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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 08, 1938
Page
5
In Melbourne letters to the editor decry exaggerated hop growing claims by breweries. Fact check notes Victoria lists 30 crops with hops near the bottom. 128 acres yield 104 tons, Australia totals 1,017 acres yield 1,073 tons. Call to examine facts and avoid being gulled.
Reader asks who is responsible for the footpath on Station Road Deer Park from Suffolk Street where M and M B W laid a new water main. Soil left banked up causing about 3 feet of standing water over a 100 foot stretch making the path dangerous amid traffic.
Deer Park won easily 36 19 over the 6th Melbourne Scouts in foul conditions. Scouts showed stout spirit behind Wiggins Power R Grant Honey Hunter and Ham, while Deer Park’s kicking and Marking were hampered by a greasy ball. Best Deer Park players were Wiggins Power Grant Honey and Ham.
A letter from the judges to Mr. R. V. Seymour reports a high standard across knitting entries. Prizes and garments may be collected on Friday next, July 15, with judges noting reasons for disqualifications such as seam flaws and uneven stitches. Lincoln Mills (Australia) Ltd. signed the letter.
The record lists GIRL GUIDES BASKETBALL with captain Phyllis Greenham and players including Lorna Andrawartha Doris Widdy and Margaret Davies along with emergencies Betty Clark Mavis Ormaton. Also SUNSHINE LACROSSE CLUB C grade faces University High School Old Boys at home with positions and players named. SUNSHINE FOOTBALL CLUB lineups by backs halves centres and forwards are given with possible late selections noted. A parade highlighted J Salmond winning multiple black leghorn prizes at an Oskdeigh show.
Any person found trespassing on or damaging property on the Glen Galla estate will be prosecuted without further notice. Poison laid for dogs. By order, The Executors, Estate L. A. Fairbairs, deed.
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