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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 30, 1949
Page
1
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The Horsham Branch of the Primary Producers Union offered to provide financial assistance to the Agricultural Society for ten shearing classes. A speaker said the branch was willing to cover another instructor if needed and noted strong student progress. The president and others praised the classes and said inquiries had arrived from other towns and states.
Advertises a daily dose of R U R in two packets to improve health. Sales pitch urges spooning the treatment like sugar and promises a miraculous outcome from J Langlands & Sons.
A closely fought Horsham Zone one contest saw Mr. F O Duldig place second and Mr. Charles win the third vacancy after tight counts. Final tallies show Mr. Collins 445, Mr. Duldig 778, Mr. Charles 769, Mr. Faux 729, with 1586 votes cast and 63 percent of ratepayers voting.
Ninety six or more hours after Paul Pohmer 36 vanished from his Stawell Road home at 4 am on Sunday a large search continues. About 80 men in small groups and trucks scoured five miles from Horsham with police, friends, and relatives joining. No solid lead yet though a drover reported a man near Henty Highway and McKenzie Creek quarries that turned out to be someone else.
The Horsham orchestra presented a varied program including Wood's Dale Dance, a violin solo Allegro Brilliant by Miss Mary Butler, Braga La Seranata, Still as the Night sung by Miss A V Thompson, and a piano solo Allegro from Carnival Jest in Vienna by Miss Margaret Hoskin. Sacred works from Mozart and a Rubaiyyat vocal solo by Lehmann accompanied W R Lawrence. The concert closed with The Shepherds Lottery suite, Vimy Ridge march, and a compliment from A E Burgess and thanks from R and L Collins.
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