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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1924
Page
2
A damaged OCR passage presents scattered phrases and names with no clear events or cohesive narrative. The text includes unrelated fragments and nonstandard capitalization, lacking identifiable people, places, or dates to form a concise news item.
A fragmented street and business directory style listing for Cobram and surrounding areas. Names include Kennedy, Dr Kennedy, Barooge, McCunnock, McNamara, Callander, Melchersom, Neville, McPherson, Parnell, James, Power, Repatriation Local Committee, Spencer, Seppelt & Sons, Tuck & Co, Victoran Producers, and others tied to addresses like Station Street and Main Street.
A warning explains never to drink or cook with hot water from taps. Reports of poisoning from contaminated hot water are common, especially after repairs when metal may enter the system. Iron pipes may pose less risk, but caution remains as hot water can dissolve metals and harm drinkers.
A fragmented catalog lists subscribers and service names including Storekeeper Nistoni and various entities on Main Street and Punt Road. The garbled text mentions Harvoga Pastoral Co, Water Trust pumping, Cobram Station, Capel and Co, and several individuals and locations in Cobram and nearby areas.
Cobram and district describe a rich agricultural region on the Murray River. The article lists shire boundaries, divisions, elected representatives, and council officers, noting population, area, and key infra like water, power, and timber industries.
Cobram Court of Petty Session meets Tuesdays with the Police Magistrate Mr C I Rogers attending monthly. The Clerk of Courts is Constable R Johnson. Local invitees include Dr J T Kennedy and others. Cobram Waterworks Trust meets bi monthly with Chairman W Adem JP and members Wadewoo Martindale Grant Neughton. Treasurer B Tobia and Solicitor D Tunnock attend. Clergy and parish officials listed.
The Majestic, the world’s largest liner at 56 000 tons, carries linen to 162 miles, 77 000 towels, 45 000 serviettes, 3 000 beds, 2 700 pillows, 13 000 pillow-cases, 11 000 sheets, and 1 500 bolsters. It holds 100 000+ china and glass pieces, enough crockery to form a 1200 foot high column, and 10 000 knives and forks with 150 000 electro-plate items. A Fleet Street anecdote about a needy caller and a renowned artist closes the note.
The piece notes stewards aboard large American liners earn substantial tips, often many times their wages, with aboard pool pools and ten percent of daily tip pools. It highlights rich passengers, including millionaires, and contrasts steamship crew earnings with captains and pursers, ending with remarks on stewardesses and the payroll.
Courter Optics runs a bargain page featuring affordable envelopes and writing supplies. The ad highlights low prices, highlighting economy items for office and personal use.
A garbled roster lists various local society presidents secretaries and club leaders including Rotary Lodge secretaries and district associations with names such as J G Metindale W Hawison J Martindale and T N Harris plus remarks about postmaster and electric light schemes.
The page lists numerous local groups and offices including banks agencies Post Office Trustees of the Peace and a variety of committees. It names presidents secretaries and chairmen for clubs unions schools lodges and registrars reflecting a broad civic network.
Instructions outline a method to compute tank excavation volume in cubic yards. It combines top and bottom areas with middle area, divides by six, then multiplies by depth. Example figures show top 60 by 80, bottom 20 by 40, middle 13 200, yielding 814 arcs of tank and adjustments for slopes and roadways.
The description outlines determining the cubic contents and height of an oblong stack, with emphasis on calculating volume in cubic feet. It mentions the edge alignment and proximity to a bright edge, implying careful measurement and estimation of dimensions.
The delivery and despatch of letters addressed to the Melbourne suburb will be facilitated if the numbers of the district are shown. The numbers are as follows.
The forecast lists monthly weather expectations for 1924 by J W Thompson of Wangaratta. January is described as rainy and oppressive with thunderstorms, February as wet including Queensland, March as good rains and green growth, April rainy start, May heavy rain, July very little rain and frost. notes 1923 January oppressive with thunderstorms.
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