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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1930
Page
4
Showers on Sunday and Monday up to 8 am added to the month’s total rainfall to 215 points, freshening crops and boosting progress. A travelling mob’s two sheep were struck and killed by a car near Vail last Saturday.
The Polkemmet East State school children's concert held in Mr H Sandersparn on August 6 drew praise for a wide varied program. Young performers from youngest to oldest entertained, with funds benefiting Horsham Hospital and Polkemmet East children's school fund. An afterglow supper and dancing followed the show into the early hours.
A July spell of winter rain refreshes soil and drains, easing drought fears. Farmers clear drains as stray horses roam for feed, prompting humane cautions. A bushfire mishap highlights damp mornings with a teacher’s damp shoes drying on a log, a curious local slice from the community column.
Rainfall in August reaches 271 points with 1 point on Sun dex. The Wimmera River overflows its banks, flooding billabongs after four dry years. Expect better irrigation potential this summer as crops grow well and spring rains promise a strong harvest amid a newly formed cricket club. Finances settle at £18 with hopes to reach £22.
The article notes membership fees set at £1 and 5s for under 16s and mentions a tennis club reform. A club dance on Thursday night will discuss the proposed changes and organize the reform plans with attendees.
Despite the poor road conditions a Saturday night dance in aid of ball funds attracted a good attendance and provided a pleasant evening for attendees.
Mrs. E Mibua senior fractured her wrist after slipping while walking in her garden during recent rains. She received medical care at Sister Mibus hospital and is recovering well. The report also notes a major shift in local weather and farming, with improved rainfall since July boosting crops and stock feed.
NEUVARPUR reports August brought the best rain of the year boosting pasture growth and sowing efforts. Early crops look splendid with wheat yields higher than last year. Paddocks topdressed stand out as a feature while general pasture growth has been extraordinary over the past month. A complimentary ball in the hall drew visitors from surrounding districts. music was provided by local performers and dancing continued into the night.
A Brimpaen Hall function last Thursday night honored the local dance orchestra with a freewill benefit. Residents from Brimpaen and nearby towns attended despite rain soaked roads, helping wipe out the hall debt with proceeds of about seven pounds. The event featured Muller's Orchestra, gifts to grateful volunteers, and a toast to the orchestra's free services.
Rain has left water on low trees while grass growth remains normal. Mushrooms in virgin bush country are unusually large, signaling late spring. Crops are described as magnificent. Unemployment fund stands at £45 with clothing and provisions arriving freely for fourteen families. Football by Old-Timers: match organized by the Nhill committee.
The Football Club and old-timers event yielded a profit of 37 pounds with 10 pounds cleared at the old-time disco. A share will go to the local unemployed fund. The Lowa Shire will request the Commor Weslth wireless authorities to install a wireless relay station at Nhill to reduce fading in the area.
Hotel Bellfield Grampians reports a record year with a 10 per cent dividend tax free declared at the annual meeting. Stawell Anglers' Club shows a credit of £49 7/6 on the balance sheet and elects H Chapwapel as president with C Oliver and B Stephens as vice presidents J McIntosh as secretary. The club notes 40,000 front ova in trays and the release of 000 yearlings during the year.
A fragmented verse imagines pink silks and dainty hose, a rose figure racing to a shop. It questions a house’s love and pleads for a mother’s cold to end, ending with a quirky nod to a peppermint cure.
The piece argues band music enjoys popular support in Melbourne plebiscites and could lead Australian learning when properly integrated. It calls for professional, efficient bands funded similarly to grocers and butchers, asserts public taste favors choir orchestra and band, and proposes practical steps to boost nationwide band culture and welfare.
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