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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1949
Page
8
The machine mows any pasture to a height up to 12 inches and can cut light Ti-Tree, bracken, and blackberry. It emphasizes versatility for dense vegetation and configurable cutting height.
A survey of stores this week shows no rush for gifts this Christmas or summer wear. Prices are higher on some lines, and shoppers buy fewer small items like socks and handkerchiefs. Retailers note steady but cautious sales, with slight gains in some categories and better overall Christmas business at Langlands stores. Horsham remains a growing shopping hub as wage earners become more selective in spending.
Farmers in Lown report a rare white headed form of the Scotch thistle, not blue or yellow as expected. The weed, known botanically as Cirsium lanceolatum, produces wind dispersed seeds from a bud that opens to reveal a downy umbrella shaped structure.
Auctions to supply the world with oil push Britain to build the largest tankers yet. Two ships, part of a four vessel class, each 28 000 tons deadweight with 25 000 tons oil capacity, will ship Middle East crude to new refineries in Essex and beyond.
The Presbytery held a two hour meeting at Mt Andrews noting the Hall's Gap site purchase for the camp. Key report on youth center and mission calls was presented. Budget and funding discussions were noted as needing full quota to proceed.
The Rayapow npsiom station will be raised to full status with Rev S H Mayes taking charge in January. Ministry Commission noted stipends and travel allowances, and new elders were inducted, including E Mewitt and S Richardson. Members praised at the assembly.
A London set review notes Passport to Pimlico with Stanley Holloway Basil Radford and Margaret Rutherford among the cast and the plot about Pimlico ceded to Burgundy and later restored. Also mentions Song of Paris at Horeham Theatre with Tyrone Power Gene Tierney and the Love triangle subplot involving Doncaster and Faydon De Carlo.
Two hundred sixty men and women who took Flewed ty King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. The ceremony honored the world's greatest air transport operation begun June 25 last year and lasting 15 months. It ferried supplies to Berlin after land links were cut, saving Western Germany from starvation. Over 300,000 flights to Berlin carried 3,000,000 tons of food and goods. Attendees included Australian, New Zealand, South African Air Forces, Royal Air Force, and detachments from the US Air Force and British Army of the Rhine.
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