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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 08, 1952
Page
1
Two Sunshine doctors suffered break ins on Monday night. Dr K F Brennan on Anderson Road lost £15 and Dr J Taylor on Station Place £1 in silver. An attempt to enter W and C Gross chemist on Hampshire Road failed as architraves were torn from the door.
Dr A E Shepherd M L A accused new railway fare increases in the State House last week. He argued that passengers in non tram competition areas bear the main burden, noting Western suburbs push for tramway bus service to the city while extra rail fares are imposed.
Patrolman Mr J Johnson chased a thief from Woods Store after two gang members broke in next door. One assailant fired but missed. The burglars escaped. £8 stolen from the till of a delicatessen with £8 000 to £9 000 stock.
On Dr Parsons motion the Sunshine Council moves to Raspberry Railways asking that Sunshine trains retain at least four carriages during off-peak periods to improve service.
The Sun shine City Band will hold its annual meeting on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. in the Sunshine Picture Theatre.
Albion Quarries Ltd. manager E Smith was unanimously voted president of the Sunshine Cricket Club as N Laughton of Footscray congratulated the club on becoming a permanent VSDA member. New officers include J Patten secretary and W Deutschmann treasurer. Season opens October 4.
The former R.S.L. clubrooms in the town hall are being fitted as an infant welfare centre and near completion. The transfer is expected within weeks, after which the council plans to convert the present infant welfare building into a municipal library.
In Sunshine Court on Tuesday James Gaylor faced unlawful assault charges from Harold Morgans over a shed built on the boundary. The altercation at Derby Road Soldier Settlement depot left Morgans with a facial cut. Gaylor denied intent to fight and claimed Morgans attacked. The Bench convicted Gaylor by majority, fining £3 with costs £4 7s 6d. Mr R K McDonald dissented.
George Stanley of 22 Pritchard Avenue Sunshine was fined £3 by the Sunshine Court on Tuesday for discharging a firearm without local authority permission. Police evidence showed he fired at a tin placed on the northern bank beside the railway line between Sunshine and Tottenham on a recent Saturday afternoon.
Ronald George Deedman of 704 Skipton Street Ballarat faced three Sunshine Court charges after police stopped him on 9 June on Ballarat Road near Deer Park for travelling at 70 mph with a pillion passenger. He admitted learning to ride and was fined 10 sovereigns for carrying a passenger at excessive speed 3 sovereigns for carrying a passenger without a licence and 2 sovereigns for not being licensed.
Sunshine Council learned on Monday that the State Savings Bank would not finance the £60,000 loan the council is authorised to raise. Following the town clerk’s suggestion, authority will be sought to borrow above the per municipal rate of 4s 2 6d per cent.
Sunshine Council heard Health Inspector G A Little defend that stagnant pools and drains rarely harbor infectious germs. Mayor G E Dobson questioned this, suggesting a disinfectant plan for drains and noting possible mosquito breeding. The matter was referred to the health committee for discussion.
Sunshine Council hears Dr. Dobson oppose approval of a new brick garage at the corner of Hamp shire and Ballarat Roads. Mr. M. Lynch plans to demolish the present garage and rebuild at an estimated cost of £12 550 with setbacks of 24 feet from Ballarat Road and 8 feet from Hampshire Road. site inspection to be conducted.
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