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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 13, 1926
Page
7
Cairns Bros offers local suburban and country removal services with quotes before choosing other movers. Located next to Town Hall on Hampshire Road in Sunshine, contact by phone at 106.
A short notice from George C. Hesketh of Mount Derrimut Deer Park blocks trespassing with dogs and warns that poison will be laid from this date for sheep protection. The terse alert signals possible livestock losses and local trespass concerns in January 1926.
Maidstone residents urge firm owners to instruct drivers along the remade Ballstat Road to curb speed near the school to prevent accidents. The Maidstone Methodist Church in Carlisle advances steady progress with completion expected in about nine weeks. Harvest Thanksgiving services are planned for February 4 with seasonal decorations and a choir led event. A grand concert in Maidstone Hall on February 7 features the choir and the married men’s concert party with admission set at children 6d and adults 1/-.
An article discusses a company seeking to locate a nitrogen extraction plant near Prospect Sydney to harvest compounds from the air. It notes Melbourne rejects, Prospect’s hills location, and nearby Blacktown Penrith and Nepean areas with agricultural land and road metal resources. It mentions German interest and potential air tax in the near future.
At the Sunshine Picture Theatre this week, Monday and Tuesday, industrial films were shown featuring H. V. McKay Pty. Ltd. Harvester Works. The screenings highlighted manufacturing processes and technology in an educational cinema program.
The local Tent of the above Order notes a prosperous period with initiations and well-attended meetings. A visit to the St Albans Tent featured successful bowls, a mock banquet with table decorations by the sisters, and a large turnout of over 40 members. Officers for the half-year are listed and a syllabus is planned with weekly updates in the Advocate.
The new brick State School at Albion, Adelaide Street, on a 44 acre block, rises with six foot walls and three classrooms plus room for expansion. About 150 children will be served as work continues amid shifts by Harvester Works executives and Rolls Royce interest. Metropolitan Board of Works extends water main from Lynch’s Corner to Adelaide Street to serve factories and nearby homes. Subdivision plans near the school advance, though water-main extension west of Adelaide Street is delayed.
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