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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
1
A branch of the State Savings Bank opens in Cobram offering savings accounts and deposits. Visitors may open new accounts on Saturdays with services available from 10 AM to 4 PM. The notice highlights no charges for lodging deposits and outlines per cent rates and custody details.
The report notes a fatal accident near Cobram where three sleepers drowned after a dray toppled into a creek, while Victoria faces a surge of hare populations harming farms. A public meeting is called to discuss a Back to Cobram movement, with shooters tallying hares at a Cobram Agricultural Society event and police recovering stolen goods.
Thirty six points of rain were recorded up to 9 a.m. on Wednesday by the post office gauge. Further showers fell during the day. Brigadier Bourchier visited Saturday and residents complained about high electricity prices for shopkeepers. A request was made to push the Education Department to erect a new fence at the State School and to seek a grant from unemployment funds for agricultural society improvements. The Brigadier promised to do what he could to help.
Mrs W Russell wins a £30 prize in a state consultation. The death of Canon Hughes’s wife occurs in Melbourne. Cobram figures include J H Stodart’s bank succession and visiting former residents Fred Caution and Robert Buncle. A gig accident injures Mack Stillard. a golf club card party celebrates Mr G Davies’s departure for Port Arlington.
Correspondence from Berrigan argues for adopting a Saturday half-holiday to improve local football, gate receipts, and morale. Writers criticize those who talk without acting and urge organized support to allow players to be available and lift town spirit.
Barooga Shire Council revisited Keamy's fencing by his pumping site on road land and debated removing or shifting fences to protect the pumping plant. Education and trustees objections to land leasing were reviewed along with requests for road improvements and public conveniences.
The Bush Nursing Hospital subscribers met to elect a new committee for the year. A credit balance of £7 appeared on the balance sheet. Officers elected include President Ro Mills, vice president J Lukies, secretary and treasurer H Sidebottom, and committee members Ashton A Lean W Mead and Dr F S Coombs. An honorarium of £8 was voted to the secretary, and subscription rates were approved for married, single men, and women, subject to Central Council approval.
A discussion among three 110k pundits asked which sport is the greatest. One cites boxing for self restraint, another rugby for required skill, Lawrence as favorite, and a fourth argues Test cricket as superior for skill and grace. mentions of snakes-and-ladders and postics appear but are not central.
Des Bourke, apprentice to P Quinlan, rode Sea Raver in the Braybrook Handicap at the V.R.C meeting on Wednesday of the 11th week and was suspended by the stewards for two months for careless riding.
The Katamatite shooting event listed scores for six competitors including Sutherlands Je kone Lee and A McKorie among others. New targets were used for the first time and wind was lightened at the 3 yard mark impacting results.
The report recounts Jack Crawford’s defense against Elyworth Vines for world championship status at Wimbledon. It notes ancient Australian Gerald Patterson’s earlier triumphs and the evolving machinery and road repairs discussed by engineers and local officials across October 1924 to November 1929.
Railway figures show a year on year rise in revenue with the principal service improving. Major routes record increased passenger traffic and a specific line notes a 15 400 pound uplift in value or investment activity during the period.
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