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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1949
Page
2
A dated grocery notice lists Sallara Butter Eggs First Men Bacon and imididles per b with globe onions and potatoes priced per 2 lbs. The fragment shows items and per unit pricing in a rough market catalog style.
A compilation of memorial and remembrance notices for family members in December to April. Entries honor departed spouses mothers aunts and sisters with phrases of love and loss from relatives including Baker Legg Kemp Schultz Tucker and others. The notices commemorate anniversaries and the families invoke faith and memory.
A fragmented slogan urges seize the chance while suggesting a hopeful horizon. It notes the opportunity may belong to others and emphasizes a personal seed of effort yet to grow. The text mentions looking away over hills and missing neighbors with goods.
At the declaration of the poll in St Asmand on Wednesday Horsham’s Wimmera seat winner Mr W R Lawrence MHR spoke of the honor and duty of representing the community. He noted Horsham’s first time from its own sons in the Federal Parliament and urged a new era of progress in politics and social life.
The Horsham Swimming Club hosted diving and springboard exhibitions by Victoria champions Johnono, Winslow Brown, Geel Cooke, and Vic tork reps. The event featured divers in 1880 yards and varsity backstroke displays, but attendance was disappointing.
Advertisers are asked to bear the expenses of a campaign and publication on January 6 following a notice about a publication date of January 3, 1950. The fragmented text implies a request to cover costs for campaign materials or notices.
In a hastily discussed meeting the second eighteen for the Wimmera League remains unsettled as travel distances emerge as the decisive factor. Officials weigh the implications of a long journey on team logistics and schedules. CEES
Announcement page records engagements of Betty Irene Cross and Francis Faux, Doris Allen and Raymond Scott, Sorma Palrot and Keith Fancke, Leura Rowe and Arthur Butler, Edna Ow and Kevin Lindsay, Edith Lambert and Diver Willig. Also notes the marriage of Deeie Rosaline Sheard to Ian Thomas at St Andrew’s Church Tiersham. Social events include Mrs. Baker’s move to Horsham after 58 years in Pimpinio and a Christmas party hosted by Mrs. O M Yule welcoming migrants to Australia.
The Brimend Brook Race Club confirms the April 13 racing date after earlier doubt about an April 1 event at Hospital Carnival. A separate Keken Trotting Club meeting is planned for Saturday April 2, creating two raced weekends for Horsham King enthusiasts. The club’s annual meeting is noted for January 6, 1950.
Clergymen from Horsham churches discuss Christmas significance in Times articles. They emphasize Christ's birth as salvation and a universal light guiding humanity, urging missionary effort and global goodwill against ignorance and tyranny.
The Christmas sermons emphasize Christ as the bringer of peace and love. Ministers cite Bethlehem’s birth and Calvary’s crucifixion, urging Christians to live by Jesus teaching, promote goodwill, and resist war while celebrating the season with humility, joy, and shared faith.
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