08 Mar 1944
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1944
Page
1
A readable fragment notes a Presbyterian church service time at 2:15 PM with minister Rey B Fabb listed. Further context about location or event is unclear from the fragment.
OCR fragment notes a forthcoming event with the word ESTABUIBHED and a date line reading Wednesday March but provides no clear names places or outcomes. The text is too damaged to identify participants or location. A tighter summary cannot be produced without additional readable details.
Local notices report a Cobram sale of 600 ewes and rams set for 16 March with Key. Lonergan Goulding were in Cobram on leave. The Scots Church Junior Mission Band held its annual meeting raising over £22 and electing June Lee, Jessie Goodman, Elizabeth Lukins, and Norma Gale to officer roles. Police hunts, bush-trackers and a rabbit destruction scheme are described along with local rail staff transfers and cricket injuries.
California figure proposes Australia welcome 100 U S servicemen after the war with future expansion for settlers. He cites American Homestead acts offering 160 acres free for five years and a path to land title, urging government adoption to boost Anglo-Saxon population growth in the commonwealth.
An advice column discusses pruning loquats grafted from budded stock with minimal pruning needed and best timing after grafting. It notes dense old trees may need interior thinning for air flow and size control. It also covers Gerberas requiring deep, well drained soil and warns against waterlogged conditions, with Victoria soils suited due to depth and drainage.
A public meeting of all interested in the swimming pool is set for 8 pm Thursday March 9 at Mechanics Hall. An executive meeting of the Cob yam branch is planned for 815 pm Friday March 10 at Denys Lascelles offer. Fire prevention orders and sale notices for local goods are listed with contacts in Cobram and Mooroopna.
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