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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
2
Fragmented OCR reads of a historical note on fortune making and a coronation era period, mentioning Queen J and Gravilians, the state of a system, and references to wealth and social change. The readable text is garbled but suggests a discussion of fortune methods and societal shifts around a royal event.
A disputed levy on squid oil products provoked sharp debate among council members and residents. Supporters argue the tax funds essential services while opponents warn of higher prices for consumers and regional businesses.
Readable fragments mention Heth Nyelmasy Takis and general personal names in an unclear context. No clear event, date, or organization is established, leaving only scattered identifiers and partial terms.
The article details a method to compute tank size from top area bottom area and middle area with depth. It provides numeric examples: top area 60x80, bottom 40x80, middle 15x18, division by 6, cubic feet results, and conversion to cubic yards. It notes slopes on three sides and a roadway 4 to 1, final bottom dimensions and remaining lengths.
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple names and addresses including streets, street numbers, and business entries such as a pastoral company, water trust pumping station, hotels, packing company, and irrigation firms. The text resembles a late era local directory with scattered place names and organizations.
Cobram Court of Petty Sessions and Cobram Waterworks Trust meet regularly. Local authorities and trustees include J Fowles Clerk of Court-Constable, J T Kenvely and James Grant among others. Numerous church, society and club leaders listed with presidents and secretaries from Hogland to Cobram & District Fruitgrowers Association.
A scanned roster lists the State Savings Bank Agency Mechanics Institute Mutual Improvement and Progress Association churches priests justices of the peace constable registrar electoral registrar school committee cemetery association and various clubs with named presidents secretaries and chairmen. It also notes a Deaths and Marriages entry credited to E Kilgour.
The text describes calculating cubic contents by multiplying length by width, then by height, and adjusting with half area factors. It uses unclear terms and invented units, implying a procedural guide to determine volume of a stack through sequential multiplication steps.
The deliver and despatch of letters addressed to the Melbourne suburbs will be facilitated by the new postal district changes. The text lists the following numbers and areas to be updated.
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