District News From Maidstone and Nearby Faces Change
District items report John Richmond moving to Dandenong and long‑time Maidstone figures like the Progress Association and Footscray Tram League. A Sunday heat relief meeting in Maidstone Hall drew a large crowd with Maurice Blackburn addressing unemployment insurance. Drainage in Alma and Inkerman Streets is poor, with sanitation concerns and calls for more street sweeping, lime for sprinkling, and municipal band concerts proposed. Playground vandalism noted, Ballarat Road potholes discussed, and local building by‑laws moving toward Governor approval. Unemployed relief continues with numerous distress cases and investigations by the local committee.
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John Richmond
Maidstone
Dandenong
Richmond
Footsry Tram League
Maidstone Unemployed Relief Comottee
Akthewnhill
Maidstone Hall
AE. Brownbill
Geo. Dobson
W. Greenham
Civir Place
Enisa
Ballarat Road
Deer Park Notes Include Illnesss, Sports, and Local Hazards
Deer Park receives updates on Tony Sassella's hospital transfer and improving condition. Local sport features Werribee Bacchus Marsh football fixtures and Tour de Braybrook cycling training during Sunshine Carnival Week. News mentions water supply plans for Deer Park, Lizzie O'Brien's recovery after Ballarat Road crash, a large Nobel soda nitrate shipment, and Reed the grocer’s road accident with injuries improving.
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Tony Sassella
Werribee-Bacchus Marsh Football Association
Rockbanky
Bacchus Marsh
Metro. Farm
Lizzie O'Brien
Melbourne Hospital
Ballarat
Nobel Ltd
Reed
Ballarat Road
St Albans United F C struggle with injuries continues
St Albans United Football Club faced ongoing illness and injuries causing a depleted squad. They lost to Keilor after a hard match, leading in the first half but undermined in the second. Harvey suffered a possible ankle injury. Team for today remains uncertain until late. A clubhouse cuchre party and dance was held Saturday night.
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St. Albans United
Rover
McWhirter’s Specials Weekend Values Card
McWhirter’s Specials list consists of butter prunes tomato products chutney rashers ham rashers lard and eggs with unit prices and a weekend sale offering white and gold cups and saucers three for one and a road reference to Durham and Hampshire.
Keilor Plains Water Supply Survey Debate Remarks
In the Legislative Assembly on the Water Supply Loans Bill Reg Pollard urged action for Keilor Plains districts south of the Dividing Range. He cited the Maribyrnong River and urged damming its branches to support irrigation for Keilor Bulla Sydenham Diggers Rest Deer Park Rockbank Toolern and nearby areas. He recalled a 1927 deputation to Mr Shaw promising survey funding, but noted twelve months pass without cost estimates and criticized staff shortages delaying work.
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Legislative Assembly
Reg. Pollard
Bulla
Dalhousie
Keilor
Dividing Range
State Rivers and Water Supply Commission
Residunta
Maribyrnong
Melbourne
Amd
Sydenham
Diggers’ Rest
Deer Park
Rockbank
Toolern
Bendigo
Sunbury
Mount Cottrell
Melton
Progress Associations
Rivers and Streams Leagues
Shaw
Ball secretary cites donors in acknowledgments
Mrs. Stewart Hall honors donations received for the recent ball. Acknowledgments thank Mrs. Grow, Cecil McKay, and Alex McWhirter for their contributions.
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Stewart Hall
Grow
Cecil McKay
Alex. McWhirter
Dining room suite upholstery from F Ellingsen
Upholstering service offered by F Ellingsen on Anderson Road Sunshine invites customers to refresh a dining room suite. The ad promises a new look at a reasonable price, appealing to households seeking affordable furniture revamps.
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F.ellingsen
Anderson Road
Sunshine
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ST. Albans
Qur
McWhirter
Choice Factory
Foster
Fisher's Wax
Ardmona
Durham
Hampshire Road
Keilor Plains
Gross’s
W. & C. Gross
J. Ward Symons
Hopkins Street
Footscray
Norman Carland
Morris St
McAlpin
Ted
Owen
National Bank
Hese
National Bankab OF Australasia Ltd
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