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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 10, 1928
Page
1
George Burkinshaw passed away peacefully on 6 May in Richmond aged 65. He was beloved husband of Annie Burkinshaw and father of Kenna, Aileen, Richmond Leigh, and grandfather to Richmond, Malcolm, Wallace Stillard, Geoffrey Fitsgemid, and Beatty Burkinshew.
The report covers the Berrigan Shire Council monthly meeting and upcoming events at Cobram Mechanics Hall and Tocumwal. It notes a 50 card party for Mooroopan Hospital funds with Mr A Heaney and Mr Dunstan addressing electors, plus the R C ball at Cobram Mechanics Institute. It mentions road development requests and a riverhillston connection, a fashion supplement, and film showings at the Mechanics Institute.
The 65 year old former Barooga resident, a Barooga schoolteacher from 1905 for eight years, was a key Cobram Club cricketer and enthusiastic tennis player. He was well known and well liked, with sympathy offered to his wife and grown children. Also noted is the death of Mr Percival Devenish at Montrose, remembered by older residents for his family.
Cobram railway station officials supply April revenue figures for 1927 and 1928. The latest monthly total shows an increase of £70 compared with the same month the previous year.
Dr J R Harris, candidate for the Legislative Council, speaks to ratepayers on governance, party alliances, and taxation in Victoria. He defends the Council as a review body, touts the Country and Composite Ministries, and argues for market support and federation policies affecting primary producers. He calls for united action, marketing of primary products, and caution on seat redistribution.
The speaker urges paying for road use by new transport forms and railway upkeep, warns against excessive freight and fare hikes, and backs equal support for returned soldiers. He notes qualifications as a Melbourne physician turned farmer vinegrower and confesses prior misperceptions about his profession. A vote of thanks follows his address.
The Koonoonoo Methodist Sunday School marked its anniversary with a service led by Home Missionary Mr Browning on Sunday April 28. A children and teachers choir performed special singing and a social followed with prize winnings, games, singing, and a supper provided by the ladies before concluding with a Doxology.
A Cobram Golf Club meeting at the Mechanics Institute drew 19 members. Mr F. M. Quick moved to raise subscriptions to £2 2s for gentlemen and £1 1s for ladies, a motion carried. The club also decided to purchase a mower for £96, to be delivered this week.
Mr Koopman, while guiding a lad cutting timber, struck by the tool used by Henry Ildridge and received a deep cut to the left shoulder. He was taken to Mooroopna Hospital where fourteen stitches were applied. He is reported to be progressing satisfactorily after the incident last Wednesday.
The Cobram Football Club held a lively Mechanics Institute meeting led by Mr SIL. Discussed were permits controlled by the selection committee, contact with A Lawler for a clearance, and official business with the OLVF tribunal at Namurkal. Players like Basil Smith and Ernie Stewart featured in practice notes. juniors Bourke Howells and Neale show promise. new locals Col liver and N Smyth to try out. Cobram aims for a strong premiership bid this season.
The Tungamah Shire Council held a monthly session with Crs Kell Font Woods Suup son Wadeson Whitty Jottes O Connor Biey present. Reports cover cattle rates restraint on land, health officer salary, mileage pay, war memorial funding, road works, boundary road gravelling, and school road access requests with various approvals and referrals to engineers.
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