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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 12, 1946
Page
6
A wartime public notice urges households to save and spend wisely. It promotes holding Savings Certificates at banks or post offices, and advance subscriptions to Commonwealth Cash Loans. The message stresses keeping prices down, avoiding new debts, and investing savings in wealth bonds and saving certificates.
Saturday's Ugly-Man competition opened with a committee led dance and euchre tourney at the Public Hall. Guests traveled from Murton Horsham and Byrneville. ladies won the euchre Mrs Frank Frgests and Mr Frank Woodhart. Alf White led music with Miss Lornan and Mr CJ Ashwell. A well attended supper followed, and the event boosted club funds. Local football club members assisted, hot pies cakes and fruit served, with prizes awarded to winners Mr Humphries and Mr Ron Bodey. The Junior Football team congratulated on steady progress and its long season.
In a Saturday MiniMay contest the Minimay girls scored 27 goals to 20 by Goroke Khakis. A charity ball was planned for Wednesday July 24 at Minimay to aid the Food for Britain appeal. A parcel of foodstuffs was sent to headquarters after the Booroopki State School appeal.
A Noradjuha fundraiser last year spurred a staged event with local and guest performers. Organizer Mrs CWS McDonald led an extensive program at Noradjuha Hall aiming to build a new Memorial Mall to replace Mechanics Hall, with £47 4s 4d raised and £22 still needed toward the £100 goal.
The Mother's Club president Mix L. J. Mroller noted the social aimed to raise funds for two new table covers for the school. Material made by Mrs. V. Heinrich, with proceeds of £5 1s, and volunteers including Mesdaniel H. Wal trowiey, L. Brdy, and R. E. Cheyer supported the effort. The Methodist Ladies' Guild and St. Paul planned an August combined show with extra flower classes, promising an improved event.
Mrs AL Brooksby, an inmate at Wembley Hospital, is making satisfactory progress toward recovery. Mr and Mrs W Schotfield, previously at Cully and Douglas, have returned to Melbourne after visiting relatives. In Douglas Miga Laka Rovers news, secretary Rox Hobbs presented a silver cake to Ray Hronkshy after a recent wedding, with thanks from members for the gift.
The fragmentary report lists numerous players and clubs such as Searle St de Scouts and Brown & ANA with scattered scores and venues like Maylands and Redan St. Umpires include G. Dougherty and Hargis among others. The text is garbled with misspellings and incomplete names, offering a partial snapshot of a local carpet bowls event.
Mrs J D G Medley urged adopting a secretaries annual report to advance cultural centralisation in country life. She cited a Wheat Farms study by Alan Holt, calling for threefold service consolidation education amenities and culture and proposing a Mildura Culversite branch to counter isolation and sustain rural values. The talk touched on traveling libraries and the need to bring art and crafts to country communities.
Minister of Agriculture W G McKenzie says dairy cow numbers are falling but hopes to halt the slide with a drive to rear 350 000 heifer calves in 1946. Soldier settlement buys will create a market for surplus calves with a guaranteed minimum price. Prices for dairy stock are expected to stay favorable for sellers for some time.
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