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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
6
Fragmentary London dispatch notes efforts by Germany to expand markets and mentions figures and events connected to Ur Schacht and imports. The piece is a terse, uncertain wire service update from Wednesday with limited readable names and places.
In a Wednesday debate at Westminster the speaker criticizes delays in resettling German refugees in Western Australia. Lord Plymouth says the Dominions are urgently considering the issue and outlines a plan for Australia to accept a significant number over three years.
Major-General Bartholomew, in command of British forces in China, warns that if Chiang Kai Shek draws Japanese inland, maintaining communications will become difficult and Japan cannot sustain a large standing army in China. The warning comes as Japanese commanders are urged to act cautiously.
The body of Tlarry Mangan aged 38, of Northeehung, was found near Point Wilson after a boating accident. He had gone out with Constable Ewins. Ewins was rescued eight hours later after the boat sank and Mangan clung to floating boards.
Vatican City reports library accountant Mario Polito, jailed for embezzling 6000 pounds, sentenced to 52 months. He is described as a Pope's protege and may receive a pardon within months.
Paris report: Madame Skobline convicted of aiding her husband in abducting General de Miller White, a Russian leader. She receives 20 years in prison and 10 years banishment. Her husband remains at large.
Melbourne reports an open finding by City Coroner A Tingate after inquest into Alma Navinia Bate aged 23 of Brisbane found dead in a bath at Menzies Hotel. Evidence showed distress over job loss and the Government Analyst said stomach contents contained aspirin phenacetin and enough strychnine to cause death.
Report of a missing gold wristlet from a woman on Pirebrace Street yesterday morning. No details of owner or finder available yet.
An entry reports a pig impounded under the care of poundkeeper E. M. Carter, with branding noted as tss on the animal identified as Joan Mare. The record indicates official seizure and custody by the local pound.
The Royal Agricultural Society invites agricultural bodies and herd testing groups across Victoria to join a nationwide fodder conservation competition. The Society seeks collaborative trials and provides guidance, with a site at 215 for live demonstrations.
A garbled note outlines a series of agricultural society certificates and awards with entry and judging details. It mentions multiple competitors, entry fees, and judging to occur in April. The text preserves names and locations in a broken form.
TENDERS are invited and will be received on Tuesday December 2. The Shire titles Noradjube for the following country reads work flows. Flow stook dawe at gravel construction Nathwol-Sigmilton Road and North Tidings. Foroe GPOO stoves travel construction Nathoiwk-Hamditeum Road at Jal maba. Deposits of 5 percent must accompany each tender. Applications from men able to act as Clerk of Works may apply. Further details at Shire Office Naradjuha.
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