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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1935
Page
5
A collage of light verse and banter stretches from cinema plans to wordplay on ill matching clothes and week ends. It features a waiter, a captain and midshipman exchange, a thief and victim banter, and quick one liners about money peaches and ironies.
The Sunshine Anglers met at Town Hall with 30 members present. C Yarnell nominated for new membership. New rules were prepared for a special meeting next Tuesday to accept or reject. Sunday bay competition at Kororoit Creek starts 4 am with weigh-in at noon. referees Fisher and Tate. H Mann’s trophy reallocated. Annual picnic February 10. AN A week-end rendezvous nominees in January 22: McCardy’s Lane, Redesdale, Big River, Tarwin, Lake Burrumbeet. Season totals show top aggregations and individual weights across All Round, Weight, Bream, Fresh Water, Estuary, and Bay categories.
Walter E Brown of Barkly Street West Footscray had three crashes within ten minutes while turning into Victoria Street. He first hit cyclist Arthur Mulley of McPherson Street, injuring Mulley’s arm. Then his vehicle clipped a verandah post causing partial collapse. A third collision occurred about thirty yards later with cyclist Roy Clayton of John Street Footscray. Clayton escaped injury.
A loud rash exchange unfolds as a mistress asks Norah what she is doing. The maid responds with a cryptic line claiming nothing is happening, then asserts that “it's done.” The fragment paints a tense household moment with terse dialogue.
The Maidstone Methodist Church holds Sunday service as usual and Sunday school reelects Mr Watson and staff with Miss E Gray as assistant secretary. A Yarraville Chess Club champion title is noted. Several local accidents and hospital visits are reported, plus town social events at Maidstone Hall and upcoming performances and dances.
Dialogue shows a party plan unraveling as one friend plans to be away for the weekend and another claims they were not invited. The exchange hints at social tensions over inclusion and timing.
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