02 Jun 1939
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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1939
Page
1
Dorothy Greenaway recalls the Town Hall opening broadcast on 3WV. She describes the welcome, speeches by Dr. Barnes and Dr. Bowden, the hall’s majestic decor, fashion, dancing to waltzes and modern tunes, and ends with dreaming of a final farewell as she sits by the fire.
Don Kirkwood of North Fitzroy, aged 75, walks twelve miles every day at a brisk pace. He sometimes extends his walk to visit his daughter in Pakenham, about 40 miles away, proving the routine keeps him in excellent health despite modern transport.
Heavy rainfall drenched central and northern Victoria with about 25 points and widespread showers continued into yesterday. A cyclonic low in inland New South Wales caused the rain, and the Weather Bureau warned of likely floods within a day or two along the Wimmera Avoca Loddon Goulburn Murray basins and Riverina tributaries.
Falls of over an inch across Gippsland North East and Western districts in 24 hours to 9 am. Heaviest 209 points at Queenscliff. Wimmera towns show prolific mushrooms and grass growth. rainfall totals listed for Horsham Nhill Jeparit St Arnaud Stawell Natimuk Warracknabeal Murton Minyip and more. Forecast calls for improving North West, continued rain elsewhere with strong winds and rough seas in Bass Straits.
Melbourne report says a 1d per dozen levy by the Egg Board was valid, dismissing Ernest Hopper's claim for a refund of eggs supplied. The Victorian Coursing Derby at Tatura was won by Roy Tosh from Spappy by two points after a late rally.
A skewed harvest outlook emerges as wet weather threatens the Italian wheat crop. Officials warn of potential yield declines and farmers brace for impact on prices and supply.
In Auckland on Thursday Gordion McKay a 42 year old kin dealer was sentenced to four years and James Talbot a 38 year old inborer to two years imprisonment in the Supreme Court for unlawfully interfering with a body and for arson.
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