Cobram Local Events and Fund Raisers Spread Across Town
Cobram Comforts Fund announces a dance on June 2 in Cobram Civic Hall to aid the Tocumwal RAAF Welfare Fund with music by the RAAF Orchestra and landholder rabbit trapper services promoted by the Pastures Protection Board Corowa. A Berrigan Diggers Annual Hall social slated for Friday 28 with strong turnout is advertised. A Cobram Red Cross ball on May 10 raised over £30 for Prisoners of War with Gervasoni orchestra, and a large cheque sent to POW relief. A 7 June sale near Finley offers 3000 sheep and 300 cattle, mostly young crossbreds and well-bred cattle. An unreserved house sale by J McNamara & Co for H W Dunkley Cobram includes a High Street land block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobram Comforts Fund
Cobram
Tocumwal
RAAF
Pastures Protection Board
Corowa
Cobram Mechanics Hall
Lnst
Australian Red Coss
Red Cross Prisoners of War Fund
Gervasoni
W. Harris
Kilroy
Younghusband Limited
Finley
J. McNamara & Co
H. W. Dunkley
Obituary notices from Barooga and Katandra districts
The death of Mrs. Maria Stanyer aged in her 70s closes a 65 year Barooga pioneer era with five daughters and three sons left to mourn. Also reported is the tragic death of John Patrick Jeffery aged 63 from a Shepparton area accident, a well liked Yabba North resident known for his helpful nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barooga
Maria Stanyer
William Granyer
Mulwals
Stanyer
Wediswict
Stanyer Eaves
John Patrick Jeffery
Shepparton
Katandra
Yabba North
Jabey
Sam Jeffery
As- Ketandre
Volunteers Guarding Australian Skies as Air Observation Corps
Across Australia volunteers man posts as Volunteer Air Observation Corps members. They monitor aircraft, relay positions to control, and aid in plane recovery and rescue, highlighting a vital yet underrecognized home front effort in wartime. The piece urges locals to join and explains the corps’ life‑saving role and minimal cost to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Outback
V.ao.c
Darwin
W.A.O.C
Air Force
V.A.O.C
Volunteer
Air Observation Corps
Observer
Air Observer Corps
Fecha
Rabbit skins rise to record price in South Australia
In the Adelaide market rabbit skins reached 11/8 per tb., a record for South Australia. The price represented an average of 3/11 per skin, signaling a strong market for fur buyers and sellers in the region.
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Adelaide
South Australia
Local sketches of district visitors and wartime notices
Personal note records A C Jack McFarlane visiting Coo ram last week. NSW Constables Ben Stanger and Ned Jones toured the district and look well with Ben now stationed in Sydney. Private T Hamilton, brother of L Hamilton Cobram, is a prisoner of war in Malaya. A man named Mr J Smithers escaped serious injury when his trousers were caught in a saw mill cable last week.
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A.C
Jack McFarlane
Cooram
Ben, Stanger
Ned Jones
N.S.W. Force
Ben
Sydney
T. Hamilton
L. Hamilton
Cobram
Malaya
Tom
J. Smithers
Open Letter to Electors from Jack McDonald Goulburn Valley
The open column expresses gratitude to voters for reelecting unopposed member Jack McDonald to the Victoria Legislative Assembly. He pledges to serve all constituents, notes postwar development plans, urges careful adoption of new doctrines, praises local servants and press, and remains available regardless of political views.
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Goulburn Valley
Legislative Assembly of
Victoria
Ife
Australia
Jack McDonald
War Secret Revealed In Coastal Command Publication
A wartime report discusses Coastal Command methods for detonating magnetic mines. Wellington bombers carried a loop around the engine area and Ford V8 power supplied a generator to a magnetic coil. this allowed eventful mine clearance from low altitudes.
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Coastal Command
Wellington
Australian plant provides chemical substitute for UV protection
An Australian plant yields sesculin from its leaves, replacing imports from horse chestnut bark. The native source avoids tree death and costly bark harvesting, aiding wartime needs as scientists and workers overcome production delays threatening steel and alloy work.
Supply the Problem of War Cessation
Despite prodigious efforts at home and the Merchant Marine's heroic struggle to bring food across the seas, British belts are tight, says Salt, the Army Educational journal. All weekly rations: sugar, 1 lb. meat including bacon, 2 oz. butter and 6 oz other fats. 22 pints milk. an egg when available.
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Merchant Marine
Army Educational Journal
Golf Scores and Standings From Weekend Club Play
The report lists multiple grade divisions with players and scores. Notable totals include J Jones 86 1 turd 83, G Jordan 97 24 97 23 74, J Gulsensn Foote 95 18 77, and M. Scott 112 2 116 27 80. Associates 18 Holes features Miss M Gilmour and others with several notable scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Barnett
J. Jones
Turd
T Wile
G. Jordan
J. Gulsensn R
Foote
P. Stratos
Blind entertainers tour Cobram under Australian Institute grant
The Royal Melbourne Institute for the Blind plans a Cobram visit by a group of performers led by dancer Keegan and pianist Ivy, with acts from Buydy Jing and Paul di Bu tenor. The event promotes high standards in disability entertainment and supports the Victorian Institute at Kilda Road, Melbourne.
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O Lertainers
Musicsiana Tainers
Melbourne
Cobram Uir
Togets
Borne
Anc ‘Keegan
Australio Dition
Buydy Jing
Buydy Jing Melo-Partners, Paul di Butenor, and Ivy and Solo Pian
Victorian Institute
Kilda Road
Prisoner of War Labour Proposal Surfaces in Kyabram Discussion
Mr McEwen spoke at Kyabram urging use of prisoners of war in industry and roadwork as part of wartime labour plans. He argued German prisoners could perform productive tasks and criticized limits on their deployment to industry.
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McEwen
Kyabram
Rodney
Tron
Furde
Amy
Wal Wels Eny
Pico Ar
Germany
Australia
Profitable Spying and Royal Favor in Exile England
Louis XVIII reportedly thanked Fouche for effective espionage while in exile in England. A household spy, linked to Napoleon, supplied information for reglement and movement, with earnings rising to £4000 a year. The emperor’s agents arranged the spy’s payments, ending in a claim that the spy did not cheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XVIII
Fouche
Napoleon
England
Louis
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Photophone Talkies Mechanics Institute
James Stewart
Hedy Lamarron
Gail Patrick
Ian Hunter
Criterion Cafe
Telphone
Children’s Tonic
Xatharine R. Lyons
Morrison & Teare
High Street
Aud
Nomurkah
Nuthulia
National Majusi
Collins Street
Melbourn
J. Stanyer
Dennys, Lascelles
Salus
Newmarket
Bram
G. Ritchie
Dalgety & Company Limited
States
Wool & Stock
Dalgety
Dalgety and Company Ltd
Bourke Street
A. McGauchie
Hall
Murray Vine
A. Gordon Gutteridge
Hoskins and
Davey
H. V. Trench
M.v.ls
Irrigation and General Surveyors
Losis
T. R. Nossiter
Berrigan
G. Anderson
H. Henshall
Clarendon St
Std. Meljourne
J. M. Goodman
Green Grocery
Miss Maidment
Punt Road
Alderton's
Presbyterian Church
Diggers
Cobra Courier
Adams & Son Pty. Ltd
Family Butcher
J. J. Kelly
Weiss
M. Granyer
John Patrick Seffery
J. Mulcahy
Grocer
W. Ewart Cassidy
Arrister Apa
Volunteer Air Observation Corps
Eee
UF Sks
Compet
LMI
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