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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1942
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text shows local commerce notes with misspelled names and unclear details. It mentions Ballarat, Pollard Bros, and Chowe with scattered figures and terms, lacking coherent facts or dates to form a complete item.
Fragmented OCR text lists grains and prices with unclear entities. Mention of Melborarns and Wheat and Oats milling and feed figures appears as a garbled market brief.
The readable portions describe rules and mentions a football match at the Recreation Reserve. It references figures and a chaotic mix of names, events, and stray phrases, with no coherent narrative or verifiable details.
A garbled message to the Mayor and council expresses warm appreciation for the recent royal visit. It notes excellent organization and cordial reception, with thanks conveyed to His Excellency and Lady Dugan. The report also covers a monthly Wapsbem Waterworks Trust meeting urging lower rates and more vegetable cultivation, plus a school tree planting event at Pine Lake plaza with students and staff in attendance.
Town Clerk Jashea urges ratepayers to pay taxes for June 20 with early payments appreciated between 10 am and 4 pm. The notice references a shortage of units and upcoming schedules, while other local notes touch on public notices and community affairs.
Community monthly meeting notes include sympathy for families of Wilfrid Smith and others. Reports mention inspections of distant schools, hospital updates, and a farewell to Miss Shirlington from the Horsham Guides with best wishes for her upcoming marriage.
Despatches report British units holding key positions as German forces attempt to seize a vital point. Free French actions near Bly Halchelm thwart a German effort to align with Italian elements, while Allied troops weather heavy fighting and sustain several casualties.
Fragmented dispatch describes Knightenrides and Ear battles near Barnet and Tynehalin while German air and sea attempts to land troops fail after British warships and artillery repulse them. Reports say U boats and raiders killed, wounded, and captured prisoners, with a transport batch landing at Alexandria.
An unclear OCR fragment resembles an obituary or biographical notice from an Australian region, mentioning Eden Valley, South Australia, barge, and various names such as Meares, Sindy, and Alvoduy. The text is garbled with partial dates, gender hints, and possible references to a widow and family.
The report lists six naval personnel among the dead with missing details and locations. Survivors and specifics remain unclear as authorities confirm burial at sea and planned ceremonies for identified crew members. Affected ships, dates, and the full casualty count are yet to be finalized by the wartime command.
Fragmented wartime notice mentions Allied prisoners of war with unclear names and locations. It hints at conditions and potential repatriation discussions, but specifics are unreadable due to damage. The piece appears to record prisoner status and an available program or contact point without clear dates or entities.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Woolls Great Peppermint Cream and a list of names and places including Mel Cancheyd and Stawell. The text references a series or event with aliases and dates, and several individuals such as Mra a A. R. Kupatrick and Mr. Weir, with scattered parenthetical notes and unclear context.
A House of Representatives debate condemned the Government wheat plan amid opposition claims it seeks 33,000,000 bushels of wheat without payment. Speakers urged equitable payments to growers, discussed storage and cost implications, and suggested federal relief to farmers in hardship.
A damaged report notes the death of Gestapo chief Reinhard Heydrich following injuries from a bullet at the aftermath of an ambush. It mentions one bullet entering the chest and another in the back, with additional injuries cited, and places the events around March 27.
Off the South-West Pacific coast, three ships were involved in submarine incidents. Reports indicate confrontations and evacuation of crew members as authorities investigate the blaze and damage amid unclear casualty figures.
Wartime dispatch reports Royal Navy and RAF forces conducting bold air sweeps over the Channel and Boulogne area. Fighter units engage German Luftwaffe near Calais and Dieppe while Allied squadrons bomb targets along the coast. Heavily damaged enemy positions, ships, and anti-aircraft fire mark a day of intense combat with both sides sustaining losses.
Allied air forces attack coastal targets in the South West Pacific, striking near Aba and Timor. Reports describe large fires on wharves and the bombing of military camps and barracks, with new raids on targets further south.
Washington reports the State Navy Depart ment announced Japanese bombers attacked Ammerigan Naval Base Go d oel in the morning. Casualties and damage were stated as limited but only a few warships were set on fire. Rear Edmund Freeman commented the attack was not a surprise and the station was prepared.
A report from the War Department describes multiple losses at sea including a tanker or freighter sunk in the Caribbean and related merchant vessel casualties. The dispatch notes that several ships were sunk or damaged in the same region, with ongoing reporting on further sinkings and naval actions.
Reports describe Soviet and German actions across north Karelia and the Kalinin and Leningrad fronts. Moscow sources claim heavy enemy attacks repelled with losses while German communiques report battlefield gains and tank destructions amid ongoing operations near Volkov and surrounding areas.
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