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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1935
Page
6
The listing advertises ALCTON CYCLES and related goods including clutch and brake sets, radios with 12 month guarantees and free service, Compact Midget priced at 8 shillings 8 pence, 6 valve Supern at 11 pounds 1 shilling, Stromberg Carlson B valve offer, Hecla and Hotpoint boilers and kettles, and a Jazz drum outfit with Ludwig gear, all with varying deposit and weekly payment terms.
Moonee Valley hosts a seven event weekend program on Saturday led by the William Reid Stakes with Heros carrying top weight and Arachne a major threat. Williamstown Monday features the C F Orr Stakes as a key age race with Gaine Carrington likely to improve and Barracker a possible third.
Maidstone B2 beat Myrtle Grove by 8 games last Saturday as C1 lost to Cynthia by 16 and C2 fell to Brooklea by 34. Weekly euchre dances support Miss Troon for St Vincent's Hospital. high attendance and gifts noted. Several local notices include classes resuming, illnesses, and a child’s arm injuries with hospital care.
Captain John Dreyer, long believed dead after a 40 foot fall in England at age sixteen, survived a near drowning near Savona, Italy after an hour and twenty minutes, and later survived a 1918 maritime wreck off an unnamed coast while living in San Francisco.
The Sun shine chess club results show Cawood defeated Clarke 2 0 and Ormston beat Kotzebue 2 0 while Lancaster beat Field 2 0 and Harvie versus White was adjourned. A continuation of last week's endgame discusses Zugzwang with White to move losing and a diagram asks Black to draw with King on K8 and pawns on KR7 Q7 while White queen sits on K3 and king on KR8.
St Albans readers learn pupils return to classes on Tuesday to start a new year. Mr E Warren of Pinnacle Estate is recovering in a Sydney hospital from pneumonia pleurisy and dropsy after a stint on an Interstate route. Church services at Deer Park were led by Deacon Harris and Sister Caroline with future visits hoped for. Rev A Riley of the Church Missionary Society, currently on furlough, will preach and lead Holy Communion at St Albans and Deer Park on Sunday January 27 with services at 11 00 am 3 00 pm and 7 15 pm respectively.
A man named Dreyer survived a burning building collapse with minor injuries. He was ambushed in a train at the outbreak of war and witnessed a woman die in his arms. He killed an officer, was clubbed, left for dead, and endured prison camp before surviving shipwrecks, yacht explosions, and fires. Rescues saved him repeatedly as he awaits his next adventure.
Referee announces the main event is cancelled as the two contenders quarrelled before fighting. Security intervenes to prevent further escalation and the venue schedules a postponement.
Sunshine 10.8 total 81 all out after Brownbill 17 and Patten 33 top the stand. Kyne 6/31 Mullenger 4/16 dominate Fairfield who fall to 81 with Patten Mullenger taking key wickets. Local scoreline shows Kyne and Mullenger as the bowling stars in a low-scoring note from the match.
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