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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1950
Page
8
Classified ads from Horsham Times listing requests and offers across many categories. Widespread wants include accommodation, sewing machine repairs, cleaning staff, exchange offers, nursing staff, and employment. sales include furniture, mattresses, prams, terriers, saw benches, and various farm goods. Many items mention contact names, addresses, and phone numbers for responses.
A collage of Horsham area car and machinery ads listing several FOR SALE notes for vehicles including a 1918 International 3-ton truck and a 1938 coupe with prices, and multiple LOST items such as a scribal pencil, black greyhound dog, gold wristwatch, burgundy kid gloves, and branded sheep with a reward offered for returns. Contact details include Stawell and Horsham numbers and addresses.
A survey of unusual incidents includes a taxi skidding on ice in New York on a hot midsummer day, a cyclist struck by a deer on a country road, a Sacramento purse wallet thief incident, a Chicago gin rummy win turning violent, a baseball player pocket-cracker incident, a car collision in Brighton New York sending a car into the air, and tender notices for a removal of a monument phone line in Horsham with bids due February 5 1980.
A long list shows Kin Woodhart Rosalind Silver Margaret Brown Fall and others studying English Expression French Biology History Mathematics and related subjects. Proficiency and credit marks appear alongside entries for various students in this inclusive senior matriculation catalog.
A new painless dental drill, developed in Spain, is being tested in U S schools. It delivers a fine jet of abrasive against decay without touching gums lips or tongue and eliminates vibration heat and noisy bone cutting. The device uses a beam that cuts only marble surfaces and promises safer cleaner teeth with lower patient anxiety.
Public Works Department invites tenders for timber entortions in Brae il and related works. Tenders must be received by 2/1050. Details available at Public Works Office and Inspector of Works Horsham Tahoe Station Ditton.
In Horsham Court of Petty Sessions Mr P R Biggin S M ordered ejectment of Kerr and his wife from a Baillie Street house, Finlayson baker creditor seeking possession. Testimony by Robert Davies Finlayson and his son Robert highlighted bakery work and local occupation as the case progressed. The decision warned Kerr to vacate or seek accommodation elsewhere.
A USDA survey notes a shift in American packaging toward transparent window front and cellophane packs for staples like rice, beans, and peas. Dealers report stronger cellophane and automated bagging lines fueling the trend, while household pests like flies risk exposure to these clearer packages.
A garbled listing shows results from Commerce Examinations with names and subjects such as Typewriting and Geography. Several students and grades appear, including first and second string credits and honours notes, though the OCR is incomplete.
District Employment Office calls for volunteers to pick grapes. Work is not exhausting but provides light exercise and aid to elderly or disabled participants. Applicants must apply through the district office to receive a travel warrant. no food allowance is provided. wage terms unspecified.
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