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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
3
The article outlines a large Christmas fair at Davey, Davey & Co. with extensive displays of kerchiefs, powders, perfumes, dressing goods, linens, tableware, and travel goods. It highlights valued gift items, special lines, and numerous prices designed to attract shoppers.
Hugh Whatmore of the Salvation Army appeals to Horsham readers to fund a Christmas distribution for Melbourne families. The plan includes 400 parcels with food provisions, inviting 200 children to a Parkdale camp, and treats at children’s parties. Estimated cost about £400.
Sir Douglas Mawson leads the Discovery as it completes coaling at Kerguelen and sets course for the south, preparing charts and scientific gear for the Antarctic voyage. The crew stocks provisions, photographs Mt Rox, and anticipates rough seas and distant landfalls before returning to Australia.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a department, Caterina Ter HLM and Mewes THUAN amid naviguries and offers. A chain of sensitives appears to describe embowsmanding vice and a sheet in wrantic with a caprionn motif, suggesting a clandestine meeting or briefing.
A partially legible market note describes cattle and calves offered for export, with prices, conditions, and descriptions of livestock quality. Names and places are unclear but reference to buyers, sellers, and trade in raw hides and beef goods appear.
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