20 Oct 1944
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1944
Page
1
General Bla mey vows Australia will play a major role in the campaign against Japan and calls for full wartime effort at home. He stresses conserving manpower, boosting production, and citizen actions like bond purchases and home gardening to hasten peace.
The marriage of Miss Angela May Quirk and David W. Scholz was celebrated with a Nuptial Mass at Our Lady of Victories Church Camberwell on Saturday October 14. The bride was given away and attended by Miss Wot Thompon and Miss Pat Wridg way with best man Mr M senoltz. The reception followed at Wattle Park Chalet and the couple will reside in Kiewa Valley.
Mr and Mrs J Quirk return to Cobram after Melbourne wedding attendance for daughter Angela May and David W Scholz. Mrs R Ross recovering well at Lisieux Private Hospital, to return home with her newborn this weekend. Pte Bob Eaton on three weeks leave. Jack Allen home on leave from Barooga. Miss Joan Plancke holidaying with grandmother Mrs Flanke in Cobram. Mrs Charleston on holidays. Mr M Doyle on annual leave. Len Crammond, Boomeanomana, injured horse, broken tibia.
Trust funds to lend at current rates promoted by Morrison and Teare with offices at Numurkah and at National Mutual Buildings 895 Collins Street Melbourne. Mr Newman visits Cobram daily from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Manufacturers' Bottle Co Pty Ltd urges bottle dealers to return all bottles marked with its Trade Mark M.B. over C.V. in a spade mould. The company clarifies agent remuneration covers only custody and collection fees.
The correspondent argues Nazis may wage a long war from concealment underground. Allied military pressure should intensify but resistance inside Germany will grow elusive and brutal. A retreat by Allies could be followed by a Nazi takeover as occupiers withdraw.
Strange rocks in Central Australia include Ayres Rock, a granite formation 240 miles west by north of Charlotte Waters. It rises about 1,100 feet above the desert and measures roughly 2% miles in length and about 1 mile wide.
Despite rains, Victoria faces acute fodder shortage with only about one fifth of needs available this month. A voluntary rationing scheme directs half of chaff from New South Wales and Victoria to northern drought areas and prioritizes essential services, milking stock, and agricultural operations while noting quotas are maximums and not guaranteed.
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