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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
9
The Braybrook shire council adopted its schedule of works for the coming year at a Monday meeting with minor alterations noted. The plan outlines projects and allocations for the shire's programs and infrastructure during the next year.
A listing shows available funds amounting to 2200 pounds for Western Riding with multiple project items. Items include resurfacing and repairs on McIntyres Road Station Road Deer Park Ballarat Road Sydney Street Hopkins Lane Boundary Road and Armstrong Street plus drainage and general maintenance costing various sums.
A list of road and footpath projects across Hertford, Ashley, Sydney, Devonshire, Durham, and other streets with costs ranging from 20 to 402 pounds. Includes resurfacing, patching, widening, and general maintenance for sections such as Derrimut, Servante, Withers, and Soldier Settlement streets.
The notice itemizes street projects in Southern Riding with costs for drag surfacing Reid, Hampshire, and Durham Roads plus widening, tarring and resheeting on multiple streets. It lists tree planting, concrete footpaths, culverts, and general maintenance totaling the shown sums.
A summary of road works listing surface resurfacing patching and reconstruction across multiple streets. Items include budget allocations for each segment, such as Ballarat Road surfacing £100, Northumberland Road box culvert £30, Hampstead Road patching £50, Studley Street reconstruction £200, and general maintenance £462, with additional costs for street lighting £20 and bitumen surfacing £100.
Shire engineer Mr H Robinson and Mr E Hargreaves presented rough schemes for additions to the town hall in Hampshire Road. The plan includes two Doric façades, new offices and council rooms, improved acoustics at a cost of several hundreds, with architects to draft further sketch plans. Dr Penner dissented, arguing the timing and nonessential nature of large spending.
A man asks for two good seats at the theater box office. The clerk has none and offers standing room. The man requests two together. A waiter is asked for ale but gets only a glass. A joke about a girl with a wooden leg follows.
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