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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1944
Page
4
Fragmentary notes describe a mortgage meeting and a tournament prize event. Names and dates are garbled, with references to donors and a payment schedule. The readable items include prize awards and an evening event, but details remain unreadable.
In the POW! appeal donations list, the amount of £1 3s from Mr J Carloa was omitted in the last issue.
Kewell North branch of the Red Cross held a dance at Kellalac Hall on Friday August 18 to raise funds for POW relief. Mrs Z Phelan and Mr E Boswell hosted with Miss V Armstrong and Mrs J Pearse performing. Prizes were awarded and a duck donated by Max Fry featured. proceeds expected to reach £11 1s.1d. A welcome home for LAC Frank Mitchell was held at Sailors Hall the prior Saturday with greetings from local clubs and Shire officials.
The Red Crow sub-branch met on Worewlay August 16 and raised funds from a mark stall and competitions. Cash gifts totalled £3 9s 0d, with £27 0s 11d for prisoners of war and £3 8s for the comforts fund. A fourth cane tournament on August 19 cleared £1 5s, prizes awarded to Hutchinson prize winners, and a year’s fund total of £6 6s 2d. An orchestra and novelty dances accompanied a large dance night. Articles dispatched to Melbourne and Ballarat stores included 12 lightweight pyjamas 5 long-sleeved pullovers 1 cardigan 73 face-washers and books.
The text argues poverty differs from want and calls for community wealth growth and individual saving. It notes Australians hold 4,280,677 life assurance policies totaling £612,000,000, suggesting doubling this could benefit the nation and policyholders through security and peace of mind.
Members speak on the subject at St Anarew n Oh church as choir Indies stage a concert to raise guild funds. Solos, offerings, and a Sunday evening sermon focus on Prayer for Rain and This Life to Sellaly with proceeds aiding a mission in State School.
A reader criticizes Mr. O'Flynn's postwar manpower plan. The writer argues many Australians seek freedom living with their families and oppose compulsory relocation for work. He says marriage means staying together and resists government manpower demands and high salaries for officials.
The note surveys upcoming local elections with six candidates for three vacancies and highlights ex-soldier candidate George Saux. It mentions Horsham branch debates at RST meetings and hints at civic discussions and media correspondence about membership and prospects before final results.
The report notes aerial victories by RAF units with Spitfires engaging enemy aircraft. One line indicates a pilot was credited with shoots downs while other fighters sustained damage, including a Spitfire damaged in combat. Specific names and units are garbled but point to a high-scoring air ace and multiple engagements with the Luftwaffe.
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