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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 30, 1953
Page
6
James senior basketball team lost to an opposing squad while junior girls won 12 to 7. A St James Cub program has begun with training and a budding boxing event planned. Whitlock serves as president with a secretary assisting.
Experimental work on trace elements will be carried out in the North East. The Regional Committee chair man Mr C C Johnson said the Department of Agriculture intends to pursue tests following CSIRO results showing productivity gains up to 400 percent. An area of about 80 centres will be established, with at least one experimental site in each dairy inspectorate region.
British Farm Equipment Pty Ltd announces an initial shipment of winches for Ferguson tractors. The device mounts at the rear and pulls trees and stumps from small plots. Each unit is tested to 7000 lb. with an anchor mechanism set at 45 degrees to dig into ground while the tractor supplies power. Sealed for one man operation with two levers, brake and clutch.
A Moray council meeting reviewed a request for a £15,000 grant from Borches. Due to conditions, approval was reduced and government finance for next year was deemed insufficient to cover urgent works. The letter from Mr l Porristal State Co ordinator of Works was tabled and the matter noted.
A Standard Cars Ply report states the Triumph 2-litre sports car, driven by Standard Motor Company chief test driver K Richardson, achieved a flying mile speed of 121.09 mph on Belgium’s Jabbeke Road. Royal Automobile Club observers verified the record with official certificates noting 124 mph in another test run.
Local sports and social events report from Dookie area. Golf and cricket engagements surround Dookie College and Dookie Golf Club with matches and gymkhana listed. Catholic Ball and cricket club annual meeting planned at Memorial Hall along with a combined basketball event.
A local Dads group announces a social evening at John Cooper Hall on Thursday August 6 to aid the Dads Holiday Home. The note thanks donors including the Ladies Auxiliary and mentions hospital visits and a bereavement in the community as well as travel tales by Mr and Mrs Osborne.
Mr Bert Heywood former Warrenbayne resident and field officer for the Victorian section of the British and Foreign Bible Society will tour Benalla and district August 2 to 7. He will speak at Andrew's Church Clive Malbee Halls Mertr odist Church and Warrenbayne Hall with illustrated lectures and talks in the given venues.
A dense catalog of radio programs and broadcasts with numerous titles, times, and performers listed in a fragmented scan. Names like Mary Livingstone, Smoky Dawson, Dr. Paul, and Argus News appear alongside various program titles and station cues, indicating a bustling schedule with music talk and entertainment features.
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