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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1943
Page
2
Wartime notices list ration book types and distribution dates, with details on availability, office hours, and post delivery arrangements. The document mentions affected items, holiday closures, and guidance for families, educators, and postmen amid shortages and transport constraints.
Town council discusses finances and overdraft. Public works and schooling talk on water meters and rural manpower. Vandalism repaired at May Park. Public notices on rates due and Homemakers club events. Military YMCA seeks reading material for troops in Northern Australia and New Guinea.
The improvised record details a wedding at Ronin Carbabig Church with attendees from Suawhrt Street and nearby areas. It mentions the bride and groom, family relations, witnesses, and the general ceremony timing with references to local streets and venues.
In Horsham a town meeting discussed the resignation of the Town Clerk amid debates on the council's direction. The session noted ongoing issues, with references to the mayor, acting officials, and potential successors, including names such as Bowden and Bowyer, amid a shift in local governance.
An OCR filled notice reports ArH McKinnon and Daiver'at Horshiem in Melbourne for a departmental conference and power cardings, with leave for a long time misconduct. It mentions families, travel, a Harastey division, and various local names, including Mr W Git and Mrs Weight, alongside routine leave and returns in a sprawling community notice.
The death occurred at a private hospital in Horsham of Mrs Keating aged 83. A lifelong resident of Horsham she was joined in marriage to Willard Henry Heard and later to Walter Davidson Weating. She leaves children Semel Richard Evelyn and Maud plus stepdaughter May and stepson Jack. The funeral was held at Horsham Cemetery with Rev E E Shackell officiating, six grandchildren serving as coffin-bearers, and many local relatives present.
The Horsham Youth Week program includes Rotary Club cooperation and school visits by Rotarians. High School boys toured local mills and gas works, with Rotary accompaniment, as part of a broader series of talks and demonstrations on health and medicine by Dr. G Forsyth. A Friday meeting of the Falary Club hosted about 25 youth, who heard a health lecture. Additional visits to Lang Lang Agricultural College and Hospital base are planned, with girls also visiting and further events listed for Sunday.
A government plan prioritizes returning soldiers for food production. Fire preference will go to gainy and vegetable work, then slaughterhouses and meat factories, then orchards and related tasks. About 19,000 men are expected to be released and placed in Class B.
In the face of widespread famine in China, relief agencies accelerate aid shipments and mobilize international donors. Officials report growing hunger, rising refugee movement, and urgent calls for medical supplies, food rations, and logistics support to reach affected regions.
Melbourne correspondent telegraphed last night that Major General Fidelara Fotherston, Director General of Army Medical Services in the last war, died yesterday. He was 70 years old.
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