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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 04, 1942
Page
1
A.R.P. notes announce further sector tests across Area Co on Sunday starting 2:00 pm. Wardens must muster, contact sector wardens, and ensure final drills with nine observers overseeing allotted sectors. Citizens are advised on gas safety and shelter procedures amid war concerns.
On Monday evening thieves entered May They Seymere's Corner Store through a roof hole and stole clothing valued at £155 including Victory sills. The raid follows a history of similar break ins at the same store with alarms avoided.
The Presbyterian Sabbath School Anniversary will be continued on Sunday next December six in the afternoon and evening. In the morning at 11 o'clock the regular morning service will be held in the church.
The Shine Court sat under Police Magistrate Claickson with inspector J Worrall prosecuting for neglecting to educate children. Fines were imposed on Corkins and Scrivener for school neglect. A licensee Hutton was fined for beer door violations. Constable Tower reported Cinnamon caught with beer after hours and fined him.
Alfred Joseph Cox was charged with being drunk in charge of a motor truck on 1 November. Constable Doery and Constable Crowley said they found him slumped against the front seat with the gear lever exposed, trying to roll a cigarette and incapable of driving. He admitted two drinks and claimed not drunk. He was fined £5 or 14 days imprisonment.
Shire health inspector L E B Thorpe gave evidence in a case against Stanley Craddock for letting 400 sheep wander on prohibited land near Hert ford Road on November 15. Craddock admitted taking cattle to the water and intending to sell that night. Costs of £1 0 0 were awarded in default distress. A separate fraud case against Maltese defendants Joe Cascombe and Percy Sultana was adjourned to January 26 1943 amid language confusion. an interpreter will be sought.
Receipts totaled 268 pounds 16 shillings 9 pence for the Sunshine and District Patriotic Fund. Itemized entries include Cinens'ane Scheme 44 pounds 15 shillings, Ditto donations, Mrs. Geo. McKay 5 pounds, Maxsey Harris Employees' Fund 12 pounds 6 shillings 6 pence, Mrs. C. A. Hiscock sale proceeds 111 pounds, Mrs. Baker donation 5 shillings, and Albion Masonic Lodge collection. Additional donors include Mrs. Soutur 10 shillings and Elizabeth sale proceeds 6 shillings.
A WW2 inspired poem recounts Private Talintyre’s unit at a frontline push. It recalls sunlit dawn, brutal fighting on Egyptian sands, bayonet charges, and prisoners taken as Australians honor fallen comrades. The piece praises bravery, endurance, and the resolve to defend liberty.
Eight Sunshine boys were fined 10 shillings each at City Court for throwing stones from a train onto Government buildings between Flinders and Spencer Street stations. A Footscray Juvenile Court case involved another boy who broke a window at Albion station with a shanghai. parents paid damages and case adjourned for six months.
The monthly Young People’s Fellowship Tea is scheduled at Michel at 4 45 p m Rev H A ei cise 5 Bee S08.
The marriage of Vic Morris St. Sun Shine and Sig Roscoe Kirby was solemnized at St. Mark's Church Enghand Sulumby in November by Rev. I. A. Townsend. Bride Beatrice Lasky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Bickley, wore a white taffeta gown with a veil, and was given away by her father. Attendants Miss Doria Rickley and Miss Helen Walker wore blue garments with veils. Best man was Mr. Kinwsly Kirby and Mr. Vern Patrick acted as groomsman. The ceremony was followed by a reception at 127 Hurhan Read, the home of the bridegroom.
The St Mark's Parish annual children's picnic is planned for Saturday with transport from Dees Park to Hampton. St Albans and Sunshine groups meet at 10 am with special fares for parents who must arrange meals. Hot water will be provided and evening events return to Sunshine at 6 27 pm. Sunday includes Thanksgiving Day observances with Holy Communion at 8 am and a service at 1 am by the Church of England Men's Society. A tea at the Fellowsbigg house, led by Mr Moody, headmaster of Sunshine Bays Technical School, will follow. Special music features pieces by Mrs Bell and Shelley settings. offerings support the Day Appeal. Envelopes may be sent by Sunday evening.
In Braybrook and Sunshine district communities rally behind an austerity loan drive led by Shire President Al Bennett. Citizens express broad support, pledging to meet quotas and assist local farmers, with cinema and theatre events planned to boost subscriptions and participation through December.
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