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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
1
Toolondy Eautting club presents the season batting and bowling averages. Top batsmen posted solid averages while bowlers led with key wickets and economy rates. Individual names and figures are listed in the club record.
A muddled report notes a group of fox shooters near Nutini at night. Property owners allege damage as the shooters claim they were gathering foxes in a paddock, with several injuries and heavy losses implied. The fragmentary text references moving vehicles, liquor, and local authorities, but details remain unclear.
Guides and Scouts Week starts Sunday May 12 as youths lead entertainments. The movement offers a healthy outlet for members and aims to prepare future citizens for duties to God and country in the community.
Scout week in Horsham concluded with a Saturday social at the Horsham Scout hall attended by over ten people. The programme featured displays, reunions, and socials for parents and friends, with events hosted by the State Scouts, Horsham Trap, Cubs, and Rotary Club. Local officials and visitors including Mr T Kay and Mrs Whiter were acknowledged, a wedding present presented to Scout master Mr McCully, and thanks extended to all committees and the Horsham Theatre management for support.
Parents of Guides enjoyed a week of activities ending with a Sunday parade and a Friday evening gathering at St. Jesus Parish Hall. Brownies conducted a ceremony, leaders presented a pitchin show, and groups displayed work done during the week raising funds for war efforts.
Melbourne report states signalman Arthur John Ingham of West Brunswick was killed at South Kensington while warning trains in thick fog. He was struck by a motor train and hurled beneath another locomotive.
A Transport Regulation Board session at Hamilton Court House debated Ansett Motors renewal for parcel carriage on routes. The issue: carry town to town versus delivering only to residents within a two mile town radius. Witnesses from Melbourne and regional towns supported the application amid calls for urgent, improved delivery service. The hearing was adjourned to Melbourn e offices with licences held until further determination.
The Minister for the Navy said police seized elaborate military analyses during a raid on Communist headquarters at Port Adelaide. He claimed the district ran machine gun training sections. The party later won a court order forcing the State Government to return treasonable documents.
Delegates from Western district branches of the Country Women's Association met in Hinanikon Town Hall for the May conference. Resolutions cover issues from child welfare and education to Australian nationality, motor vehicle fees, and agricultural practices with calls to improve school resources and oppose high book costs.
Melbourne Monday judgment against the Commonwealth Government was sought by George Kirkhope Mc Phail a Glensile B A company director who alleged the government leaked his alkali extraction plan at Port Adelaide to Imperial Chemical Industries. The court said the claim lacked proper form and struck it out to let him file a properly drafted statement.
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