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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1940
Page
2
Fragmentary text shows scattered plant names and numbers with unclear context. The passage mentions Bougainvillea varieties, Vine icons, specific counts, and a burned or dark phrase, but the meaning remains obscured by corruption.
Thousands of Australian, New Zealand, British, and Canadian forces marched through Sydney as a convoy left harbor. A warship with a French connection led escort, while crowds cheered the allied contingent and rode the streets in rickshaws and taxis. Trade boomed briefly with shoppers buying souvenirs as 10 000 pounds were spent in three days.
A sketch explains origins of the phrase not worth the candle used by card players to abandon games deemed unprofitable. It notes theories tying the nine of diamonds to the Curse of Scotland, the Battle of Culloden, and historical scandals like Glencoe.
Tests in England show fuel waste when engines idle. An 8 hp engine uses a gallon in 12 hours, 10 hp in 8 hours, 12 hp in 7 hours, 14 hp in 6 hours, and 25 hp in 3 hours. It is estimated 40,000 German trucks run on gas, with more private cars gas equipped as weekly growth continues.
The article describes a government test of a new safety device using tubular rods and transparent sheets installed along roadways to control vehicle movement. It notes limited deployment in a few districts, mentions licensing status, and discusses effects on speed and fuel economy, with cars designed to reduce maximum speeds to about 40 to 45 mph.
A novel traffic device called the traffiscope rises on a steel frame across a road near New York. It uses curved jets and a four foot high lens to view the opposite hillside, enabling day and night operation. A hood creates a cushion of dust to keep weather from interfering and daily cleaning may be required.
Printed and published by Davie Vivian Ronald Ross Rost Bros. at their office Station street Cobrum Victoria bearing the Rost Bros name.
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