12 Oct 1933
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 12, 1933
Page
1
Forthcoming schedule lists October activities at Barooga Hall with a Boomanoomaia BF B. 14 Talkie Bee event and a 15 Shepparton Show in Median 4. November brings a dance at Strathwerton Hall with additional meetings and races noted at Haroaga racecourse.
Public meeting to set tastes for the Mackatah recreative reserve is announced for Saturday October 21. The Shepparton Butter Factory Co director Mr Mephen Coombs is presented with a Starbrite steel trowel after laying the first brick of the new Wyndham Street building by Thursday afternoon. Results from the BI. Rice snooker tournament are listed. A Sunday thunderstorm brought wind and lightning with twelve points of rain in Cobram. October rainfall reaches 109.3 points for the year. Local fat lamb and fat sheep yard sale at Cobram on Friday October 20 at 11 am with Campbell and Co. and Grant, Hedge & Co. Pty. Ltd. handling selling. The meat export trade is reported as strained by slaughtermen go slow tactics and a Goulburn Valley volunteer group is set for Melbourne work from Mooroopna.
Former Cobram residents visit Mr P O Connor and Mr B Eaton as Mr L F Edwards becomes Commissioner of the Cobram Waterworks Trust replacing Mr J J O Dwyer who has resigned. A death occurred suddenly at Numurkah on Thursday of Mrs Hawket, sister of Mrs C Heard.
A piece on angling reports artificial bait resembling real worms. It stays soft and pliable, can be rolled to any diameter, and does not spoil, appealing to anglers for catching various freshwater fish. The note also mentions cricketers and supporters preparing for Saturday practice.
The rest of Gordon Richards, the Enfield jockey, rides to 12 straight wins, a record unrivaled in turf history. Last week’s five winning mounts carried starting prices of evens, 6104 on, 9 to 4 against, 7 to don, and evens. Bookmakers listed fourth and fifth named horses as Black Miekebny and Blacker Thurs. jay.
Cobram Tennis Club held its annual meeting at the Mechanics Institute with Mr G Cotton presiding. The balance sheet showed receipts from subscriptions, tournament profit, hall profits, and social events, with expenditures across duties, repairs, and debentures. Subscriptions were set at varying rates, meetings approved opening day October 18, and a team from S T A V was invited for November play. A separate court matter noted a court case in Numurkah with Rev M J Rohan, Seppelt and Sons Pty Ltd suing for damages over a car collision, resulting in a defendant judgment with costs.
Numurkah defeated Cobram in a fast final of the Murray League, claiming their second pennant. The match drew a large crowd, with admission fees noted, and featured strong play from Numurkah’s W. Bourke, McBride, Bowden, and Sloley while Cobram showed effort but faded as the game progressed. Post match speeches praised Numurkah’s pace and teamwork.
The council discussed 1946 47 estimates for roads and general works with total expenditure near 11 045 and warned that government repayments to the Country Roads Board will rise while local revenue may not cover new works. Arrears of rates over 4500 were noted with calls for drastic recovery action and debate on migrant settlers rate relief potentially writing off about 15 000 pounds of debts.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.