Cobram and Barooga Events Calendar Overview
A series of community events listed include Goldwyns Circus shows in Cobram on June 23 and in Bacoga on June 26, the Berrigan Diggers Ball on June 27, Cobram Platoon Home Guard meeting on June 28, a Barooga football match supporting the Comforts Fund on June 28, an Old Time Dance in Cobram on June 28, and Barooga Platoon Home Guard on June 29.
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Goldwyn’s Circus
Cobram
Goldwyn's Circus
Bacoga
Berrigan Diggers
Home Guard
Barooga
Aid Comforts Fund
Insurance discount for motor car policies in Victoria
All insurers in Victoria agree to a 10 percent discount on motor car policy premiums for private cars as a temporary measure due to petrol rationing and cartilage reduction. Applies to new policies and renewals after June 14 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Ehewals
Fatal Fox Story Sparks Family Yarn Debate
A man supposedly killed a fox after hearing a disturbance then found a dead fox days later in a paddock. His family initially hailed him as a hero, but the tale was later questioned as an authentic hunting legend and treated as a lighthearted joke.
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Bert
Unit of Home Guard Formed in Cobram District
A large public meeting approved forming a Home Guard unit in the Cobram district. Plattoons will be created in Oaklands, Berrigan, Finley, and other centres with recruitment open to Returned Soldiers Rifle Club members and others ineligible for ALF or Militia. Training planned three hours weekly with field and guerrilla warfare emphasis.
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Murray Valley Advisory Board
Home Guard
Cobram
O'Dwyer
Clayton Davis
O'Brien
DC. Pleydell
Cpt
Davis
Oaklands
Berrigan
Finley
ALF
Jerildere
Savernake
Blighty
Tocumwal
Southern Command
Strathmerton
Yarraweyah
Beroga
O.C. Pleydell
Baroogs
Lalaly
Princess Competition Financials and Fuel Rationing Notice
The report covers proceeds and expenses of the Princess Competition with totals and donations then notes the Liquid Fuel Control Board Victoria warning primary producers of incorrect petrol ration allocations. It urges primary producers to return Class 2 licences for adjustment and provides contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liquid Fuel Control Board
Victoria
Stould
Carlton
N.3
Interesting lecture on Producer Gas at Yarrawonga Society
Mr G H Vasey presented a talk on using producer gas as motor fuel to save petrol during wartime. The lecture covered generator types, cooling and cleaning stages, and the need for government approval while noting efficiency limits and methods to boost power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarrawonga Agcultural Society
G. H. Vasey
Yarrawonga Chronicle
Bott
Vasey
Power output on fuel energy table for FE Keeo engine
The table discusses effects on power when using producer gas instead of kerosene and shows gains from cold manifold, larger bore, higher compression ratio, and increased engine speed. It notes that without increasing tractor speed, gas power output remains limited by gear ratios and RPM around 1100–1200.
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Vasey
Gas Fueled Tractor Savings From Producer Gas Tests
A showing compares producer gas and kerosene in tractor operation. Data cover annual costs for kerosene and charcoal producer gas use over 300 acres, with fuel consumption figures and estimates of operating hours.
Motch 1) Occty Whim to TY whe Arding wire
Fragmentary OCR text reads as a chaotic sequence with scattered phrases about wiring, names, and times. No coherent event, clear persons, or concrete actions are identifiable from the readable portions.
Banana Cream Pie Recipe Scatterbrained Instructions
A scrambled recipe text describes banana cream pie steps and ingredients. It mentions crust, bananas, milk, sugar, eggs, and meringue but the wording is jumbled and partially incoherent. The piece reads like a rough home kitchen note with several misordered phrases and typos.
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Bahamas
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Talkies
Mechanics’ Institute
LUNE
AUEL
Herbert Marshall
YDERS
Dalgety & Company Limited
Sta
Wool & Stock
Algety
Sif
Jorge Elips
Bourke Street
Melbourne
McGauchie
Masonic Hall
Vison
Teare
Street, Cobram
Yumenl
Cos
MR J. Stanyer
Tiatie
Lumber & Tinsmith
Stock & Land Agents
B. T. Goulding
LES &T
COBRA
Katharine R. Lyons
Cobram Pharmacy
Aton's
2Ut Shop
Ceslan
Tre
Oleslan
S. H. Menshall
Clarendon St, Ltd
Melourne
J. M. Goodman
Green Grocery
Maidment
Punt Road
Tocumwal Murray
A. Gordon Gutteridge and
Hoskins and Davey
H. V. Trench
M.v.ls
Consulting Chartered Civil Engineers
General Surveyors
T. R. Nossiter
G. Anderson
Shepparton
Adams & Son Pty. Ltd
G. E. Rowe
W. Mathers
Annie
J. J. Kelly
Weiss
Eyl Sit
Church OF England
H.C
Sunday Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
J.C. Poyster
Pre Sobran
Fire Brigade
Gilsenan
Messrs Bell
Beynon
Alderton
Messrs
L. Bell
Shadforth
Barter
Mooroopna Hospital
Messrs Crozier and
Wadeson
O'Neill
Numurkah
Great Britain
Mr Stringer
Shire
M.V Advisory Board
J. Fairley
R. Pullar W. Buzza
C Cotton
E. P. Kendall
H. Harding
Kermode
Hading
H.C. Ker
M.V
Thetr
Tr Fairley
Harding
Reynard
Callanan
Pleydell
Eady
N.c.o's
C. Brentnall
O.C
Soomancomans
W. Simms
Rose
Daffodil
Poppy
Stat
J. Prendergast
D. Tomlin
GM. Walsh
Boa
Tors
Gasney Time
Zere
Gan
Amit
Wits Baily
Bos
INTER
BANAN
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