09 Mar 1951
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 09, 1951
Page
1
Church schedules for St. Margaret's Cobram Yarroweyah list services and names including Rev. A Allinson. Memorial notices recall F A Rowe and E A I with messages from family. Obituary fragments honor Minnie and others with keepsake verses and family notes from Yarroweyah area.
Personal notices from Cobram include congratulations for an engagement between Abe and a Spence family member connected to Cobram Hotel and Cobram District Hospital. Local cycling club members hosted guests from Albury and Eden while visitors Beverley Crosby from Melbourne stayed with her parents.
Letter to the editor complains of pipe openings and road cuts in Roans town not filled to original level. The writer cites bone shaking ditches causing danger and nuisance to travellers and asks who is responsible for the unfinished work and ongoing hazard.
A detective tale set at Mechanics Hall on a Saturday program titled An Inspector Balls. Featuring refined stagecraft and professional atmosphere, the show invites audiences to a clever blend of mystery and theatrics. Bookings requested at the Dutueall’s venue desk.
A few Kelvinator Factory kerosene refrigerators available for prompt delivery. Five year written warranty. Price £132. Inspect at Kev Lonergan's. After sales service by own staff on premises or at client site. Phone 203.
The Cobram St Patrick’s Sports Carnival Committee held the first registered footrunnage and cycling carnival last Saturday. K Howlett and J H Carmichael tied in the 75 Yards Sprint dead heat after a dramatic finish. Howlett chose division. Jack Maskell won the One Mile Handicap and Three Miles Scratch Race, with Nes McGrath shining in the Half Mile handicap. The event featured strong times and enthusiastic crowds, with excellent track conditions applauded by spectators.
Bil Guyatt of Victoria won the Australian all round professional championship with 37 points at the North Secondon board track on Saturday night. Dein Whitehorn and Kevin Salton followed with 28 and 28 points, while Graeme French had 25. Keith Sewell of NSW won the national junior all round title with 45 points after claiming the 500 metres one mile and five miles events. Senior classics went to Guyatt for 1000 metres and to French for the 10 miles.
Albert Edward Slattery was fined £1 in default three days imprisonment for drunk and disorderly conduct £3 or seven days for insulting words and £3 or seven days for indecent language at Cobram Court of Petty Sessions. He pleaded guilty to two charges and not guilty to the dietiik and disorderly charge. Evidence by Constable Burnham and officers described indecent language toward children and later abuse in Punt Road police car during a complaint.
A boys cycling event at the Day Carnival produced a triple dead heat for the aggregate in the Super Elliott trophy. Anthony Dewan won the race, with Kevin Shadforth second and Des McGrath third, prompting a re-run to settle the tie.
A returning soldier in an English village clashes with a rival butcher over pride and patriotism. One shop proclaims serving soldiers and selling sausages to the lords of the shire, the other boasts the king eats their sausages. The soldier counters with a sign reading God Save the King.
A detective themed three act stage production titled An Inspector Calls with a full professional cast. Tickets available at Dutneall's for a performance on Saturday March 31 at Mechanics Hall.
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