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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a cleaning sale notice with reference to Tuesday May 2 and Tuesday June listings. Mentions locations and participants, but details are garbled. Main action is a scheduled sale event with times and venues uncertain.
For private sale ten miles from Coleraine the land is cleared with shelter belts and good watering. It is subdivided and suitable for top dressing and sowing down. Improvements include a wool shed and outbuildings. Asking price £415 per acre. For particulars contact THOMAS YoeONG & Co. PTY. LT0.
Melbourne reports the search for the missing Avro Anson is centered at Albury with ten Ansons covering the area between Albury and Corryong and others patrolling the Mitta Valley. Land parties comb the Jamieson Marysville and Alexandra ranges without success.
Dalgety and Company Limited advertises a special sheep sale in Horsham with a large catalog of ewes crossbreds merino and corriedale entries. Includes various ages from lambs to four year olds, fronted by district prizes and notes a 2 percent rebate for outside agents. Cash purchases encouraged and terms arranged before settlement.
Under instruction from the Trust of the Assigned Estate of M A C Hesketh and J C M Cameron and branch offices the Horsham Eden Hue and Branches list full details of property and service stations to be disposed under court or trust directions.
The Horsham Croquet Club closed its 1939 40 season with novelty competitions as Mrs R J Wilmoth awarded trophies. A humorous year review by Miss Carter highlighted club improvements and routines, including new locks, lighting, and social events, plus mentions of members and visitors.
The report lists multiple divisions and trophies for yearly tennis events. Winners include Mrs. Marshman L and Mrs. Sutherland in C Grade Handicap, Mrs. J V Ward and Miss Dolman in C Grade Electric Light Doubles, and Mrs. Harkness with Mrs. Reinheimer in A Grade Championships and handics.
The Saturday competitions saw ladder winner Mrs Harkess, one ball break champion Mrs Harkness, dogs hind leg winner Mrs Smith, rising sun winner Mrs Francis, and skittles victor Mrs Kay in a local event.
A Saturday lawn gathering at Kalimna Park drew good attendance with Mrs. O Beirne as hostess. The A and B composite winner was Mrs. Smith, while Mrs. Hanks won the C grade one ball break competition.
Dalgety and Co report a successful sale at repairs centre on May 16 with 2050 sheep yarded and 1050 sold. Buyers from a wide area competed for quality stock. A line of comeback ewes aged 14 years joined to B/L in January realized 32/1. Also listed are prices for wethers ewes and dues, plus a separate on-farm clearing sale for Messrs L. G. and A. Curran with cattle horses and sheep selling strongly. Large attendance and active bidding across cattle sheep and horse categories. Prices include Shorthorn cows £14 and £13/5, Shorthorn heifers £12/2/6, bull £6/8, draught horses to £7/10, draught geldings £8, ponies £20/15 and £14/5, sheep Comeback wethers 24/, Correwes various ages and fat lambs 22/8, plant plough £15, scarifier £5/10, buggy £6.
Melbourne court records show Edward Harkness aged 35 jailed four years for larceny of 10573 from four players Jackson and Juchay fund agents. He allegedly stated the principal spent a large sum on fencing.
Fragmented OCR text mentions patents and Europe, but the key facts are unclear. The passage appears garbled with references to suits, Europe, and milk, yielding no coherent event or figures to summarize reliably.
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