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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 06, 1924
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text mentions June icebergs and assorted garbled names and phrases. No clear event, person, or organization is discernible. details are unreadable, with scattered bits like dates or places not forming a coherent item.
Cobram Telephone Exchange shows rates charged to subscribers for phone service. The list includes numerous station and location names with varied charges and a long subscriber ledger showing services, addresses, and related fees at Cobram and surrounding areas.
Cobram sits on the Murray River near the Goulburn line terminus from Melbourne. The entry lists water, electric services, timber mill, dairy produce, lucerne, and shops forming a provincial town, with Tungamah Shire history and council details including members and wards.
Cobram Court of Petty Sessions and Waterworks Trust meet on set schedules with magistrates and clerks listed. Churches and societies include Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist, agricultural, lodges, and cultural groups with officers named. various local associations and clubs referenced with officers and roles.
A garbled OCR snippet references Best of Australasia Manager A Biatearioge Bach Agency Basic Australais Commonwealth Sartoge Beak Agency A Poor OBir Mutual Improvement and Progress Amode r Preadent J Bidet secretary gine. The readable portion lists several organizations and titles without clear context or events.
A garbled list of names and roles appears to mix church, cemetery, lodge, club, and civic positions. Mentions include churches in Ber W, Rev. Fath, Justice Hughes, Constable A. Taylor, electoral registrars A. Lean and A. Taylor, committee chairs such as A. Blake, and various club secretaries and presidents. The text reads as a damaged log of local officials and society groups with uncertain connections.
A historical note explains a formula for tank excavation volume. It adds top and bottom areas, adds four times the middle, divides by six, then multiplies by depth. It converts cubic feet to cubic yards by dividing by 27. The example shows rough dimensions and side slopes, detailing top width, bottom area, and the resulting tank capacity before sinking.
A fragmented description discusses measuring a stack by length between bottom and waves and the product by height from ground to waves. It mentions adjusting height assuming half the range and estimating with a cautious tolerance. The text appears as garbled technical notes about truss height and vessel waves.
A collection of anecdotes on extortionate pavers and unscrupulous tradesmen using coercive talk to extract payment. Tales include a Belgium artist outwitting a stingy client with a portrait exhibited publicly, a bootmaker who repossessed boots from a debtor, and a Parisian tailor tormented by unpaid bills amid comic misadventure.
The article recalls the last foreign invasion that actually landed on British soil. Colonel Tate led about 1500 men, mostly French convicts, landing at Cardiff Bay in 1797 as a side-show toFrance’s Ireland bid. After 24 hours British forces arrived and Tate surrendered unconditionally. no enemy has landed since.
A collection of quips on love, ignorance, time, and gender. It contrasts love at first sight with second thoughts and notes how fear and fate intersect at the altar. The adage weighs on men and women, suggesting women influence trouble yet enrich life.
A fragmented eyewitness account describes ant society with worker trails and slave raids led by Amazon ants. It notes termite swarms, soldier ratios, and the care of guests within ant colonies, plus parallels of termite defense and army tactics across regions.
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