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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1949
Page
6
Classified notes show numerous WANTED and TO LET listings across Horsham and surrounding towns. Entries seek laborers apprentices domestic workers and rooms for couples while offering positions in laundry tanneries and manufacturing with crates and gear. Also notices for property to let caravans garages and farms, plus sales on tractors tyres gates and vehicles.
Four people were injured when a car carrying six passengers overturned twice on Vecis Road on Saturday afternoon.
A vehicle accident west of Weeds on the Western Highway left Keith Anderson, Ivan Maddern, Mrs Parkes, and Harry Simpson injured. Anderson and Maddern were taken to Horsham Base Hospital while Mrs Parkes and Simpson remained for observation. Maddern later discharged, condition of Anderson and Parkes unclear.
Advertisement features Fran Bra Ludbrook, chemist, urging readers to buy a two pack of RUB to learn the meaning of good health. The oddly phrased copy promotes toxin free products and health benefits with emphasis on energy.
Victorian agriculture officials report seed wheat discoloration linked to wet late 0s conditions. Mercury powder is proposed to prevent seed infection while preserving germination. Researchers note black paint disease from a toxin, urging careful application and crop protection measures to reduce rot and improve yields.
Mistranscribed text references a tender process for the state public works and transport department. It mentions a police station and state capital, with an envelope containing the tender marked Tender to dine. The readable portions indicate a formal call for bids for a works project managed by public works and transport officials.
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