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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 13, 1924
Page
2
A village wedding tale recalls a missing ring given by a friend at the altar. The groom Colinidee, Earl of Baleares, waits at the church as Mauris of Mamausus hurries to the ceremony while a ring is slipped onto the bride’s finger. The moment leaves the couple contemplative and hopeful.
A surreal, garbled meditation references Shakespeare and medieval Europe, pairing disjointed lines about shuddering and fear with mentions of kings, dukes, writers, and a cryptic hunt. The text blends literary allusions with stray phrases on fear, art, and perception.
A garbled report discusses disease transmission risk from animals to humans and ecosystems. It mentions various species and locations, including mentions of horses, pigs, and possible outbreaks, but the text is highly fragmented and difficult to interpret clearly.
The text discusses sea water cures and Anervasite medicine purported benefits from shore formations at depth. It mentions preparations and their origins, stressing patience and caution while noting a questionable trial and potential risks. The passage ends with a personal remark about an anniversary and marriage.
Rates for the Cobram Telephone Exchange are listed with extra charges for public use. The document also catalogs local officials, society officers, and club presidents including the Fire Brigade Captain, State School head, Croquet and Bowling clubs, Race Club, Football Club, and the Cobram District Fruitgrowers Association secretary.
A scattered OCR list shows subscribers and associated entities such as Campbell & Co stock and station agents, Cobram Flour Mill, Cobra Hotel, Cobram Station, and individuals like John Carden, James Grant, T. N. Harris, and Harold Hay. The fragment blends names with places and occupations, suggesting a community subscriber roll.
Cobram and District form the wealthiest section of the Tungamah Shire with cereal farming stock raising and timber industries. The piece outlines geography population areas and a list of elected officials and municipal services including water electricity and sanitation across Cobram Katamatite Yarroweyah and surrounding towns.
Irregular court entry shows police magistrate Mir C J Rogers attending every four months. Clerk of Court J Fowles and Sergeant Mepiene with Janes Grant noted. Cobram Waterworks Trust referenced in the item.
A fragmented roster lists leaders for community groups including Bank of Australasia managers, Commonwealth Savings Bank agencies, post office mechanics institute, mutual improvement society, hospital demonstration committee, churches, peace committee, electoral registrar, planning committees, cemetery board, Oddfellows Lodge, race club, tenoie club, cricket club, dramatic club, workers union, political labor council, recreation reserve, and birth death and marriages registrar with named presidents and secretaries. The document profiles numerous individuals such as Mr B ride, Me H Stevens, J Bradatrest, W Higgins, J Hughes, A Taylor, Cairnes, J radstreet, N Lobies, H Sidebottom, J Allert, P J Whittyree, Jas Jones, T J Quintana, R Quilkey, ML Elliott, D Ashton, Chas Timothy, A Jones, and E Mitgour.
The text explains a method to compute excavation rise in cubic yards by adding top and bottom areas and four times the middle areas, dividing by six, and multiplying by depth. It gives numeric examples with top 60 ft by unknown, bottom 20 ft, and slopes 2 to 1, detailing adjustments to length and breadth to derive a bottom measurement of 20 ft by 20 ft.
Oceanography reveals tall seafloor peaks such as Lavra Ebel and Mount Chaucer in the mid Atlantic. Mount Placentia sits just below the surface with a 10 000 foot height. A Royal Family named range rises above the seabed while Davy Jones’s Locker lies at the base of the Faroe Cay Hills with about five thousand wrecks nearby.
A diverse review of curious facts from history and nature. Highlights include giant cigars gifted to politicians, the Cheops pyramid's vast volume and weight, Australia’s nocturnal tyre bird, Antarctic whale sizes, the Dogger Bank fishery, a potential London to Alps air route, white ant outbreaks in France and Paris, plus wartime casualties totaling 946,623 from the UK and Dominions.
A technical note discusses measuring stack dimensions along a Sask route with perpendicular length, then calculating the cubic contents of a truss. It explains deriving the height of a cubic toot from the volume and base measurements.
The text notes that delivery and letter handling will improve if postal district numbers are shown. It lists two numbers as the districts but the details are garbled. This snippet implies a system for organizing mail by district.
Fragmentary weather report mentions rain and thunderstorms with periods of nice weather. Observations reference Queensland and March conditions with green grass and varying rain intensity.
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