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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 01, 1941
Page
2
The notice lists items for sale including flowering plants and shade trees. It mentions prices of 1/ and 5/ for flowering plants and describes large balled plants and various tree types at Ormond Plant Farm in Ormond Slh.
In a Washington discussion during July and August, delegates from the United States United Kingdom Canada Australia and others considered a large relief pool and exchange schemes to share the world wheat market after the war. They proposed quotas on production export and import to prevent price collapse and ensure access to high quality export wheat. Henry A Wallace was named chair of the Economic Defense Board leading postwar reconstruction planning.
R G Moore is listed as a painter and decorator in St Shepparton with the phone number 715. The entry notes his trade services and location for local inquiries.
A report on rising costs, depreciated currency, and debt in the wheat industry notes 1868 prices and calls for the Australian Wheatgrow Federation to prepare a case for higher stabilisation prices or for government action to investigate and recommend remedies.
An ers executive urged the government to bear the rising costs of artificial unions in response to the Narau disaster, arguing the burden should fall on the nation rather than primarily on producers.
Australia builds precision optical munitions including range finders sights and stereoscopes under Professor T Laby. Despite material shortages and imports, local firms develop glass prism welding standards and focal metal bearings, producing over 100 units daily and earning Allied orders. Deniliquin Motor Co seeks daily Deniliquin to Melbourne bus license amid security crackdown on an Australian National Guard.
An article by W M Grant BSc discusses vitamin and mineral retention in vegetables. Steaming preserves minerals but increases vitamin loss, while minimal water cooking reduces loss. Potatoes should be wilted in skins, and cautious timing, cooling, and avoiding kept-hot meals are advised. A balanced diet including meat, potatoes, green vegetables, and wholemeal bread is promoted for health.
Skeleton weed once considered worthless in the Wagga district is now viewed as a possible edible. At the Wagga Government Experiment Farm Mr A J Pinn served boiled skeleton weed in a rosette dish to officers as a joke and only then revealed the leafy weed, related to lettuce and dandelion, had been used to rid the country of the weed.
The minister for mines Mr Baddeley announced NSW will frame a bill to ensure large scale oil and petrol production in the state. The move follows the federal government decision to withhold funds for research and development, making independent state action necessary.
The article analyzes the Rock of Gibraltar as a fortified stronghold and its strategic value. It discusses historical and hypothetical attacks, defense preparations, and the potential impact on Allied naval operations and Western Mediterranean control.
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