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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
1
Statist's office data show Braybrook Shire with 583 factories employing 5 041 men and 758 women. Total production valued at £ 4 532 306, land and buildings £ 1 167 255, plant £ 1 070 344, salaries £ 1 283 922. In 1936 employment was 4 341 with wages £ 825 204, marking a 50 percent rise over three years.
Harry Shearer of Butler Street Braybrook was charged with driving a car without a licence after an accident at Ballarat Road on November 26. He admitted the offence and was fined 20 pounds with time to pay after a licence was produced.
Public men usually gain less than their work warrants, yet Braybrook councillors deserve congratulations for the 1939 drive to advance the district. Sympathy guided every initiative aimed at bettering the shire, and officers showed foresight with many new innovations.
Gordon Campbell Keating of Footscray pleaded guilty to assaulting taxi driver Clinton Bodkin of 42 O'Farrell Street by grabbing him around the throat at Footscray and Sunshine. Keating tried to force a drink and fled when caught by Constable Power. he admitted drinking prior convictions and was fined £5 or one month’s jail.
The shire office at Sun Shine reports building permits valued at £225 806 for 1030. One hundred twelve new houses costing £71 085. Additions to dwellings and outbuildings £2 866. private garages. Factory additions £60 775. New factories and other buildings total £91 080.
J Mullens M L A and Balfow M L C named as Government Representatives on the Charities Board handling public hospitals including the Welfare Centre in Eleanor Street Footscray. The district gains its first board advocate as residents recall past hospital refusals and a new West Footscray Centre compromise. Richmond star Jack Dyer serves as a Footscray policeman, with local hopes he supports the Tricolore after a Tigers approval.
The Chesterfield Handicap features von Naru Operatic Kanuri and Inverness Handicap includes Lord Winburra Morven Beanstone Barham Prine Peak Buoyancy as top picks. Lord Winburra is tagged as best bet with strong form implied.
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