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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1924
Page
2
Fragmented notes describe a lobster lifting event near Whitby with odd phrases about a fair or show. The garbled text mentions the Wye and North, a fight for space, and a sequence of jars and crates. Details are unclear but historians should seek coastal activity records from Whitby during the period.
A fragmented item describes dog health and veterinary care, mentioning Hepatitis A and veterinary stations. It references a dog owner and a veterinary doctor, with notes on attending clinics and public health concerns. Specific names and places are unclear due to the damaged text.
Fragmented OCR text references people, places, and events with unclear structure. It hints at discussions of gender roles, heritage, and social norms, mentioning names like Dr Lois Afra and locations such as Tigray. The passage reads as a mosaic of ideas rather than a cohesive narrative.
Cobram Telephone Exchange rates and a long list of local contacts follow, listing residents, trades, businesses, and public offices. The dense roster includes dentists, builders, auctioneers, tailors, hotels, police, railway stations, clubs, and associations, reflecting a community directory style.
A garbled roster of names and places including subscriptions and businesses. Readable fragments mention Camptell & Co stock and station agents, Cobram districts, town hotels, and various individuals such as John Corden, James Grant, and Ambon Dunia. The text appears to be an incomplete subscriber list or directory snippet with multiple typographical errors.
Cobram and District form the richest section of the Shire of Tungamah with cereal farming stock raising wool tin and fruits. It sits on the Murray river 150 miles from Melbourne and is a railway terminus with water electric light power and agricultural implement works. The article details the Tungamah Shire creation date subdivisions parishes riding names and lists councillors officers divisions and offices reflecting a historical civic record.
Court notes include Cobram Court of Petty with sessions by J Vurwirs and Dr P. se it cginans F Motormed AE Wadewoa. Cobram Waterworks Trust commissioners chaired by W Adame and others, Enconee-T Kell and W Ratherland. Churches listed Ragland parish clergy and church groups.
A historical list details multiple local groups and offices including Bank of Australasia managers, Mechanics Institute officers led by H Stevens and C Clayton, Hospital Demonstration Committee with J Hughes and J Bradstreet, and church leaders Rev W A Chesterfield Rev J Poona and Rev Walter Kilia. Also named are Justices of the Peace James Hughes constable A Taylor registrar A Taylor and various club presidents and secretaries from gardens to tennis, cricket, dramatic, farmers union, and political labor council with recreation reserve chair J Hughes and registrar of births deaths and marriages F.
A dated calculation method for tank volume uses the sum of top and bottom areas plus four times the middle area, divided by six, then by depth. Measurements are in feet and cubic feet, converting to cubic yards by dividing by 27, yielding the excavated tank size.
A collection of short, old style jokes and snippets. A captain and chief engineer swap roles for eight days aboard a ship leading to comic mishaps. A teacher, a Sunday school scene, triplets, and a museum linen fragment curiosity appear among quick quips.
Mr J. W. Thompson of Wangaratta previews 1924 by month with notes on rain, storms, and weather patterns. He predicts oppressive January, wet February, good March rains, variable April, heavy May, light June, very fine July, continued rain in August, sparse fall in September, stormy October, little rain in November, and rainy December with 1825 January forecast of oppression and thunderstorms.
The fragment discusses perpendicular stacked sods and changing area, noting a method to derive height from a cubed volume. It mentions weight and precise calculation relating to a structure near the eaves, with references to a wogth and subic foots.
Delivery and despatch of letters addressed to Melbourne suburbs will be early allied. The cutter of the postal district is shown. The numbers follow U4 Glow Irie 18 Half Moon Bay Hampton.
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