A Great Humanitarian Maurice Blackburn remembered
In Melbourne a new issue honors Maurice Blackburn ex MHA and ex Speaker Victorian Legislative Assembly. The booklet by Jon McKellar pays tributes to Blackburn’s humane acts and political fight for freedom. It outlines his stance on conscription and the evolving federal policies of his time.
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Bern
Tebynsen
Charles V
Gary Barothy Neville
Metianenn
Yoshi Fay
A . Yates
Maurice M. Blackburn
MHA
Victorian
Maurice Blackburn
Jon McKellar
Blackburn
Mauree Blackburn
God’s Truth Written in Hell Fire and French Revolution Echoes
The Cobram Courier reflects on Carlyle and Ruskin and the July 14 1789 Bastille anniversary. It links the French Revolution to modern youth, liberty and resilience, noting the Terror and eventual gains. It draws a parallel between wartime France and today’s world, hoping France may rise again to lead globally.
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Craigenputtock
Thomas Carlyle
France
John Ruskin
Bastille
Paris
States General
National Assembly
Dads Association Meeting Planned in Cobram
A Dads Association meeting will be held at Cobram Mechanics Hall on Monday July 23 at 8 pm for service personnel dads to attend. The Yarroweyah Soldiers Welfare Committee and boxing items are noted in local space limited coverage.
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Simurs Spor
Yarroweyah Soldiers' Welfare Committee
Dads’ Association
Cobram Mechanics’ Hall
Dads
Cobram and District Progress Association Meets
Monday night meeting discussed population figures from Tunga shire and state statistician with no concrete data yet. A dance on October 5 was planned but hall conflicts delay decision. Drainage issues at the station yard and dam led to requests for rail gutter work and weepage shafts. Consideration given to transferring Mr Tait from Central Riding to Cobram for dam work. Plans to form a cooperative building society require a 40-member public meeting and board setup from Hon J G B McDonald.
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Cobram and District Progress Association
W. Bonell
Messrs. Collins
Bourke
Muller
L. Brookes
H. Weiss
Crouchier
Denson
Sperling
M. D. O'Dwyer
Kermode
Tungamah
Cobram
District
Vebram Spiers
Bonell
Cr O* Dwyer
Shire Council
Tait
Central Riding
Co-operative Building Society
J. G. B. McDonald
Cooperative Building Society
Deputation to Cobram Minister on Water Supply Pool and Housing
A Cobram progress deputation met Minister J G B McDonald to discuss water supply and electrical undertakings. They sought government support for a swimming pool, co operative building plans under Town Planning Act, and road gutter repairs with equipment funding.
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Cobram and District Progress Association
Cobram
McDonald
Wandering stock nuisance blights Punt Road palms
Last week wandering stock stripped the eastern Punt Road palm line leaving only damaged trunks. At Monday’s association meeting it was decided to curb wandering stock in the town area to address the nuisance and damage.
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Punt Road
Shepparton Man Killed In Car Crash
A Shepparton man Edwin Rupert Oart, 39, a printer, died at the scene after a crash on Mooroopna road. Judith Goldie was seriously injured and a Bruce Radford and Sahamit Ramadam were admitted to Bass Hospital Mooroopna after their car struck a bridge and went over an embankment. Driver unidentified.
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Mooroopna Road
Shepparton
Edwin Rupert Oart
Judith Goldie
Corio Street
Mooroopna
Bass Hospital
Bruce Radford
Sahamit Ramadam
Cobram Notices: Bell Killed in Action and Local Greetings
Mrs P. Bell of Cobram learns her husband Pte. Paul Bell was killed in action leaving a wife and two children. The Progress Association hosts a welcome for Station Master Mr Bourke who recently arrived. R Buncle and N Brown visit Cobram and Melbourne respectively. Andy O'Brien and wife depart for Melbourne for holidays. John and Mrs Grant of Cobrawonga celebrate the birth of a son.
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P. Bell
Cobram
Paul Bell
Pte. Bell
Bourke
Cobarm
The
Progress Association
R. Buncle
N. Brown
Melbourne
Andy O'Brien
John Grant
Cobrawonga
Ice cream comfort for soldiers on Bougainville front
Australian Comforts Fund workers in Bougainville distribute ice cream to troops in the front line. Captain Game notes the novelty was a first rate morale booster despite a 120 tin shipment arriving with leaks and damage.
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Australian Comforts Fund
Bougsiaville
Captain Game
Bougainville
Irrigation Station and Centralised Sportings Notes
The association seeks an Irrigation and Experimental Research Station linked with Dookie Agricultural College. Mr McDonald will raise the issue with the Minister for Agriculture and asks what debt, liabilities, and insurance exist, who is owed, repayment terms, and revenue from a special rate. The group also questions government plans to alienate recreation reserves, funding terms, and subdivision plans for enhanced facilities in the district.
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Association
Anend Dookie Agricultural College
McDonald
N. A. Martin
Agricultural Society
Gould
Iie
Onal Lend Ee
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Cobram Courier
W. Rk. Denson
Bairyman
Wilbur Street
W. Nevill
R.A.A.F
Save Yun
Pele Pr
Hell
C. J. Price
Cobram East
John McNamara and Co
Price
Berrigan
Mont Street
J. Owens
J. H. Leinhop
Housing Commission
Eest
Eoom
Crete
State Electricity Commission
Ata
Rai
Radcliffe
Bank Street
Cobram 77
A Muller
Bette
High Streeet
E. Hassett & Sons
Bourke St. Mert
Ceri
Watkins’ Quality Products
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