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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
2
A garbled historical OCR segment presents scattered words and names lacking clear sentences. Readable fragments hint at names, places, and numbers but no coherent event, date, or outcome emerges from the jumbled lines.
A garbled OCR sports fragment references players, teams, and actions but the text is largely undecipherable. It mentions perceptions of players and crowd reactions, with scattered nouns like players and singers and unclear events. The piece lacks coherent structure or identifiable facts.
A fragmented Cobram page lists numerous businesses and individuals with street addresses such as Punt Road Cobram Bark Cobraw Main Street and Bank Street. Names like Brown Currie Co and McParlane appear amid scattered notes on stores hotels and private residences, creating a dense directory snapshot with unclear connections.
The article details tank measurements and depth calculations for a public tract, including top area totals, middle and bottom sections, and cubic yard conversions. It cites depths, lengths, and slopes, noting adjustments for three sided sloping edges and a final completion depth.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a method to measure contents of an oblong and mentions multiplying length by area width and by height, with unclear references to waves and ridge. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent context or outcomes.
Cobram and District Shire, a major cereal, stock, wool and fruit area, near the Murray River and the Goulburn Valley railway terminus at Cobram, outlines its population, parishes, electoral divisions, and shire council details. Includes list of councillors, officers, and the Cobram Waterworks Trust meeting schedule and staff.
Cobram Court of Petty Sessions sits Tuesdays and Fridays for ordinary business. Police magistrate Mr C J Rogers attends monthly. Clerk of Court C A H Johnson. Local Justices include J Kennedy, Faulay Grant, Thos Naughton, Browne, A B Wedecon, Hoot and Adams. Cobram Waterworks Trust meets every second month. Byes, Martindale, engineer T Kelly, acting secretary Walter Tuck, treasurer G K Tonkio, solicitor D Bruce Tunnock.
A long OCR fragment lists church leaders, ministers, community officers, and club officials across multiple organizations in Cobram and Victoria. It names Rev. Father McCarthy Namurkah, Rev. W Campbell Lahore, J F Bilvester, Robt Repeal, J J Browne, J J O'Dwyer, W Shadforth, J Martindale, J G Granthon, M Brastaall, and others, with positions including secretary, chairman, president, postmaster, and head teacher.
A fragmented roster lists local officials and society leaders including church denominations Rev A Edwards and Rev E Nye, school head W J Doherty, chairman A Blake, Cemetery Trust N Lukice, Agricultural Show J Delarue, Raceway P J Whitty, Tennis Club M Mann, Football club J Jones, Cricket club T J Quislan, Farmers Union D Ashton, and Labor Council Chas Timothy with diverse posts such as postmaster A H Laan and stationmaster T Thompson. Several agencies including State Savings Bank, Bank of Australasia, and Commonwealth Savings Bank agencies are named alongside various committees and secretaries.
ALondon church wedding featured a unique ring substitute as the priest used a brass handle or other object to symbolize the ring. At a village ceremony a groom placed a substitute ring and the marriage was solemnised. A London registrar even used the rim of spectacles to complete the ceremony.
During disturbances in Upper Silesia a Polish party armed for battle tried to storm Korel garrisoned by Italian troops. An Italian sentry fired as insurgents crossed the Oder bridge. The Poles fled after a bread loaf hurled at them startled their attack. reinforcements soon stabilized the situation.
Practical domestic tips on shelling peas before cooking, duster use for velvet, grease cleanup with ratter soda and boiling water, frying technique to puff foods, tests for salt solution accuracy, leather cleaning mixtures, pantry shelf organization with folded newspapers, blanket care to avoid shrinking, washing aid for hemp and wool, china repair method, dissolving quassia for stabilization, saving lemon rinds for flavorings, and a quaint family exchange about a growing child.
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