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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1939
Page
4
Fragmentary listing shows multiple sale notices with dates in July and August, mentioning items like cattle sheep and plants. References to C Burns, Watchem, Coboke, Warracknabeal, and government notices appear. Details are garbled, but indicate unreserved clearing sales and specials with varying schedules.
A Melbourne area notice advertises multiple farm parcels for private sale in Heywood and Portland districts. Properties include 10 acres orchard with improvements, 40 and 300 acre blocks with cleared land suitable for dairy or cattle, varying prices per acre, windmill, sheds, and outbuildings. Thomas Young & Co. PTY LTD urges inquiries via the listed telephone.
Wilson Bolton & Co will offer for sale by public auction at Gymbowen on Thursday 29 June 19:9 land totaling 854 acres freehold and 560 acres adjoining leasehold, to be sold in lots to suit buyers, under instructions from The Freiriars in the Estate of the Inte Wil Knight.
Correspondence from Horsham Times readers laments high rates in Arapiles and surrounding shires. A letter-writer condemns ratepayers funding public services, citing poor representations and urging restraint amid rising valuations and taxes. The piece reflects resident frustration with local councillors and aging leadership.
Sale notes list Corriedale and Merino stock including weaners, ewes, wethers and aged sheep in various heights and teeth. References to joined ewes, selection by condition, and a 2 percent rebate for approved endorsements.
In a Sunday letter to the Daily Telegraph Earl Beatty argues Singapore lacks value without a strong battle squadron based there. He says the base is essential as a guard against invasion from North Borneo New Guinea Fiji and Australia.
London reports from Hong Kong that Japan has reimposed the blockade of Swatow and refused entry to two British steamers bound for Hong Kong. Food conditions in Hong Kong and Kulangsu are grave as Japanese crews manhandle two British ratings of the gunboat Petrel at Hankow and detain them for six hours. The Tokyo Times notes progress toward easing tensions at the British concession in Tientsin, with Sir Robert Craigie’s statements influencing authorities. Shanghai to Tientsin shipments include 15 bulls, 30 pigs, and vegetables arriving for relief and markets.
A collection of humorous notes on cows hiding calves and withholding milk for their young, tales of Androcles and the lion as a contrast, and a description of a garden trespasser who steals produce. The writing recalls rural skits and old newspaper whimsy with local color and farmyard characters.
A sequence of fires in Ballarat is described with limited legible details. The correspondent notes the latest blaze near a Mundas area and mentions an incident involving an empty vehicle, with unclear attributions to local suspects and a request for reward to halt the incendiary acts.
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