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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 26, 1933
Page
1
The writer extends heartfelt thanks for the thoughtful messages and expressions of sympathy received recently. Sincere appreciation is offered to all who offered support during the sorrowful time.
Tee Cobram Courier Retancemey 888 Postismsn Tevasvar Momminen THURSDAT January 26 1933 item appears as OCR garble without readable context.
Senator Chase Hardy to speak at Nuwarksh on March 13. Farmers near Katamatite report harvesting 8000 bags from 800 acres. Cobram Nathalie irrigation delegates seek landowner consent for Murray Valley scheme. Meeting at Mechanics Institute on Friday aims for urgent decisions. Wheat deliveries to Cobram station reach 110,716 bags. record 140,000 bags possible. Wool prices in Melbourne average 9s 6d per lb. Over 1000 cases of pears blown from Mr Pulfar’s orchard by wind. farmers protect fruit. Heavy weekend rain improves orchard and tobacco conditions. Barooga rainfall heavier. Forestrys thinning camps reopen as relief scheme. Barmah camp houses 70 workers. Yarra Wonga area yields high on stubble ground. Severe lightning Friday morning caused small grass fire near Mr Bourke. rain extinguished it. Daylong showers total 36 points at the post. A St Joseph’s Hall dance drew eighty couples with Victoire Walls and others performing.
A huge Murray cod weighing over 76 pounds was landed at Cobram by Mr Andrews. The article notes a public Foundation Day on Monday January 30 with business premises closed and Cobram Post Office hours from 9 to 10 am. It also mentions entertainment on Saturday and railway stock impoundment rules.
A former resident of Mr EB Henderson visited Cobram. Constable Loh arrived in Cobram on Friday to assist Constable Beames. The death of Mr R Coulter, a Finley district resident for 30 years, aged 79, is reported. Bridget Ryan of Yabba North has completed her exam at Mooroopna Hospital and begins a Cobram Hospital appointment. Mr D V Paterson left on his annual holiday. Mr Cecil Raines will relieve him at the Bank of Australia. Mr Fhelly from Movara Berrigan road broke his leg after a bag-lifter incident. treatment at Corona Hospital. A severe electrical disturbance at Beconcomes caused petrol shortages and a lightning strike damaged a telephone pole and a nearby gum tree. The wireless aerial at Mrs Columbini’s residence was struck by lightning, damaging valves and wallpaper. Mrs Columbini and Mr Bourke reported property effects. Summer temperatures show Booligal hottest, with readings near 114 degrees and wide spread. An unusual case is noted though details are unclear.
Reports from Numurkah and Barooga district include a second theft at Brown Corke Co. Pty. Ltd. with safe forced open and heavy takings stolen. Mentioned are fires at Mr J M Johnston’s property, wheat transport anecdotes, heavy rains with high rainfall figures, and debate over Victorian gauge railway plans affecting Narandera Tocumwal lines and Wheat handling in bulk.
District coroner seeks inquiry into a December 21 fire at Telford near Ya to determine if railway property work caused it and to decide compensation against the railways. Significant damage to private properties followed. The inquiry request is understood to have been granted.
The Cobram Brigade lists Kyabram based selections for the Goulburn Valley Fire Brigades Demonstration on Foundation Day. Teams include Championship four, class four, six ten, five men bone and ladder practice, eight men hose and ladder, one map ladder, and marshal roles with named members Brown Shears Jackson Ratcliffe Scott Shadforth and others.
England secured a comfortable victory in the third Test at Adelaide, taking a 2-1 lead in the series. The Brisbane Test is set for Friday February 10, with Australia aiming to level. Oldfield was hit but expects to play in Brisbane.
Two farmers in Barmedman harvested 14 000 and 11 000 bags of wheat in the season. The Wagga district dairying boom is shown by butter factory returns for the six months to December 31, 1932, with 1 534 832 lb produced and an increase of 480 902 lb. A lodger recalls tales from prior lodgers in a Sheffield scene.
A fragment describes free dress patterns including revers, shoulder cape, skirt ensembles with various materials. It mentions coats, frocks in corduroy velvet and matching blouses, and notes fashion clusters and blocking terms.
The report details rail and road movement of wheat to seaboard, noting thousands of bags shipped, including 114 167 bags to Geelong and 20 115 bags to Williamstown. It cites a seven day revenue of £95 444 amid rising wheat traffic and ongoing efforts to balance deliveries and vessel lift capacity.
Regulations under 421 outline distribution to wheat growers with a uniform acreage share. The plan covers areas sown and harvested after dates in 1932, with penalties up to a year for false claims. About 22,000 growers and 3,400,000 acres are affected. distribution set near 26 acre per grower.
A newspaper clipping claimed ginger beer use causes illnesses from a “ginger beer plant.” The Department of Agriculture biologist explains the plant is a yeast bacterial mix including Charomyces pyriformis and other organisms, noting variability in cultures and that it is not a simple plant.
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