Spring Bulbs Grow Slow Through Fertile Beds
A brief item notes gardeners plant spring bulbs and expect blooms after cool weather. It highlights soil prep, watering habits, and the seasonal timing guiding bulb selection and garden color plans.
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 08, 1940
Page
2
A brief item notes gardeners plant spring bulbs and expect blooms after cool weather. It highlights soil prep, watering habits, and the seasonal timing guiding bulb selection and garden color plans.
The text denounces the Communist dictatorship in Russia and predicts tyranny under Stalin, warning Australian Unionists against following Soviet counsel and urging resistance to projected Communist influence. It argues the proletariat dictatorship yields little freedom and questions the legitimacy of communist power in Australia.
A proclamation sets the water rats hunting season from May 1 to August 31 under game laws. Numbers vary by region with skins bringing high prices. Officers warn that taking or possessing rats outside the closed season is illegal and subject to penalties.
The Murray League announces a season start next Sunday with a draw for round one set for May 11. Teams expected strong include Numurkah Nathalia and Gul with Nathalia matched against Strathmerton and Tocumwal. Cobram to finance a club room via debentures.
Fragmentary text lists several dates and names with unclear context. It mentions June 22 July 27 August 3 and August 10 alongside various indecipherable names and locations, lacking coherent events or actions.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Heava Durbin and Deans, names Muss Durty and Leanne with Singing, plus references to 44, 50k, and songs tied to a 1960s era show. Includes scattered names such as Vee 2 Busey Fibes and Sirus Wales, with unclear dates or venues.
The Rural Works Board lists fresh tenders for road and crossing projects in Victoria. Contracts cover resurfacing bonding and forming works from Shepparton to Cobram with boundary sections East and West. Notices name Vivian Ronald Ross and Rom Bros as agents for contracting parties in Cobram, Victoria.
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