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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1949
Page
2
The clipped item lists grocery prices and items like potatoes and jellied products. Names and places are partially legible with references to brands and vendors. The text reflects a retail price notice from a historical period with scattered vendor names and product items.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a births and marriages column with names like Margaret Coles and Mire, date March, and hospital reference. details are unclear due to damage but indicate social notices of newborns and unions within the community.
Disjointed death notice fragment listing many individuals and relatives with scattered places and affiliations. Reads like a garbled memorial with multiple surnames, possible ages, and kin references, but lacks coherent structure or verifiable details.
A funeral notice lists Mose Hoskin of Victoria and related lodge members, with service plans at a Masonic lodge after a period of illness. The deceased, believed to be Bro. Hoskin, is remembered by Brethren and a memorial service is planned at an unidentified church or hall.
Fragmented notice reads like a late 19th century market report with scattered names and dates. The text mentions William Faux, Norman, HL Fox, and references to March 18 and Mayes with unclear prices and items.
Over the past year Red Cross volunteers logged 276000 miles with vehicles aiding blood transfusions and insulin injections in homes across the state. In the Metropolitan area two cars travel nearly 100 miles daily to serve diabetic patients and others, with 60 voluntary drivers supporting home visits, outings, and convalescent care.
Readable fragments recount two marriages near Horsham. Marie Frances McCredden wed Walter Alton Webb with Rev. G F Murray officiating, amid flowers and family attendants. A second ceremony joined Olive Dowell and Roy Sudholz at Horsham Church, with reception at the Town Hall and postnup travel gear described. Weather notes and local notices follow.
Horsham region records social events and hospital admissions. Notables include Me. Whnetondali and Mr Howitt Dainty at university events, Keath Laystt and Shire staff, cadet Raymond Rent returning from Sydney training, and residents admitted to Horsham Base Hospital over the weekend.
A lecture night for umpires proposed by Mr. Hal Teague aimed to supervise umpire trading and ensure weekly meetings. Attended by 25, the motion to appoint specific officials and regular weekly visits to central venues was debated. Teague emphasized timely games, stronger tribunals, and the potential influence on Gippsland League events.
Jr. Mibus spoke as a provisional committee formed the Horsham district branch to promote a new party policy and constitution. The meeting heard the party aims to be independent, with branches planned for Murros War racknabeal and Diraboola as a conference Next week may model the constitution on the liberal country party framework.
A Dunlop Rubber Company bulletin notes Australia has more registered vehicles than telephones. Dec 30 1948 totals show 1,167,900 automobiles with 86,088 cars, 1,062,? trucks and utilities and 26? motor cycles. 1947 figures reveal 808,308 cars and 92,525 motorcycles. The year saw 116,543 more registrations and 8,467,000 in sales, with unlicensed imports suspected to fill gaps.
Warracknabeal club reports low attendance at last Tuesday’s session with few players turning up. Weather and poor turnout left the muster largely junior players, and conditions on the turf showed modest improvement since last season.
The Pionsern Memorial unveiling at Dovon is delayed due to prior engagements of Lieutenant-Governor Sir Edmund Herring. The Wimmera Council, via Mr. Mibus, sought Sir Edmund to unveil, but March preparations and other duties push the ceremony to a later date.
The death notices report the passing of John P Hoskin a prominent general merchant of Horsham after a two year illness. Also mourned is William Bates Pulley a well known Horsham butcher with fifty years residence. Both men held community roles and left surviving families.
Ellen Gravestock died at Canterbury Memorial Hospital on February 23. A daughter of the Mitchells of Sandford the longtime Gravestock family with roots in the district moved from Blacheath to Portland before retirement. Survivors include her husband Richard and daughter Elizabeth Ann who died in infancy. Her son and extended family were widely known in the Cestreney area for farm work and local service. The family had early settler status in the district and managed the farm until retirement before the last war.
The article notes preparations for a national display of Britain's culture and arts with exhibitions and festivals. It cites an anticipated daily turnout around 50 000 to 100 000 on weekends and discusses railway and terminal preparations and an estimated cost of 2 100 000 to cope with the influx.
The Victorian Symphony Orchestra under Sir Bernard Heinze tours Horsham Town Hall tomorrow night. Bertha Jorgensen leads the orchestra with Eagar Rich on oboe to provide a special matinee for local schoolchildren the following afternoon. Booking opens at Earnwines Star Library for Horsham residents.
The Royal Agricultural Society announces eight wheat exhibit classes at Melbourne Royal Show from September 22 to October 1. Notable sections include novice entrants and a popular one bushel “Sausage” contest in Wimmera. Prize money totals £100 with various district and county entries and judges to evaluate physical tests and yield.
A garbled text sample presents scattered phrases about wool garments poetic lines and unclear references. It resembles OCR noise with partial words and no coherent story or identifiable entities.
Fragmentary notes describe a community event with a party and a date but details are unreadable and unclear. No clear names places or organizations are present. The fragmentary text cannot establish a verifiable headline or summary.
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