11 Oct 1934
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 11, 1934
Page
1
Local notices advertise tenders closing on 18th for grazing rights of the football ground portion of the Barooga racecourse recreation reserve. Reports from nearby towns describe a busy period with social events, sales, and transport updates including a steamer incident near Cobram and plans for Yarrawonga work.
Mrs Mary Dunlelvy aged 79 died Tuesday evening from pneumonia. A Kilmore native, she arrived at Cobram in 1860 with her parents Jobe and Schubert. She helped pioneer the district, married her husband a few years after arrival, and is survived by two sons. Funeral at Cobram Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon.
Several cases of wool and sheep sealing occurred recently at Tocumwal. The thefts involve rock conceived in theft described as ireced as far as Wanghae and then lost sight of.
Fragmentary OCR item states Rat the son of Dr and Mrs D Ashton of Englemere Katamatite, with no further context or details available.
The Berrigan Shire Council held a lengthy meeting with members Vag Coldwell G man Martin Burwood and Scoully present. Topics included Barooge bridge work, Mill connection concerns, and widening outer dyes. Proposals for footpath and kerbing realignment under emergency relief were discussed, with several items held over for one month.
Cobram Agricultural Society reports a fine 40th annual show with perfect weather. Attendance was large, gate receipts £70, and the event featured livestock parades, motor car displays, side shows, and a busy luncheon pavilion run by Miss A Gemmell and Miss A Ruehle.
Prize list shows various entries for stewards and horse divisions including stallions geldings mares and foals. Names such as L T Powles McCristey McPherson Bassett Muse and McIveran appear with entries for yearling colts fillies and mares across sets and ages.
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