Unclear OCR Fragment Teases Hazy Agro Notes
A garbled OCR passage references fruit trees, mules, and plants with scattered terms like Scarlet Oves and Pittosmorune. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, producing a fragmentary, nonspecific item.
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 24, 1940
Page
2
A garbled OCR passage references fruit trees, mules, and plants with scattered terms like Scarlet Oves and Pittosmorune. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, producing a fragmentary, nonspecific item.
The YMCA in the camp opens a reading and games hall funded by Sir Charles and the Connibere brothers who donated £2600. The hall, fully furnished with tables and billiard and table tennis facilities, will be heated in winter and serves as a center for hospitality to interstate troops. Since inception, about 60,000 cups of tea have been served to the troops, who regard the room as a home in the town.
The Buramine district mourns the death of Mr John McMahon at Yarrawonga Hospital on the 1th inst in his 85th year after long illness. Born 1860 at Kilmore he moved to Buramine in 1873, married Catherine Connell in 1885 and leaves four sons John Matthew James William and two daughters Mary and Katherine. Dr Thomas Plate Batey aged 60 of Yabba North dies at Una Private Hospital Shepparton after a long illness. He was a former Tungemah Shire Council member and husband of Mary Morey, with a large farming and public service background. He left hospital recently for a council meeting, returned, then died at the hospital. He was father to Thomas Edgar George Isaac Lennel Laura Numurkah and brother to several siblings.
A garbled wartime document shows funds and training plans including 40.0 and 35 000 pound figures for tasmania Victoria and other regions. Mentions of 780 and 200 plus 640 suggest numbers tied to aircraft production and manpower for training and services. The passage references colleges and schemes supporting educational and industrial needs during the period.
A fragmented wartime diary-like account details daily life in Berlin including milk rations, wage deductions, early rising for shopping, fuel and gas shortages, and strict distribution controls. The narrative notes persistent deprivation, home cooking, and neighbors sharing scarce resources as the city endures extended hardship.
Printed and published by Vivian Ronald Ross for R and DV Ross trading as Hoar Bros at their office Cobram Station Meet Victoria. The notice describes sale details and location associated with the Cobram market and trading house.
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