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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1948
Page
3
Fragmented notes recount a cricket match with numerous player names and ambiguous events. The text hints at innings, wickets, and fielding efforts, mentioning players such as Exell, Hinch, Young, and Rooney, with scattered scores and plays interwoven across an unstable report.
The Horsham Methodist club hosted a long day of play with Jung leading the bat and Raggett among bowlers, while W Huf and McRae took key wickets. The innings totals see-sawed as Thompson, Baker, and M Raggatt shaped the final score. audience notes praise the Nativity scene and a later Christmas concert by the Horsham Orchestra and local performers.
An article reviews the Housing Commission's postwar design efforts in Victoria, detailing the ascent of values like cost and space. It discusses Ascot estates and the plan to replace older streets with modest three to four story blocks, parks, and preserved grounds while considering rents and the impact on taxpayers. The piece questions whether rapid redevelopment benefits all families and stresses child-friendly housing as a key aim.
In a muddled Avapiles Shire session officials debated proclamation timing for a simmer Mansonerie project. The president and Dr While urged protest to county authorities over the process and requests to follow regional recommendations, amid disputes about authority and procedural notes.
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