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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1952
Page
5
The piece appeals for Christmas generosity toward unemployed New Australians living in substandard housing lacking amenities. It urges sharing the season’s good things beyond family circles to those less fortunate, showing the spirit of Christmas as inclusive and nondiscriminatory.
Readers urged to donate to the needy as Sunshine residents face unemployment and substandard housing. The Children's Welfare Department plans parcels for the most in need. A sacred cantata Hethienom by J. S. Maunder will be sung at Sunshine Presbyterian. Sunshine Methodist holds a special 1 pm recognition service and a Christmassy choral service in the evening with quartets and arias.
Drs Poole and Green were reappointed as council representatives on the Child Care Committee. They will continue to serve on the panel and aid in policy oversight and program development.
Antom Piwinski of 6 Theodore Street St Albans was fined £2 at Sunshine Court on Tuesday for carrying a pillion passenger on his motorcycle without having held a licence for twelve months.
Theaite proposed for City of Sunshine covers 100 acres at Brooklyn near the Guiding Star Hotel. Sunshine Health Inspector Mr G A Little says rock phosphate gives no offensive odour, but heaps near a main road would be unsightly. Dr Demputer cites limited experience and supports moving storage away from Geelong Road with trees planted along the land margin. Footscray Council previously had yarding fence issues with the material.
The Sunshine Council on Monday chose not to build a steel and glass Deer Park shelter. Engineers will draft plans for a concrete shelter with cost sharing proposed by the Tramways Board. Councillors debated damage risk, but Dr Castley expressed confidence in local residents.
Local primary school head teachers urge the Sunshine Council to spend £10 on books for school libraries. Five schools Braybrook East Sunshine Maribyrnong Deer Park and Sunshine support the move to secure an Education Department subsidy for books.
A well attended Tottenham Progress meeting discussed upgrading Tottenham station with Railways work and delays cited for the project. Debentures to raise about £520 more were proposed amid calls for safety at railway gates and road works in Footscray area. Sun shines on Sunshine school and Footscray Council roads. council engineer to report. Collisions reported, footpaths damaged by cyclists, mud hazards from the age contractor, and fire risks from stored paper near tall grass growth.
The death occurred suddenly on a Sunday morning of Mrs Mary Cameron of 68 Sydney Street Sunshine wife of estate agent William Cameron She leaves two children William Laur Jessie Marjorie and Ewan The service was conducted by Rev F Sadler and the funeral at Melton Cemetery A bus stop request at Westmoreland Road was rejected by the M M T B and Sunshine Council.
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