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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1946
Page
3
A candlelight carol event at the Town Hall on Christmas Eve promises festive songs led by the Town Band with Mrs Fielding and Misses White and Watts among the performers. Plans include electric lighting, arrangements for a masked chorus, and broadcast prelude for the community.
London dispatch says Polish censors ban some Australian films as part of a new measure. Times correspondent notes authorities gave reasons for the ban but details are unclear and disputed.
The Mirmoral A. Ind P. Society held a meeting where the Balmoral show was reviewed. Secretary V1 Watt presented a report noting the event raised nearly £190 for the ladies of the district and listing totals and expenditures with credit carried forward. Elections were held with Mr Hy Pogissen elected to a new post and others appointed to roles, pending a March meeting for final arrangements.
The Ballarat Sericultural and Pastoral Society hosted the Save the Forests campaign pavilion drawing thousands of visitors. The exhibit aimed to link poverty in rural districts with forest protection and urged district committees to back the campaign actions and preparations for a broader push.
The Commonwealth Government confirms continued rationing of tea and meat and outlines aims to ease shortages as soon as possible. It notes Britain’s need for Australia’s surplus and details butter, meat, cloth, sugar, and tea supply constraints, with emphasis on cooperation and eventual abandonment when supplies normalize.
A fragmentary social column from Horsham reports an engagement involving the Oliva Taerck family and a residence address in Ehersham. The page also lists various sale advertisements for vehicles and farm equipment, with contact details and prices, plus a rental notice for a furnished room.
Classified notes list various for sale items including a radio portable suitable for chiming, a child’s rocker, AI seedlings of asters carnations and other flowers from R Lehmann Nurseryman, contact numbers and addresses provided for Hor sham Ku nur Street Warratknabeal and Barr's farm Lower Norton.
Horsham Sewerage Authority announces a meeting at 1 15 a m on Monday 14 December 146 at the Town Hall to fix a general rate of 1 6 d in the £ on the net annual value of property in the sewers area The rate covers 1 January 19 EMT to 41 December 19 7 and the rate books may be inspected at Town Hall office hours Secretary confirms details in Hersham W123 an
Unclear schedule lists several supply and spreading tenders for rubble and gravel on Horsham Natimik Nathinik Hadiltan Nathuok Hamilton and Geroke Nathmiak roads. Shire Office invites bids by 4 pm on 16 December with a 21 percent deposit.
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