11 Feb 1936
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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 11, 1936
Page
1
A Rack No 3 sale lists silk coats short sleeves in black navy bronze blue at 6/11 to clear, silk mesh gloves at 1/6, worsted suits brown grey navy twills at 39/11, 65 and 75. Cross size trousers in grey gabardine workwear 12/11 to 6/11, sports trousers 5/11, men's bathers cotton and wool at 2/11 to clear.
Victorian wheat growers meet at Dimboola to denounce dockage on bleached wheat and push tests by the Department of Agriculture. Officials and merchants discuss weighing methods and fair weights, with a plan to fund independent testing and a protest against underweight bleached wheat.
Fragmented notice recalls a 25 year term and lists local figures Mey, Manes, and others amid a turbulent Horsham district election scene. Sparse OCR reads of railway works, footways, and public works show tensions over infrastructure and party activity in the state contest.
Dimboola Banner reports a debate among growers on authorizing sending a sample of bleached wheat to the Department of Science for testing. Some fear no actionable result if the department has not fixed standards, others urge testing and department baking machinery. Price notes show Sydney wheat at 20 and Melbourne 3/7, with concern over weight loss and merchant practices.
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