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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1939
Page
4
Horsham notices invite partners and interested parties to a sale. The advertisement outlines forthcoming particulars and invites entries for the event conducted by a local firm in Horsham.
Thimboola district farm four miles from Kallas offers HI acres with 240 acres cropped in thirds and well worked. Watered by dam and channel, six room W B house with conveniences, new chaff bowre and stables. Price 2 per acre, strong tenants sought for wheat farms. Further particulars apply Thomas Young & Co. Pty. Ltd. Tisrsham, Phone 2.
A Monday fire driven by strong winds destroyed three houses and four shops in Selby, Dandenong Ranges, spreading along a one mile front toward Belgrave South. A horse died at South Ecklin near Terang. A Warrnambool driver abandoned a motor truck loaded with firewood after it burned. Fruit growers report lighter Pedr crop and rodlin moth. Peach crop also lighter with growers thinning fruit to meet factory sizes.
Malbourne correspondent reports Hector Jenkins aged 17 of North Kew was fatally wounded at Fenny Creek when a shotgun fired accidentally as his brother tried to release the trigger while they climbed an embankment. In other news, NHILL crop competitions list Best 50 Acres Wheat winners and notes high yields on Mallee land.
Wilson Bolton and Co presents a February to March schedule listing sheep and clearing sales at Warracknabbs Jeparit Horsham and Naymuk. The sequence includes February 9 10 13 15 17 20 and March 1 with various buyers and account managers noted.
Donations have been received for the Mayor of Horsham's bush fire relief. To date £906 13s has been collected. Public response remains generous but more is needed. Readership is urged to contribute any amount to help victims, with acknowledgments via the Town Hall, Public Library, or Times office.
Posters accusing Sir Thomas Blam director of the Militia Recruiting Campaign of being an enemy of workers were found pasted to pillar boxes tram poles and fences in St Kitts this morning. Police removed them quickly and suspect political agitators opposed to military training were behind the display.
A large auction sale listing unreserved lots includes tractor, plant, 350 sheep, and furniture. Held two miles southwest of Galagail on Tuesday February 1 at 1 30 pm, presented by F W Grabsch Pty Ltd and Robert Smith & Co Autotinneers in conjunction. Lance Ferry, retiring farm lister, oversees the sale of extensive well kept plant and equipment.
A Horsham branch meeting of the United Country party at the Methodist Jubilee Hall outlined motions for Bendigo conference agenda. Speakers urged more water storage, catchment areas, and irrigation aiding small holders, with emphasis on weed control, roads, and potential state and federal action.
Melbourne dispatch reports Regina Richart aged 38 collapsed after a drink in Castlemaine. A government analyst examines stomach contents as authorities seek to determine if poisoning caused the death.
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