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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 20, 1935
Page
4
In sad memory of my dear husband and father who passed away on September 16, 1984. It is not the tears shed at the time that tell of hearts torn but the loneliness in after years and a sadness silently borne. Inserted by his loving wife and children Robert Edgar and Ellen Teterson.
Commercial intelligence lists yesterday's Horsham buying prices for staples. Eggs Butter Cheese Honey Swedes Wieners bacon Cape barley oats maize and assorted grains with figures showing per unit costs, including factory butter and local butter prices, plus per bushel and per pound notes.
Melbourne market report lists fluctuating wheat prices with varied quotes across different grades. The brief notes several price points and adjustments reflecting demand and milling considerations, alongside general market activity and corners to the latest figures.
A fragmented Labor movement faces disqualification and suppression amid prolonged internal strife. M R Blackburn’s reeignment doubts and whispers of unity surface as discussions of a federal conference threaten to delay executive restoration and fuel tensions within the party.
The article notes rising prices and improved market conditions across agriculture and trade. It highlights stronger demand, higher local spending power, and expected export shifts with New Zealand and Canada. Potato and onion growers foresee better profits as markets stabilize and reciprocal deals expand between nations.
A cautious forecast suggests Australia will recover from the wool price downturn as the nation endures a low mood period. The outlook hints at an improvement in economic conditions and a return to stronger export demand, easing farmers’ concerns.
Since Monday a further fall of 20 points occurred by morning. The official forecast issued at noon yesterday expected a fine start, fresh northerly winds, then clouds from the west bringing showers mainly to northeast and western districts, with winds turning westward in the western belt. An extra halfpenny was offered yesterday for city parcels of new season wheat, with bids around 3/10 over DOO,0 bushels. Millers paid 8/7 on trucks at Williamstown while shippers cut limits to 3/7. Melbourne market tones reflected global war fears in Abyssinia, Argentine shortages, and Canadian crop damage, lifting prices. Horsham reported 3/24 per bushel.
A tense incident in Pynsenposteeet Torsha ends with First Constable Menney applying a choke hold and arresting a disruptor after a lengthy street fracas near Firebrace Street. Others involved face charges for resisting arrest and damage to government property as the case moves through court.
Victorian Hallways Department members HOG Wishart ane and E Cap, with the Mayor of Ke Wilmoth, discussed extending the station approach. The Horsham Town Council argued the proposed 60.8 foot width is insufficient and urged council and railway authorities to align road width with paths to the station entrance. The visit followed a pledge by Railway Commissioner H Clamp to inform the council before any work proceeds. The council seeks adherence to approved allowances on the David Street to Wa Winn area and wants a safe forecourt before construction.
Horsham police reported a theft of a two seater Chevrolet from Warracknabeal late last night. The car belonged to Mrs Hutchinson and was valued at 25. Police were alerted and the owners notified about an hour after the incident.
A troop of about 40 girls from Horsham Dimboola and Murtoa will travel by car to Rosebrook for a camp starting tomorrow under Miss L Ling. The program includes practical guiding, games and competitions and a visitors day on Bondsy invites the public to view the camp.
Visiting clergy declared the St Phillip's Church of England dedication among the best in the Wimmera. A Memorial Hall toast was hosted by women of the church with over 100 attendees. Revs W Clinch C Goodison Canon Jesson and Dr J Florence spoke, as did Archdeacon J Benn and many rural deans and vicars from Horsham, Merino, Hamilton, Minyip, Dimboola and Warracknabeal. The September vacation for Victorian State and High Schools lasts ten days, resuming October 1.
Mr J E Oshea of Horsham sold his grazing property on the Western Highway twelve miles from Horsham, comprising 1658 acres, to Mr Veter H Scott of Doorn Road Horsham at a satisfactory figure. Negotiations were conducted by PF W Gralach Pty Ltd of Horsham.
The Horsham Football Club stages final dances for two queens in the competition at Town Hall tomorrow night. A waltzing contest, a wheelbarrow poverty event, and novelty dances will feature, including Mise F Giddings dancing at the Masonic Hall as part of the fuel effort.
At the Victorian Bands League annual meeting in Melbourne the Worsham Town Band was accepted for affiliation. The league praised the band’s conductors and past membership, noting Mr J J Baillie and the former conductor Mr BI Wade as part of its historic ties and welcoming the join.
The Queen Coronation schedule shifts to start at 9:30 PM next Monday with a hall ready for a premier event. Mrs Williams conducts an orchestra from Hallarat while Uttha invitations are declined. old and modern dances planned. Voting closes Monday noon at Dalgety Co Horsham with ballot boxes outside the door for queen supporters.
At the annual meeting of the Hor sham Tractor Hackers Association last week members learned charcoal gas fuel for tractors is not yet satisfactory. The dry gas lacks lubricants and causes excessive wear in cylinders and pistons. Several gas plants in the Wimmera have been removed and engines converted back to kerosene.
Surgeon dentist Mr W E K Thomas will visit Horsham today and may be consulted at the Exchange Hotel all day and evening. He will be at Murton Saturday until 3 pm and at Brim Monday afternoon and Warrecknabeal Tuesday at 1 pm. He will also visit Horsham next Friday.
A large gathering attended the clearance sale by Mears David Anderson Co and Sawyer Devlin for the Trustees in Melbourne estate of the late L E Lock. Prices were strong for aged horses cows and farm gear with a piano wireless set lounge suite and books auctioned high.
The Horsham and district pipe band under Mr G W Coon is engaged to perform at the Back to Minwell carnival on October 5 as part of the homecoming events. The band also to appear at the Rupasyup sports meeting on November 1 with a portion of proceeds donated to Horsham Hospital.
Etter Styles offers a new range of spring and summer frocks and hats in latest shades including mist, Jobliee blue, margaret rose, and various reds. All sizes and fit options available with immediate fit promised. Visit inspection recommended at 2 Fire Brace Street, Horsham, by E. S. Finkemeyer.
The Horsham C Y M held its weekly meeting Tuesday night with vice president A Newton chairing. Maya reported the cricket season would start in October and committees were formed led by E McAweeney and R Healy with M Mays as secretary. The Rev Father O Bryans asks for volunteers for the annual communion breakfast at the C Y M S sports ground TH A C B 8.
Tonight at Horsham Theatre Paul Muni Glenda Farrell and Ned Sparks star in Hi Nellie while Richard Arlen Sally Bilers headline She Made Her Bed Tomorrow Brewsters Millions opens for a three night run with Jack Buchanan Damita and Verne Harwicke in supporting roles The King of Paris The Milky Way follows During show week starting Tuesday October 1 Roberta comes from Sydney as feature then David Copperfield screens October 4 to 8.
Three Pimpinio residents fishing in the Wimmera River near Mackleyn at Polkemmet reported a rare platypus sighting. The duck-billed animal swam, performed unusual movements, and briefly entertained the trio before disappearing upstream along the Wimmera.
A man identified as A. R. Colliver, 53, of Tatura, drowned yesterday while swept from a bank into swollen floodwaters of the Goulburn River at Murchison North. Melbourne correspondent reports the tragedy.
The Prime Minister J A Lyona told LAP convention one of the first tasks for the Government Meat week is appointing a Royal Commission into banking. He was not enthusiastic but felt banks had nothing to fear. Sydney correspondent Baker Scal ded with steam reports Victor Lewis a 27 year old baker from Hropswick admitted to hospital seriously burned by oven steam.
Attorney-General A L ee announced plans to reopen County Courts at Yarrawonga Warburkinebeal Camperdown St Arnaud Wodonga and Donald from January to ease travel for country litigants and Crown costs. Mr Busran noted clerks of courts will visit towns to take on work and assist local justices with police officers renewed as clerks.
A Mutimuk Police Court session Tuesday fined an individual £1 12s 10d costs for having kangaroo skins. Jane Bell of Goroke testified. Meanwhile Horsham Golf Club advertised tenders due September 26 for rights to sign posts on its course.
Harold G Williams licensed of the Commercial Hotel Nhill was fined £1 plus costs for selling wine with excess water under the Health Act. He denied the charge. He also paid £2 with costs for a false trade description on whisky. Edward Martin of Minyip, railway employee, sought divorce from Ansie Walton Martin in Melbourne Banco Court. Co-respondent Vincenzo Caridi joined. Married December 18 1911 at Topoen. two children. Decree nisi granted with costs against co-respondent.
Mr T H Powell president of the Wheat Growers Union Western Australia will travel to Canberra for a Wheat Growers Federation conference. He will urge a Commonwealth compulsory pool under growers control per the royal commission report on the wheat industry. The WA Minister of Lands Troy would not comment without full information.
Mesera J. L. Grout and J. B. Cle mens, buyers for the British Australian Tobacco Co. Pty. Ltd., spent over a week in the Pomonal, Pomonal South and Dadswell's Bridge districts buying the last season's seaf. The leaf bought was bright and well put up. Altogether 40 tons were bought from these districts with the highest price at 3/4 for bright mahogany leaf. The Misses Kinsalla of Lubeck, who cure and grade their own leaf, submitted a fine lot purchased at 2/2 and 1/9 per Ib.
A large Geelong Central Hall audience heard Chief Inspector of Fisheries and Game F. Lewis discuss Australia’s flora fauna and bird life. About 130 lantern slides illustrated life histories with emphasis on the lyre bird echidna platypus ibis and eagle highlighting ecological roles and preservation.
A Nhill resident watching an arriving aeroplane with binoculars spotted a large wedge-tailed eagle that dropped toward the craft from about 1000 feet. The pilot seemed unaware as the bird skimmed the aircraft and narrowly missed it, then circled and flew off toward William.
Mr Dr Swann of the Waste Research Institute Adelaide spoke at the Mount Gambier Rotary Club on Parasitic Insects. He outlined fly varieties lomecta and tse tee flies of Africa, and detailed sheep ticks mosquitoes and bot flies. He noted horse populations in precolonial North America vanished due to insect predation and urged importing natural enemies as a pest control method.
London dispatch quotes Mussolini calling new cession proposals ironic and unacceptable. The briefing notes suggest ceding Danakil and Ogaden deserts, removing Italian troops, and question Abyssinia’s nationhood amid international admin schemes plus a note on Italy’s expansion in Africa. Labor leaders resignations and a Telegraph columnist warn of financial risk from a prolonged campaign. Italian submarines pass Suez Canal under British escort.
London court items report that James Grierson, 28, was sentenced to death for the murder of Louise Bertha Gann, a 61 year old housekeeper found dying last June. Grierson admitted taking from Mrs Gann’s daughter but denied murder. He had previous convictions from Australia.
London Wednesday The Times Tokio correspondent reports the Emperor granted an audience to Sir Frederick Leith Teas Chief Economic Advisor to the British Government who will travel to China on 1st September. He has been told a practical financial aid law could be devised and Japan would consider it seriously.
In Glasgow a woman imagines a man collapsed in the street is her uncle. The man is moved to her parents’ home where another man is later identified as her supposed husband. The wife learns the truth when returning home to tell her children. She screams and flees to her sister’s house as the other man’s body awaits funeral care.
Florist N A Tosh of Warracknabeal reports successful off season mushroom cultivation beside his flower plots. He explains the method with glass-sided housing, heated beds, and a six inch surface layer Before planting, manure is heated then mushrooms emerge in 10 to 12 weeks. Blue mould remains a major threat to seedlings and tobacco plants alike, with no proven control yet.
A bullocky told Cabbage Tree Ned that he felt unwell and sick. The candid report records a rural exchange with a farmerly tone and concise phrasing.
J C Rookwood Prowl argues for League of Nations aid to rebuild Austria after World War I. He describes Vienna’s collapse from a central European capital to a small buffer state, the economic shock on its 2 million residents, and the shift of control to the League for rebuilding finance and oversight. The piece notes enduring German influence, rising Nazism, and France’s fear of German power shaping postwar policy and Austria Italy tensions.
A faulty braking car driven by Mr T Mell from Dimbools hit a grader on the Western Highway about gloom miles from Pinte. The grader operator Mr Herrin, employed by Voumee Foot Hoard, sustained injuries. The incident caused an embankment crash with substantial vehicle damage and debris.
Mr J Cottingham reports successful poisoning work reducing rabbit numbers in Stawell leading to scarce rabbits and lean times for rabbit trappers in the district compared to similar periods in prior years.
Edgar Webergang, a year-old boy from Penshurst, suffered severe injuries after lighting a watch to the nozzle of a petrol drum. the drum exploded with force, striking him on the back of the legs and causing deep cuts. He was admitted to Penshurst Bush Nursing Hospital.
The report notes a border region shift from sou kmt to tou with 7000 more sheep than last year and a thinner wool clip, yet the season is expected to set a record for overall size and output.
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