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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
4
A church leader warns against agents distributing anti church literature after Sunday services. The letter mentions a large American publishing company and notes neighboring towns have been visited in recent Sundays. The author expects Horsham may be targeted next.
Deputy Premier Mr Menzies was elected deputy leader of the United Australia Party after a ballot at a party meeting on Wednesday. Ian MacFarlan, former deputy leader of the Opposition, was the other candidate and accepted the result. The appointment follows Menzies’s advocacy for the Young Nationalists and is seen as a reward for his efforts.
The Rev E G Petherick will lead morning and evening services in Horsham on Sunday and preach at Doven in the afternoon. A memorial for the late Mrs Alex Lawson will be in the morning service with a sermon on Heaven. The evening address will be The Mark of the Holy Spirit as part of the Presbyterian Church forward movement. Mr J S Joyce will conduct services at Drung South Laharum and East Wonwondah. The Horsham board of management meets Monday at 1 30. The Methodist Church notes Rev Harold F Allen will be at Pinpinio West Wail and Horsham with Rev F R Woolhouse at Horsham Remian and Wee tin East. The Horsham Ladies Guild meets next Wednesday with Sister Day as speaker. The Young Men's Club plans a concert soon to raise funds for a piano recently purchased.
The Church of England St John’s Ladies Guild invited mothers with young children to a post noon tea and runabout for the kids on Tuesday. A large turnout expressed pleasure at the pleasant afternoon. Mrs Sunita BR Sunita received guests as president of the gulf. A rural deanery conference is planned for Monday at St John’s Parish Hall to elect two members to the board of finance and appoint a rural deanery committee of five members.
In a reflective piece, the writer muses on Caruso’s voice replayed via wireless, noting how the living voice seems to traverse time. The essay links centuries of spoken and written transmission to a modern resonant broadcast that stirs faith and wonder.
Albany street Mur rumbuarrogh N S W Mr Gann describes eight years of chronic indigestion with severe pain and vomiting. He reports rapid relief after first dose of Bisurated Magnesia and urges readers to try the remedy, claiming five minutes bring noticeable relief and lasting comfort.
In Stanhope district lambing runs well with some sheep owners reporting a joint ailment in half grown lambs. Two Melbourne plain clothes men are mentioned in connection with serious charges related to starting price bookmakers.
The Carlton seat faces a keen Labor contest after the death of Mr Bab Solly, with the Liberal and National parties watching by elections in Castlemaine Kyne ton Hawthorn Caulfield Barwon and Brighton. Trades Hall preselection likely seals the Labor candidate while public unrest grows amid unemployment and sustenance debates in Caulfield and Geelong.
The chronicle follows George Ralph, a 1802-born runner once from Adbinite who raced in Stawell Gift and Siamese race with partner Doug Hawkey. After multiple surgeries for shrapnel injuries, he faces possible loss of his right leg from TB, while his family in Clunes and Creswick roots frame his courage and racing legacy.
The Victorian Labor Party spent £750 in the state election while unions contributed £44 10. A further funds appeal is planned. Field mice infest the Williams town wheat stacks, with gas fumigation failing to deter them. Alarming allegations claim criminals and dishonest retailers in Melbourne are systematically looting tobacco.
Mrs Move Charles Butler, renowned lecturer on Self Improvement, outlines links between body and mind. She argues health choices determine work performance and urges public interest in hygiene to cut disease and suffering, citing Dr. J Dale Melbourne health report.
A Malvern resident reports numerous native birds and animals killed by poisoned baits on his property amid concerns that Melbourne fauna reserves face threats. He lists species including Laughing Jackasses magpies thrushes parrots cockatoos and opossums. He notes heavy pest problems in orchards and warns against wholesale poisoning of native birds as a remedy for rabbits.
A detailed look at the global and Australian lighthouse network explains how 170 lights from Point Lonsdale to Cape Schanck form signaling chains that guide ships. It covers signaling intervals, fuel use, and historical progress from fire and candles to kerosene and modern illumination, noting major sites like Wilson’s Promontory and Cape Rehanek.
A Queensland study under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research tests concentrate feeding on merino ewes and lambs. Two paddocks with 400 ewes compare a group given a concentrate diet against a control with salt and rock phosphate. Over two years the experimental flock shows greater weight gains, with lambs heavier by about 20 percent at shearing.
David Anderson and Company announces an auction today Friday selling a Mitchell garden plow and a no 12 tone cultivator by a tedom. The items are described in the notice as tools for gardening and farming.
Local notices itemize agents for The Liverpool and District insurance groups. Listings include The Glebe Insurance Company Limited and County Mutual Life Assurance Society, with agents in Hor sham and surrounding streets.
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