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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 05, 1925
Page
5
Fragmentary text presents a muddled, rhymed passage about adjusting pain through song and marching forward. It references martyrs and a proverb about hearts and smiles, urging music to accompany struggle and victory. The legible bits suggest a satirical or exhortative wartime cadence about endurance through song.
Local notice lists Schwennesen the Tailor at Firebrace Street Horsham next to Perrings with price 289 for unspecified item or service.
Fragmentary OCR item appears to list prices and items from a wholesale or market report. It mentions butter flour bran and pollard with scattered figures and units, but the text is garbled and lacking clear context or complete entries. The readable bits suggest a prices snapshot from a store or market page.
Fragmentary text honors multiple individuals with unclear dates and places. Names appear as misreadings, mentioning Pro Hol Young and Winter Merster with scattered phrases about parents and kin amid a memorial frame.
Fragmentary obituary tone recalls Meg 15 and a family lineage including Aifte Mystin Mert Tess and Wickart. The text hints at religious farewell with a note Forever with the Lord and a beloved person linked to a fuel Opel or Uneriet appears in the fragment.
Reports detail the Prince of Wales journey through British Empire dominions with accounts of reception and loyalty to the Crown. Observers note imperial ties, displays of support, and local ceremonies during the heir’s continental tour.
The report describes colonial displays and uniforms impressing natives in Africa, while governance under Lord Gladstone and Generals Herting and De Wet stirs varied sentiments. It notes Labour leader Croawell and party stances during wartime actions, with neutral votes and eventual shifts reflecting complex imperial loyalties amid local approval and resistance.
A Sunday collision at the Ringland correct intersection with Firguard Road involved a bus and a car driven by Hector McLean. The impact damaged vehicles and injured none. the driver refused to give details, police involve traffic authorities in Melbourne to identify the owner. A second incident at Doven railway crossing saw a horse-drawn cart struck by a train, but no serious injuries occurred. Donations and community notices fill the rest of the page with church, nursing association, and local events.
Scanty dispatches describe incursions by identified forces into the Preneh pony region near Moroveo. Turkish rumors aside, French troops under Marshal Lynutey secure positions while authorities warn of potential border instability and misinformation spread.
Advert columns announce the re opening of Sack's building Roberts avenue Horsham with permanent representative Mr P Wilkipros. Also tender date change for Mr Rand’s hour and a grand A N A ball in Pimpinin May 12. A Methodist Church concert May 3 and news of plums fungoid disease impact and unemployment relief via Salvation Army in Melbourne.
In Melbourne the Australian Church Congress drew over 3000 attendees. Archbishop Wright urged greater responsibility and wider recognition of the church’s role while Rev J S Needham criticized Australia’s treatment of Aborigines as a blot to be wiped out. Detective O Sullivan suffers nervous breakdown in hospital amid blackmail case. Court to revisit housey housey chocolate charge. Captain Wilkins, believed lost in the Northern Territory, is reported safe and en route to Thursday Island.
In a correspondence to the editor at Horsham Timas the Horsham Club upholds its current bowling and club site, noting no plans for a public garden bowling green. The letter states the committee sees no problem remaining at the present site, and no proposal has been made to move or form a new club with a bowling green. The club offers best wishes if a new club is formed, signed by President P Learmonth and Secretary T W Studley.
In Horsham Times a reader cites a near fatal delivery cart crash on McPhersa Street last Friday and laments weeks of loose gravel. The writer urges a systematic gravel depot to store and move material as needed, reducing night time hazards and future accidents.
A repaired tunnel near Murahridgy was reopened after weeks of anticipation. Raltexy Detective Car bot, with experience, reports the journey wall and the decision to reopen mining tense. The effort rewarded the workers though challenges remained as a chase and gobl ended.
Justice E Z W Gust sworn in as Police Court judge with congratulations from Mr Arnett and local officials. Notes of Mr B J Wilmoth and Senior-Constable O Mulane, plus remarks by Mr Saul. Miss Neave Winn recovering from appendicitis. Clerk changes and community tributes mark Horsham life as lingering farewell and well-wishing extend.
Mrs A Engleton organized a kitchen tea at Baroola Beulah Ingleton, presided by Mr W Beamsley, with Mr J R Kelly presenting gifts and Mr Fred Holland offering best wishes. Guests brought housekeeping presents as Miss Ingleton, of Kalkes expertise, readied for marriage to Mr W Beamsley. The event, held on a Thursday in March, featured speeches, cards, coffee, and floral tributes, with Rev Bo Mitchell officiating at the church ceremony.
A detailed obituary notice reports the death of Mrs Mary Tolmer after an illness at Wembley private hospital for appendicitis. She served as a valued worker with the carnival and in public fairs and was secretary of the local A.W.A. She leaves two daughters, Sadie and Anna, and the community sent wreaths and tributes. Interment was at Horsham Cemetery with the A.L.W.A. in attendance.
Alfred Wright Copter, aged 68, died after a fall when alighting from a car near Dinboola. He was a widower with four grown children. The funeral was held at Pim Duo Cemetery with Rev T F Stanley officiating. pallbearers included his brothers. He previously lived in Marino and Stawell and was regarded as a generous, well known figure in the community.
District news from South Avon reports multiple meetings including Dry South Biatir and related planning, with attendees such as Mrs. Ayvott, Mr. THe, and Ke Varle. It notes structural details, committee roles, and upcoming events, plus remarks on weather, school matters, and local institute updates.
Report from Lubeck notes farmers seeking rain as cultivation stalls due to very dry conditions. Describes stubble timing, lambs stumpering, and overall agricultural strain with rainfall tally reaching 419 points and 578 points for the period.
A garish street spectacle unfolds with students in grotesque costumes during a municipal celebration. Laughter and odd processions fill the avenues as improvised bands and eerie objects accompany the parade, creating a surreal urban pageant observed by onlookers.
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