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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
2
A customer recalls a shoplifting incident at a cosmetic counter and describes the wider impact. Investigations reveal annual losses, with figures around £19,000 modestly cited and city chains plus twenty branches in the metropolitan area accounting for substantial theft-related revenue drains.
Victorian Chief Justice Sir Frederick Mann criticized high speed cars as playthings of pleasure seekers. He spoke at the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria conference, urging a change in drivers’ attitudes and praising the club’s public service record to improve road safety and courtesy.
The principal reports rainfall 86 points for the month, total 1038 for the year, with crops improving after moisture relief. Fallow land, lamb production plans, wool classing instruction, merino breeding, pig shows at the Royal Show with eleven prizes, dairy herd records, and standard herd test gains highlighted. Prices and specific figures noted for milk yield and breeding stock performance.
A survey of aging endurance riders highlights J T Summers II J Fittler and C B Lawes among long career figures. TC Riley and D6 year old records marked notable feats in Pictou to Ashfield and Sydney to Melbourne events. Legendary sprinters like Frank Kramer and Paus Guigourd set marks beyond age forty, while 49 year olds won major races from Warrnambool to Melbourne and Goulburn to Sydney.
The Swan Hill and Yarrawonga Shire Councils discuss a High Court building regulation dispute. A proposed compulsory fund to insulate municipalities from similar actions is debated, with support for investigation but caution over costs and practical impact on ratepayers.
An OCR fragment from an Australian Life magazine issue hints at articles on bridges, world topics, and a noted cost or prize. It references Hunter and Wigv, and mentions a quiz or game and a price, with unclear specifics due to damaged text.
The article traces how early fighting favored the right hand and the heart as primary targets, with shields and weapons evolving to protect the chest. It notes the pattern of using the left hand to guard the heart while the right wielded weapons, and explains how this influenced the development of armed combat and civilised fighting techniques.
The Corowa board discussed an eye disease in horses known as ophthalmi a and noted treatment failures with sulphate remedies. Emphasized prevention through hygiene, stable cleanliness, and manure handling to curb infection. Inspector J Conso reported on rabbit infestations near River Road Barooga and Lulaby areas, with increases in young rabbits where burrows remain undisturbed. efforts included digging burrows and removing noxious weeds.
A slip lock handcuff from the bushranging era was unearthed near the Lucerne flat Carcoar site, about thirty years after the first pit. The police station area had a guard post and was among the last to station Sergeant Midaleton who warned locals during the era. The discovery ties to the noted outlaw Gare mnet and the long history of the frontier town.
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