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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1937
Page
7
Melbourne notes show prices for wheat 5/1 and oats milling 3 or 2/10 for feed, barley English 4/9 to 4/10 and Cape 3/11, maize 6, onions 10.3, hay 5/5, chaff 4/15. Wheat at Horsham quoted 47 per bushel.
Mr and Mrs Robert Keating and family thank kin and friends for letters cards telegrams and expressions of sympathy during the death of Mrs H H Beddison daughter of Mrs R Keating. Please accept this personal appreciation from Church Street Dimboola.
A collection of memorials listing deaths and remembrances for BODEY SCHIEBLICH WIGGINS and others. The items honor sisters mothers and a father with dates in June 1933 1936 and 1935 and are signed by relatives in Geelong Australia and by Mrs C D Me meant to accompany an obituary column.
The article notes Prime Minister Lyons has led for nearly six years with annual surpluses, totaling about £10,000,000 from 1931-35. By May end 1936 revenue exceeded expenditure by £1,800,000, though June’s heavy spending may reduce it. It argues surpluses aid recovery and influence overseas loan rates, signaling prosperity is here rather than around the corner.
The article notes heavy calls to Melbourne and provincial returning officers as poll day nears. Electors seek enrolment verification and voting methods, many asking candidate names and party affiliations. officials deny knowledge of party policies and support removing compulsory provisions of the Electoral Act.
Official forecast issued yesterday at noon calls for cloudy and unsettled weather with rain in Mallee and areas north of the highlands and East Gippsland. Scattered showers elsewhere in the south with further fog and northeast to southeast winds.
A Nhill farmer traveling with his wife and family on the Western Highway near the salt lake encountered red and white lights from a stationary vehicle. A man shouted threats and a revolver flashed, aimed at killing a horse under the car, which was fatally wounded.
The Loyal Grampians 1.0.0.F. Lodge held a large meeting at Horsham Temperance Hall. Sick members showed improvement, hospital discharge notes were read, and £61 12s 11d due to grand lodge approved. Officers for the next half year were installed by Grand Master’s district deputy A. C. Knipe.
A Kaniva resident recalls a tale of Bathurst burr infestation. A farmer let a paddock with dock for sheep agistment, but the burrs deterred buyers. The flock later grazed on bare paddocks, ate burrs, recovered in three days, and were sold at good prices.
A duck egg with an unusual dark green patchy exterior was found on the farm of Mr F. W. Greetz in Warracknabeal. The shell is normal in size but heavily mottled with large uneven green areas. The matter has been referred to the Melbourne department for investigation.
A fire damaged a building and its furniture including the ballroom and supper room. The property was insured for £1000, but the blaze caused extensive destruction leaving the structure and contents in ruins.
The Geelong native and head of Geelong College will preach at the church on Tuesday at 7.80 and address a public welcome and social in the school hall at 8.30. He is a former moderator and veteran of Central Australia’s mission work. The events are open to the public and include Rotary and Collegians.
At Stawell Police Court last week Michael Martin pleaded guilty to taking forest produce without a licence or permit. Forest officer E D Gill testified that 13 trees were cut. The court fined Martin ten shillings plus 3 shillings compensation and £1 3s 6d costs.
At Ouyen a United Country Party meeting endorsed a uniform valuation plan for all rating and tax purposes with appeal rights. A qualified valuator would assess values using local knowledge. An appeal authority presided by a police magistrate and locally chosen members would be created, with similar remuneration and duties. The central Country Party council should push the government to act.
Rudolph de Heaume, a noted snake handler, survived a tiger snake bite delivered from his own coat pocket during a live demonstration at a Sydney newsreel studio. After 40 anxious minutes the wounded performer, who has reportedly been bitten 17 or 18 times before, continued his act despite the peril.
The Duke of Kent, presiding at the annual Empire Forestry Association meeting in London, urged conservation. He warned forests in Australia, Africa, India, and China have defined quotas and risk disappearance if sound principles are not adopted.
The Ford V-4 economy drive will run at 100 dealer points, using privately owned cars for independent checks. Journeys cover at least 100 miles at measured speeds, with Horsham organizers handling a regional subsection. Ansett Airway Envoy made an emergency landing at Melton due to engine trouble, two passengers moved to the Hamilton train, as plans for broader Ansett expansion emerge.
The Portland Shire Council approves a road bitumenisation scheme for the district costing 24000 pounds. The programme will run over six years.
In the St Arnaud Times Mr J Fr Hodgson of Greate North recounts a holiday tour to Adelaide and notes that Victoria debt adjustment farmers fare poorly by comparison. He says South Australian protection often strips a farmer’s telephone as a luxury and a first government act.
Figures from the Victorian Railways show 238 483 tons of fertilisers moved from January 1 to May 25 1937, up 56 292 tons on last year. The yearly total for 1936 reached 369 029 tons, with March 31 delivering a record 654 tons on 468 trucks, as fertiliser use for top dressing grazing lands expanded.
Canberra Thursday Governor-General Lord Gowrie opened the Commonwealth Parliament and urged an early conference with state governments on national insurance. The Federal Ministry will initiate talks to align costs and principles, with an inter-State commission to manage State Commonwealth relations amid rising industrial production and employment.
The Country Hospitals' Association may need to recruit nurses from other states as local shortages ease only slightly while facilities in country hospitals face more attractive urban conditions. Secretary W. Robinson cited ongoing difficulties attracting nurses to rural posts.
The Budget anticipated in August may include a 10 to 12 percent reduction in the unemployment relief tax amid strong opposition, especially outside the city, while a higher basic wage could keep the tax yield steady.
Inspector of Charities C Mc Villy warns in a hospital magazine that the voluntary system may collapse unless hospitals adopt a full time service. He argues doctors should provide care within reach of wage earners.
A London cinema poll of 159000 readers shows Garry Cooper Clark Gable and Charles Laughton as the top male stars while Norma Shearer Myrna Loy and Greta Garbo lead among women. Cagney Ralph Lyon and Chaplin are the most disliked males with Mae West and Greta Garbo leading female dislikes.
Edger Arthur Evans aged 11 was convicted of manslaughter for the death of his father Arthur Clarke Evans 71 at the Central Criminal Court. The boy said the shotgun fired accidentally when his father threw a hammer at him, and he received a three year sentence.
The Australian Rifle Associations annual report ends June 30 notes riflemen maintain high efficiency at 82 percent and membership rises by 1,558 to 40,180 due to 25 new title clubs. State totals: Queensland 7,590 South Australia 6,? Western Australia 50,104 Tasmania 2,149. Regimental clubs total 708 members. Rifle No. 1 Mk III sales reach 2,562 this year, 9,003 overall. Mk VII ammunition grants continue to aid state associations but district unions lose funding.
At a meeting of the Horsham and Jung branches of the United Country Party at 3 40 this afternoon Mr Winton Turnbull a pre selection candidate for Wanoon will give an address
At the Horsham Police Court judgments were given in unpaid cases. Omant Bros. v J A Leitch for 3 pounds 8 shillings 6 pence with 1 pound 6 pence costs. H Smartt v R W Herbert for 6 pounds with 15 pence costs. Langlands & Sons v T Wilson for 12 pounds 5 shillings with 15 shillings 6 pence costs.
Frederick Virgo faced Mount Gambier Court for ill treating two dogs under his care. A dead dog lay unfed, a kelpie suffered in a poor state. He claimed food was given when at home and admitted killing the dying dog with a stick. A fine of 43 shillings 10 pence, costs 10 shillings and fees 10 shillings 6 pence were imposed. Inspector LeLievre, with 19 years of experience, called it among the worst cases he has seen.
Residents of Horsham and district enjoyed film scenes of the coronation at the Horsham Theatre featuring the golden coach and the majesty of London streets. Clear close-ups included Westminster Abbey’s crowning ceremony with the crowd and patriotic atmosphere.
Australian shipping talks yield three year freight cuts totaling about £590,000 yearly for exporters. Wool rates drop by one eighth penny per pound from September, chilled beef by one sixteenth from July, apples and pears rebates rise from two to five pence per case from November.
The eighth wool sales series began on Wednesday with 17 340 bales offered. Values held firm against Sydney last week, but Brisbane April series showed well-grown spinners 5 to 7 percent lower. Good wools down 10 percent, averages 12 and faulty 15 to 20 percent lower. Top price: Germany 254d per pound, scoured 5040.
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The Horsham Club held a noon practice shoot with N Ball winning the top score 104. He scored a 12 o'clock inner with his fifth shot at 600 yards after a double possible at 300 and 500 yards. Capt T Ball also posted a double possible and several shooters including N Ball N Smith T Ball W Smith E Connelly M Mills and B Smith registered centuries and high scores.
The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers announces multiple regional wool sale dates across Adelaide Albury Geelong Melbourne Perth Hobart Launceston and others. Listings include bales offered per session with fixed dates from September through December and post Christmas dates in February March and April. The roster details bales per location and daily capacities and notes season completion with Adelaide selling into early May.
Canberra dispatch reports the Minister for the Interior condemns sensational assertions that Chinese boys were sent to Australian mines and Chinese girls exported as slaves. An Interior Ministry spokesman rejects such claims as untrue and harmful, citing immigration statistics showing a declining Chinese female population and few or no reported Chinese workers in mines.
An advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin as a fast acting solution for rheumatism headaches neuralgia and other pains. It claims instant dissolution and quick relief with safe effects, urging readers to buy genuine Bayer Aspirin in various bottle sizes from chemists and to insist on the Bayer name.
William Herkv, a lecturer with the Agricultural Department, died at his Dandenong residence. He was 72 years old. In entertainment news, World’s Sweetheart Mary Pickford announced plans to wed Buddy Rogers on June 2 in a simple outdoor ceremony at a friend’s home, to be held in Honolulu.
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