Local and General News Highlights Birchip and Cobram Events
At a Mechanics Institute meeting Parnell and O Diver were named delegates for the Birchip Conference on February 3. A monster gathering led by the Trngany Shire president will meet at Katamatite on Saturday at 2 30 pm to discuss farmers economic position and urge Premier action. A clearing sale by Campbell Co and J McNemara Co will auction farming plant dairy cows and more for Mr S H McGifford at Nerroweyab on Monday with a lease auction of 500 acres of first class land. An excursion by train from Cob to St Kilda for children and parents was well received, with a second outing proving as popular as the first. Gee and Ulisse promoted a Cobram sale with lines of stock and a comedy feature. Screen attractions include Cohen and Kellys City and Sinners in Love with Chyve Borden leading the all star cast. Wirth Bros plan Cobram shows on February 28 featuring Brady’s Hungarian Troupe of Midgets and a White Bear act, Claudia Alba, Risley Acrobats, aerial torpedoes and the renowned Wirth Family, at a cost of £5000.
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Mechanics’ Institute
Messrs P. Parnell
M. D. O'Diver
Trngany Shire
Katamatite
Campbell & Co
J. McNemara , Co
S. H. McGifford
Nerroweyab
IM Hridey Marbing
Numarkebendict Schools
Cob
St. Kilda
Sea Side
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Greavest
Claudia Alba
Risley
Phillip Wirth
Hay townspeople strive to save historic One Tree Plain
Reported in Hay, locals rally to protect the ancient tree linked to the One Tree Plain legend as a swagman allegedly started a fire beneath it to boil a billy, leaving leaves scorched and the fate of the tree unclear.
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Hay
Hevye
Billy
Cobram Parish Acknowledges One Year Allocation As Clergy Changes
Rev Father Ryan of Heathcote takes charge at Cobram parish for twelve months during Rev Father Ellis absence. J Wild leaves Cobram for Colac on February 1 after four years here, a leading Cobram Cricket Club member. Constable Naylon transferred from Seymour to Mooroopna. P Quinn promoted to Hataratite branch Back of Aus. Mrs Quinn hosted at Shepparton Tennis Club social. S B Scott injures right hand by spike while reaching for a parcel board at home. A large eight passenger car overturns at New Street and Carpenter Street Middle Brighton injuring Mrs Ethel Coxon and her son Edwin. A Ford crash near Colorate causes a fence fall. no serious injuries. Fred Hyde of Tocumwal power house suffers a fractured right thigh from a fall. recovering at Mooroopna Hospital.
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Heathcote
Cobran
Father Ellis
Colac
J. Wild
Cobram Ap
Wild
Cobram Cricket Club
Contsble Naylon
Cobram
Seymour
Mooraopna
P. Quinn
New
Car- Penter Streets
Middle Brighton
Ethel Coxon
Numurkab
Edwin
Barooge
A. E. Ford
Ford
Fred Hyde
Australian Butter Export Bounty Cut Amid Market Recovery
The London market saw a December price recovery for butter, with Melbourne traders lifting home market prices by 4d per lb. Favorable Victoria weather supports heavy production and slower supply decline. The Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee voted to reduce export bounty from 4s 6d to 3d per lb to curb deficits after two years of payouts exceeding levy receipts.
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London
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co
Melbourne
Victoria
Patterson
Australian Butter, Stabilisation Committee
Australia
Opening Duck Shooting Season Set For February Fourteenth
The authorities announce the duck shooting season will begin Saturday February 14 and run for one month only, defining the limited opening window for the sport.
Turf meeting abandoned. nominations close for next Coloraes event
The Dookle Turf Club meeting planned for yesterday was abandoned. Nominations close next Monday February for all events at the Coloraes Turf Club meet to be held on Wednesday February. The track is reported in capital order and all signs point to a successful meet.
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Dookle Turf Club
Coloraes Turf Club
Fire Brigade Demonstration At Wilburm Valley Meet
The annual Wilburm Valley Fire Brigades demonstration was held Monday at Nathalin. Thirteen country brigades competed with a large crowd watching Cobram Fire Brigade despite not winning trophies. They performed creditably with neat work in the ladder event until a faulty ladder spoiled their chances for a top time.
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Wilburm Valley Fire Brigades
Nathalin
Mondey
Cobram Fire Brigade
Cobram clubs triumph at Berrigan Bowling Tourney
At Foundation Day events Cobram players dominated with Parnell and Mulcahy winning the pairs. Mulcahy also helped in the rink final where Percell Danaher and O’Reilly fell to a Deniliquin side. A Cobram squad then travelled to Yarrawonga for a friendly where Yarrawonga won, and Cobram pledged a return visit with equal hospitality.
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Berrigan
Cobram Club
Messrs
P. Parnell
D. Mulcahy
P. Percel
E. Danaher
T. O'Reilly
Deniliquin
Bowling scoreline fragment with players and figures
A fragmented cricket or bowling scoreboard lists players such as J. Grant, H. Dickenson, A. Downes, and Cawley. Notable figures include J Grant achieving 3 for 3 and Cawley with 4 for 14, while others like T Houlihan and J O’Brien contribute smaller figures amid unclear context.
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Toul
C. Neale
Wheat diseases and manure effects on crops
The article notes annual serious losses in wheat from diseases across Victoria. W J B McDonald links disease prevalence to fertilizer drill failure, particularly superphosphate delivery, with take-all and other diseases thriving where drills misfired. Missed drill spots become weed and disease plague points in the district.
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W. J. B. McDonald
Unseasonable Weather Suppresses Market for Oranges and Lemons
The market report from the Cit rus Council led by Mr Kitchen Kerr notes unseasonable weather checks sales of oranges and lemons. Full supplies remain, advising growers to send only moderate amounts for ten days. Prices hold on prior levels with some tendency to inspect lower-valued outside stocks. Valencia and Tait categories show varied prices with some high and many faulty lots. a chalk-marked slogan appears on the Bridgewater siding.
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The
Citrus Council
Kitchen-Kerr
Fragmented notes from early Australia news item
Fragmentary copy details a broad mix of topics from colonial Australia including police costs and taxation notions, a market on West Australia and Perth references, and a High Court ruling on life insurance policy proceeds being bankrupt estate assets. It notes the Public Trustee, official receivers, and insurers in a bankruptcy appeal without clear dates or names.
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High Court
Davisitle Aries
N.S
Bani Wey
High Contefsure
Wlah
Tranal
Toe
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