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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1942
Page
4
Notices from G.U.0.0.F. Albion Lodge and Deer Park Lodge list lost items for a club, sale and rental ads, job leads, and meeting notices. Various names, addresses, and dates appear in a jumble of classifieds including trades, clerical posts, and an explicit wartime procurement restriction. The material preserves local notices and employment leads with scattered names and locations such as Sunshine, Mylon Street, Brayhron AIRL, and St Andrew's.
Notice from Loyal Sunshine Lodge announces a forthcoming fortnightly meeting. Details are garbled but indicate a venue at a rear location and references to a Mary and an advisory offer.
A vicar confronts a local mine owner amid a strike caused poverty among miners' families. The owner, backed by others in the area, refuses aid and threatens to remove the priest, claiming the wives and children share responsibility for the hardship. The dispute highlights religious and economic tensions in the district.
Local church notices list services and events across Sunshine area including Anglican St Mark’s Morning Communion and Sunday school, Sunshine Baptist, Salvation Army meetings, Methodist services, and St Albans band. Obituary honors Horace Nixon Stevens, died January 16, 1940, with family memorial message.
The author advocates abolishing all State Parliaments in the Commonwealth and replacing them with a Federal Home Office system. Central powers would handle major policy, while local councils manage municipal duties. A direct income tax would replace indirect taxes to raise revenue, with safeguards for farmers and industry, plus national debt cancellation as a path to a new order.
Mr and Mrs Mills express sincere gratitude to all who assisted after a fire damaged their premises. Neighbors and responders are thanked for support during the incident and recovery efforts.
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