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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1933
Page
1
A fragmentary item references Jfre Cobram Courier and Kevaperenapay with repeated phrases Prattsusp Inraapay Vouprnen and a date line THURSDAY MARCH 2 suggesting a clerical or schedule note in a historical page, details unclear.
A pocket picking incident was reported to police at Yarroweyal races last week. A Toeam Wal resident was the victim with a loss of £3 1s. 0d. Also notices invite tenders for excavating a 1300 cubic yard tank on Barooge Woolshed reserve with tenders closing Monday 13 March.
Barooga district roads, especially the high road, are badly cut up by wheat traffic and dust up to inches deep. A 1500 cubic yard water tank for stock on the Baroog woolshed reserve will be installed with tenders invited. Boomancemans tennis and cricket teams won Saturday matches. a likely district double premiership is anticipated. Alfred William Yearwood’s Namur estate is placed in trust for creditors.
Executive members from Finley Berrigan Jerilderie Narrandera and nearby towns met in Jerilderie to form local branches of the league and prepare evidence in support of the conversion proposal. Delegates will convene at Jeuldette then seek NSW Government consent to hand the line to Victoria.
At the Victorian Country Press Association annual gathering Sir John Bowser of Wangaratta Chronicle was elected chairman of directors, succeeding retiring chair S R McPherson of Shepparton. A Tocumwal Hibernian Lodge gift and weddings were noted, with several local appointments and honors announced, including Clive Lyons’s new posts and the Boxhill Brunswick town clerk contenders.
Directors of the Broken Hill Co. Pty. Ltd. announce plans to start tinplate production at their Newcastle works within 12 months. Tinplate, a thin steel coated with tin for cans and utensils, is not yet made in Australia and current supplies come from Britain.
A report notes intruders were found near a staunch inside lock after a disturbance at Mrs Laney’s residence near the il tateus Hotel on Saturday night, with no successful entry reported.
In a tense Cobram showgrounds semi final Barooge beat Cobram by one run after a dramatic finish. Burkinshaw top scored for Barooge with 19 and Wilton guided the bowling as Cobram chased 89 in the final hour. Cobram’s Pemberton claimed 11 wickets in the match and Bequest led Cobram’s attack.
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