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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1938
Page
1
The notice lists churches include Church of England with Holy Communion on first Sunday and second Sunday. 3rd Sunday evening. fourth Sunday morning. Also mentions Methodist Church on Koonoomoo Street Atherton Cobram and Presbyterian Church at Neings Mm Yarroweyah led by Rev. W I Patterson.
June meetings and social affairs listed include an annual meeting for a tennis club, a boxy tournament in Tocumwal, a Catholic ball at Katamatite, and a nursing ball in Bersigau with other community events noted.
The Cobram area listings show sales of a live valve electric mantel, a real estate investment offer at brushacres, and a shire invitation for a Dayman position. May revenue shifts at Cobram station rise while parcels and inwards goods increase. outwards goods drop. Local balls, horse fatalities from tetanus, and medical cases accompany community notices and upcoming dances.
At the annual meeting of the District Stores the trading year showed a profit of £798. A theft incident involved Mr Norman Cantwell with a suit overcoat and lantern later taken, raising questions on leaving the horse and gig unattended. Rev Father O Reilly of Corowa is hospitalized in Lewisham, Sydney after an operation. Shire works survey the 22 000 volt transmission link Finley to Berri and creosote treated poles while plan to wind down Berri gan Power Station generation to save costs advances.
At a meeting of the Back-to-W venue group led by Ww. Gorman plans were outlined for the turning of water into new channels and a possible bridge and lake. upgrades to the weir were to be completed by September 1939. The group debated and voted to defer celebrations until 1999.
The society elected officers and committees including M D O Dwyer, H Roe as vice-presidents, P McCormack treasurer, W Tuck H Calman auditors, and a large committee led by J Gemmell. They agreed to apply for a grant from the Unemployment Relief Council and to inspect eastern and southern boundary fences for repairs. The meeting also considered developing the oval and adjourned after final business.
On Empire Day Bar yoga and Boomanoomana South Schools hosted a sports event at Bar soua with multiple age group races. Notable results include G Millsteed and T Stanger winning under 3 boys, M O Dwyer leading under 7 girls, and the 220 yards championship won by Frank Hicks with Archie Nye second. Boomanoomana South led with total points 67 to Barooga 3.
Judge Mr J Mortimer noted fallows entered for the Cobram Agricultural Society Crop and Fallow contest were good despite a dry season. Most entries were weed free, cultivation solid, mulch in good order, and moisture was absent across the board. First prize went to a Wo Resjhle fallow with a neat mulch. other merit entries followed, including Messi W Wie wom R and Stillard with strong, even swarding.
Cobram and Muckatah produced an exciting contest at the Cobram oval with Muckatah's Merton dominating early, while Cobram fought back led by O'Dwyer and Kennedy. Final: Muckatah seven goals thirteen behinds to Cobram seven goals seven behinds.
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