20 Jan 1938
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Bevan Preston and Frans id eK via Adl-see. unclear details on scope or event. Possible reference to New Zealand identity registration process. No clear entities or dates gleaned.
Early morning alarms disrupt Cobram area as fires flare and residents wake. Reports detail a petrol drum explosion at a Grum garage injuring Vernon Wyatt, with drum heads blown and Nelson Guury hospitalized. Temperature soars to 111 degrees with record highs across the Goulburn Valley before easing with rain.
Wheat carting totals fell to 37 000 bags this season from 44 700 last season. Mulwala Progress Association met to discuss clearing bends submerged by Yarrawonga Weir water. A man, Edward Henry Jones, suffered a fractured skull after an assault and remained in hospital a week. Charles Mead, a blacksmith, escaped serious injury when petrol drums exploded during drum conversion, top blown off as a safety curiosity.
In Tocumwal on January 6 a social and envelope presentation honored Sir A. Wheeldon for his service to the town and Murray Football League. A later bowers club gift and Mr W Betts note presentation followed. The town notes health inspector Mr Player arriving to begin duty and a cautionary item about youths sneaking into yards amid rising fruit thefts.
The report describes road closures and gate locking by RACV with the Department of Lands and Survey. An officer inspected the area and found no occupancy changes or property parity. The RACV asks the Shire of Finders to take pecuniary action.
A report of an inquiry into the death of Andrew ymolt at Tecumwal includes testimonies on scaffold collapse. Witnesses describe unsafe practices and insufficient rigging. The inquest notes the foreman absence and notes that proper guy ropes and more scaffolding might have prevented the fatal fall.
Protests at Shepparton over the expulsion of Mr McEwen from the Country Party central council raise questions of procedure and fairness. District councils urge recall of the expulsion and placement of the issue on the annual conference business paper, with calls for inquiry and possible ministerial composition review.
The Cobram Mechanics Institute committee met Monday evening chaired by Mr M D O Dwrer. The financial statement showed an overdraft of £155 and December to January comparisons indicated changes against the prior year. The meeting discussed membership eligibility and planned the annual meeting while considering new organizational suggestions.
Fragmentary report notes a fallen tree branch struck a motor car near a residence. Details on injuries or exact location are unclear in the readable text. Local authorities were alerted and traffic was briefly halted as crews cleared debris.
The principal reports December harvest completed on the 17th with total annual output around 1498 points and about 8 inches of rainfall. Yields per acre varied by site with Dunnee No 4 at 47 bushels 36 lbs and Gburka 42 bushels, Baldmin 47 bushels 17 ins, Ranee 4H 96 bushels 35 lbs, noting soil and replication differences.
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