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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 01, 1949
Page
8
Classified items announce services and needs including boarding, employment, exchanges, and machine repairs. Entries mention positions such as nanny and live-in help, sewing machine repairs, and exchanges, with specific names and locations in Horsham area. Many lines are garbled but imply daily help, housing, and trade requests across local businesses and residents.
Job ad seeks a reliable man to represent Watkins company in the district. Training and interview details provided by Sales Manager Vik at 1 Exlision Street Melbourne. Also lists miscellaneous sale notices for tarpaulins, furniture, livestock, and equipment across Horsham and Goroke with contact avenues.
Mr. Holland reports on the 1948 NHill crop competitions with 45 wheat entries and 26 fallow exhibits. The event covered black land mallee fringe mallee land red land and open and aggregate fallow plus wheat crops across several 50 to 150 acre trials. Winners include Dahlenburg Quadrats Pinnacles Magnet and others across multiple land types.
Messrs. A. Schack & Sons of Gama win the 1948/49 State Rivers and Water Supply Commission Mallee Soil Drift Control Competition for the Hanslow Cup. They also take the Karkarooc and Dimboola Shires district award. The Hanslow Cup prize of £50 was presented by retired SAWS commissioner JA. The competition honors farmers tackling soil drift with cash donations from multiple backers.
Delegates of the Women's Section of the Country Party confer ence in Melbourne will present a full report at the Horsham branch meeting. The event includes a vote and a note of thanks to officials and speakers.
A Cabinet sub committee will study delivering electricity to unserved rural areas. Members include Premier Holiday and ministers Kent Hughes Warner and Kennedy. They will consider restricting SEC to bulk supply and empower local authorities for distribution. Kent Hughes says SEC is too centralized and should be checked. A private member’s bill seeks a select committee to examine extending electricity beyond the current area.
Mrs Aisbett received a life membership in a recent union meeting held at Temperance Hall to honor Francis Willard. The well attended event featured Miss Sherriff speaking on Willard’s life and work and the union’s long service.
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