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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 12, 1935
Page
4
An advertisement promotes W. Richer offering all class repairs with guaranteed workmanship at 80 Ridley Street and Sunshine Hampshire Road Sunshine. The note invites patronage and states moderate charges.
The local angling club reports a lean weigh-in amid low water at Pike's reservoir. Bert Craddock led with 18 points but with a 2 lb handicap, Leo Fisher claimed the trophy as runner-up. The tally lists Craddock 18 Fisher 12 Tule 10 among members weighing in.
Easter greetings by telegraph highlighted the Hastertide season of rejoicing with customs of sending messages to distant relatives. The post office marks Good Friday as a holiday and telegrams must be lodged by the day before or by 1 a.m. Saturday to reach recipients before Easter Sunday.
Miss Mabel Grace Oke daughter of Mr and Mrs A C Oke Sydney Street married Gordon James Dripps son of Mr and Mrs Thos Le Dripps at the Presbyterian Church. Rev W Evans officiated with a sunlit ceremony. bridesmaids Leila Oke Lorne Oke and Edna Dripps wore silver gowns and carried red gladioli. Reception at Masonic Hall followed with toasts and music by A Thornton and C Cripps.
A brief exchange questions whether a two week old chicken is large enough to eat as a fiend asks a humorous related question and Hayes ponders the idea. The dialogue hints at appetite and survival but lacks full context or clear event.
Selections list multiple races with named horses and venues including Caulfield, Randwick, Glenhuntly and Neerim. Notable entries include Nellie’s Tippo, Spartan, Havana Tapageur, Master Briefly and Yaropian. Bets feature best bets across Warwick Farm Sydney and Dubai style events with track-specific cues.
An appeal to returned soldiers for the Anntc Day march with free government railway passes. R V Seymour, of The Men's Store at 200 Hampshire Road, offers a special discount card for the soldier and his family on cash purchases, promising fair deals and city prices.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the king’s accession a Shilling Fund is opened at the Shire Hall Sunshine. Contributions of any amount are welcome and signatories’ names will be bound into a permanent record. Funds may support a community youth trust, subject to the king’s wishes and total raised.
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