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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1924
Page
2
A fragmentary piece on sparrows in a community forest landscape discusses their diet and interactions with other birds. It mentions sparrows feeding on beet eaters and a general balance in the local ecosystem amid春 and spring observations.
Historic notice from the Shire Council outlines subdivision into ridings and name changes. Mentions Yarrawonga becoming Tunga th on February 17 and district reorganization affecting North Warrewonga and other regions. Describes council meetings and local governance details with dated events and remarks about residents.
The Cobram Shire council notes a roster of officers including secretary W H Tricks engineer T Kelly valuer and hate collector M J Timothy solicitor J A Hargrave and health officers Dr J T Kennedy. Moots on the first Monday after council business by the shire councillors with G Sampson and A R Waderon as chairman and Hi Tricke as secretary.
A short notice lists affordable supplies available at the Courier Office including envelopes and writing pads. It notes low prices and practical options for daily correspondence and note taking. The item emphasizes value for customers and quick access at the courier facility.
A fragmented OCR item lists various local entities including Woolworth style firms and residents, followed by notes on Cobram Court of Petty Sessions meeting cadence and attendance, and Cobram Waterworks Board meeting schedule with named officials. The piece mixes addresses, personal names, and municipal mentions with unclear separators.
A list of society and club officers including President G Ritchie and secretary M D O Dwyer for Gobheam Drang VC, secretary J 3 layer for Victorian Farmers Union, J Martindale for AWA Lodge and 10.0.8 Lodge, registrar I Eaton, electoral registrar D Little, and various heads and secretaries for local clubs and associations such as Croquet, Bowling, Race, Football, and District Farmers.
A scanned section lists numerous community bodies and officials including Bank of Australasia managers, state and Commonwealth agencies, church denominations, hospital groups, electoral registrars, school committees, cemetery trustees, lodge officers, and various clubs. Names such as A W Blake, J Bradstreet, H Stevens, J Hughes, A Taylor, and C Clayton appear as presidents, secretaries, chairmen, and secretaries in a dense roster of civic and social organizations.
A garbled OCR note outlines a tank excavation calculation using top bottom and middle areas, depth, and conversions to cubic yards. It references area figures such as 80 by 20 and 40 by 80, with slopes on sides and roadway considerations, leading to an inferred bottom measurement around 20 by 20 feet and 60 feet length adjustments.
The readable text discusses measuring circular structures and multiplying area by half the height to estimate volume. It notes that accurate weight estimates require actual cubic measurements of the truss and calculating height to derive proper support figures.
A new device lets people see traffic noises by vibrating a delicate metal disc in response to sound. A moving mirror directs light onto a photographic plate to “sound photograph” the noise, revealing that some supposedly quiet exhausts are louder than expected.
Spanish water and liquorice are sold in large quantities for old fashioned cough mixtures. The juice is made from roots grown in Spain and Italy. Fresh roots are boiled, dried, and molded into sticks. High quality juice is brittle and the ends shine like coal.
The article argues early life on earth may have originated from life carried here from Mars or Venus. It discusses Arrhenius and Pickering on spores and light corpuscles, solar radiation aiding interplanetary transfer, and the possibility of fertile soils on other worlds enabling life to begin, suggesting a universal link of life across planets.
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