22 Mar 1944
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 22, 1944
Page
1
The document records the fund’s finances from 1942 to 31 December 1943. Receipts total 200 pounds 7 shillings 5 pence, from functions and bank interest. Expenditure shows purchase of War Savings Certificates with balance 200 pounds 1 shilling 9 pence. Mr H Weiss to handle secretarial duties and books.
Personal Tiyatenes Chander discharged from AWLP after medical leave. Jim served 635 days outside Australia and 266 days in Australia. Tobruk defender. Engagement announced for Lola Hedmany Bora and Bernard Charles Mensch in Collaroy. Welcome home events hosted for Privates J Steen N Dunkly and R Wyatt. Mr Prendergast to retire from teaching with extended leave. Cobram mourns the death of Mr James McBride, former representative of J Mudumara & Co. Flying Officer J E C Radcliffe awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for navigation and sorties over Berlin Hanover and the Ruhr. He is praised for courage and duty.
A large crowd gathered at Mechanics Hall on Friday to bid farewell to D O Keeffe who leaves Cobram after nine years at the railway station. Speakers praised his public service and club work, with Dr M D O Dwyer presenting a wallet of notes and the gathering joining in song and cheers.
Land sale notice for 434 acres in Boosey Parish near Cobram on the Murray Valley Highway. Auction at Mechanics Hall Cobram at 2 30 pm on Wednesday March 29. Liberal terms offered. Sale conducted by McNamara & Co Nunurka and Yarrawonga with full particulars from agents.
Home gardeners are advised on transplanting Iceland Hoppies for冬 flowering, selecting plant sizes, and forming small clumps. Tips cover soilharden around roots, shallow crowns, hoe use, and water management, plus nursery stock guidance and dibber planting for cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, beets, and broccoli with pest precautions against white butterfly caterpillars.
Fragmentary note describes a hospital that is empty and a mort sender mentioned in a distressed context. Names and clear events are unreadable.
Fragmentary OCR text references a sale at a local venue, a windmill near by, a missing spare wheel around Covram and Tier ward, a Christmas reference, and a March meeting at Mechanics Hall with a parish supper. Additional lines mention rent, a post office application, and nearby school details.
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