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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 15, 1949
Page
1
In this issue a call to unity as Australians face a coal strike dispute. The piece urges strict adherence to arbitration and conciliation, warning that a miners victory would aid a Communist minority over 7,000,000 Australians. It stresses loyalty to democratic industrial methods and government leadership. The tone: urgent national resolve against perceived foreign-inspired agitation.
Mr and Mrs Reg Adams of Met courpe and Cobram recently renewed acquaintances in Cobram. Miss Lesley Wyatt, daughter of Mr and Mrs L Wyatt of Cobram, was acclaimed belle of the Yarroweyah C.A.V.A. Ball, and again at an ambulance ball last year. Athol Jones left for a Melbourne post office. McHadlorayr Shro of Tumut guests of N Hallavan at Barooga, George Elliott, former Barooga resident, returned, as did Jack and Norman Padwin, sons of Mr and Mrs Les Baldwin, former Ravoon residents.
An early draft medical note describes an infection spreading unseen until it harms health. It cites organic factions failing as symptoms worsen and mentions an effective treatment when started promptly. The text references a place called Woods and a phrase Great Peppermint.
A notice published by Freder nest Sperling at Station Street Cobram for the New Sunraysia Daily Proprietary Limited. The filing records the location and involvement of the proprietor in the newspaper’s production on premises.
The Cobram-Barooga Club hosted a successful Ladies Day Gymkhana with over thirty participants from local and neighboring clubs. Morning Canadian foursomes saw Mesdven Wilton and O'Reilly win 42 1/3. afternoon 18-hole handicap events were led by Mrs. S. M. Scott with 64 net, and Miss M. Gilmour won the first nine with 324.
Due to drastic cut in country rail services there will be only two mails per week starting next week. Inward and outward mails will run on Mondays and Fridays.
OCR listing shows multiple players with names and scores for first and second nine holes including Mrs. Fogarty Mrs. Evans Miss Russell Mrs. Flanagan Mrs. Dixon Mrs. Johnson and others, with several partial scores and fragments for a women’s golf event.
Fragmentary OCR text lists several personal names with ages and partial phrases like COMPETITIONS and Shane S, but lacks coherent context, events, or locations to form a clear news item or notice.
The Cobram shire council again notes wandering stock disrupting residents gardens and posing traffic hazards. Local gardeners report three garden destructions last week as roaming cattle threaten town streets and civic pride.
A local discussion highlights wandering stock menace in the shire. The Courier urged appointing a ranger to clean up stock and collect dog fees, noting three dogs registered in Cobram last year. Progress association calls on the shire council to act to relieve wandering stock problems.
Victorian Agriculture officers urge collecting and burning unsprayed orchard prunings to remove overwintering pest eggs and larvae. They note pruning often precedes spraying and burning serves as an extra control measure.
The Melbourne Woolbroker reports the fourteenth Melbourne Series sale on June 27 28 28 and 30 1948/49 yielding an average greasy wool price of 29 94d per lb or 37 8 10 per bale at 300 05 lbs. per bale. This compared with the thirteenth series sale on May 23 24 25 26 achieving 35 33d per lb 49 14 1 per bale and 298 87 lbs per bale.
Cards show players with partners from Wilton Gedye to Cobram and marks like 95 through 122. Next Sunday’s play features associates club sonship with A grades handicap 1-28 and bogey. men’s competition vs bogey. a working bee Sunday morning at Cobram.
E McDermott repeats victory at Muckatah meet as local golf notes report Dermott securing a win in the ladies nine holes and a series of down card tallies amid imperfect OCR fragments.
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