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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1927
Page
5
Friends of Mesara W and Houlihan are invited to Our Lady's Hall tonight at 8 for a farewell gathering before their departure to the Riverina. The event will be hosted by the Society of Our Lady.
A Sunshine Soccer Club meeting is set for Monday night at St Mark's Hall. Mrs E M Brown advertises a sale of Indies' frocks and millinery at Hampshire Road with greatly reduced prices. Sunshine Swimming and Life Saving Club trains Sundays for the Challenge Shield against Maribyrnong. Peter Kyne's The Shamrock Handicap starring J Farrell McDonald and Janet Gaynor screens at Town Hall tonight. A Sunshine Football Club meeting next Thursday discusses joining the Victorian Football Association. B section clubs are listed as Kew Yarraville Carnegie Werribee Oakleigh Kingsville Sandringham Sunshine Mordialloc Fairfield Ascot Vale. promotion rules apply. Oakleigh Plate and major races loom. favorites include Idle Time and three others. notes on racing prospects and horses.
A Deer Park report in the Advocate notes the omission of Mel Tebbs and Mrs Tisdale from a list of Indies who aided at the church bazaar. It also reports Mr and Mrs J Grist returning to Deer Park after a combined business and holiday tour in Britain and America, and announces a new motor bus route between Footscray and the local explosive works as demand grows.
A paradoxical verse notes the folly of overconfident wit and the waste of ink on trivial heads while praising the act of writing. The speaker mocks grand phrases like Shafte of logic and pachydermatous troglodytes, suggesting the brain behind them is vain yet uncertain, ending with a playful self awareness.
The Shire Council began tar coating Sun Crescent as we went to press. The matter is referred to elsewhere in this issue. Mr W Jones, longtime resident of Withers Street Sunshine, left yesterday for the city. Mrs Jones, ill for 20 years with her mother aged over 90, accompanied him. A farewell will be given Mesars W and L Houlihan at Our Lady's Hall tonight as they move to Riv in the future.
Sunshine to entertain Onalelsigh and Fairfield at home as three Sunshine bowlers compete in the Victorian Single Handed Championship with players from across Australia. Coakes and Roach reach UCLA Pairs final 42 before exiting.
J C Morrison of Maribyrnong writes a pointed letter criticizing Mr Barlow for insults and unclear positions on public matters. He recalls Barlow's past public help, urges milder language, and questions Barlow's stance on unpaid instalments while noting a local cricket match between Sunshine Harvester and Colonial Sugar Refineries at Port Melbourne.
A letter to the editor condemns the Middle Road cost apportionment in Maribyrnong. The writer argues Dunn faces three street costs Barb Street Hortense Street and Middle Road detours, calling late council methods erroneous. He urges accountability from Ravenhall and Morrison and warns voters will dismiss officials who persist in the perceived injustice.
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