30 Oct 1940
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1940
Page
1
Booking notice for trips to Mount Buffalo and nearby weirs within 100 miles. Groups welcome with party rates and single day rates listed. Tickets require advance booking by Thursday for weekend returns.
Fragmentary notice mentions cleanliness and courtesy in business and rapid service for visitors. References to hotels in Gippsland and Melbourne, and a Sunday schedule appear garbled with names and numbers. A send off to soldiers is noted with Privates J and W Chandler and a Presbyterian church service led by Rev J C Foyster at 7 30 p m.
Ambiguous readable fragment mentions honors for Sheppard and a tennis sensor unrelated entities. No clear event, date, or organizations emerge to form a coherent summary.
Cobram reports banks across the Commonwealth will start Saturday hours at 7.40 am from November, a move to boost public service as staff levels lag. Irrigation on pastures continues districtwide, with experimental plots near the Water Commission yard at Cobram to be ready soon for farmer benefit.
Noted society marriage linked Betty Bowring Crozier to John Geoffery Bailey of Awarra Station Tocumwal in a ceremony at Christ Church South Yarra recently. Also mentions Somser Cobram resident McRoy Pearson on garrison duties and ministerial changes in the Menzies Cabinet.
Screen pairing of Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins in Edith Wharton tale The Old Maid to be shown on arena screens. The plot follows aging rivals with tangled lives across years from 1661 to 1880, focusing on dissipated relationships, a widow with children, and a daughter expanding the ancestral home.
PM H C Mohr reserved his decision for a fortnight in the case against Roy Henry Young of Feirney Maude Street Shepparton charged with conducting a scheme of distributing free gifts to clients each month in what the court termed a lottery. The lengthy legal argument centered on whether the scheme constituted a lottery.
A satirical take on household economics, estimating annual living costs and personal consumption. It weighs the toils of smoking, courting, and daily chores, drawing broad figures for a typical lower middle class life over years and a lifetime.
John McDougall of Katandra marked his 90th birthday on October 8 while living on land he selected in the district 87 years ago. The celebration drew his children, though his daughter fell ill, and son James traveled from Cobram. Margaret McDougall baked the cake with 90 candles Mr McDougall blew out.
Readers recall Clement Wragge’s sun spot long range weather theory and its alleged accuracy. A 1912 lecture in Shepparton featured radium and predictions of droughts and floods, including 1914 drought and 1916-17 flood cycles, with 1940-conditions noted as likely drought then floods by October.
In a tight Cobram district match Tocumwal batted first and were bowled out for a modest score as Barooga’s bowlers, led by Quirk and Fowles, restricted the chase. Tocumwal’s J McGuire, J Quirk and Thornton produced steady contributions before Barooga failed to overhaul the target.
A well spoken man with a long criminal record, formerly in the defense intelligence corps, faced charges in Shepperton Court for stealing a bottle of Eau de Cologne belonging to an Italian internee at a Rushweth camp. He had been released from prison recently after a two year sentence.
Notes report Louis nearing 900000 pounds in ring earnings after 101 fights in six years. He averages about 24216 per bout and, despite illiteracy, mentors with a coloured university graduate tutor. His brother claims Joe studies law with aim to become an attorney. Louis lives cleanly, avoids drink.
Barooga defeats opponents with strong knocks from Saxton 25 and Jordan, aided by Barnett and Stewar t. Key wickets fell for 2 as Jordon anchored the chase, with late partnerships sealing victory. Tea served after the match as the club plans a continued season.
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