05 May 1950
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 05, 1950
Page
1
Mr and Mrs S Wills of Katamatite with daughters Joan and Jean thank friends relatives for cards telegrams letters floral tributes and messages after their recent sad bereavement special thanks to Dr Whittaker Numurkah and Rev Allinson Katamatite and to Mesdames Ackland and Hargreaves for their kindness Please accept this personal thanks.
A new booklet asks all Australians to donate to a National Memorial at Canberra honoring the United States for its wartime help. R G Casey stresses gratitude for US aid in the South West Pacific, noting 1,372,602 American troops in 1945 and 113,091 casualties.
A July evening meeting in Yarroweyah decided to form a local branch of the Victorian Dairymen's Association. President McCurdie and officers were elected, with Ted Morton chosen as delegate for the Melbourne conference. Additional branches were announced for Strathmerton and Katonga, signaling growing dairy unity.
Senator Sheehan spoke at Cobram on Monday night backing Dr. Neil Stewart and urging support for the Labor candidate in Murray Valley. He praised Labor’s action for farmers, price guarantees, school transport, and price controls while warning against a 1947 reversal.
Fewer than 15 attendees joined LCP candidate J C Tilson in Cobram on Wednesday night. Tilson backed government bans on the Communist Party and pledged to support Hollway's development program if elected on May 13, while criticising the Country Party's alliance with Labor and praising the Tollway Government's 16 months of measures.
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