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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 11, 1950
Page
3
Commercial intelligence notes yesterday's Horsham store prices for butter bacon onions potatoes bran and pollard. Prices listed include butter factory 0 and local 0 with specific per pound or per bushel valuations and a requirement that 210 bags be supplied for bran pollard and potatoes.
The column lists births on July 6 at Wimmera Base Hospital and a private hospital, including a son born to Eileen and Trevor Harris and a Clark family birth in Elsternwick. It Also contains numerous death anniversaries and memorials for Abbott, Barnes, Holmes, McInnes, Smith and others, with family tributes from spouses and children.
A moral exhortation warns against overeating and drunkenness, calling the stomach a delicate automatic machine for energy not a disposal for waste. It notes the costly consequences of sinful eating, urging to eat to live rather than live to eat, and to avoid relying on doctors to fix self induced harm.
Alexander Varley of Drung South drove into a tree on O Callaghan s Parade near the Firebrace Street intersection after being dazzled by approaching headlights. The car overturned across the road. Varley was held for observation at Wimmera Base Hospital, with two passengers J Woodhart of Horsham and W Johns of Drung South unharmed.
Social notes announce Gweneth Randall engagement to Harry Madren of Sandingham. Lorna Millicent Cowley to Robert Wilfron of St Kilda, with ceremony at East Malvern Presbyterian July 12. Noela Scholfield to Walter Kevn of Nurrabiel Ballina Park, with St Andrew's Horsham and Town Hall supper room events July 15.
The Melbourne Woolbrokers report the usual weekly sheepskins sale was postponed pending clarification of the wool levy. At the closing sales for 1949-50 held June 22, 26, and 27, 1950, greasy wool averaged 53.91d per lb or £68 14s 6d per bale, weight about 305 lbs, compared with 29.04d per lb and £37 10s per bale a year earlier.
At Wiumasa Base Hospital on Wednesday, William David Brown of Natimuk, aged 78, born at York Peninsula, moved to Polkemmet district with his parents and lived most of his life in Natimuk. Survived by wife Eliza Warren and children Ivy, Vernon, Eric, Amy, Frank, Olive, Sylvia. daughter Mary predeceased. two sisters Nell and others.
At a Tuesday council meeting the brigade objected to the track at City Oval claiming rails and wires were damaged. Dr Morson and Dr Hieske motioned for more details while Dr Conroy noted past spend on the track and possible future fire and safety concerns.
The King has approved the appointment of Mr R. W. Blackburne to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands, succeeding Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. Blackburne, born in 1907, educated at Marlborough College and Clare College, Cambridge, joined the Colonial Service in 1930 and held posts in Nigeria Palestine the Gambia and the West Indies before his current post.
Judges appointed for the Melbourne Herald Show include Mro Mot Dahlenhurs of Din Verde and Lester Madden of Kae iss, with Baker of the Melbourne staff named as accountant at Horsham. Travel and hospitality notes cover J Bollard flying to Launceston, Tom and family visiting Melbourne, and Mrs Nolan and Miss Turnbull's New York origins. Partington resigns from New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co Ltd after seven years, to move to Hobart with his wife and family. Also reported are a Presbyterian Society talk by N M WORNER and local hospital admissions from J Smith to V J O'Brien.
A minute’s silence honoured Peter Cram who died in a level crossing smash at Ararat. Cram was the brother of H G Cram, secretary of the Wimmera League.
A new heavy art paper volume titled The Corriedale by J F Guthrie Pty Ltd Geelong highlights the Corriedale Stud founded nearly 70 years ago. The book, priced at 21 shillings, documents history and breeding lines and notes an upcoming shipment of 105 pure Corriedale ewes to the USA aboard the S Sierra. Breeders see it as a valuable reference for station and farm shelves.
A U.S. technique creates depth in television by using two cameras side by side to capture the same scene from slightly different angles. Scientists from the Radio Corporation of America developed the method for specialized broadcasts of industrial and scientific processes, producing a stereoscopic effect for 3D viewing.
The Horsham Australian Labor Party secretary Mr L E Reid opposes penalties on workers who seek remunerative work during annual leave. Trades Hall Council urged federal action and amendments to employment rules. Other officials argued economic need may justify extra work, while penalties could affect both employees and employers.
A man who took bed sheets and a leather jacket was sentenced to two months in Horsham Court after claiming he believed he could use the items. The incident arose in Rocklends Dom where the theft was reported and processed by local authorities.
Jack, chief mechanic of the Country Fire Authority, retires from active service after 46 years as a fireman. He dominated the one man ladder event for the Benaga brigade with twelve wins in a row, setting a record time of 61.45 seconds for 2 feet of ladder and six feet to the bell. The record was equalled by Victorin Fire Brigades captain Wo Exarnes of Chelsea. Trenny joined Bendize brigge in 1804 and rose from lead tition Keeper to Chief Mechanic in 1900, serving continuously and earning wide Wimmera-firemen recognition.
A historical notice reports eight thousand one hundred pounds contributed to a building appeal fund. It references supporters and local institutions, including a university and related donors, with names obscured by the damaged text. The context implies a fundraising drive linked to campus development and community support.
Fragmentary text suggests a headline about roses and a world drawing or drawing event. Entities are unclear due to garbled OCR. The readable fragment hints at a hopeful theme and a global scope, but specifics are not recoverable.
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