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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1946
Page
2
The writer presents two enduring topics in island life weather and food noting the current focus on food while admitting non expertise. The piece frames daily discussion as a social barometer and hints at ongoing reflections on dietary trends.
A columnist notes the appointment of John Strachey as the new Food Minister, praising his wartime credibility and kitchen floor persona. He contrasts past ministers and outlines the task ahead to end monotony and deliver meals as Britain faces rationing and postwar shortages.
A wartime era item touts rapid fat loss without diet or glandular aids claiming a weekly weight drop with no health impact. The text emphasizes quick, simple methods supposedly safe during scarcity and stress.
Printed and published by Frederick Ernest Sperling for New Sunray WA Pty. Ltd. Mildura at the Courier office Station Street Cobram.
Sir John Harris M L C retiring candidate for North Eastern Province addressed electors at Mechanics Hall Cobram on May 30 outlining non sectarian views. He urged arbitration in disputes fair wages and broad peace making powers while calling for tax cuts and repatriation aid for returned soldiers. He also pressed for primary product marketing subsidies irrigation projects reallocation of population decentralisation and restoration of state powers.
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