03 Mar 1927
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 03, 1927
Page
1
Cobram residents hear about upcoming Barooga games dates and fund drives. Local social life features weddings, birthday celebrations at Grand Central Hotel, and charity concerts with clear donor thanks and receipts. Community plans include road works near Sullivan's bridge and school effort updates.
The Australian Estates and Mortgage Co Ltd held its eleventh wool sale on 24 February offering about 3386 bales. Buyers from Japan America and the Continent pressed strong bidding as North Eastern Victoria wools led Value with high quality lots selling well. The sale showed keen competition and high prices with a 98 percent clearance.
Cobram East visited Muckatah and won a tennis encounter by a comfortable margin. Individual results show J Ross losing to J Levings and T Bellis 1-4, while Muckatah players claimed several wins amid a final tally of 16 sets to 4 and 67 games to 47.
The captain of Cobram Fire Brigade Mr W S forth notes a bush fire alert plan. The bell will ring three dongs for bush fires and after a short spell three more dongs. For township fires the bell will be rung sharply.
The annual St Patrick’s concert at St Joseph’s Hall Cobra features top Melbourne_amiloists led by Trotman humorist Vi Walsty contralto Bell hian Margery Gray violin and St Joseph’s pupils. A post concert dance with Mr Ryan’s full orchestra promises an excellent night.
Players registered with the W C C L include Cleave Downs Watson Woods Sidebottom McNamara Dauckett Pinchbeck Spence M tgan Pelly Tennant and Baird for a Melbourne country tournament starting March 7. The daily team draw and early match dates are announced with Yarrawonga-St James facing Bellarine Queenscliff March 7 at Essendon and other fixtures March 5 at Brunswick and March 9 at North Melbourne.
In Cobram district churches church notices are listed including Anglican and Presbyterian references. Finley residents protest high valuations by Berrigan Shire Council on township properties. One owner plans to sell all vacant township blocks below unimproved valuation.
A ministerial party led by Gowli and Coloner Dyinclic met local officials in Cobram to push for a bridge on the Tecumwal realignment to relieve flood pressures and improve river access. Centrepiece talks covered the Melbourne to Strathmerton route, with calls to reroute toward Colrain and ongoing road inspections planned.
An Australian article discusses farmland management and crop yields across districts including Dookie, Rutherglen, and the Mallee. It notes winter fallowing, mixed land practice, and the impact of drought on red land and cereal crops. It highlights individuals like Mr. A K Blackwood and references lease arrangements and regional differences in productivity.
A fragmented financial note mentions the Naz station and the States Union, with a plan to return an amount equal to last year’s £1000 for road construction. The letter from X.Y. reflects social issues, lodging details, and requests for modest comforts amid a transit context.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a sale near Cosraes in late March. It mentions items including horses and furniture and lists names and officials in connection with the auction event.
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