27 May 1942
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 27, 1942
Page
1
The article lists edible and ornamental plant options for open-ground planting in August. It mentions varieties such as crimson and pink flowers, salmon salmon, and violets, with notes on fruiting and flowering timing, and references to shade trees around three feet tall.
Federal Cabinet and Labor Caucus consider a new wheat scheme to pay four pence per bushel at country sidings on the first 3000 bushels. The plan pools excess wheat and distributes returns after pooling, with safeguards to limit payments to large properties. It seeks lower government outlay and more equitable support for small growers.
A patchwork of quotes on love kindness and virtue from Yoder Mary Baker Eddy and Sir Walter Scott. The piece emphasizes love as a divine force guiding human needs and moral behavior with scattered references to thinkers and authors.
A government official argues mass production of large grain crops could lower costs compared with small farms. The scheme aims to curb sub surges against small growers and promote closer settlement. Scully says it will save manpower and improve national economics.
The May issue of The Radiate warns motorists using charcoal gas producers about fires from bags of charcoal placed between the spare bag and the car body. Heat can ignite jute sacks, and motion fans the fire, creating intense heat with little flame. Extinguishing fluids may produce phosgene, a deadly lung irritant. Do not carry fuel bags where they can touch the hopper.
An Australian wartime appeal stresses conserving and utilising every item once discarded, with emphasis on scrap metal aluminium and paper. It notes aircraft needs, aluminium recovery from pots and pans, and the establishment of committees to curb waste and boost materials for war production.
A garbled OCR reading yields unclear names and places. Readable bits suggest a named individual and a location near the Ross Sea. No coherent dates, actions, or outcomes are discernible from the fragment.
A wartime caption notes torpedo carrying practice at Taranto with Albacore aircraft. It claims Italian fleet damage in the attack, stating about half of the fleet lay in harbor during the operation.
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