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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 19, 1927
Page
4
Shire Hall releases wage rate details for the Shire of Keilor. Ken Shire Secretary J C Sinclair notes the 1st February 1927 date for revised award rates and related payments.
The document lists traders and routes for Friday March 4 featuring goods moving along Gouelays Road Overnewton Batate Wing and Rydenlogh Hound at Sydenian Voscianig with pitches and payments noted. It references locations, stalls, and fees in a compact historical listing.
A public meeting to form a Prohibition League Branch will be held at Presbyterian Cagroh Hall in Sunshine on Wednesday February 23 at 5 pm. All residents wishing to oppose the potential establishment of a hotel in Sunshine are urged to attend.
The Sun Progress Association will hold a monthly meeting in the Shire Hall upstairs on Wednesday February 23 at 7 pm All mentors and intending members are invited to attend.
A Sunshine Soccer Club meeting is scheduled at Blur Athol on February 2 at 7 PM. Organizers expect strong attendance as business committee members discuss plans amid a reported pie fight incident.
The readable fragments reference a relay event with names such as Keilor Shin Hill and Bewenanny in a muddled report. It mentions a Bob 887 Shire Seorebany and a Bay Mes uneeil Foie context, but details, dates, and outcomes are incoherent.
An old notice from the Sunshine Horticultural Society invites use of a hall by applying to H Skewes on Derby Road or via telephone 132. A separate vacancy reads Situations Vacant for a woman seeking light housework apply to D at a thin office location.
Local Scout News notes Sunshine Boy Scouts chosen to represent their district in Stradbroke Cup events at the Exhibition Oval. Troop Leader Hautman is named among officials. the selection links to the 17 Victorian Scouts in the federal parliament’s May agenda.
The Advocate invites readers to send in reports of dances euchre parties social gatherings and other events. Regular submissions to The Advocate help chronicle community life and foster connectedness.
Local cricket notes from Sunshine districts cover St Albans versus GU OF at BL Albans semifinals, North Melbourne and Colonial Sugar Ref winners at Yarraville, plus Bunshing Northcote R&S 1A match decided by 29 runs. Sun shines on Harvester and Foresters results with players Elliott, Perry, Ellingsen among scorers. Obituary notes announce the sudden death of Mrs Ellen Hand at Sunshine Parade aged 62.
The ARAW for Met round doubles pairings are listed with numerous names including Miss M Hill and J Evans, Mine A Oakes and C Kirk, Miss H Scott, Mina D Cote and G Stewart, Misa B Dibba W and Dedrick, Mins 5 Stewart and Puddy, Misa H Coleman and Pumpa, Miss M Oakes and 5 Oa, Mrs Garde and D Thompson, B Missen and T McKoehnie, Fawcett and B Clark, Mia Fawcett and B Clark, Mrs Coates and P Bartlet, Bye, Min Gitam and Younger, bys.
Five minutes from the railway station, rooms with all conveniences offered near the ironworks district. Apply at this office for details and rates.
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