Horsham Music Club Holds Eleventh Annual Meeting
The Horsham Music Club met at the Presbyterian Hall on a Saturday night with 16 of 42 members present. The secretary Anna Anderson reported a year of challenges and progress, noting membership drop from 51 to 42, reduced fees, and rising costs, but gratitude for helpers and venues. Subscriptions were raised for members and families, and meetings will be hosted at the Cecil Cateul with supper included. the first April Saturday will host the initial gathering.
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Horsham Music Club
Presbyterian Hall
Mias Anna Anderson Vm
Ars
Misa Landt
Miller
Freeman
Lawrence
Mann
Rous
Miss Norwood
Baker
Doreen
Cameron
Baillie
Ules
Soldier of War Is a Poet in His Own Right
A reader’s wartime tribute honors a soldier who bravely faced the Hun. The poem lauds his sky blue helmet, steadfast heart, and rifle bearing as he marches toward home. A final line suggests gratitude from the town of Wagga Wagga.
Long range weather forecasting urged for Australia
At the New South Wales Grains Association conference officials urged the general council to provide financial support for long range weather forecasting research. They called on the Federal Government to back Mr Inigo Jones and said rural economy depends on predicting rainfall and seasons to reduce losses. Proposal backs a ten year weather investigation scheme with private and public funding.
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Ree
New South Wales
Grales’ Association
Cimnell
Inigo Jones
C. Bradley
J. W. Alien
Qraziers’ Association
Commonwealth
Swoeld
Germany
Fleming
Father Pigott
St. Ismatius’ College
Ratia
Rive Fnansial
Taiga James
Joma Tomennis
Victoria
South Australia
Riverina
New Vitamin Sandwich Program Aims to Cure School Failings
Dr J H Hunter medical officer Ipswich reports that sandwiches with vitamins and protein are improving arithmetic and other study areas among evacuated children from poorer districts. Trials include fillings like grated chocolate raisins tomato and sardines. The aim is to balance vitamins with protein to boost learning.
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J. H. Hunter
Ipswich Png
Libyan Fighting Zone From a Soldier’s Letter Home
A wartime letter from Driver Lewis D. Jones aboard a Libyan front describes cold mornings, rain, and ruined roads amid bombing. He details ruined towns like Mersa Matruh, Sidi Barrani, and Tobruk, with burned tanks, destroyed aircraft, and a prison camp. The march passes through deserts, wrecked harbors, and vivid scenes of enemy material, air raids, and military fortifications.
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Horsham
Lewis D. Jones
Esselman
Shepherd's Stores
Verna
Mersa Matruch
Blazen
Sidi Barrani
Krtss
Bardia
Tohyule
Tobruls
Bea
Air Force
Navy
Libya
Jimlian
The Most Precious Thing In The World A Wheat Tale
A rich citywoman asks her captain to fetch the most precious thing on earth. Different crew members name wealth, then a cook notes true value is food. The captain returns with wheat, the crowd scoffs, storms wreck ships, and the woman learns hunger follows pride. Wheat nourishes the needy as fortune fades.
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Evetal
Dinland
Ira
Poe
Hue
Immeier
Chase
Prand
der Fieh
Gathion
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Wrigley
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Duco
A. Wynne Wie
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Tie Ola Cratch
Carter
Wagga
Tiigo Jones
Beecham
Beechams Pills
R. Baillie
L.A.B
Bowden Street
Adelaide University Conservatorium
Perfumion
Allar
Firebrace Street
Phone
Florence A. Taylor
Conomente
J. Langlands & Sons Pty. Ltd
B. Coutta
New Zealand
Langlands’ Delicatessen Department
Ms Ee
Wimmera
W. E. Kelland Pty. Ltd
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