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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1939
Page
3
A local club outlines a doubles event with American timing and mixed teams. Players will meet at the venue to confirm courts and start the schedule, with a simple waiver of competitive games and a focus on participation over results.
Devon anglers report clear Hor sham weir to Fauxe bridge for perch up to 3b weight with spinner and bait. The Wimmera River may host a forthcoming championship, details to follow. many small fish caught, bones offset by surplus catch. Members urged to join and pay the early £6 due.
Jeparit held its annual New Year bowls tournament from 9 am to after dark with a marathon day ending in the consolation final. Principal results feature E Wilson Jeparat versus Muir Senith with close putts and a Warrack nabatean defeat, amid a lengthy program and steady play into the night.
Unclear text references FEST 1989 items, registration details, and a payment of £ 64. Terms arranged for a date in good mechanical condition. Mentions Ziaeneb and DTG Ming 4 IR, with quiet conditions noted.
After a three week break the Horsham Association resumes with full rounds planned tomorrow. Players listed include Cook Cranage Fegwa Farrish Hune Har Fine McPherson Morrison and J Scott among others. A Post Office share is noted and availability of players may vary during mediation.
A flawed Soviet Russia study notes rapid centralization over five years with Moscow taking over local budgets and administration. It describes the federal government expanding pay, military, and police power while local authorities retain limited fiscal autonomy and education policy under a unified state.
A vivid but fragmented beekeeper's diary describes a bee colony’s struggle. It follows a worker’s weathered journey from homeward foraging to injury and death, and the queen's dominance shaping the hive’s fate within a harsh environment.
The Point Lonsdale lighthouse in Victoria sits on a 70 foot concrete tower with a 1000 watt lamp and prisms, automated by clocks. It guards the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, broadcasts warnings to vessels, and relies on a signal station for communications and emergency power.
A Victorian era letter details a taxpayer’s desperate plea about crushing taxes and legal threats. The writer cites federal, state, and municipal levies, licenses, and insurance costs driving him toward ruin and seeking relief through charity and public aid.
Wire from our Melbourne correspondent shows Victoria registered 29 184 more vehicles last year though total figures are garbled. The report notes 25 00 gun vehicles and mentions newly qualified drivers amid the shifting totals.
For sale notice lists items including harness and dress incomplete phrasing. Mentions price around £5 and references to a person named Maisie and a possible government notice. Fragmentary OCR yields unclear details and locations.
Fragmentary text describes drought impacts on eastern Australia and mentions meat export plans for 1994.49. It references an Australian meat company and potential challenges in export sectors, but the passage is garbled and lacks clear outcomes or specifics.
A local notice announces a meeting to be held in January 1939. Details are partially obscured but indicate planning or discussion among community members and an organizing body.
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