18 Aug 1945
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Newspaper
Healesville Guardian
Location
Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1945
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR passage lists items such as cattle and livestock terms with scattered proper nouns like Storm Page Macsinera Veniera and Prt row, suggesting a market catalog or livestock sale notes. The text is garbled with misspellings and incomplete phrases, lacking clear events or dates.
Healesville held a memorial Hall welcome home, marking victory with 960 citizens attending. The shire president led prayers and welcomed veterans, with Dr. Pollard and Dr. Barton detailing local personnel and Maryville volunteers. A list of discharged overseas personnel and prisoners of war followed, and Red Cross refreshments concluded the event. Happy news of victory prompted further services and a victory march through Henleyville, ending with sports at Queen's Park.
A reader proposes transforming a Lane Bir lane from the bowling green to St Leonard's road into a riding track. They urge the council and residents to enhance the village by planting ornamental trees or a central tree strip with two side tracks for one way traffic. The plan would divert horse traffic from the main road and provide riders with soft earth, possibly funded by subscriptions or council action.
The notice lists available ration items including Tee 12 oz portions from 1 to 4 until August 26, sugar from 1 to 6, butter 1 to 9 until August 26, meat 19 to 21 until August 38, and clothing drapery from B57 to B11 until November with other date ranges through 1046. It outlines exact quantity bands and expiry dates for each category.
Tampar township water trust faces supply and reticulation challenges due to inadequate pipes storage and netting reservoirs. Increased intake is planned but full use depends on arranging timely access for consumers and scheduling separate trust meetings for efficient deliberation. Commissioner Strachan Smith argues water trust should operate independently of council with its own day for meetings. Henleaville, 13/8/45.
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