Sandringham Black Rock tram start date in doubt
Borough council debates opening of Sandringham Black Rock electric street railway with no definite start date until power from Newport is secured. Urged speed up. deputation suggested. Some members urge leaving matters to MLA while others push for urgent service. Additional notes include paving, lamps, and street works requests.
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Hallway
Sandringham - Black Rock
Newport
Ur Beck
Mack Rock
Kelly
Champion
C. St. Snowball
Beck
Norman
Shire of Dordister
Brigades Board
G. W. Booth
Seaside Grocer Man Fleeing with Progress Leaguer Loot
A drunken lurching seaside grocer chases a Progress Leaguer after a chaotic street stumble. Their pursuit ends in a pratfall that scatters groceries across the van and street, including honey, sausage, biscuits, jam, and eggs, while onlookers head to Prahran and Chapel Street with the boy in custody.
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Prahran
Chapel Street
Community council motions on footpaths and fire stations
Cr Champion urged tree planting to improve the look of wood yards and buildings and backed a plan to use Castlemaine gravel for foot-paths in Tennyson street. Debates covered Beach road foot-path safety, Crispstreet condition, and gravel or ashes on paths to Beach road Reserve. Dr Beck and colleagues sought fire station sub stations at Black Rock and Hampton, and asked for a motor bicycle stack at Sandringham.
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Wave Street
Sandringham
Cof
Australian Liberarty
W. L. Freemar
Littlewood
Wampton
W. J. Meinhardt
Champion
Sims Street
Fernbil
Cr Grace
Harston Street
Cr Champion
Tennyson Street
Dr Kelly
Ir Beck
Beach Road
Cr Knott
Cr Farrant
Crispstreet
Cr Harthman
Dr Beck
Half Moon Bay
Kuoitard
Wire Brigade Board
Black Rock
Hampton
Beck
Black Rock Corner
Kelly
Seaside grocer ill as family keeps tea pills
A damaged excerpt describes a seaside grocer unable to work while his father and mother debate traditional remedies. The tale hints at poverty and illness affecting daily life and the grocer’s ability to sell tea mul pills.
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Daddy
Maria
Sunshine Circle Thanks Ballarat for War Prisoners Gifts
Annie T Cooper president of the Sunshine Circle reports Ballarat residents sent birthday gifts through Miss Miste Hand to aid Australian Prisoners of War. Lady Helen Munro Ferguson approved the scheme and funds went via the Red Cross. August 1918 Ballarat memorial note from LA Webster.
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Ballarvat
Miste
Britain
Helen Munro Ferguson
Annie T Cooper
Sunshine Cirelu
LA Webster Atvee
Ballarat
Lith
Old Walking Stick Reunion in New Zealand Poem
A nostalgic verse traces a journey with a familiar walking stick across heather and streets in New Zealand. The speaker recalls thirty years of companionship with the stick, contrasting fading friendships and noting the stick’s steadfast presence as a symbol of steady travel and memory.
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Yiu
Jane
New Zealand
Larg Syce
Secretaries Report on Sports Clubs And Regional Customs
The letter praises receiving news tips from club secretaries and public bodies. In the West Indies lemon baths are common with lemon juice drawn from sliced fruit left in water for thirty minutes to refresh the skin. German juries split sixes and sevens determine acquittal or conviction, with outcomes tied to vote margins.
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West Indies
The News seeks letters and advertiser notices
The weekly publication promises copies for district residents and outside suburbs by post. Correspondents are urged to submit views on any subject with a signed letter. Publication does not imply endorsement of the writer’s view. signatures accompany copies for potential publication.
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Corresponden
S.m
Neweagenta
Advertisementa
Vgeners
Mooganei News
Cheltenham
Sanvrinauam News
Sandringham
Seasive News
Chelsea
Mordialloc
Glennuntly News
Glenhiuntly
Malvern
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Williams & O’fee
Melrose Street
Rielor
Weel
Seiny Lale Alf
Prestit
Cr BJ
Ferdinande
Cis
Ifo
Listus
Ile
London
Mauinage Sieger Sandringham
Wall Mall
Dandie
W. A. London
Dental Board of Victoria
Warragul
Tomasetti
Melrose St
Ballarat Sunshine Circle
Maccaul
Germany
Bamfield Crescent
H. B. Grace
Telephone
Tom Barren
Ope
Walsh
Marvn
J. Nathan
Grocer
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