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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1949
Page
8
Multiple classified notices from Horsham Times seeking purchases and sales. Items include a WANTED TO BUY single harness horses, four per pair, typiste for a leading firm, and reliable dairy farm worker. FOR SALE items cover cows, egg incubator, apples, refrigerators, and a semi trailer. Auction notice lists household goods and maternity kit items with local seller Peacock's Pharmacy as reference.
TENDERS will be received until 1 am on 2 1940 for adaption of building into classrooms at Horsham High School. Further particulars available at Public Works Office and Inspector of Works Office Ara rat Horsham Police Station New High School Horsham. Envelope to be marked Tender for one.
Tenders are invited for receiving and loading at Dooea Railway Station for about 4000 bags of seed wheat. The lowest tender will be accepted. Tenders close with the Principal on Saturday March 18. Longerenong Agricultural College.
Multiple classified listings advertise used cars and machinery. A 1950s Sedan priced at £30 with contact details, a 1038 budget model in excellent order, a 184 GM track vehicle with extended wheel base, a 1995 Chevrolet truck inspection offered, and a 1039 Dodge 45 ton chassis with DJXC Hercules diesel motor. Listings include vendors Amly John G. Lee, Wilson Bolton & Co, AY & Millar Pty Ltd, and Anett Motors Ltd Hamilton Vic with phone contacts.
The operation used an automatic dropper to release 70 to 90 bait balls per mile from 1000 feet, carried 18 000 baits per three hour flight. Constable Bill Kearney led the campaign through Queensland and Northern Territory routes ending at Cloncurry via Camooweal with delays from dust storms and landing tyre issues.
The Save the Children Fund team in Ballarat led by Lt Col Grippe and Dr Baith appeals for new or used clothing for small children in the Arab region. Miss Pat O'Brien of Vaucluse joins the effort as part of the Victorian SCF relay. Parcels should be addressed to the Victorian artery of the SCF care of Melbourne Railway Station for free delivery by Railways carriers.
The Horsham competitors include W Smith W T Ainsworth A R Ball A E Ellis and RF Smith. N Smith wins fifth in aggregate as Ing’s badge and £10 are awarded. A Aingworth takes the Johnson match with 147 of 150 on 600 800 and 900 yards. Horsham’s club team finishes sixth in the 700 yard clubs teams match of 26 teams with 190 of 200. Practice shoots restart Saturday.
Wimmera Shire engineer Mr. Rigg told the council that rotten poles forced an electricity cut in Jung. He ordered the outage after inspecting town connections and awaits a State Electricity Commission inspector’s report for further action.
The rally will be held at Natimuk Lake on Sunday with an 11 am open air mass. Ree will preach a sermon followed by a picnic lunch, sports, Benediction and an open air concert. Sponsored by the Wimmera Regional Committee of the National Catholic Rural Movement.
West Wail and Haven Red contest the B Grade grand final on Saturday on a yet to be decided court. In A Grade, matches concluded with West Wail 12 sets 145 games defeating Remier 11 sets 110 games, while Laharum beat St Michael's seven sets.
A local Horsham shop advertises a jewelry or accessories item described as two keys amid an unclear note. The fragment mentions in shop display and sales context with limited readable details.
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