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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1940
Page
4
Horsham hosts the state championship with 19 teams entered from Ballarat Bendigo Ararat Nhill and others. Visitors arrive tomorrow from Bendigo Ballarat and nearby towns as play starts at 3 pm in the Town Hall. The event features a race to determine the final four with ongoing matches through the week and a top team the CECL on top.
Fragmentary record shows several team codes and scores such as St ars vs Delville with 58 to 52, Gold and Purple units, and additional figures for matches including Christ Gold LO and MA Guhl. Limited legible names and venues suggest a local bracket or league scoreboard with multiple entries and missing details.
The wool market reports the first appraisal for the 140-4 season with finer, lighter, and shorter wool arising from seasonal renditions. Prices from Ballarat to Warracknabeal list varying fleece lots and grades, while proceeds are expected to follow on the Ath Gerober.
The readable fragments indicate a local event involving Dooen North Mowes and a staged setup. Names and precise actions are obscured, but a plan to involve Bhwatreinnt barn Sg and Tom appears, with mentions of the fuwle and Hue appell.
A garbled notice from Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co Ltd Melbourne outlines an impending sale event with references to a ball and headquarters. The readable fragments mention a timeline, location, and attendees but lack coherent details.
Horsham Fat Market announces ram sale at 10 am and fat cattle, store sheep, fat lambs, and pigs selling through the day. Includes numerous breeds, store cattle, horses, and sundries with multiple studs and breeders listed. Buyer attendance urged, with terms and prior arrangements via wires.
Reported results show Rovers defeating Fire Brigade 29 to 11 and Gold beating Purple 18 to 1 with other listed scores. Reading indicates multiple teams such as White and Newtony in play, with a note of Spoom winners and Enginad at Gold versus Ravers.
St Michael s Club holds an annual meeting with W Jackel seat and officers elected including president Rev Be O Bryan vice president Kew RL Calling arene Me r future plans for reconstruction of two courts by working bees and coalitions for improved facilities at the church and district associations.
Executors of the late Mr J A W B Howe announce details at 19 Falk Street for property including a wash-house fowl pens and a brick path. Also listed are four rooms and a wash-house on Mehermm Street North with a detached wash-house and garden area. Further particulars from agents Croce L Ball and John Imberlet.
Fragmented OCR text discusses local notes and names with unclear context. It mentions dates, places, and people in a garbled form, creating a slate of scattered phrases and nonstandard terms without a clear coherent news event or outcome.
A garbled note from NORADJUHA describes a social tennis gathering for Kel Cross with participants named Amyrijegatie Lenin and others. The fragment hints at a local society event with attendees Misses and a family group, mentioning a bureau and operations context without clear dates or places.
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