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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1921
Page
6
Fragmented OCR text shows multiple names, places, and items across a long league level sporting and church scene with scattered scores, personnel, and dates. The readable fragments indicate a rural community report featuring teams, players, clergy, and social events, but details are heavily garbled.
An obituary recounts the life and passing of a local figure, noting family ties and community roles. It mentions the deceased’s connections to Batla Girth and Yorks eit Pwtarel, with references to nearby places and events. Details are fragmentary but indicate a ceremonial gathering and remembrance in a regional context.
The report from T and G Mutual Life Society and Temp 20 Neceramee Soriety Limited covers one day. Andrew thewart claims a written and scripted SAAAGS lines. Revenue shows 7 204.548 pounds, with total income rising to 151, SEL, and year-end funds increasing to 12 483 pounds. The society’s investments total ELLALIM, with 12 percent returned, spread across three securities. Interest rate on Tas Trersunnt stands at 50 percent.
A fragmentary coastal item mentions turf, floods and roads. Names and places are garbled, but the text hints at a local scene with references to vendors, distances, and a timeline. The piece preserves scattered proper nouns and numbers amid the damaged OCR.
The Horsham trotting club Christmas meeting plans include a variety of races and handicaps. Officials list detailed events with stakes and entries, naming several horses and participants while promising further details closer to the day.
A scrambled racing card lists ponies and owners such as Henry Lad Dillon and Princess Bells amid garbled entries. The text then shifts to political beat, noting pointed references to Sinn Fein and ongoing tensions, with mentions of curtailment of royal events and a treaty mood around Prague amid European war talk.
Fragmentary text describes a bowling event with mentions of teams and figures such as Mr Laidlaw and Mr T Cram. It references locations like New South Wales and Western areas, with dates and attempts at describing sessions or races. The OCR text is garbled and lacks coherent, reportable facts.
Fragmented OCR text lists numerous minister names and titles, referencing a federal cabinet ceremony. The garbled passage mentions ministers for Home, Work, and other departments, with a ceremonial image and a discussion of cabinet composition and roles.
An appeal by the Horsham Relief Committee urges aid for famine-stricken Europe. The message invokes Christmas hopes and the image of empty stockings to spur donations for children in Poland Austria and other central European countries.
A feeble appeal urges readers to send Christmas gifts to aid needy children and distressed parents. The plea emphasizes parental heartbreak and child hunger, naming Mator and Cr Wilson Bolton as contacts for donations and indicating the appeal is framed as a charitable relief effort.
Report from Warracknabeal notes hot weather reduced attendance at a local event. Net proceeds from the King competition are £1428 10 percent.
The notice outlines Christmas and New Year amusements and promotions in Abel Christmen town. It cites theatre shows at the town pavilion, dances at the show hall, and a series of motor vehicle and ferry services around Wartook and Rosebrook. Also mentioned are charity profits for Horshow District Hospital and various races, fairs, and golf club events scheduled in January.
A dense Hor sham page lists WANTED ads for workers and goods, LOST items such as a tyre and a mare, IMPOUNDED livestock, FOR SALE items including motor cycles and raspberries, and church notices from HORSHAM including Methodist and Church of Christ services. It preserves local names, businesses, addresses, dates, and prices as readable.
Fragmented text outlines a dispute over postwar reparations involving Briand and French authorities. It mentions negotiations with the Allies, concerns about submarine actions, and references to political figures and a possible supreme decree. The passage is obscured and contains many garbled phrases, but centers on postwar financial settlement discussions and diplomatic maneuvering.
Mises Mera Hbiburtson of Was raoinobent Wivtrid Mowhital was treated after a September battle then remained for rest. The family planned a quiet dinner while events around Sister Robertson and Nora Fete drew attention as guests gathered for a Wednesday occasion in the hospital ward.
Separate tenders invited for gravel road construction on Edenhope to Dieburme and Telangatup to Jeffreys railway, one for repair of old invert and new gravel access, and another for timber stand and water supply components. contracts subject to Country Roads Board approval. details at Shire Hall Edenkopy.
A late morning ceremony on October 4 united Miss Milkihore and Mr Lant in a Methodists setting. Guests, bridesmaids in satin and georgette, a pink theme, and a pony of flowers accompanied the couple as trainbearers and attendants performed. The celebration continued with a Melbourne and Mendigo honeymoon, as families and friends praised the couple.
In Melbourne heavy rain interrupts proceedings as Mr Hughes rejects claims that funds would be diverted to skin moot issues. He states Barwt is bound by an agreement to satisfy UNNI iv My Tuition Powers outlines next year’s plan to shorten delays in immaterial disputes. Voters at Warrier oppose absorbing the Barrier electorate into Riverina, insisting it remain a separate Labor district.
Correspondence from Horsham urges timely reform of local workshops to benefit soldiers and jet men, praising Cuthcart for supporting up to date machinery and calling on fathers and businessmen to back the effort for the boys.
Health Department reports that five of six doe shipments tested positive for anthrax amid ongoing concerns. Melbourne received no related notifications. Journalist Henry Stead of Stead's Review died aboard the Marne en route from San Francisco on December 10. Funeral held at Tahiti as caterpillars cause crop damage.
GEO. L RAY town clerk of Horsham issues notice that the Width of Tyres Act will be strictly enforced within the town from the date of the notice. The announcement dated December 22 1921 specifies local compliance requirements.
Shire Offices will be closed from Saturday December 24 to January 3 inclusive. The Shire weigh team will be closed on Monday December 27 and January 2. Shire Secretary Horsham December 1921.
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