Easter Cricket Team Plans Last Practice Before Leongatha Test
This Saturday the Easter team schedules its final practice before a 2 PM start at the Pottery wicket to play Leongatha district. The real side under Leo Willey includes Willey as captain and players Drayton Duxson Patten Buttimer Clayton Scott Smith Guy Dalling McKenzie. Easter team led by T Young features Blakey Reitchel Ayton Carey Hrien Kyle Perry Crook Clay Fraser Pearson Davies. All players and supporters are urged to attend as afternoon plans for travel arrangements will be announced.
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Leongatha
Themelves
Leo. Willey
J. Willey
H. Drayton
B. Duxson
R. Pat
Sunshine club plans two baseball teams after Easter meeting
The Sunshine baseball club invites new members to its annual meeting on the first Tuesday after Easter in the theatre hall Sunshine. Last season the club fielded two teams and won its third consecutive premiership. The committee plans to enter two teams again and welcomes inquiries to secretary N. G. Green or assistant Pat Dalling.
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Theatre Hall
Sunshine
N. G. Green
Pat. Dalling
Measuring Your Nerves Demonstrates a Home Meter
A device records nervous state by measuring electrical impulses in nerves or muscles, showing results in millionths of a volt. Fine wires are inserted, and a switch or button starts the measurement as impulses pass through the circuit. Readings vary by individual effort and conditions during testing.
St Marks Harriers Win Handicap Aggregate at Selwyn Park
The St Mark's Harriers triumphed in the field games handicap aggregate at Selwyn Park on Saturday amid thistle roughness. Jock Hitler won the aggregate and is praised as an outstanding field games exponent with Dave Clark runner-up. Results include poles, jumps, shot put and discus won by Hitler, Clark, and Cox, with several close placings.
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Selwyn Park
Jock Hitler
Jock
Dave Clark
J. Hitler
F. Dunkley
Rus Cox
IL Dunkley
Ss. Cox
I. Carland
McBride
T. Tribe
D. Clark
J. Hider
T. Frazer
H. Dunkley
Roy Cox
Leam
Ed. McBride
Brunswick Cricket Ground
Reading
Soccer Club opens season with practice drive on Albion ground
S C 1 SOCCER CLUB urges players to report for practice at Albion ground on Saturday April 5 with new players invited as season opens April 10. War work causes delays but juniors and last year schoolboys may boost strength. Some players who learned before serving abroad may join games with allied forces in Egypt and Malaya. Victorian Soccer Association struggles for balls and rules from Australian Forces abroad, prompting hope for foreign players after the crisis. Schoolboys need more practice as full team drills are planned ahead of a season likely starting April 19.
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Albion
A.L
Egypt
Malaya
Victorian Soccer Association
Debate over 9ft walls and workers' homes
A letter criticizes a council for debating 9ft walls for workers' housing on poor flat ground while noting vast idle building sites and better locations with sloping ground and fertile soil for gardens. AGNES E HYETT signs the letter urging reform.
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Agnes E. Hyett
Pain in the neck warns of blind spot in rear view
In The Radiator the RACV warns drivers of a hidden blind spot behind and to the right that rear vision mirrors miss. It cites a recent fatal crash caused by turning right with an apparently clear road, urging motorists to turn and look back despite neck strain.
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R.A.C.V
Ambulance Appeal Seeks 25 Units for Middle East Effort
The special appeal, launched by Acting Prime Minister Mr. Fadden at the Royal Automobile Clubrooms and sponsored by the RACV, has raised over £7000 for 25 field ambulances. Country districts respond, with Wonthaggi and shires Cranbourne and Otway contributing, but about half the ambulances remain unfunded. Donors in a district will have its name on a brass plate on the vehicle, to be returned with movement records after the war.
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Middle East
Mr. Fadden
Royal Automobile
Cakes That Never Go Stale Freshness Breakthrough
A new compound from reacting ammonia with glucose is tested to keep cakes cream orange juice coffee and even cigarettes fresh indefinitely. Baked batter with treated glucose maintains original freshness for two months and reportedly does not alter taste.
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St. Mark’s Harriers
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Hampshire RD
Kenilworth Book Club
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R.A.C.V. Safety Hint
Geo. Gordon & Son
Barkly Street
Footscray
Nelson Bros
Victoria Street
Footscray Telephone
A. Beachley
Thorpe Street
Kalsomininc
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F. D. P. Miller
French Street Footscray
Paisley Street
Science
L. G Leroux
Essendon Grammar School
Raleigh Street
Essendon
Aera
Woollacott, M.A
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