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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 04, 1952
Page
2
Rapid postwar population rise in Sunshine strains health facilities and youth services as housing estates house many children. Dr E Cunningham Dax notes kindergartens and preschool care protect the future and save hospital beds, urging civic leaders and the Child Care Committee to push funded facilities through cooperative action.
A letter from Fred Armitage of Glengala Road Sunshine criticizes council procedures and advocates voting in future elections for experienced leaders. He mocks the current council’s progress while predicting subways and parks in the afterlife and urges electing capable figures rather than “inexperienced” officials who gossip over more drafts and adjournments.
Tottenham Progress Association asks the Education Department for permission to place play equipment on land at the western end of Gwelo Street, now acquired for a future school.
A conference on prefab railway housing near Station Pace concluded a footbridge over the rail line between Parvonn Street and Derby Road is unlikely without disruption. A single light bridge might be feasible with Derby Road adjustments, cost to the council, and railway maintenance duties. A proposed subway link between Monash Street and Durham Road could relieve gates congestion, while avoiding hard to move structures on the car park site.
James O Reilly of Adelaide Street St Albans faced Sun Shine Court on Tuesday charged with obscene language on a railway and traveling in a first class carriage on a second class ticket. A railway checker testified he made an obscene remark on a train between Albion and Sun Shine on March 5. The defendant claimed memory loss and was fined £1 plus 10 costs on each charge.
Walter Frederick Blackmore of 288 Hampshire Road Sunshine was fined £1 with £1 10s costs after a Sunshine Court hearing for offensive behaviour on a train between Tottenham and Sunshine on 24 April and for giving an incorrect name to a ticket checker.
Sydney Green of Main Rd S May was fined £1 with 10s costs at Sunshine Court on Tuesday for travelling in a first class carriage with a second class ticket.
The Sunshine Council postponed approval of a new health centre opposite the town hall awaiting loan funds. It can borrow £60,000 for public works this year with £8,150 earmarked for the centre and £115,000 sought for 1953, though approval is not guaranteed. A £2,250 government grant is uncertain amid tight finances. The town clerk notes Commonwealth stock may offer higher returns than the municipal rate of 4 1/8 percent.
Henryk Orlowski of 32 Power Street St Albans was fined 41 pounds with 10 pounds costs at Sunshine Court on Tuesday for crossing a railway line at a place other than the appointed crossing.
A brief note mentions kitchen chairs blouse cabinets sink cabinets and cabinet works to order linked to B. Gwatkin Gee at Hertford, indicating a local trades or shop listing.
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