Dollar Empire Hopes Face Church and In Memoriam Notices
Church notices from St Alden's Strathmerton and St Margaret's Cobram list Evening Prayer times and a preacher. In memoriam notices honor Vera Kennedy and W Davis with family dedications spanning 1942 and 1943 dates. An editorial discusses dollar empire rhetoric and Cobram fruit industry links to primary producers and Dr Coombs.
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Church OF England
St. Alden’s Strathmerton
St. Margaret's
Cobram
L. Hamnon
Support Food Appeal in Cobram Acknowledges Britain Debt
A Cobram appeal urges Australians to honor Britain's wartime sacrifice by donating food. The address highlights Britain's stand in early war days and blizzards and floods that tested Australia, insisting gratitude must be shown through aid to Britain and highlighting the food donation drive.
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Australia
Britain
Austiolis
Cobram
Ambulance Appeal Urges Subscriptions Ahead of June Deadline
The Cobram and District Ambulance Service reports only 11 18d received in two weeks amid many local residents yet to subscribe. Tenders have been received for the ambulance chassis and the committee aims to close the appeal by the end of June. A poorly attended ladies meeting plans a supper for the ambulance ball on June 4 and urges more volunteers to bake, make, and bring cakes to ensure a successful event.
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Cobram and District Ambulance Service
Deen
IL P. Rossiter
Thos. Stillard, Jnr
R. H. Collie
Don Campbell
C. H. Thomas
Mrs
P. Bellis
Mr. Nicholson Sactione
Wm. Sullivan
Feed For Britain Appeal Launched
A meeting at the Mechanics' Institute elected G W Murch as chairman and formed a five member committee to launch a Food for Britain appeal. Collectors were named across the district with donations including cash stock and coupons. A £5 5s gift from J McDonald was noted and efforts to ship livestock to Britain were considered.
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Mechanics’ Institute
G. W. Murch
W. Benjamin
J. L. Cameron
Harry Roe
W. Ritchie
Britain
Messrs. Roe
Messrs
Craig Dick
J. Gemmell
F. Stillard
W. S. Collie
S. R. Johnson
J. Cooper
H. Roe
G. Murch
C. Bassett-Smith
H. Kermode
Gedye
Agriculturists from Berri Tour Cobram District
A party of agriculturists from Berri in South Australia visited Cobram district last week on their way to Albury. They toured citrus groves owned by Mr. Rossiter, an orchard belonging to Mr. Pullar, and the Soldier Settlement area, guided by District Engineer H. C. Kermode. They expressed high regard for the district’s growth.
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Berri
Cobram
Albury
Rossiter
Pullar
Soldier Settlement
H. C. Kermode
District fund invitation prompts public contribution
The text invites district residents to contribute to a fund, stating that participation will measure how many choose self-interest or join a brotherhood to help those in need. It frames support as a test of communal solidarity versus selfish paths.
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Thome
Personal Par s in Tasmania and Cobram Social Notes
Dave Guthrie is holidaying in Tasmania visiting relatives. Mrs Mustica of Le Charme Salon with her son holidays at Drouin. Miss Foster of Wodonga relieves at the salon. Edwards, Greg ory and others holiday at Lakes Entrance and Cobram areas. Several locals, including Kennedy, Cassidy, Ryan, Horgan, Bourke, and Robertson, spend holidays in Melbourne, Adelaide, Gippsland, and Yarroweyah. The Courier invites signed personal paragraphs from readers for district records.
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Dave Guthrie
Tasmania
Mustica
le Charme
Drouin
Cobram
P. Sheppard
Miss. Sheppard
Pat Kennedy
Melbourne
Cobram East
Foster
Wodonga
S. M. Scott
Dorothy Sheppard
Shepparton
John Cassidy
W. E. Cassidy
M. F. Ryan
Patricia
Horgan
Terry
Tony
Preston
Berrigan
Mrs. R. Mudge
Yarroweyah
Norman Tomkins
Graham Downing
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