16 Mar 1945
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 16, 1945
Page
1
The Cobram Courier reports Australia’s new war loan targets at least £100 000 000 in fresh funds to support war efforts. Deputy Prime Minister Forde praises war loan committees and urges continued public support to fund commitments and supply troops.
Local and general notes on wheat sowing rules and licences by the Wheat Industry Stabilisation Board. Cobram Agricultural Society’s upcoming meeting includes show plans. W.G.A. leader Mr Cullen tours the Goulburn Valley visiting towns and branches. Also notes on lamb prices correction, Finley sheep sale with 7000 crossbred lambs, and manufacturing of farm machinery for 1945 46. Firewood forest plans and a heated wheat warning alert farmers to avoid storage damaged grain.
A column contemplates wartime leadership and public figures. It laments political opponents and editorializes on Churchill as Prime Minister, while critiquing church leaders, society’s views on capital punishment, and labor strikes with satirical, provocative tone.
Mr V Forrester left Cobram Railway Station to take up duty as guard on electric trains in Melbourne after twelve months with the Cobram station. Mr E A Cole returned from Heidelberg Military Hospital where his son George is a patient. Miss R Jordan was sidelined by a foot injury from Friday night’s dance. Mr R C Kierath resumed duty at Cobram Station, previously stationed there in 1923.
Doris Jilbert, an 11 year old from Chinkspook now in camp under the Lord Mayor's holiday scheme at Frankaton, criticizes city life. She calls Melbourne a dizzying maze of buildings trams and crowds and says she prefers calmer places away from the rush. She fears the city shortens life and notes ongoing droughts and dust storms. The piece concludes with a political aside about Britain seeking aid from America.
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