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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
2
Commercial intelligence lists prices for eggs butter cheese and milk products in Ballarat including eggs at varying sizes and weights and prices per bushel or pound. The malformed entry notes per year and per ib pricing with several misread terms.
Fragmented Melbourne market report lists wheat and other commodity prices with figures such as 47 to 78 and 26 up to 210. Items include railway or port listings and alterations to price quotes, with references to buyers and traders. The legible parts show price ranges, quantities, and occasional trader names amid jumbled OCR text.
Fragmented obituary memorial honors a person named with dates and places, listing family and friends. It notes September 4, 1087 as a passing date and mentions relatives, locations, and a remembrance in a solemn tone. The piece preserves sentiment and key names from the damaged text.
Fragmentary obituary text references a mother and relatives with partial names Cyril MOR and Heriodobihis Ta. No clear event date or location is readable.
A fragmentary opinion piece argues that people in Australia and elsewhere see events differently amid unsettled times. It notes observers increasingly question established systems, while politicians debate the Budget and related provisions. The piece reflects concern over international and domestic tensions and calls for patriotic balance.
Inland frosts persist as Wimmera River levels rise and fall with recent heavy rain. A Melbourne court hears assault cases, while Catholic dance and guide activities mark community life, with plans for a Balmoral to Hamilton rail timetable shift and youth events.
The article describes a Melbourne based opportunity shop run by the CWA and its volunteers. It details fund raising for a university scholarship, donations to hospital and benevolent society, and travel by demonstrators and lecturers. Somers House and penny fund assist women in need, with activities linked to weekly rates and child allowances.
An assortment of garbled sport items from a newspaper page mentions various names, places, and figures with injuries or results. The text includes scattered numbers such as yards and prices, but lacks coherent events, dates, or outcomes to summarize clearly.
The text shows a damaged OCR page with a jumble of names places and dates. It references dates in September and mentions public notices and individuals such as Pat Honfaarners Lois Julie and others, alongside scattered locations and organizations. The legible fragments point to a local notices section with minimal coherent detail.
A brief notice notes a forthcoming intercession service at Horsham Presbyterian Church tomorrow after Roi in Ly Horsham. It mentions a first session at 7 pm and a second session at a later time, inviting attendees for a boy with unfamiliar or harstly strange tal presence.
Fragmentary text appears with mixed characters and nonsensical names, rendering a coherent summary impossible. The readable parts mention persons and places without clear actions or events to describe.
Students toured Wool class with guests from Goldon Institute to learn about grocers’ trade while court sessions reviewed long debt lists. Officials noted a motor case, fines, and weekly payment orders as local residents faced financial obligations and penalties.
An ambitious program features world famous Australian operatic soprano Marjorie Lawrence in Horsham Town Hall. She will perform popular songs alongside operatic arias from Hecuba to Paris Opera House, with Alfredo Lutezi and Folie Wolfe as accompanist and assistant, respectively. A varied set includes Schubert, Gounod, English and Irish songs, and crowd-pleasers like Danny Boy and Toreador's Song. Booking through Mr G Roninvan. seats 7/6 and 5/-.
At the Horsham branch fortnightly meeting in the Public Library the out ward correspondence included clearances to other branches for members who left the district. A cheque £1/1/ to be paid to Hospital bens, and details of greatly increased benefits for members were announced. Leaflets outlining endowment up to £100 and funeral benefits up to £300 were distributed. The election produced two full benefit members and one honorary benefit. Accounts totalling £11/6/8 were posted for payment. President HL Rushbrook congratulated J E Menadue on his re election. The meeting discussed education and the need to enforce speed limits in This Town Colin. The next Wimmera District Council meeting was noted with J Frasca appointed to fill a vacancy. The syllabus item Cards and Pies was a test and result.
German troops seized the Danzig railway station amid broader front action on a 250 mile line. Allied reports describe concentrated German troop movements and a mobilized press corps tracing events across the region with focus on Poles and Nazi police actions.
A damaged, garbled report describes British travelers aboard a vessel wrecked near a southern port. The fragment mentions passengers leaving in rough seas and a tumultuous scene, with references to a staff or correspondent and a stormy coast, but many details are unreadable.
The readable scraps show a Presbyterian church event schedule with items about sermons, gatherings, and attendees. References include Ke Mer a meeting at the Hovshar Malvodice Coast, Adylee Nas, and the Donald family, with unclear dates and venues.
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