Cooroy November 1920

News snippets about Cooroy 100 years ago

2nd November 

1920 'DAIRYMEN PREPARED TO LOAD BUTTER.', 
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), 3 November, p. 7.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20493022

DAIRYMEN PREPARED TO LOAD BUTTER.

COOROY. November 2.

A meeting of dairymen was held here yesterday to discuss the situation in regard to the shipment of butter, Mr. Crouch presiding. Various proposals were put forward, and a motion to the effect that preparations should be made to organise a supply of labour in conjunction with other centres to help to load the butter in case of necessity was carried, but it was also decided to exhaust all other avenues of settlement of the present position before taking this action. In the meantime a number of dairymen are prepared to render services if they should be required.

This article was repeated in papers all over the State with each paper striving to provide a different header for the same article.

Waterside Troubles, Blocked by Wharfies, Loading Butter Shipments Dairymen Organising Labour, Farmers Willing to Load Butter, Butter Export the Waterside Trouble and Dairymen's Direct Action were some of the titles used.

The cost of Dairy farming in Cooroy

These two advertisements appeared on the 18th November

PITTS & GOIiDSPlNK.— Farm Specialists, 

Central Chambers. 204 Queen-street—
Cooroy, Lease. Dairy Farm. 130 acres, 

all paspalum, good permanent water, good 

house, yards, bails, rent 25/ per acre. 50 

cows, separator, cans, etc., £650.

PITTS & GOLDSPINK— Cooroy, 173 acres,

Dairy Farm, highly improved, sub

divided into 10 paddocks, running water

each, nice residence, 6 rooms milking

yards and bails, dairy, cattle dip. every

convenience. £16 per acre.

1920 'Advertising', The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903 - 1926), 18 November, p. 8.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212829602

19th November 

 COOROY ACCIDENT.

A teamster named Henry Duke, aged about 50 years, met with a serious accident at the timber loading skids at the Cooroy railway station on Saturday last. A log which he was rolling on to a truck got out of control and rolled on to Duke, severely injuring his pelvis and thigh. He was taken to Nurse Morrison's private hospital, and attended to by Dr. Seaforth. He is now progressing favourably.

1920 'COOROY.', Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld. : 1903 - 1922), 19 November, p. 3. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81878798

23 November 

A new Methodist Minister appointed

Rev. R. Grayson who, for some months, has been acceptably acting as the second minister of the Raff-street Methodist circuit - with eight or nine churches - has been transferred to take charge at Cooroy, on the North Coast line. Rev. Mr Grayson, who intends to assume his duties at Cooroy on December 1, conducts a farewell service at Rangeville this (Tuesday) evening, and at Wyreema on Thursday evening.

1920 'ALL ABOUT PEOPLE', Toowoomba Chronicle (Qld. : 1917 - 1922), 23 November, p. 4. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article253174904

The Memorial Hall

MEMORIAL HALL, COOROY.

To the Editor, 'Chronicle', Nambour.

Sir, — An idea appears prevalent in the Cooroy District, which at the present time is being thoroughly canvassed for funds to erect a Memorial Hall in the township of Cooroy, that this building is to be utilised by, & for the benefit of Returned Soldiers only. The Cooroy Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers earnestly wish to repudiate this idea.

Their proposal is to erect a Hall as a Memorial to their fallen comrades, as a meeting place for the Returned Soldiers and for the use of all sporting bodies and the public generally. The Hall is a permanent institution and will serve the coming generation equally well as the present one. Trusting you will grant us sufficient space in your paper and thus assist us to rectify the impression prevalent. Yours etc., V. DUNBAR, 

Hon. Secretary Cooroy Branch 

R.S.S.I.L.A. 

Cooroy, November, 19, 1920.

1920 'MEMORIAL HALL, COOROY.', Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld. : 1903 - 1922), 26 November, p. 2. ,  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81876872