Odds n Ends
A taxi meter was stolen from the shed of tax proprietor Mr Pereira at 24 Forrest St Sunshine. An office theft at Sunshine Council depot on Durham Rd reported an order book and a fountain pen missing. A detonator was stolen from a broken railway signal box at Brooklyn. Thieves took boxes of chocolates and cigarettes from Smorgans factory canteen in Brooklyn. Elizabeth Gist had a bicycle stolen from Gunnedah Street. A motorist’s petrol tank was siphoned from Edward Hales’s car on Ballarat Rd. Clothing shoes and a cigarette lighter stolen from Wilcox Mofflin factory locker room in Braybrook. Michael Corsar sustained a badly lacerated forehead in a motorcycle collision at Ballarat Rd and Burke St Braybrook. Goods stolen from Ernest Stockdale’s Braybrook home found with two wards of the State in Ballarat. Joan Anderson of Sunshine State School won a scholarship to Footscray Central School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pereira
Forrest St
Sunshine
Sunshine Council
Durham Rd
Wilcox Mofflin
Cranwell St
Braybrook
Michael Corsar
Glengala Rd
Ballarat Rd
Burke St
Ernest Stockdale
Ballarat
Objects to Power Lines in Residential Area
Dr. McDonald opposed erecting 100 foot high tension power lines through Maribyrnong at a council meeting. He argued the routes would be undesirable near homes and the explosives factory. Underground placement was dismissed by the city engineer as impractical. further details will be sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5.E.C
Maribyrnong
McDonald
Council
Music Passes Pianoforte Exams At Local College
Katherine Burnell of University of Melbourne earns ALCM diploma with first grade results in theory and piano. Judith and Michael Gill achieve high marks. Una Ormston credit. Kathleen Gavaghan passes London College of Music exam. Eileen Birkbeck gains First Class in elocution preliminaries. Miss Baker resumes lessons February at Sunshine address. Vacancies for new pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Baker
College de Music
A.L.C.M
Kathleen Burnell
University of Melbourne
Judith Gill
Michael Gill
Una Ormston
Sydney St
Sunshine
London College of Music
Kathleen Gavaghan
Hazel Ankers
St. Albans
Musical Evening to Aid Sunshine Week Fund
A musical evening is planned for Monday next December 22 at 7 30 p m in the Town Hall Supper Room to raise funds for the Sunshine Scottish Society Sunshine Week. Instrumentalists vocalists Highland dancers and the Sunshine Mothers Club choir perform with Miss Gwen Harvey producer of Come to the Fair also entertaining Supper will be served and a donation of 2 shillings admits All welcome Mesdames Greig and Stewart organise the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Sunshine Scottish Society
Sunshine Mothers’ Club
Gwen Harvey
Mesdames Greig and
Stewart
Sunshine Council Approves Westmoreland Phoenix Junction Plan
On Monday the Sunshine Council approved plans for an area division at the corner of Westmoreland Road and Phoenix Street, subject to roads being formed and drainage dealt with satisfactorily.
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Sunshine Council
Westmoreland Road
Phoenix Street
Failed to Keep to Left Fines Levied on 10 Drivers
Ten motorists were fined at Sunshine Court on Tuesday for failing to keep to the left and driving along Ballarat Road. Offences occurred mainly between Duke Street and Ashley Street in a three lane split. Each defendant paid a £2 penalty. Names include Attilio Malett Kevin Manjiona Harold Taylor William Wilcox David Brown Harold Deveson Alfred Halls Dennis McKenna Arthur McLeod John Patten and Patrick Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Court
Ballarat Road
Duke St
Ashley St
Attilio Malett
Willis St
Hampton
Kevin Manjiona
Albert Park
Harold Wallace Taylor
Clarence St
East Brunswick
William Wilcox
Churchill St
Mont Albert
David Brown
Canning St
Carlton
Harold Deveson
Windermere St
Ballarat
Alfred Halls
Wallace Cres
Pascoe Vale
Dennis McKenna
Dedrick Gr
Sunshine
Arthur McLeod
Delacy
Maidstone
John Patten
Melton South
Patrick Walsh
Humphrey
Sunshine Council to give £10 to each district primary school
Sunshine Council proceeds with a initiative to donate ten pounds per pupil to district primaries for scholarships despite calls to spend the money on library books. Dr McDonald stated the original purpose should not be altered. Tenders will be invited for concrete piles and abutments for the Kororoit Creek bridge at Durham Road. The mayor ruled out a salami spread at St Albans Road until funding is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Council
McDonald
Kororoit Creek
Durham Road
St. Albans Road
Main Rd
Percy St
Dr. Downing
Auxiliary President Extends Christmas and New Year Greetings
The R.S.L Auxiliary president sends warm greetings to the Sub-Branch president and members and ladies of the Auxiliary for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
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Above Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Mr Reg Wilson Transfers on Exchange Duty
Mr Reg Wilson of Sunshine Detective, stationed at Footscray C.1B, has been transferred on exchange duty with the New South Wales police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reg Wilson
Sunshine
Footscray C.1b
New South Wales Police
Milligan and Warne Motor and General Engineers
Braybrook notices name Lacey and Cranwell Streets Braybrook detailing a motor and general engineering business in Milligan and Warne's enterprise with street references Lacey and Cranwell Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor and General Engineers
Lacey and
Cranwell Streets
Braybrook
Application for Noxious Trade Licence Piggery
Norman Purchase of Sydenham Road St Albans gives notice of intention to apply to Keilor Shire Council at the meeting on 6 February 1953 for permission to establish a noxious trade piggery on the farm known as Mr J Freeland's Foxes Road St Albans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Purchase
Sydenham RD
ST. Albans
Keilor
Mr. J. Freeland
Foxes Road
Sunshine Council Plans Ten Thousand Pound Loan
The Sunshine City Council resolved on 15 December 1952 to borrow £10 000 under the Local Government Act 1946 at 4 15s per cent per annum. Repayments total twenty half yearly instalments of £693 18 6, ending 1 March 1963, to liquidate part of a prior National Bank of Australasia advance. The resolution will be put to a council meeting on 2 February 1953 at 7.40 pm.
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City of
Sunshine
National Bank of Australasia Ltd
Collins St
Melbourne
National Bank of Australasia
Council
Town Hall
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Brooklyn
Smorgans Factory
Elizabeth Gist
Adelaide St
Gunnedah Street
Edward Hales
Corio St
Joan Anderson
Sunshine State School
Footscray Central School
Eileen Birkbeck
Merry Christmas
Mott’s Newsagency
Raymond
Forrest Street
Mudford
W. Cameron & Son
E. A. Cameron
Sydney Street
W.B
H.W
H.W.S
South British aCe Co. Ltd
R.S.L Auxiliary
Milligan & Warne
Chiropodist
Edward Sleigh
Paisley Street Footscray
A. W. Lynch
Master Painters’, Decorators’ and Signwriters' Association
Consult
Sunshine Advocate
C. G. Carlton, Pty. Ltd
Dickson Street
Rotary
Speclion
Grant Bros
Footscray & District
Eleanor Street
Footscray
George Spencer
N. Purchase
City OF Sunshine
Hargreaves
Footscray Floor Surfacing CO
J. Sharp
Beryl Ankers
Collins Street
East Esplanade
Arthur Street
Sun Crescent, Sunshine
Seymours Corner
G. F. Thompson
Suffolk Road
Mercer & Roberts Box
P.O. Footscray
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