Australia’s Navy sacrifices molded in wartime duty
The Royal Australian Navy faced heavy losses with 22 ships lost and about 2500 casualties. Australia’s fleet, including six destroyers and eighteen corvettes, now serves with the British Pacific Fleet and American forces in the South West Pacific. Admiral Boyle notes the aim to keep sea lanes open from the Mediterranean to the Coral Sea and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hmas Australia
Britain
Royal Australian Navy
Boyle
Mediterranean
Coral Sea
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Pacific
Local and General Annual Hospital Appeal in Cobram
Community notices from Cobram report the annual Hospital Appeal Committee meeting set for Tuesday July 17 at Mechanics Hall. Other items include a Yarrawonga debutante ball with 34 debutantes presented to the Lady Mayoress, plus Red Cross collections and notes on road funding and a proposed Benalla district hospital.
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Cobram
Hospital Appeal Committee
Mechanics’ Hall
Berrigan Shire
Yarrawonga
Melbourne
Beatrice Campbell
Margaret
St. Cuthbert's Church of England
Shire Hall
Chesterfield
W. J. Chesterfield
St. Cuthbert's
Miss Hargrave
W. W. Hargrave
J. Robinson
E. Haebich
J. Gregory
C. M. Cavanagh
G. M. Castles
P. A. Hargrave
Canon Chesterfield
Inez Lean
A. V. Shugg
K. G. O'Keefe
Heatley
R.B
Benalla-Tocumwal
Benalla-Yarrawonga
Cobram South
Numurkah-Tungamah-Wilby
St. James
St. James Bridge
Cr Gleeson
Tungamah
Benalla
Chenperton
The
Red Cross
C. F. Shier
P. Rossiter
C. Brooks
R. Donald
S. M
Father Ellis
T. Stanger
G. J. Kennedy
R. Pullar
Tr. J. Hogan
K. BR
Faleley
Tegory
G. Mullamy Bros
J. G. Martindale
A. Gotquincy
G. W. Howells
N. Irwin
F.ling
G. Wyatt
A. Muller
M. Buncle J. Cleave
E. White
Gribben
Murray Valley Development Cobram District Irrigation Settlement
Premier Dunstan announced a plan for a 60 000 acre irrigation settlement between Cobram and Picola for returned soldiers. It could provide 700 men with allotments, matching the combined districts of Shepparton and Swan Hill when developed, and would prioritize owners' sons in allocation. The project would use Murray Valley water and may involve compulsory powers, with Commonwealth approval sought to avoid delays.
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Cobram
Picola
Mr Dunstan
Bunstan
Shepparton
Swan Hill
Murray Valley
Yarrawongs
Dunstan
Commonwealth
Women of Cobram form United Country Party branch
A meeting at Mechanics Hall Cobram on July 5 launched a local Women's Section UCP branch with over 40 members enrolled by organizer Una H Baker. Secretary M D O Dwyer chaired and highlighted postwar aims including electricity and water for Victoria. Deep-water port traffic in Queensland rose sharply from 4,185,728 to 7,250,889 tons between 1939 and 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics’ Hall
Cobram
U.C P
Una H. Baker
J. G. B. McDonald
Baker
M. D.o'dwyer
Dwyer
Country Party
Victoria
H. Parnell
M. D. O'Dwyer Jnr
J. C. Fairle
E. K. O'Brien
T.H. Roe
D. Tweedle
J. Tweedle
M. Cox
M. Shinnick
J. Crimmins
C. Edwards
A. Gilmour
R. A. Dave
B, Jordan
A. Haynes
M. Jordan
M. Scott
J. W. Flemming
Miss Crimmins
Queensland Seaboard
Meat Advisory Committee Debate Emphasizes Producer Control
At the Tungamah Shire Council July meeting a letter urged sending no representatives to a July 4 Echuca conference for a meat advisory board. Cr O Dwyer favored direct producer involvement and warned councils should not appoint provisional committees overriding individual producers. The Victorian Wheat and Wool Growers Association reaffirmed that producers should elect their own representatives and control meat policy through their organisations.
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Tungamah
Echuca
O'Dwyer
Cr O'Dwyer
V.W.W.G.A
Victorian Wheat and Wool Stowers' Association
F. H. McCredden
Borough of
Goulburn
Victorian Wheat and Wool Growers’ Association
Australian Wool Producers' Federation
Melbourne
Australian Wool Producers’ Federation
Yea’s Rehabilitation Plans Could Guide Australia
A district plan from Yea for rehabilitating ex-service personnel outlines cooperative development across housing, water, electricity, reforestation, and public services. The proposal envisions democratic planning and may serve as a model for broader national reconstruction efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yea
Australia
Sion
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RAM Courier
W. Ff. Denson
Dairyman
Wilbur Street
Vhone Cobram
W. Nevill
Raaf
Christian Science Monitor
Itz
Monitor
Chrtelan Selemee Publi Iy
Murray Valley Development
Cobram District
Women’s
United Country Party
Meera
Te Te Ring
Meat Advisory Committee
Vernon Wyatt
Air
Radcliffe
Bank Street
A Muller
Cobran
Slithein Ete
E. Hassett & Sons
Bourke St
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