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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 02, 1922
Page
2
A Courier Office advertises envelopes and writing pads for sale. The listing highlights durable stock in assorted sizes suitable for mailing and note taking. Customers are invited to visit or call for bulk pricing and availability.
A garbled text block lists numerous place names, streets, and organizations across regions. It mentions exchanges, trusts, roads, parks, and various businesses, with stray mentions of people and roles, all jumbled and hard to parse.
An obscure measurement note describes combining toy area and bottom area to compute excavation depth. It lists areas 205, 18,200 and 19,2080, mentions multiplying by depth, applying a factor 2.204 to convert units, and references a 27 inch depth and 30 remaining length. The goal is to determine the top width and total tank volume in cubic yards.
Text describes methods to compute volume and weight for oblong stock parts. It references multiplying length by cross sectional area, adjusting by height, and applying half height adjustments. The passage is incomplete and contains many garbled terms.
There is more than one reason nations must stop fighting. Scientists warn of looming global resource shortages and rising demand. Coal may vanish in a century, wheat supply strains grow, pests depress crops, and population will reach unsustainable levels in about two centuries.
A new device at Wor thine automates tomato grading by size. Driven by a small motor, tomatoes of all sizes feed in and are sorted through a platform with varying holes, then hinged into a chute. Officials claim the machine does the work of twenty men in an hour at a cost of threepence.
The narrator roams London at night from Whitechapel to Blackfriars, describing Salvation Army shelters, homeless sleepers, and the clamor of Fleet Street presses. They visit a coffee stall near a teahouse, hear shopkeepers and rescuers from the YWCA aid the destitute, and note late sights along the Thames and Waterloo Bridge amid a restless city after two.
The Prime Minister reviews achievements and future plans including a half million surplus, tax relief, railway development, dairy and cattle improvements, and national health cooperation. He notes Australia’s empire role, budget cuts, and aims for population growth, training farms, and support for returned soldiers.
The article reviews government aims to move the capital, curb defence spending, and appoint a Commission to fund civic development. It defends sugar policies during 1915 to 1921, arguing benefits to producers and consumers, while noting Imperial wireless links and uniform gauge work. It also mentions wheat subsidies and telephone facility expansion.
An early 20th century advertisement touts a “Morse Resilient Tooth” offering a live tooth feel and youthful appearance. It claims long-lasting health benefits, artificial teeth with single-visit fitting, and cosmetic improvements, dated around 1918 with pricing references and promotional rhetoric.
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