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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 15, 1941
Page
1
A fragmented account describes grain as a pivotal resource in the Ukraine conflict, detailing wheat production, wartime logistics, and potential strategic impacts on supply routes and global markets. The piece references military activity, weather, and civilian hardship amid ongoing hostilities.
A Horsham campaign collects onion seed to aid Britain with residents buying and planting bulbs for relief. Two tons collected, funds needed to expand plots in Sunnyside Park and other sites. Mayor Cr RE Charles praises the community effort as an example of local support and volunteer work.
A British clothing rationing table shows Britain stricter than Germany, with Germans given more access under a special wartime scheme. The excerpt notes changes in allowance, including items like a woolen coat, and references November measures affecting consumer freedom in 1939.
March 24 marked the opening of the Victorian Division of the Women’s National Register. Registration lists include many girls and women offered emergency work, with plans for broader national expansion. The secretary emphasized training and wartime service, noting many women would assist on home front tasks and wartime industries as the program expands.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a 25 year old event at Minimay involving patent forms, a Vir Crishie Dreaitenit innid Mir Aries spore raiment and a Meant similar to a local agricultural society. References to a death of Jen, a bronze metal award, and a bank report blur the details.
Many suffer nagging backache from clogged kidneys the ad claims. It explains kidneys filter waste and if not working waste stays in the body causing pain, swelling and dizziness. It urges asking a chemist for Doan's Backache Kidney Pills to flush the 15 miles of kidney tubes.
Bush Nursing Association faces severe strain as nurses leave for Army and Air Force duty. Emergency part time nurses fill gaps while long travel limits bite in rural Australia. Travel distances, camel transport at Wanaaring, and delays in Flying Doctor contact add to the crisis.
Ignace Paderewski, a renowned virtuoso and Poland’s early wartime leader, is reported to have died in the USA at age 54. He left music’s stage to push Poland’s independence, becoming its first Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in wartime Warsaw, before later resigning amid political strife and renewed poverty.
King George V awards a knighthood to a man who never used the title and was never called Sirenace Paw ezewski. In 1936 he acted in the film Moonlight Sonata with Maris Tempest Aecremse as the era of a story set amid dire wartime extremities, marking a low extinction count over a 14 year span.
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