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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1950
Page
4
About 600 attendees watched Horsham High School present a witty version of Wilde. The cast and production earned praise for energy and humor, with notable scenes including a famous handbag moment and clever character swaps.
Readable fragments show names and places tangled in garbled text. Many proper nouns are unclear, but hints of a local notice or brief item emerge with scattered references to people and places.
A Grampians committee of 94 members discussed centralized depots for tariff savings. Mears GS Langlands and A Russe aligned with the graziers council while W G Grant and E Zerbst served as members. H A Roe acts as secretary.
Report from hospital night duty states Mr. A G Talbot of Mopetona remains unchanged after a Sunday fight at Belln. Two other men Patrick Kilgeriff of Reilnlar and Frederick Thomas of Hapetoun were admitted with injuries. Talbot sustained extensive bending innervation.
Hor sham Rostrum Club members Len Hutchinson and L E Reid argued Victorian liquor laws are outdated because they curb thirst by hours. They urged revising 6 pm closing and easing home brew bans, noting Tasmanian hotels stay open later and drunks lessen. Speakers toured Horsham hotels and critiqued licensing fairness and enforcement.
Five Horsham and district artists excelled at Hamilton competitions over the weekend. Lois Niewand won top vocal prizes in the Sun Pictorial 20 Vocal and The Age II Senior Vocal Solo, with The Waltz Song from Romeo and Juliet, plus first in a vocal duet with Colin Young singing Lovely Maid in the Moonlight from La Bohème. Jean Callahan earned an honorable mention in the Ballad, while Miss Barrett topped open novelty and prepared reading, and Max Bartlett took first place in Junior novelty.
In October 7 pageant arrangements shifted from William Road to E H Uebergang’s paddock north of Horsham Cemetery after inspections by Department of Civil Advisory inspectors. Original paddock near Ray Hubbard feddock faced objections from E G Lange. Honorary organizer Mr R fm noted Langevad’s concerns. Remaining details pending approval and weather clearance.
A fragmentary OCR note mentions events and entries tied to Rane and Mel idge, with reference to ten and sixty figures. The readable text is scattered, offering limited concrete facts about participants or exact dates. Further clarification from the original page is needed for a precise card.
A frayed report notes a hospital assistance committee led by Greenberg would be appointed soon. Social clubs and sporting organizations were asked to cooperate with the effort, with tentative links to multiple local groups and funds.
Obscure memo lists bids and notices including bank queries and a local sale. Mentions Horsham and a Galvanized item, with terse phrases about delegates and businesses seeking or offering unverified goods. Reading is hampered by errors and incomplete names.
Shire of Wimmera declares candidates for the office of Councillor. George Edward Ward stands for North Riding, Murray Cant for South Riding, Walthe Charles Edmund J Parker for North East Riding, and Warrick for West Riding.
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