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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 22, 1932
Page
5
Market notes list duties and prices for dairy items like Hutter and Butter, honey per pound, and tomatoes per quarter. Prices for oats, barley, rye, flour, and other staples appear with scattered figures, though many entries are garbled. The fragment hints at wholesale rate listings and commodity quotations for a regional trade page.
Wire report from Melbourne dated Thursday shows wheat prices with bearings on barley and chaff. It records bid ranges such as 20 7 to 33 for various grains and notes yesterday’s Hor price at 28 per bushel, with figures in pounds and shillings for assorted items.
The recount in Dundas reveals voting and ballot handling issues affecting a by election. Officials speak on cabinet action and parliamentary debate while the outcome impacts Mrs Webber and Mr Slater, with potential shifts in party leadership and future elections.
On Wednesday slight showers fell and a total of six points was recorded at 11 am yesterday. The official forecast issued earlier was for a first fine morning but cloudy in cast with light winds. Temperatures ranged from west to all districts, with winds chiefly from the south-west.
Concert-goers are informed rehearsals are underway for a Presbyterian Ladies Guards event with Mrs. A. Kimberley leading part songs in the school hall on Thursday. The second part of the programme will feature a performance arranged by Mrs. E. G. Pethrick.
Mr Smith told Horsham Hane Hospital committee members that city residents often neglect charity, urging richer donors in Melbourne suburbs to contribute. The group discussed outstanding accounts totaling about £500 from former patients and agreed the house committee would study steps to recover dues to balance the ledger.
At the Horsham Hass Hospital committee meeting the secretary Dr C R Preacham reported a large fuel expense. Mr Tl Smith opposed buying wood noting unemployment. Members praised a Wood Day result and left to the house committee whether to call tenders for the supply of wood.
A financial statement for the year was submitted by secretary Mr. R. Freucham at the Horsham Base Hospital committee of management meeting. Receipts totalled £184, expenditures including interest £520 46. The bank overdraft was reduced to £34 10 0 from £500 2 9 in June. The annual meeting is set for August afternoon. Mr. J. BR. Baille noted poor attendance last year at the office meeting, remarking that all hospitals faced the same issue.
The Horsham health centre will open at Horsham Memorial Hall on Wednesdays and Fridays instead of Tuesdays and Fridays to better suit district residents.
Under Mrs H F Allen the Hersham Guild held a large fortnightly meeting with a new member welcomed to the presidency. An Ameris in afternoon boosted the exchequer as a busy stall by Mesdames Chilton and Gollan exhausted supplies. A plan for an entertainment to aid funds and the Sunday school was approved, and support for Tralee curtains was decided. Two donations formed the fund’s nucleus while golf prizes and tea were organized by members.
Ladies invited to a ten day offer from J Lang Lands and Sons Pty Ltd in the dressmaking department. Coats two piece suits evening frocks skirts and more made to order with a satisfaction guarantee. Special reductions include face cloth coats pure silk georgette frocks heavy wool skirts and worsted suits.
Hubert Mackley of Stawell Road Hor sham was fined 2/6 for failing to send his daughter to school the prescribed number of days. The case was heard by Messrs Anderson and G. L. Bay J. P. on the bench.
An enthusiastic committee has spared no effort for Monday's entertainment featuring the Jazzodians orchestra upstairs and downstairs. Double tickets may be purchased for five, with single tickets details to follow.
The estate of Joseph Albert Errington of Firebrace Street Horsham a draper has been assigned to Mr J M Graham in trust for creditors. Estimated liabilities amount to £4304 1s and estimated property to £5825.
A varied program includes a lucky peat golf giveaway and screenings of Splinters in the Navy and Alibi. The former draws praise as a nautical medley of merriment with Sydney Howard, while Alibi stars Sir Roger Ackroyd in a village murder tale with Hercule Poirot as the final arbiter. Upcoming Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette McDonald in Me Loure With You features musical numbers and romance.
A Horsham Methodist Young Men's Club concert in Jubilee Hall drew a large audience Tuesday night. Proceeds aimed at reducing the club piano debt, delivering varied entertainment including overtures, solos, jugging, conjuring and humorous sketches under Rev. H F Allen chairmanship.
Vandals damaged nearly all plate glass windows on Rundle Street in Adelaide's main shopping center, with about 200 panes scored and thousands to replace. A firm with 15 damaged windows offered 111 pounds reward. total losses run into several thousand pounds as temperatures threaten further breakage.
A Lawsoit cow wanders the streets with a loud bell around its neck, provoking resident annoyance. A bold local resident frees the animal from the bell, sparking mixed reactions. A separate incident sees a cow push through a shop window, stealing an expensive evening dress to blend with its newfound freedom.
In Hamilton and another town the long discussed need for a ladies rest room resurfaces. Funds set aside years ago were never used, with progress hampered by low mood. A New Progress League inquiry notes the proposal could double as a baby health centre and an asset that benefits visitors and locals alike.
The Central Granary at Millwall Dock Axlay, built by Millwall Equipment Company with £2010 advance, rises eleven stories over 100 feet. It uses four powerful pneumostatic elevators to move grain from holds to a moving belt, distributing to fire proof compartments on each floor. The granary holds 24 000 tons of bulk grain sufficient for London a week, with a pneumomatic plant handling nearly 300 tons per hour. Grain is delivered from the upper floors by gravity through pipes into bags.
Everything is marked down to the very lowest price for the remainder of sale. Bargains in evening frocks, street frocks and dinner frocks are coats to be cleared at bargain prices. Millinery, hose, celanese and oddments to be cleared right out during the next fortnight. Madam Griffiths, Firebrace street.
Broomhall's May 25 1932 report notes overall progress in spring seeding yet totals by May 15 lag 1931. Wheat sowings exceed last year with 65 percent of plan. total seeded acreage 108 million vs 114 million last year, Ukraine poor at 19.8 million vs 30 million. Collective farms 48 percent of plan, Soviet estates 52 percent, individual growers 21 percent. May 15 area seeded details include wheat 41.5 million, oats 15 million, barley 11 million, and minor seeds.
A Warracknabeal Postal Department telephone fault cut about 100 Aubrey Cannum Lab and Willenabrina party line subscribers. An underground cable two miles from Warracknabeal was damaged by water seepage after a dead sheep near the line was pierced by a drover’s pick, interrupting private farm lines.
At Bendigo on Wednesday night poultry farmers heard a cooperative offer of 10d a dozen for eggs for the season’s export. The first shipment is planned for August 6 with regular intervals thereafter. Agents compete for export orders and producers hesitate to sign contracts despite a 104d per dozen price on delivery at the Bendigo packing shed.
Five Moslem sisters living in Lahore died within two hours after eating a cooked meal. Investigators found clarified butter contained a dead snake, triggering a fatal poisoning scare.
In 1991 national advertisers invested about 274 million in newspaper and magazine space out of a total 9.84 million pounds spent across newspapers magazines outdoor signs broadcasting and posters. The total volume of business in 1031 was 22.1 million pounds lower than the peak year 1920. Details for HAE show newspapers and magazines 74.44 million pounds outdoor signs 6 million pounds bromdenstimy 7.2004 million pounds miscellaneous 00 HN1.
A fragment from the Ararat Advertiser condemns weekend poisonings in town that killed several dogs including valuable sheep dogs. It calls authorities to trace the offender, notes a local government panel is appointed, and warns that reckless poisoning harms harmless animals and could invite redress.
Warrants allege Geoffrey Matthews Deans of Kaniva, acting as solicitor, diverted £40 entrusted by H H Cox to Elizabeth Galdsworthy. A second case claimed £200 paid to Theodore Kelly, Kaniva, diverted. Adjournment granted. defendant remanded to August 14.
Speaking to Albury Methodist Brotherhood members on Sunday, G Maxwell argued Christianity tolerates pleasure without immoderation, while Rev R Hooper urged denunciation of vice. Maxwell framed politics as state organization, praising Christ's guidance to unite conflicting interests for the future.
Three Italian growers on Mins M. W. Hawison’s Myrtlefond property, under the share system, sent 44 bales of leaf to the British Awatra- Indian Tobacco Company at an average of 2 shillings 10 pence per pestal. A further 60 to 70 bales are being graded with expectations of higher averages, with prices from 2 to 3 shillings per th. Encouraged by last year’s positive results, ado growers are planting more seed this year as much work has already been completed.
Report states Russia will stop operating in the Australian market for the present with latest orders to be delivered in August. The note mentions shipments of wheat and flour by the bowing the pure jet Government ue cargoes in Adelaide and Melbourne. After the cessation, Russia plans limited activity on the market for now.
Reports circulating in parts of the county claim quail season would be altered this year but the chief Fisheries and Game department, Jospertur Mr. Tantes, denies changes. The opening for quail remains unchanged.
Aermuaggatiated Tikyere Podastries Pry Lek presented a valuable cup to Arun Agnitum Scenety for the best pebmeon exhibit at the upcoming show. The company has entered heavily into telbmeng grawny, signaling strong industry involvement.
An address by Mr. HO Welland to the Stawell Presbyterian Young Men's club discusses how shavings and waste from milled timber now find uses in wallpaper insulation and packing materials. The talk notes the shift toward converting by products into valuable inputs, with examples and illustrations. A raffle at Cheeseman's Cafe promises prizes. Rabbits shipped from Sea Lake provide employment for trappers. Whittlesea health officers plan immunizations for children aged six months to fourteen years against diphtheria.
The export trade in rabbit carcases and skins over eleven months of 1952 shows considerable value with strong sales to the United Kingdom and United States. Most skins shipped to France Germany Italy and Belgium. Soviet culture efforts could shift future competition but current aim remains supplying urban meat.
A fragmented report notes ongoing negotiations between Portiaaul and the South Australian border over mining leases. Minister for Mines Mr J BP. dues discusses extending the plant and related responsibilities as the situation unfolds.
Officials discuss traffic control at Trades Hall with the Commissioner of Week Overseer, exploring methods to ease congestion. Melson presides as chief secretary as conference addresses outlined plans and potential impacts on city streets.
William Cattanach, chairman of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, dies after a long illness. A Melbourne-born public servant with over thirty years in the service, he led the commission from 1915 and earned wide respect among settlers in Victoria’s irrigation districts. His death follows a period of incapacity after a fall and hip injury. Horsham will be closed in tribute.
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