Cobram hosts opening road season and big Vic cycling events
The Cobram cycling scene opens June 7 with visits from Wangaratta and Corowa riders for a 20 mile race. The season centers on the Cobram 100 on August 8 with a closed date policy for Victoria. Plans include a potential route change for the road race and three radio broadcasts. Cobram could host a stage of the Sun Tour of Victoria with finish moved to Punt Road if chosen.
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Cobram Cycling Club
Yarrawonga
Corowa
Wangaratta
Cobram
Victoria
Citizens
Tatura
Mooroopna
Wyndham St
Shepparton
LVW
Seymour
Melbourne
Remote control atom ceremony marks SA uranium mine opening
Scientists at Harwell will stage a televised chain reaction linking Hartwell Oxford and Daggafontein to celebrate South Africa’s first full scale uranium mine. Sir John Cockcroft and Sir Ernest Oppenheimer will trigger a robot that pulls control rods, starts the furnace, and begins uranium extraction via a BBC broadcast.
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South African
Hartwell
John Cockcroft
Atom Cnies
South Africa
Daggafontein
Johannesburg
Ernest Oppenheimer
Oxford
Harwell
BBC
Nests of Trouble Warns on Woolly Bear Beetle Risk
A British report explains woolly bears or carpet beetle grubs originate in bird nests and spread to attics eating fabrics. Prevention advice includes removing nests and using a 10 percent DDT pyrethrum spray. Separately scientists report seeds germinate faster after brief radio wave exposure to heat seeds before sowing. A Harley Street tale notes a doctor’s question about a baby in a high cot, answered by a mother explaining TV living room monitoring.
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Harley St
Everest Climb Tests Air and Acclimatization Limits
The article describes altitude effects and acclimatization up to 22 000 feet, detailing physical deterioration above that level. It notes past expeditions’ struggles at Camp IV V and the benefits and limits of oxygen gear, and argues a southern route offers easier final ascent with a decisive advantage.
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Tibet
Smythe and I
North Col
Camp IV
Camp V
Camp VI
Everest
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Cobram Courier
T. P. O’reilly
Punt Rd
Macfarlane
Station Street
Ronson Aire
Vengar
BSA and
Ariel Sales and Service
Howard Rotary Hoe
Showgrounds
Cobram Club
V. W. Jones
Anderson
State Electricity Commission of Victoria
Electrical Contractors Licensing Committee
N.S.W. Government Act
Commonwealth
Australia
Dell Lacas End
National Service
Permanent Defence Forces
National Service Registration Office
Money Order
Britain
R. C. Sandow Pty. Ltd
Hank
Ser
BR. A. Sharrock Corray
Cobrar
By Eric Shipton
Gilatee
Himalaya
Bruce W. Jones
Market Street
Mary Vine Froc
Punt Road
Availab
Pollard
Baste Laymut
Winte
Holdenson & Nielson
Animal Health Service
C.S.L
Cooper's Dairy
L and Lanz Smith Pty
Binery A
Linin
Walker
Nowing
Paul Louvres
Braemar Kero
Tatura Research Station
G and Cooper
Orrugal
Yours
Leral Arr
J. Stad
Mos
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