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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 06, 1940
Page
2
Horsham newspaper in its 87th year notes its Tuesday and Friday editions. The brief item mentions schedule and publishing cadence for the local paper.
A jumbled OCR page lists numerous names and items across a broad range of topics. Amid the garbled lines are references to people, places, and products, with little coherent structure or clear news event.
The readable text shows scattered prices and items with broken words and unclear context. No coherent event or subject emerges, making specifics indeterminable from the fragment.
A jumble of clippings mentions home defense steps and a train incident with injuries. The unreadable text references Mir Lat Huson Wiretiak and a Tuesday event, plus scattered notes about roads, signals, and a public safety proclamation.
A brief vandalism incident is reported at a local school with a pullet tied to the event. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR text but indicate damage to a shed on school grounds and a possible confrontation with authorities.
A report on a community event featuring Korean women associates and a fundraiser with garments, toys, and crafts. Attendees included Mrs. Mant and Miss Marsh, with remarks from Mrs. Frank Marina and Mr. Lew. Volunteers organized markets, contests, and fashion displays while noting the role of Korean women in village life.
The document outlines the annual meeting at 2 pm with officers elected and a canteen system for members. It details headquarters in Melbourne and notes government actions, fundraising schemes, and provisions for distribution of funds and relief.
Wartime notes report rabbits as a pest across Britain with ministry concerns about marking and selling rabbits for meals and a push to curb their numbers. Ministers discuss food supply, auctions, and markets while farmers seek lawful sales and crisis farming measures.
A discussion on rural sight problems contrasts city and country children. It notes modern lighting like Aladdin kerosene mantles, calls for better illumination in farms, and cites a Melbourne source on vision and daily life in countryside homes.
Mite Jons Love, a Hamilton singer, writes from the U S pavilion about daily duties a seven hour shift, meeting Australians, homesickness, and songs like Waltzing Matilda while noting a bomb scare at the British pavilion and security patrols. Alfredo Lniasi is stressed but busy with Tosca.
The Weather Bureau reports rain in eastern Victoria with southward contraction within 24 hours. Wimmera crops face very poor prospects though some districts may yield a light crop if conditions improve. Mallee shows pockets of potential but overall rainfall and late planting threaten harvests.
The Rev W Clineh kins leaves Horsham after six years as vicat of St John Church of England to take a post in Warrnambool with induction planned for August 28. Local families and denizens, including Mr Ingleton and Miss Younger, send greetings while noting the Ballarat migration and farm ties.
A long obituary column from Horsham details the deaths of several residents including Mrs. Cowell of O'Calinghasa and Mr. Langridge of Bun Gulally. It notes their origins, families, church affiliations, and funeral arrangements conducted by local ministers and undertakers. The notices also mention other local deaths such as Mrs. Varley and Mrs. Clarke with funeral details and surviving relatives.
A court transcript fragment shows a commentator alleging collusion for gain. Judge A Wira-Prom remarks on impropriety while discussing the case and potential penalties.
Readable fragments describe a jumble of names actions and places with many garbled words. The piece mentions Samwell Mat Leet Crouch and Marses but provides no coherent event dates or clear outcome.
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