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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1944
Page
4
A jumble of Lost and Wanted ads appears for St Albans Sunshine and nearby areas. Locket rewards, items for sale, room to rent, and requests to buy or trade fill the column with scattered contact hints and partial addresses.
Sunday notices list Epiphany services at St Mark St John Deer Park Alban St Albans and denominations including Sunshine Baptist Methodist Presbyterian and Salvation Army. Tenders invited for footpath construction with details at Shire Hall Sunshine Jan 28 with bid closing 4 pm. secretary Targreaves invites submissions.
Fragmentary OCR lists names and relations from an obituary. It mentions a loving husband Dorothe, father Jey, and siblings Carrie Nim Cannan and Mire Keeling, with ties to Warwick Raid Bunahine Badin and Heidelberg Military Hospital.
The Suneune and District Patriotic Fund asks all men and women serving with the Fighting Services to forward their details to Secretary J. McKenaie at 15 Gunnedah Street Sun Shine. The fund plans to update records and distribute canteen credits once records are complete to aid Army Navy and FLAAF members.
A collection of obituary notices honoring fathers mothers and grandparents. Messages from daughters sons wives and grandchildren recall January deaths including 1928 1941 and 1942. Shared memories speak of guidance faith and lasting love across families.
Engagements reported for Lettie, Sara, and Elma Greeneth with suitors named, from Bruns wick to Sunshine. The second item outlines parliamentary shifts from a Labor to a Coalition government and key bills on housing, land use, and dairy regulation, noting reforms and public health measures.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a weekly Friday event and names such as Leland and Hom. It references a cash prize and a feature act but the details are garbled and unclear. The readable bits suggest an entertainment card or local listing with performers and a venue, but specifics are missing.
Members are advised that the Lodge meets Tumalay next in St. Mark's Mall at 1:90 pm. Secretary J B Thomson announces the Fortnightly Meet will be held in St. Mark's on Wednesday next at pan. Sunahinw.
Notice records that at the Coursing Trials at the White City Colraing Round Tottenham on Monday January 24 1044 all persons barred from wagering or offering to wager or pay wagers. Violators face removal and conviction penalties. Dated Melbourne January 14 1944 EDGAR SMITH Secretary Victoria Coursing Association Ltd. This notice is followed by various expressions of thanks and obituaries sections including thanks from families and tributes to the late Mr. and Mrs. Hatton and Mr. Stewart, plus notes on health and education legislation, land and water acts, and a postwar budget summary.
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