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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
1
Report from St Albans outlines a local incorporation effort with Braybrook Shire for a public event. The piece details racing preparations, officials, and community figures expected to judge and oversee activities including a round race and handicapped chopper events.
A heated St Albans meeting discussed a severance plan with a large turnout. A deputation from Heaybrook council will present the proposal and petition to pursue severance, with a March deadline noted.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a quiet wedding at Marks Church near Bowhead with a ceremony by a priest, mentions a Mrs. Paliek and a Mrs. Patrick, and references a large breakfast reception. Details are garbled and many names unclear, limiting precise reporting.
The report lists names such as J Pullbrook and L Dig, with times around 12 seconds and 8 seconds, noting handicaps and withheld entries. It mentions payments of nomination fees and various obscured terms like such fing and fanaplewony, reflecting a disordered OCR of a sports event record.
Uncle Bets Lowney presents Uncle Ben's Legacy on Tuesday December 17 in a strong company known for numerous Melbourne appearances. The London run at York Theatre and Royal Theatre is noted, with five hours of entertainment. Tickets range four pence reserved and one penny ware.
An amateur advert states Lin Rule will specialize in tight care at his garage on Hamps Road, featuring the famous Austin. The car promises 50 miles per gallon and a speed of 50 mph with a £50 deposit required on purchase. Further details available by phone.
The St Marks Ladies Guild held their annual meeting at Mrs Berman’s residence Wednesday afternoon with Mes Michivedson Ethie and Maller among those present. A donation of 25,000 pounds was pledged to support the Early Phernoit westic Economy project as the group approved the View’s fundraising efforts.
Warrant Oruece Harry Me, campaigning for re election in the Poolseray region, criticized the office as ineffective and organized a local military force. Mrs. Moore, formerly a Sunshine girl, is mentioned in connection to the piece.
Kindergartens raise fee donations for a charity event to celebrate Christmas and Christiana Day. Over 1000 children participate in the fundraiser, with managers seeking further support through selling pieces and flowers at Melbourne listings.
A local meeting on the dispensary proposal is scheduled for Monday night at the lodge hall near Neuber. The speaker urges full attendance as residents will have an opportunity to hear the subject discussed and to send inquiries.
Hes. George 8. Hired as minister at Vine of Stones Presbyterian Ghovely Routh Melbourne and Sunshine St Blephen’s Church Maryborough. Call agreed unanimously by congregation. Mr. Brodie served two and a half years at South Melbourne and will likely move to Maryborough mid December to succeed Rev. W. H. Wal, now at Essendon Presbyterian Church.
Card of races includes Two Year Old Handicap and Welter Plate events. Melanie, Monmiaga, Mondiaga, and Hardie Race entries feature in Int and Open divisions with highweights and purses noted. Gardinal’s Double pairing Mondiaga and Homany Rye headlines the card.
The Melbeniene and Meteo petit Board of Works reports river works along the Mariburnong River between Wallumstown and Rittway boride. Excavation removed gravel and earth, banks were reshaped by about two tenths of twenty feet, and a tree-guard line along the riverbank was planted with banks graded.
Leslie Uhn Stephen, about 44, of Ouyon, died in a compartment aboard the Mildura Express between St Albans and Sunshine on Wednesday night. A returned soldier, he was en route to Melbourne to enter Caulfield Repatriation Hospital for treatment. The body was taken to the morgue.
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