27 Oct 1943
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 27, 1943
Page
1
October 29 dance at Yarrowerah. November 5 dance and Buckhte Cobran. November 12 dance Cobram aid South Base Hospital Tocumwal ae Wey.
Local reports show Mulwala raised 1450 pounds from 26 subscribers including 20 Civil Construction workers who gave 380 pounds, while Corowa with 95 subscribers contributed 10 850 pounds. Electricity use for agriculture is being studied by Food Control authorities to boost production in Victoria.
Personal, a serious operation in Melbourne, is now making satisfactory progress. John Hopkins of Bossey recently underwent surgery. Private John Wren of Youarang, seriously wounded in New Guinea operations, has been moved to a hospital in Victoria and is improving slowly.
At Tocumwal Court of Petty Sessions Victor Irvine pleaded guilty to using an unregistered brand on a calf. Sergeant Steele testified he saw the brand IV on the animal and Irvine claimed the mark was registered but cited confusion over NSW Victoria branding rules. The PM imposed a £10 fine with 20 days in default and gave Irvine one month to pay.
J G McDonald accuses the Water Supply Minister of unaware cases where speculators profit at taxpayers’ expense via land deals. He calls for investigations into government closer settlement lands sold cheaply to speculators and later resold at high profits. He notes some land has moved into alien hands but cites Commonwealth controls on transfers.
Two airmen serving with czarist forces report spotting a large craft resembling Noahs Ark in a south lake on Mt Ararat. A Cyrillic government expedition reached the site, but after the regime fell records were never made public. The discoverers fled via Armenia to America.
In a national broadcast on October 25 Wir J McEwen Melbourne urged Australians to back the Fourth Liberty Loan aiming to raise £125 million. He likened the campaign to military planning, stressing that money translates into equipment and faster victory. He urged every civilian to subscribe to the war bond.
Regret expressed at the death of Mrs Agnes McCormack wife of Mr P McCormack of Cobram following a short illness. Aged 51 she was the third daughter of the late Mr and Mrs W Sayers and resident of Cobram and Yarroweyah for thirty years. She supported the Cobram Agricultural Society and Yarroweyah Race Club. Burial was in Cobram Cemetery.
The death occurred early on Wednesday of Bridget Teresa O Dwyer aged 3rd year in Beveridge district native to that area. She was the wife of Mr J B O Dwyer and respected by all who knew her. The family resided in the Cobram district since 1915.
James Victor Irvine faced charges at Tocumwal Court before Mr Stewart P M for possessing two sheep suspected of theft. Witnesses reported 21 sheep at Irvine’s yard with varying ear marks. Irvine claimed he cared for crippled and dying animals given by agents and railway staff. Other witnesses testified Irvine and two agents had handled crippled stock over years and that Melbourne agents would settle owner claims, with the railway common carrier responsible for transit.
A regional irrigation meeting at Echuca led to the formation of a wire organisation uniting districts such as Skysbram Tatura Undere Wyun and other Goulburn Valley centers. Delegates urged Federal and State action to provide funds and streamlined powers to eliminate friction with the Commission and accelerate essential works.
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