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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 08, 1943
Page
2
A fragmentary listing from The Ormond Plant Farm shows various trees including mahogany gums, cupressus torli, melia, ash, English shrubs, poplars, and silver spreading lymanberry. Prices range around per dozen or per unit with several species described and offered in limited quantities.
A portrait of Betty Jones, nineteen? no, twenty, tall and fair, serving in the services while aspiring to be a dress designer. The piece urges readers to join war savings groups as Betty’s parents invest in War Bonds to support women’s roles in service and industry and to secure a future for daughters like Betty.
Britain reports 16 000 Victory Gardens on 8000 acres in London Council Parks with thousands on waiting lists while Australia lags. government urges home vegetable gardens now to meet fighting forces needs and boost civilian war work. Banking group lends 200 million to Consolidated Vultee for US plant war production. Military service rate rises from 1.2 percent at war start to 46.5 percent after Japan attack.
Listing advertises steel posts fencing barb wire lime stoves coppers baths and other building materials plus McKay 20in disc plates 11/9 each and 22in stock. Also mentions Elephant disc plates welded on and sheep dip stock. Calls to order seeds now.
The article urges regular water intake highlighting its role in kidney function temperature regulation and waste removal. It suggests practical habits such as drinking a glass first thing in the morning and before bed, and notes water does not cause weight gain or slow digestion when consumed properly. It also mentions gifts to the war effort and U S tonnage estimates.
Printed and published by Vivian Ronald Ross for Det Ross and A V Ross tracing Ross Bros at their Cobram office in Victoria.
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