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  • HEAVY RAIN FLOODS CITY STREETS Damage Caused In Some Shops

    An oppressive heat wave was broken in Horsham and district on Tuesday after-noon by a torrential downpour, which lasted about an hour. ... [Article] (468 words)
  • Acheson Hands Over

    John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State in the cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (left), confers ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (111 words)
  • NEVER BEEN FULL

    The Marma Lake wheat storage at Murtoa is one of the biggest in the southern ... [Article] (77 words)
  • Man Charged With Assault

    A man was allegedly assaulted in a laneway off Wilson Street, Horsham last Wednesday. On Saturday, there was ... [Article] (77 words)
  • Bolton Park To Get £200 From Speed Boat Races

    The half mile of Green Lake foreshore resembled a popular sea bathing resort on Sunday. A record crowd paid more than £400 to see the Horsham Speed Boat Club's annual carnival. ... [Article] (358 words)
  • MacArthur to Truman, "I was right"

    General MacArthur recently defended his Korean War polley for which he was dismissed in 1951 ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (66 words)
  • Put Out Fire At Courts

    Two boys going to the Adelphlan tennis courts in Sloes Street for a game at about 9 a.m. Friday put out ... [Article] (87 words)
  • Few Flags For Aust. Day

    Only a few flags flew in the city in honor of Australia Day. These were mainly flown from Government ... [Article] (43 words)
  • HAS "BAG" OF SEVEN SNAKES THIS SUMMER

    A Laharum man, Mr. C. Knonagel, has a "bag" of seven snakes this summer. The latest additions to the "bag" were two tiger snakes which he killed on Saturday. ... [Article] (104 words)
  • RECORD CROWD PAYS £460 TO SEE LAKE CARNIVAL

    Outstanding progress and achievement were reflected in the Natimuk Swimming Club's annual aquatic and land carnival at Natimuk Lake on Monday. ... [Article] (368 words)
  • Fire Menaced Sheep Hills

    WARRACKNABEAL: Sheep Hills Fire Brigade battled desperately to stop a stubble fire from reaching the township while rain was pouring down only a mile ... [Article] (318 words)
  • Emperor kept from brother

    Emperor Hirohito was recently forbidden by the tradition-bound chamberlains to see his sick ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (57 words)
  • MAN FOUND ON ANT HEAP

    A Dimboola aborigine was found unconselous on an ant heap near the Wimmera River at Dimboola late ... [Article] (106 words)
  • HE RAKED OUT A SNAKE

    When a small boy goes raking under a house for tennis balls he is likely to come across anything. ... [Article] (69 words)
  • Experts To Fight Skeleton Weed

    Skeleton weed, a plant dreaded by wheat farmers, will receive attention from officers of the Lands Department in Horsham district on Wednesday. ... [Article] (183 words)
  • BOY KILLED BY TRUCK

    A 16-year-old youth from Hampstead, Adelaida, was killed by the wheels of a truck at Pepper's Plains, ... [Article] (97 words)
  • SNAKE BITES WOMAN

    RUPANYUP: Mrs. C. Sprake, of Cromie Street, Rupanyup, was bitten on the right foot by a snake about ... [Article] (105 words)
  • SNAKE KILLED

    A brown snake was killed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Hopper, of Stawell Road, on Saturday morning. ... [Article] (41 words)
  • YOUTH SAVED AT LAKE

    A Mortlake youth was saved from what could have been a drowning tragedy at the Natimuk ... [Article] (156 words)
  • Grass Fire Near Horsham Gasworks

    A fire burnt about an acre of grass behind the Horsham Gasworks about 7.30 p.m. on Friday. ... [Article] (65 words)
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