23 Mar 1933
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
1
A garbled OCR item references a bank in Victoria and a game at Cobram with custody terms. It mentions Gane Powed, Ox Sore Ceeteet, and Medea WS Cesena Menvger in a confused context. The fragment suggests a sports event with custody or venue notes but lacks clear facts.
A federal government appointed royal commission will inquire into the petrol industry, including roles of importing and distributing companies that refused to supply information to the Commonwealth. Dry weather persists but some district farmers prefer rain in April to start grass growth for winter feed. A government committee recommends silos at low country stations with terminals at Williamstown and Geelong costing about £2,005,000 to save farmers per bushel. some stations may incur losses but profits elsewhere should offset these. A tale of a long earthworm sighting in Gippsland is noted. readers are reminded of similar reports in the Argus.
Cobram residents report extremely cold weather with the first frost. Stolen from Mr H H Martin of Berrigan were fifty pounds, gold watches and rings. Mindors Teitelblatt places property for private sale in Cobram. K Lonergan partners with C Heard selling motorcycles and accessories. Cobram State School Mothers Club plans a stall in Beck Street on March 25 to raise funds. United States contemplates global wheat production quotas with Canada and others. A circus incident in Corowa involved a monkey killed after being struck by a pony. Railway bulletin notes 72 special picnic trains to seaside resorts and increased rail freight. Biblical society envoy Sidney Pare lectured at Cobram Methodist Church.
District notes detail grape picking for Rutherglen vintage with contractor Frenk Stillard and a Reo mishap on the Ovens bridge. Easter Monday races at the racecourse, new wood chop and double handed saw events, and a varied sports program. Cobram East school social raises funds, gymkhana set for April 5, and local weathered misadventure near Yarrawonga.
At the last meeting of the Goulburn Valley Agricultural Societies Association Mr G Fowler of Numurkah was elected vice president. An old aged pensioner Frederick Walker known as Sport was found dead on the river bank. James Koopman has leased his residence and citrus grove to take over the Ex Lore Hotel at Rushworth. Shepperton figures tied to local schooling include a marriage of a former Shepperton High School student to Miss Gertrude Kies of St Kilda. Nurses Board exam success and Miss Nixon, once Cobram resident, linked to A Dewhurst Bank of Australasia. Robins of the Barooga district, Irvin injured by boiling water while checking a radiator. Barooga residents Aldree Brentnall and W Nickalson hospitalized after ptomaine poisoning from tainted meat. hunting plans aborted. A wedding at Tatura Presbyterian Church linked to Miss Helen Cross and Mr Robert Irvin. gifts exchanged between wedding party and couple. Future home at Cobram for Mr and Mrs Irvin.
Notes from Everywhere report that the Victorian Commissioner of Taxes urged uniform land tax valuations across Federal and State lines. The piece also mentions a world speed record for a British submarine and a tiny man in Besois seeking circus contracts, with local reactions and distant ambitions.
In a tightly fought match Barooga chased down Numurkah after a dramatic final over. Pemberton and Brentonall led Barooga with key bowling while Slater and Wilkes contributed for Numurkah. Final tally left Barooga with a slender victory as the innings closed with Numurkah short of the target.
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