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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
5
The advertisement touts Johnwins Baby Soap and Jameson's Baby Cream as comforting products. It emphasizes gentle care for babies and mentions powdering and shell-chafe signs as common concerns. The tone resembles a playful wartime or vintage domestic ad style.
A fragmented report recalls a night session of the RSL discussing new felunist soldiers, petitions, and authorities. The piece mentions appeals, raffles, prizes, and a town hall draw with plans for the weekly event, noting public sacrifice and community gratitude for generous gestures.
Reports from Goroke and district groups discuss a possible resident doctor for Goroke, with talks led by First-Constable J T Cook and a Melbourne doctor hopeful. The public hall faces mortgage strain, with gifts offered to lift debt to £20 by contributors, and local volunteers elected to support hall duties and fundraising events.
The text lists officials for a football match including J. C. Rabians as umpire and G. Stewart and Crome as other umpires. The passage notes a committee provided the umpires for the play.
A Salt Lakes meeting notes a sale of various goods including needlework items, sleeves, plows, handkerchiefs, towels, and fabric items. The list names quantities and types such as 7 semrves, 12 white hamskerchiefs, and other domestic items for fund raising.
The secretary reported that Mone completed another year and a balance sheet lists cash on hand £10 4s 15d, fees £44 47, donations £25 18s 6d, and various expenditures. The record notes memberships and purchases including pullover items and writing supplies, with totals and allocations to headquarters and general expenses.
A town meeting in Tocondo discussed adopting one or more prisoners of war in a unanimous gesture. The event featured a nurse trainee from Fairfield Hospital and a busy program with a popular gift competition, barn decorations, dance performances, and acknowledgments to organizing committees and volunteers.
Readable fragment lists results from carpet bowls matches with clubs including Gold 2d AA Fire Brigade Maylands George Street Rovers and others. It notes next week’s draw and lists club points such as Rovers Nearle Street Pine Arcade Firebrace Street Bowlers George Street Tennis and Public Service with totals ranging from the high thirties to the low twenties.
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