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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1922
Page
2
A highly corrupted OCR passage with scattered fragments, names, and phrases across multiple topics. No clear event, person, or location forms a coherent news item.
A fragmented note outlines a tank measurement method. It discusses calculating depth, breadth, and length, with numeric examples and conversions to cubic feet, including references to division by 47 and 27, and mentions of dimensions like 20 and 41, plus an unclear completion. The prose is garbled but centers on deriving tank capacity and geometry.
A historical note explains sizing an oblong stack to fit a given perpendicular frame. It outlines multiplying the length and width to fit the proscribed geometry, describing how to account for tension and weight to ensure correct cable ragged measures while maintaining the overall rack.
Historic account outlines Cobram and district as part of Shire of Tungamah with notes on geography economy and agriculture. Lists shire creation dates parishes divisions and riding boundaries plus Commonwealth and state representation, council meet times and names of officers and staff members.
Cobram court and local bodies listing annual routine and officials across councils churches and clubs. Includes waterworks trust commissionery, secretary roles, engineers, clerks, police magistrate visits, and numerous society leaders and party figures.
An advert describes a remedy claimed to cure headaches backache neuralgia and related pains. The text highlights the product as a soothing treatment effective for various bodily discomforts, urging readers to try it for quick relief. The advertisement emphasizes its claimed benefits and universal applicability.
A rebuttal arguing compulsory arbitration harms workers by widening gaps with employers. It cites eight years of strikes costing workers about £10,244,998 in wages, presents 1920 and 1918-1920 dispute data, and claims arbitration fosters conflict, not peace. The author asserts the Court cannot enforce penalties, undermining its purpose and suggesting reforms toward negotiated settlements.
An analysis argues compulsory arbitration raises wages but reduces real purchasing power, inflationary and destructive to industry unity. It claims the Arbitration Court failed to relieve industrial unrest, increasing overall social division and harming workers’ real living standards through artificial wage gains and delayed reforms.
Walter Bunton, a 28 year old metallurgist, discovered tempered copper from a rediscovered ancient method. The United States Steel Corporation agreed to pay 200000 pounds plus a penny pound royalty for his process. The metal reportedly becomes harder than copper yet pliable, then steel hard, and finally uncuttable by modern tools. It could revolutionize cutting tools bearings and machine parts across industries.
Fragmentary account details several dream warnings that seemingly foretold deaths or funerals. Yorkshire farmer James Bowskill died after a dream of a voice. Similar visions affected Henry Gay in Monmouthshire and M Legare in France. A Cambridge man and a War Office dispatchnik also linked dreams to real fatalities and events.
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