land
Me Rewkin
J. Jones
Family Bull
Punt Road
Ang
Vedere
Fama
Saveny
Aeertee Cyclone Precreatren PY Ltd
Numurkah
AGALS
Holdenson & Niilson Fresh
TR Pirman, Monsger
Telphone
Taihi Mechanicses
Marina Hunt, Richard Carlson IN
Martha
Lew Ayres
Larain Eday
Criterion Cafe
Xatharine R. Lyons
Dalgety & Company Ltd
England
Victoria
States
Consign
Wool & Stock
Dalgetys
Newmarket
Bourke Street
Melbourne
A. McGauchie
Agent Ear Masonic Hall
Eng
Bpe
Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co, Pty. Ltd
Evisindiig
Martins
Cobram Sunday School
Rev
Packett
Presbyterian Church
Yarroweyah
Naring
Earl E. Fabb
Pre Cobran Courier
Wangaratta
Berrigan
White
Tamworth
Lower River Road
Garman
Barrgen Park
Collie
Coldwell
B. Barrett
Pte. J. Steen
ALF
Cheerio
G. Harper
Middle East
N.G
Olive Isabella Bohun
Constance Eileen Bohun
Conrad Bohun
Dean Street West
Western Hill
Albury
T. Stanger
Umbe
Uci
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