Man fined for unlicensed electrical work in Malvern case
H R Pyvis, P M, demanded who interrupted the hearing after a decision in a Malvern case. Lewis Alex Neck of 48 Ewart Street admitted wiring a St Albans house without a licence and received £20 in fines plus costs. Neck apologized saying it was unintentional. Separately, Girl Guides and scouts will lead a march from Advocate office to the Anzac service at the Town Hall Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Pyvis
P.M
Lewis Alex Neck
Ewart Street
Malvern
St. Albans
Electricity Commission
Neck
Advocate
Dickson Street
Sunshine Band
Girl Guides
Brownies
Scouts
Cubs
Maidstone Scouts
Braybrook Shire Council Debate Over Drainage At Maribyrnong
Speaking on drainage on a ratepayer’s Maribyrnong property Engineer H Robinson admitted he had filled hundreds of yards of the block and received complaints rather than thanks He warned he would not act again unless the Council compelled him Shire President Dr Lowe stated the Council does not fill blocks and has done so only to use surplus material while noting relief may come when the loan schedule is finalised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braybrook
Maribyrnong
H. Robinson
Dr Lowe
Time Card Offences In Sunshine Court
Albert John Jones was fined 20 shillings for lacking a time card while driving a truck on Ballarat Road on January 5. John McKinnon had a card on December 13 but it was not properly filled, and the Bench reserved ruling to meet the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Court
Albert John Jones
Ballarat Road
John McKinnon
Anzac Day Message Urges Respect and Remembrance
The Victorian Branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia urges Australians to observe Anzac Day in spirit and letter. It recalls sixty thousand servicemen who died, many with no known graves, and asks the public to pause commercial life to honor their sacrifice and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers
Imperial League of Australia
Australia
League
All Aboard Club Meeting in Shire Hall
The All Aboard Club met at Shire Hall on April 18 with small attendance. Mrs Cooper returned from a trip abroad and joined the gathering. An outing to Black Rock is planned for May 2 with the bus leaving Town Hall at 1 pm sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shire Hall
Cooper
Black Rock
Town Hall
Sunshine court fines carting offences against two drivers
John Henry Wheelahan of Durham Road Sunshine was fined 10 for carting earth with an unlicensed truck under Transport Act rules on January 15. Francis Burke of Preston was fined 10 for overloading his truck on a trip to Bacchus Marsh on December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Wheelahan
Durham Road
Sunshine
Sunshine Court
Francis Burke
Preston
Bacchus Marsh
Braybrook Council Meeting Drama Over Withdrawn Statement
Just before Braybrook Council began on Monday last Dr Dobson moved to withdraw a statement made to the President at the prior meeting. He feared it would be seen as a reflex on Dr Lowe. Dr Dobson and the President clashed briefly while Dr Lowe remained courteous and the meeting continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braybrook Council
Dobson
Lowe
Autumn Show Entries Close Next Friday
Dr J R Parsons secretary of the Sunshine Horticultural Society announces entries for the Autumn show to be held in the Town Hall on Saturday April 27th close by the first post Friday morning. Officials will be at the Advocate office Dickson Street Thursday to receive entries and provide information. Schedules available from society members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Parsons
Sunshine Horticultural Society
Town Hall
New Advocate
Dickson Street
On the Wrong Track Darbyshire Fined for Wrong Route
William Edward Darbyshire, master carrier, fined 1 to 2 pounds on several charges for carting goods via a route not specified on his licence. Evidence showed a licence to cart via the Calder Highway to St Arnaud, but in January and February his trucks hauled hay from Rockbank to the chaff mills at the railway station. Drivers were fined as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Court
William Edward Darbyshire
Darbyshire
Calder Highway
St. Arnaud
Rockbank
Moonee Valley Selection Names in Juvenile Handicap
The list references the Moonee Valley selection for a juvenile handicap withhorses including Cyden's Son Earl Marshall Chatasan Prairie Prince Black Legend Nimshi Gold Glare Imitari Kinross Kanuri Comic Red Morn Tibylus Ronwin Strategy and others in divisions one and two.
Bus proprietor to pay 150 for fatal Braybrook crash
In Ballarat Road Braybrook on July 7 1939 Minnie Ellen Dickie was killed by a bus. The County Court awarded her husband Robert Dickie 150 pounds for the death, claiming 1500 pounds from bus proprietor Alan Tresise and owner driver Raymond Veal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dickie
Evans Street
Braybrook
Minnie Ellen Dickie
Ballarat Road
Dickie
Alan Rupert Tresise
Barkly Street
Footscray
Raymond Stanley Veal
Williamstown Road
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Sunshine Advocate
Twia Graces
Eanes Overcoats
ALL Aboard
Moonee Valley
Kewpie
Mia Mia Hurdle
Cyden
Earl Marshall
Ardmillan
Nimshi
Kinross Handicap
Kanuri
Tibylus
Ronwin
Yuroke
Exmoor
Ajax
Ansell
Mercury
Dunlop
Sunshine & District
U.F.S. Dispensary
San Crescent, Sunshine
J. Downing
L. McDuff
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