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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1925
Page
2
Fragmented text lists names and phrases from a historic local page. It mentions individuals, places, and terms with unclear context. Contains garbled lines that hint at community, dates, and roles but lacks coherent events or dates.
An OCR fragment lists varied telephone exchange rates and numerous named individuals, businesses, and places. The garbled text includes hotel names such as Grand Central Hotel and Ashleigh Park, several persons like Evans, W.C. and Graham Brow, plus multiple firms and residences, with scattered notes on charges and services. The overall item reads as a chaotic directory-like listing rather than a coherent news event.
Corcemiuus Servies Sh OF SUBSCHIMERS. McPhervon Callander & Co tailors 2th to Phierson Boomanoomans. 35M NcTaggarty W. of she Jot Mitty Eygeover Punt-road Bron Bysrtuanoncauna.
Instructions describe adding top and bottom areas plus four times the middle area, dividing by six, and multiplying by depth to yield excavation volume in cubic yards. The text lists numeric values, conversion notes, and presumed measurements in feet, with reference to fields like top area bottom area and middle area and mentions various place names and entities.
The article surveys legendary lone sailors, from Lieut Mubthauser’s world cruise in a small auxiliary yawl to Joshua Slocum’s 46,000 mile voyage aboard the Spray. It recalls Captain Andrews and Alfred Johnson, noting hardships, capsizes, and survival feats across Atlantic and Pacific passages.
Cobram court sits Tuesdays and Fridays for routine business with police magistrate J. Rogers attending monthly. Listed officials include Clark J. Fowles, Dr. J. T. Kennedy, and multiple trustees and secretaries for waterworks, churches, agricultural societies, lodges, and clubs across Cobram and district.
The document lists Cobram area facts including location by Murray River, railway terminus at Goulburn Valley, industry notes such as flour and timber mills, electric light, water, and agriculture works. It records names of riding divisions, divisions within Shire, and lists officers like President J J Kitty, secretary W H Tricks, and various councillors and inspectors.
A compilation of leaders and officers across organizations including Bank Agencies Mutual Improvement Amoc hospital churches and electoral committees. The fragmented OCR shows presidents secretaries and officials: Stevens Bradatreet Hughes Kenna Lia Lean Taylor and many more in a local civic context.
Fragmentary text describes calculating volume by multiplying length by average width and height to the ridge. Mentions oblong form, body area, and scale for true volume measurements. Specifics are unclear due to damaged OCR language.
Parfitt road resident Mr J W Thomson of Wangaratta offers a weather forecast for rest of 1925 after 13 months of accurate predictions in 1923. He predicts early rain, occasional dry spells, a fine finish, with heavy rain at month ends and notes he has studied the subject for the benefit of readers who follow his prophecies.
A never stop railway is being tested at the Kurssal in Southend where 600 yards of track are laid for testing. The train speeds up and slows automatically with no driver or signals, and it arrives at stations by reducing speed to about one mile per hour. Wheels run on rubber tyres and the train makes no noise.
Fragmentary text notes addressing letters to Melbourne suburbs. Mentions deliver, and letters ad states, San dears De pos duenot i abowo. Mentions members and Freight Paix in Vir Uf Cheque. Unclear specifics, no identifiable events or persons.
The Courier Office advertises budget envelopes and affordable writing supplies suitable for daily clerical use. A selection includes standard letter sizes, assorted colors, and basic writing pads intended for staff and customers seeking economical stationery options.
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