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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 15, 1936
Page
7
After a long dry spell farmers resume fallow work to use moisture. Stock feed is adequate though hand feeding remains common. Pastures should improve soon and new houses and homes are noted alongside motherhood observances at Burneville State School with White Bowers worn.
A quainted minister addressed the children on Mothers Day from First Kings text about motherhood. The service included Kipling’s tribute and an anthem “I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me” sung by soloist H McLindon. Attendance was strong and weather offered promise of rain as Ban day scores hint at ongoing weather concerns.
Reports from Stawell cover farming work at a standstill due to extreme dryness and low rainfall totaling about 40 points for the week. The piece also records a wedding celebration, a mischievous boys incident at T J Wright Co store, and questions about Hall’s Gap naming origin linked to bushranger lore.
Heavy rainfall totaling 38 points during the week replenished tanks and eased the water shortage in Goroke. Household supplies improve as tanks fill, while rainfall supports crop operations though more is needed. Euchre social gathered Saturday with prizes won by Mrs Hardingham and Mr Haustorfer. music by G Smith and H Carter.
The district endures dry weather as ewes and lambs suffer heavy mortality while rainfall lags below 2014 levels. Waterholes run dry forcing stock to water and dams require cleaning. Eagles and foxes roam, trustees are elected for the East Recreation Reserve, and a Leap Year Ball in Wonwondah East aims to raise funds for the cricket club with a public meeting and bus transport details.
A kitchen tea honored Mise Vera Mengest prior to her marriage to Levmund Amer of Horsham. The ceremony occurred at the Presbyterian Church in Horsham with guests including Mrs. G Reynalde and Mr. FL Finck. Attendees named Moore Tisleton Holland Walvrott and G. Westerndorf. Mr. PD Menzel spoke on behalf of his daughter with gifts presented.
Seventeenth of rain fell Sunday with another storm on Tuesday, easing a drought in loamy soils. Crops may recover and sheep feed improves, but farmers report ewes abandoning lambs to crows and foxes as conditions worsen. lamb relambing is in doubt.
The Methodist church decorated for Mothers Day and marked its anniversary on Sunday. White flowers were worn in honor of motherhood, with the service featuring the anthem This is the Day Which the Lord Is Mine and a centenary remembrance.
A damaged note describes white ants and a peculiar secretion affecting wood structures. It notes lengths inches in diameter and calls the substance a clay like mixture drying into a coral color. The document records a financial figure ending March 11.
The article reports South African prison experiments on corporal punishment and spare diet under Commander Len Tes ers. It notes most strokes are few, with European and mulatto inmates showing different pain responses. The study finds energy depletion and health risks from extended caning and diet control, and details short term discomfort offset by fatigue from labor.
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to "wake up your liver bile" and "jump out of bed in the morning." The copy touts quick energy, mentions digestion and bowel movement benefits, and urges seeking the Carter's Liver Pills by name as a remedy and substitute option.
A garbled report describes a fictional hospital for fish near Stockholm in a royal setting. It mentions experimental stations, experts, and water works, with fragmented references to governance, ownership, and imagined procedures. The text mixes place names with nonsensical terms, delivering a surreal collage rather than a clear news item.
A dense ad lists 320 series of blankets quilts and sheets with wool blends and cottons, various bed sizes from single to double, plus Navy andFancy Worsted fabrics, overcoats and sweaters, hats, shirts, and undergarments, with prices and sizes in a period sale catalog.
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