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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
2
The text explains a method to calculate tank area and excavation volume from top and bottom measurements, including middle arc data and depth. It provides rough dimensions, slopes, and sample figures in feet and yards, with notes on bottoms, tops, and sides for forming the eventual bottom area and excavation cubic feet.
Agar-agar is a pearly white gelatinous substance valued for medical research hospitals kits and industry. It can withstand necessary temperatures as a culture medium for bacteria and has potential uses as a textile thickener and food additive. Currently Japan supplies most of it though efforts exist to establish producers elsewhere.
At Wembley a half timbered fifteenth century style home is being built to last 600 years. Craftsmen skilled in ancient methods work on beams and tiles saved from old buildings. They use octagonal oak pins and one ton beams reflecting a devotion to historic construction for a wealthy patron.
A historical overview traces the fight against tuberculosis from 19th century theories of cold caused consumption to Koch’s 1883 bacillus discovery and later cures. It notes early methods focusing on rest and poor air, the shift to germ theory, and advances like Sonnenlicht therapies and Dreyer’s enhancements to Koch’s strains, highlighting evolving understanding and treatment challenges.
A garbled farm to town record outlines Iungamah Shire divisions May ISTH and February changes. It lists names of shire riding areas and officials including Hon. W. Kendell MLC and J.D. Kars MLA, with councillors, health officers, rate collectors, and inspectors. Mentions Tungamah works trust meeting monthly and Cobram area as a provincial town with water, power, dairy, and fruit industries.
Fragmented OCR listing local names places and events including Cobram court matters and community notes. Several names MIT age references and program items appear but overall text is incomplete and unclear.
Fragmentary text lists names, committees, and officials with broken phrases and scattered titles. The readable items include references to committees, a secretary, registrar, and various proper nouns, but no coherent event or dates emerge.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a perpendicularly oriented task, an average race, and references to measuring a air and a person named Suighaut. The readable portions are insufficient for a clear incident, location, date, or outcome.
A fragmentary list of Melbourne area locations and addresses appears, naming suburbs such as Black Rock Newport and South Yarra along with scattered street cues and place identifiers. The text seems to catalog addresses for correspondence or delivery across various suburbs and streets.
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