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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1936
Page
4
After inspections and talks between railway officers and Braybrook Shire Council representatives, a plan to install a new type of warning apparatus at the Anderson Road railway crossing was proposed. Councillors insisted on a conspicuous and efficient system, replacing the existing wig wag signals.
Brooks cycles advertises the Special Roadster and WasP Racer models with dates 86/19/86 and 68/19/68 and weekly schedule 2/6. The brief listing highlights bike types and release or sale dates for potential buyers.
A jumble of quips and cartoons recounts lucky misreads about a new South American president, a pocketed book with a uniform cover, word duels, a Welshman brave enough to eat his own words, and playful exchanges between mothers and children.
The article lists various facts from science and daily life. It notes English as a native language for 220 million people, laments the world population share, describes corrosion resistance of chromium nickel alloys, imagines clean coins, and mentions effects of high altitude on mood. It also covers daffodils, slimming, tin uses, and a tiny Anglo-Saxon church in Essex.
Insects such as gnats hear a single mating buzz during their final life stage. A tuning fork near a captured male gnat makes his feelers quiver as he aligns to the caller. If displaced he loses the tune and regains it when reoriented. A female buzz draws a male goat to her side. The note arises from membrane vibrations at breathing tube openings.
Fragmentary quote reflects distrust and irony as a man dismisses humor about his own fate. The text references Dersinate and Kouh without clear context.
At the Blonda meeting of the Returned Soldiers League Mr Perry presided in the president’s absence. Mr Verry kept order during stormy debate while reports noted Ballarat Road work by contract and cricket club growth. A social committee and repairs to the club room were discussed along with the theft of the old visitors book.
Mr H Robinson of Braybrook Shire reports difficulties with road repairs at Thonxons Lane in Deer Park district. He notes the area is very dry and he is finding it hard to obtain sustenance workers to go out.
The new Methodist kinder hall in Withers Street will be officially opened at 3 p m by the shire president with Rev J Mellroy and Mr R E Seymour as speakers. A fundraising effort includes a cake and jam stall and a 1 shilling admission for a concert with Gordon Home boys assisting. A thanksgiving service will be held Sunday afternoon with an address from Mr R E Seymour and a collection for the building fund.
The St Mark's Harriers list their E Grade final lineup for Oakleigh at Olympic Park with events from 100 yards to shot put. Team includes Scanlon Knight Roberts Lowman Mudford and others as they prepare for club championships resuming Tuesday night with heats in sprints and discus.
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