03 May 1934
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 03, 1934
Page
1
May 4 meeting of ladies re football club and free dresscutting demonstration. May 5 talk re Mooroopna Hospital and kitchen tea to Mim D. May 28 Vall White Minstrel Revue. July Fire Brigade Ball noted. Wee W meeting Li-Kitchen Tea. Tests mentioned.
Reports show the marriage of A W Fairley to M Stewart, and engagements in Muriel Sheehan and Bruce Bell. Obituary notes the death of Robert Todd Bourchier in Oakleigh. Also mentioned are moves in local offices, a transfer for A C Carter, the arrival of L B Mannix in Cobram, and Fr T O O’Connell’s golden jubilee with 38 years in Tatura parish.
Philip Dana, 71, died at 25 Hoddle Street Essendon. A Cobram district pioneer for over fifty years, he helped develop farms and communities, supported the Cobram Agricultural Society Race Club and Mechanical Institute, and donated an Italian marble altar to Cobram Roman Catholic Church with his brother. He is interred at Cobram Cemetery after a large tribute from friends and locals.
The issue invites notices for the Kertigan Shire Council travel, a Tungamal Shire meeting next Monday, and a country women’s association gathering at Mechanics Hall with Miss Osborne demonstrating dress cutting. It also notes a Marungi watch case recovered, a stock sale at Newarke with 2,000 sheep and 100 cattle, and planned visits by the Minister of Water Supply and the Water Commission to discuss irrigation and regional works.
District news notes proning operations at Tarnpur vineyard and a forthcoming bakery in Barooge. It mentions the Berrigan Shire rolls and a triennial election at year end. A parish hall euchre and singing night drew a small crowd with W Hughes winning gents prize and Mrs T Slanger the ladies. The ball committee plans a larger euchre party and dance Monday May 1st with supper.
Tocumwal committee after two years work accepts a £13 7s 6d tender from Messrs to Phaibe for a scoring stand at the recreation ground. Completion expected by May 5 ahead of Murray Football League matches. Ground now well improved with £130 raised, other works planned as funds allow.
The Murrumbidgee irrigation area rice crop is ready for harvest with an estimated yield of about 35 thousand tons at roughly one ton and a quarter per acre. Prices are around a dollar per bushel for paddy rice, which requires further processing before consumption. Farmers focus on weed control. 2 cwt per acre of ammonium sulphate aids seed drilling. Australia’s rice industry includes Australian made header threshers and a rice research farm testing hundreds of varieties, with Lyte Callora showing local suitability.
A four month skin grafting operation at Sydney Hospital on Frank Peck, a 19 year old printer, involved grafting skin from adjoining areas to his badly burned body. The procedure required five weeks of healing after the grafts were applied and Peck endured multiple anesthesia events during treatment.
About 200 people attended an auction on a Temara district farmer's property. Representatives of the Farmers' Defence League met the auctioneer and decided to bid, returning the articles to the original owner. The sale involved a widow with urgent needs, and the lump sum was approximately £120. The solicitor handled the proceedings.
In cricket under the Cobram Strathmerton Cup, Strathmerton forfeited the match. The piece also notes an odd incident with a batsman and a bowler from Goulburn Wheelies, plus batting averages and wicket statistics from the match.
The Goulburn Valley continues to supply recruits for Melbourne League clubs. Bert Taylor of Finley draws major attention as a tall NSW player with strong ball use, sense, and kicking to possibly join Fitzroy or other city teams. Others from Mooroopna Tocumwal and Berrigan train with Hawthorn Essendon and Richmond respectively.
Information from the Fish and Game Department summarized in a report to the Chief Secretary notes more than 20000 shooters on opening day and about 80000 ducks taken. Only 42 of 107 districts reported ducks as plentiful, with War Plains Swamp near Barmah highlighted, while some districts averaged one bird per three shooters. Destruction of protected waterfowl and disappointing bags were also recorded, with reductions from 50 percent to 21 percent in later districts.
Fragmentary report mentions agricultural policy, improved work for growers, and cooperation across states. References to grants, mould issues, research actions, and a Brisbane base are partially legible, with unclear dates and many garbled terms.
A fragmented record recalls a local fundraising effort tied to Mooroopna Hospital with mentions of a mother, Mrs O’Keefe, hopes for a maternity hospital wing, and a government-backed sweepstakes raising funds. The passage highlights renewal plans, public interest, and historic community actions.
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