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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
2
Yesterday's Horsham market prices list provisions including butter eggs potatoes onions bran pollard and bacon. Prices shown: Batter Ballarat 0 2 3. Butter local 2 24. Eggs First Hen 0 3 1. Potatoes new per lb 0 0 3. Bacon middies per mog 2 0. Onions per lb 0 8. Pollard per bushel 0 28. Bran per bushel 0 28.
A dense notice lists births in Bendigo area with names such as McLeani Tw Lil lain and Danial Valentine, plus hospital reference at Kurtala Hospital. It also records multiple obituaries and bereavement messages for Clark of Minyip, James Earl Smith, Everett Hobbs, Ruth Holmes, and family memorial lines with dates June 1942 to 1944 and floral expressions.
The article recounts a 1947 trip by Miss Anderson and Miss Morris to Sitka Alaska for a live artist show, noting Alaska climate and transport peculiarities, the Juneau capital, and local adaptations, including education paths and absence of roads.
The article recalls Miss Anderson and Miss Morris touring the United States with recitals in four of the 48 states and two New York City performances. They discuss American optimism amid strikes, Alaska opportunities, and plans to perform in Australia and Horsham after a three month stay.
The district endures a harsh winter with heavy frosts drying topsoil and shrinking green feed. Farmers warn wheat sowing is delayed by drought and lambs face shortages as ewes fail to milk. Temperatures drop to 49 degrees in Horsham with snow reported near Haven and Stawell. rainfall totals reached nine and sixteen points.
Local notices show Miss Mary Sheet a staff member at Marsh Stme School since February has been transferred to Gisborne and left yesterday. Mrs Peter Smith returning from Adelaide and gulf trip will come home tomorrow. Hospital admissions include Mrs N B Robetshr Millar Street and Mrs R C Wells Francois Street. Emma Todd of Heary Street Horsham will celebrate her birthday tomorrow with family visiting from Western Australia. Mr G B Woodgate, former principal of Longerenong College for 23 years, visits the college. he now heads Agricultural Education and previously led Dookie College.
Sub committees meet in the Town Hall to plan the centenary festivities with ideas for costumes, pageant, and a schoolchildren display. The Central Council aims to coordinate with sporting bodies, arrange free patron facilities, and seek school holiday gazetting for Wimmera Shire events.
Rainfall across the Wimmera for the week ending Wednesday recorded varied figures with Serviceton 23 inches Nhill 5 Jepurit 13 Horsham 27 St Arvaud 25 Stawell 29 Kaniva 15 Goroke 17 Natimuk 4 Warracknabeal 6 Diriboola 16 Murton 12 Minyip 13 Rupanup 11 Glenorchy 17 Wartook 14 Hall's Gap 04 Wycheproof 11 Donald 6 Harrow 36 Edenhope 19.
J. E. Menadue former Horsham mayor and Kerang High School headmaster offers himself for Liberal and Country Party pre selection for Wimmera. He has 23 years teaching in Wimmera and northern Victoria and links with farmers. He contested Wannon in 1943 and is 50 years old.
Deputation of producer organisations met Railways Commissioners who set a July 1 to June 30 target of 49000 tons more superphosphate than last year. July to September expect double last year’s delivery with rail capacity strained by brown coal and briquettes. Farmers face risk of rotting bags if shipments come too soon, or shortages next year if deliveries lag.
The plan proposes a link from Hay to Koorakee in New South Wales with a spur to Ouren, creating a railway that serves Robinvale irrigation and three capital cities. It would cut road transport and coal use, support Nangiloe Colignan vegetable districts, and connect Sydney to Adelaide by rail, expanding regional production and reducing transport costs.
A photo shows H. R. Prince Charles of Edinburgh as an infant, taken by the Royal Command when he was LB weeks old and weighed 16 pounds 2 ounces.
Gas restrictions shut down parts of the May and Millar foundry forcing at least eight men to be dismissed. Core loosening gas was used for moulds, risking further layoffs without cones. Temporary burners from Melbourne and alternative fuels kept offices running at Horsham Times. Gas supply limited by Melbourne coal shipments.
Margie Jeanne Crain stars as Peggy in Apartment for Peggy with William Holden and Edmund Gwenn in Technicolor. Night Wind, a spy mystery with Flame the dog, plays for families. At Horsham Theatre John Galsworthy drama Escape stars Rex Harrison with Matt Denant, plus While I Live with Tom Walls.
A Hodgson truck became bogged in a hole in Wilson Street near Firebrace Street as workers attempted to repair a main break. Bystanders blamed Horsham’s streets and poor drainage while visitors noted infrequent sweeping.
Marjorie Lawrence will definitively sing at Horsham Town Hall on July 22 per local booking agent A W Cummings after director advice. Fans who booked for the last Friday can rebook or get refunds. closing date for rebookings is May 5 and the box plan will reopen for new bookings.
The Rev. J. Fairlie Forrest and Mr. Alpass departed Horsham by train Wednesday morning. A sending off of Amik to a happy and fitting farewell to the former minister of St. Andrew was arranged by PiP A. members aided by the Horsham and District Pipe Band.
Robert Rinteul of Tarranginnie found his cousin dead after a collision on the Western Highway near Nhill on Wednesday. The driver John Arthur Rantoul of Kinimakatka was killed instantly in the crash. Police began investigations as wreckage and vehicles were examined at the scene.
Miss Poo Th nessy of Vail sustained a painful right arm injury after slipping on the steps of Sister House on Tuesday afternoon. She was treated at Wembley Private Hospital.
The notice lists upcoming events at churches in Horsham including a quarterly Eucharist for children with parent attendance, a SEALS meeting with Dr G E Duerrheim as guest speaker, and commemorations of the 400th anniversary of the English Prayer Book. It also notes a re formed senior branch meeting, interim moderator Kevin Pawson, and Methodist Home Mission lectures with technicolor screenings of Inland Australia missions.
Photograph submitted by Mr. Arthur Baker shows a crop on the Dalby Queensland property of Mr Era Ingletor. After wheat harvest the growth of enden grass and Sudan grass reaches remarkable heights, with a binder and six foot high Sudan grass noted.
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