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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 15, 1940
Page
2
Premier A. A. Dunstan announced this session that no legislation will be introduced to institute a universal Saturday half-holiday in Victoria. Requests for the change had come from fifteen centres, but Crat decided against proceeding.
Fedweb 1 may replace Dundee in the Riverina wheat program in New South Wales. Dundee has long been a popular central grain with traits valued under certain growing conditions. Officials note Fedweb 1 and others show promise for broader planting to find a suitable variety for the western wheat belt.
A garbled excerpt discusses marriage traditions from rice showers to ring use. It mentions symbolic meanings for men and women, pre historic origins, and references to academic speculation on how the custom developed, with unclear names and dates.
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