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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 12, 1949
Page
8
A dense list of local notices from Horsham area including wanted rental exchange requests, sewing machine repair advertisement, sale offers for carrots hardware paints cartridges and gun items, and an auction notice detailing household items to be sold Friday at Young's Market with a list of items like chairs beds furniture and tools, reflecting a bustling mid-century rural town market page.
Tenders are invited and will be received at the Town Hall at noon on Friday July 22 1949 for the purchase of one 10 model Halt Ton Ford Utility Track Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tender may be inspected at Electric Supply Power Station Rdt Watts Town Clerk.
City of Horsham invites bids at Town Hall until 12 noon Thursday 28 July 1949 for supplying Lobbesting Oil to Braver Station for 12 months starting 1 September. Lowest or any bid may be accepted. Specifications obtainable from Town Clerk.
TENDERS will be received until 10 wm on 26/7/1949 for repairs to the Marnoo Police Station. Details at Public Works Office and Inspectors of Works Offices Ararat Horsham Stawell Murnoo. Envelope must be marked Tender for Repairs.
Tenders invited by 10 am Friday 22 July 1949 for the Council's Chevrolet 4/5 ton truck fitted with hydraulic lift. Inspection at the Council Depot Baillie Street Horsham, £10 deposit required. Details from Shire Engineer. Highest tender not necessarily accepted. K H Lovett Shire Secretary.
The partnership of Percival Wesley Colee and Charles Edwin Kruger trading as The Horsham Red Cherry at 21.6 Pirebrace Street Horsham is dissolved by mutual consent effective June 30, 1949. Charles Kruger will continue the business at the same address and name. Dated Horsham July 11, 1949. C. E. Kriger, P. W. Colee. Weldon Power & Bennett Solicitors Horsham.
The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture Mr Pollard announced higher prices for Australian mutton and lamb and offals following negotiations with the United Kingdom. New prices reflect increases across all classes and premises include payments to operators and delivery stores under Commonwealth contracts, with July 1 implementation.
A £25000 system is installed at a factory to preclean and phosphate coat car bodies. The entirely mechanical process runs one hour and forty five minutes, treating 18 bodies at a time. Post cleaning, parts are rinsed, coated, and painted to prevent rust by the phosphate layer.
Wimmera Shire Council will ask Canberra party leaders to state policy on reducing municipal contributions. The Heytesbury Shire letter cites deteriorating country roads due to insufficient government funding and ignores for months. councils fear ongoing inability to fund urgent road works without higher federal support.
A Melbourne ad from the Ladies' College of Health invites women to request a free booklet titled Health for Women. Requestors enclose 4d for postage and send to 224 Colling Street, Melbourne, Central 5874, for an appointment of vend.
Mr Rigg notes other main roads attended to as works include surface grading and reshaping on Riverside and surrounding routes. The report details gravel surfacing, trimming, tree removal, and the need for clearance before proceeding, with cost expectations and authority given at the institute meeting.
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