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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
2
A garbled OCR style fragment references breaking waves and a pipe, with unclear events and many nonsensical phrases. It mentions a hut or cave, water, wind, and possible figures like Nieobe and Zor, but lacks coherent narrative or identifiable people, places, or dates. The piece reads like damaged notes with scattered terms.
Fragmentary text from a period piece discusses virtue and belief, mentioning an army, carrier, and unsteady conduct. It references Patience, Temes, and a tempt to avoid public scrutiny, with unclear names and places.
An OCR rough reads as a fragmented literary war reminiscence. It mentions a writer, memories of a father, interviews, a press scene, and unclear scenes of travel or courtship. The text blends personal recollections with scattered names and dates, implying a wartime interview or memoir fragment.
Fragmentary directory style list shows subscribers connected to the Cobram Telephone Exchange. Includes names, occupations, addresses and local businesses along Punt Road, Barooga District, and nearby estates. the scattered entries resemble a community telecommunication roster with numerous individuals, shops, and properties labeled.
The notes describe combining top and bottom area measurements to derive a tank's cubic volume in yards. It explains sinking four times the reef, dividing by depth, and converting feet results to determine the excavation size. Additional details reference slopes, breadths, lengths, and varying sides for the tank construction.
The text describes a method for calculating volume by multiplying hagih ty by average width and by height, and for a toy by area at the eaven times half the ridge height. It suggests estimating cable height from serially tsrs waving a cable nitrate to relate to total height.
Cobram and District form the wealthier section of Tungarab Shire with cereal farming, stock, wool, fruits, and dairy. The Cobram area sits on the Murray River 155 miles from Melbourne, linked by the Goulburn Valley railway, boasting utilities, mills, and a strong provincial town infrastructure. The Tongamah Shire details, divisions, and riding boundaries are outlined, along with Commonwealth and State representatives, and a full list of Councilors, officers, and the Cobram Waterworks Trust meetings and staff.
Cobram Court of petty sessions meets Tuesdays and Fridays for ordinary business led by Police Magistrate Mr C J Rogers and Clerk of Courts Constable B Johnson. Justices include Messrs Kennedy Grant Naughton Browne Wadeton Beott Adams. Cobram Waterworks Trust meets every second month with Chairman J Grant Po Cr Broker Wadeton Parnell Ryan Martindale. Engineer T Kelly, Acting Secretary Walter Tuck, Treasurer G K Tunkin, Solicitor D Bruce Tunnock.
A fragmented OCR listing names and titles shows a snapshot of community life with churches, clergy, societies, and officials. Notable entries include Church figures in Hagrid and Roman Catholic parishes, the Agricultural Society presidency, Mechanic’s Institute leadership, and local party and civic roles across multiple regions.
A long OCR fragment lists names and titles for local bodies and offices including Mechanic's Institute, Mutual Improvement and Progress Association, church groups, trustees, electoral registrars, state school staff, cemetery trust, agricultural and sports clubs, Odd Fellows, gardens, clubs, tennis, football, cricket, dramatic society, union, and council posts with presidents secretaries and chairmen.
The article discusses fixed concrete lawns as a permanent alternative to natural turf. It notes the ongoing labor and watering required for real lawns, including rolling, cutting, and patch repairs, and suggests concrete imitations as a simpler solution with less upkeep.
A Worcester College blind boy, blinded at fifteen, keeps the college informed via a special wireless installation. He receives news from London and across the world, including pilots’ remarks, Poldhu ship reports, Berlin on Silesian questions, and Admiral Sims critiques, shared with friends.
The article explains that the visible wooden dome of St Pauls Cathedral is a dummy covered with reed, while a separate brick dome lies beneath unseen. A brick cone 18 inches thick sits between the two, reinforcing the lantern and ball weighing 700 tons. The whole structure totals 64,000 tons and rests on eight central piers requiring solid foundations.
A fragmentary essay imagines women selecting husbands by aligning traits with personal taste. Eve, depicted as shrewd and opinionated, would choose partners matching temper, cooking skill, appetite, and temperament, suggesting happiness hinges on compatible dispositions and mutual calculation.
Fragmentary text from First Savings Bank in Rothwell Dum shahire. Dialogue hints at a confrontation over payment or a loaded gem. Source text is damaged and includes stray phrases about a tax or charge and a possessive exchange.
An advertisement touts W. THOMAS and staff for a one visit dental method fitting artificial teeth with thousands of testimonials. It promises painless extractions, seven year guarantee or money back, and argues that proper digestion and health depend on teeth and nourishment.
Readers praise Aralsform True-Right artificial teeth for natural appearance and comfort. George Wallace credits relief from years of denture trouble and better eating after treatment. Indigestion cure noted by F Malone. A Station Master expresses gratitude as dentists in France failed to extract teeth while W. E. Thomas removed them with no pain.
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