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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1950
Page
4
A cluttered Horsham classified page features sewing machine repair offers by A L McLean and multiple sale notices for items such as furniture, tools, caravans, dairy stock, farm equipment, and household goods. Numerous entries list contact details and locations around Horsham for buyers and sellers.
A cluttered classified page lists numerous vehicles and machinery for sale or hire. Entries cover 1950 Chev sedans, Ford, Plymouth, Buick, and other autos, two new tip trucks, earth moving equipment, tractors, a diesel tractor offer, a drag saw, a bulk wheat loader, pumps, radiators, and a missing wallet notice, with contact addresses in Horsham Ballarat and Stawell.
The Agriculture Department orders mill and cream carriers to shield dairy products from sun exposure during transit from September through May 31. The rule, part of the Milk and Dairy Supervision Act, requires tarpaulin covers or other shaded protection on all vehicles to prevent direct sun on milk and dairy produce and mandates adherence by all conveyances carrying dairy goods.
A report from the Horshar Branch of the Australian Primary Producers' Union shows a credit balance of 92 pounds 2 shillings 114 pence as of February 14. The figure was presented by Bernie McN. at a spring meeting held last afternoon in the hall, discussing financial standings and future operations.
Applications are invited by the Secretary of the Country Roa ling Board Exhibition Building Carlton NG for a Laboratory Assistant male junior role. Training at Head Office precedes assignment to Horsham. Requires Leaving Certificate with Maths and Physics or Chemistry. Salary scales from £235 to £339 per year plus living allowance. age 16 to 20 years. Apply by 10 am Monday 1 December 1980, include age and copies of documents.
In a Horsham Waterworks Trust report, Acting Officer A T Vanderfoot praised the staff and Secretary A J Watts for collecting water rates. Arrears at August 17 1950 totaled £ 40.38, with £ 13 0 0 outstanding at December 31, and £ 19 24 unpaid. A 25 percent rate write off and writing down a bad debt were approved. Residents on Acacias Street asked for a new water main as part of the aribulation scheme. Watts said Acacias Street would be served by a four inch main in the scheme. The chairman was to inform residents of the decision.
An application for a road lease in Landa parish is under review as authorities consider education plans and water rates. The draft by law proposes a uniform penny increase to fund reticulation schemes, with residents debating independence and public works priorities ahead of 1994.
The readable text mentions dry trees priced at ten each and references to wires, permits, and a hazardous situation. It names several unclear entities and places, but the overall sense is a marginal notice about tree or wood sales with safety concerns tied to wires and potential risk in a locale likely connected to a power or utility context.
At Weld Day at Longerenong College Department of Agriculture reports addressed about 100 Wimmera farmers on latest wheat growing developments. Trials indicate best results with a specific nitrogenous fertiliser under local conditions, suggesting a dressing of up to 120 t per acre may be highly profitable in the current wheat market.
Fragmentary cattle market report shows wethers priced around £613.16 per hundred? sheep counts and ewe values scattered. Entries mention Merino ewes at varied prices and totals, with several sterling figures and times, some garbled by OCR. Demand appears brisk with multiple flock types listed.
A historical note describes using the methylene blue teat test to assess milk quality. A milk sample is placed in a peat tube and incubated. color bleaching indicates higher quality while slower bleaching suggests poorer quality, with caveats about odor and accuracy when used alone.
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