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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 24, 1950
Page
4
A local election notice features prominent Ring of the Sige residents seeking support for council candidacy. The candidate pledges focus on roads, street lighting, drainage, and urban improvements with calls for cooperation from authorities and ratepayers.
Vaptidate list at the Rerngan Shire Council seats includes candidates seeking a further term. One nominee pledges continued support and attentive service on all future operations and local matters.
A notice announces candidates for the Shire of Berrigan elections, listing A, B and C Ridings nominees. It details polling places at Chambers Berrigan Finley Barooga Lalalty Mt. Gwynne and rules on grouping, compulsory voting, and postal voting with deadlines in December 1950.
The Shire of Tungamah council announces under the Local Government Act 1946 that at the December 7 1950 meeting at 5 pm it intends to levy general rates of 3s in the pound on net annual value for Central and Southern Ridings and 3s 6d in the pound for South West and North West Ridings for year ending September 30 1951. It also proposes soil removal charges of 24s 1d per pan in Tungamah St James and Katamatite and 3 pounds 4 shillings for Cobram township, plus a 10s charge for garbage removal in Cobram township, with occupiers or owners liable where bins or pans are in use. Prepared by Elected Shire Secretary B Webb Tungamah Shire Hall.
Public notices list meetings and notices for Wheat Growers Cobram Silo storage allocation. farewell to Mr and Mrs Cameron. goods to Melbourne loading space. post hole digging orders. Yarraweyah CWA annual meeting. Boomanoomana Bush Fire Brigade meeting. Queen Competition planning. Christmas social. various sales and local ads including a 1948 Matchless 380 cc, a Wertheim sewing machine, a 1948 Fargo truck, and a 1948 Ariel motor cycle sale. Cobram Agricultural Services diesel promotion.
A fragmentary letter from a candidate and supporters outlines election aims and promises in Shire of Berrigan. The writer pledges to seek support, maintain electricity reliability, improve roads and paths, and to honor years of service while addressing the electorate.
An outstanding yarding of young crossbred sheep from New South Wales and Riverina stations. Includes numerous Border Leicester Cross and Corriedale Merino crosses with ewes and wethers aged 1 to 4 years, shorn in Oct and Sept, plus lambs and cross lambs. Buyers urged. agents earning commissions. sale by Dennys Lascelles Limited Melbourne office.
Cobram and Company Limited yard sale listing Crossbred and Border Leicester Merino lines. Thousands of ewes and wethers in multiple breeds including Corriedale, Romney Merino, and mixed crossbreds with August and September shorn drafts. Describes station bred stock, dipped, dipped and crutching notes, with lots of 100 to 1000 head, prices and sale terms.
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