20 Oct 1927
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1927
Page
1
An agriculture report urges lucerne feeding as essential for soil fertility and high stock value. Top dressing boosts stand life, reduces weeds, and improves cattle health, with bone or superphosphate showing clear profit gains at Swan Hill and Tongala.
Seuris Veena Taemsnay Moarixan appears in a garbled OCR line. The readable text includes names with unusual spellings, suggesting a list or note rather than a full article.
Messrs R J Ball and Kilpauick elected to New South Wales Parliament with large majorities. Cobram visit by optician Botton on October 22 and 24. Miss McAlpin starts a drapery business in Beck Street Katamatite. Sheep and bullock weights judged at Cobram Agricultural Society show. Harvest prospects improve after good rains. Lalalty Sunday School anniversary held with prizes and a donated Bible. Tocumwal Tennis Club winners Miss E Hay and D McLean. Croft McKenzie ill in St Ives hospital. septic condition from jaundice. Correction: Mrs E Watters won best knitted socks. Mrs A W Edwards won prettiest electric light shade.
Obituary notices report the sudden death of Tobias Kelly at 62 at Canfield Racecourse while on a shire deputation, and the death of Thomas Ryan aged 71 from pneumonia and pleurisy in Burramine. Kelly served 34 years as Tungama Shire engineer and was respected by nearby shires. Ryan left a large Burramine family. Funeral details and tributes follow for both.
General Motors Ltd staged a large two day motor car exhibition with an afternoon procession led by the GM Band. Dr A R Wadeson officially opened the event supervised by Gordon Anderson Cobram representative. Vehicles ranged from Chevrolet models to Cadillac limousines with prices from £195 to £1175 and included four G M C trucks. The display featured a sealed Buick Six chassis surviving water spray tests and a 220 kiln lighting plant powering an evening show and cinema on Buick and Chevrolet builds.
Courtesy of Cobram railway officials we publish a statement of railway receipts for September. The report notes a marked increase over the same month last year, indicating improved earnings and activity in September.
An influx of subscriptions to the 5 percent loan shows strong demand. Holders of the 1927 loan who convert by December 15 will receive a cash bonus. The Treasury seeks new cash investments on the same terms as conversion, with terms of five ten or fifteen years. Banks offer safe custody and easy sale of Commonwealth stocks, while the government confirms no second conversion offer. A separate note recounts a drowning scare at Tocum with a teen savior.
The sale summarized168 at the season’s end featured a wide selection of Merinos and crossbreds from Victoria and New South Wales. Large consignments from Peaster Rrvetina and Dublin area stations led to strong prices with notable demand for high quality wools and crossbred clips.
The Victorian Central Citrus Association reports supply movement at Melissur port during the past week. Sail end observations show a few ser lenelas approaching, with spects for bright conditions. Concentration on Valencia and Lemous varieties noted, with prices and market movements listed among entries.
A stained text fragment from Strathmerton lists church notices in a parochial area. It references churches and locations such as Strathmerton Cobram Naring and mentions poultry eggs and wheat production figures per year with unclear figures and context.
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