This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1952
Page
1
Sunshine Councillors welcomed a Board of Works growth plan outlining development along the Maribyrnong River and between Sunshine St Albans and Deer Park. The mayor and others warned against land jobbers, urging protection for residents while interim orders and appeals were discussed.
The report notes noxious conditions in rag sorting. Medical officer finds nothing offensive while the health inspector reports use of second hand rags. Dr Dobson calls the firm’s operation extraordinary without council sanction. The council appears to condone breaches by others.
A two horsepower petrol engine was stolen from a concrete mixer left in Moon's Paddock off Devonshire Road over the weekend.
The State Development Committee with members from Labor Liberal and Country parties visited Sunshine on Thursday. They toured Wiltshire Fire Company and H V McKay Massey Harris Pty. Ltd. Harvester facilities led by managing director A Forster and heard on food production and skilled labor needs. Attending officials included MLA A E Shepherd chairman and other MLAs. Sunshine council was represented by Dr A Beachley.
The Sunshine Court heard that James Rockett of Northumberland Road owned cattle found wandering in Sunshine. He was found guilty on two wandering stock charges for sixty head located June ninth and two cows found June eleventh. A fine of ten pounds plus costs was imposed on each charge.
Miss Wendy Castley of Sun Shine won second place in the under 16 Folk Song section at the City of Melbourne Eisteddfod held last Saturday. She scored 82 marks, 101 behind the winner, and is the daughter of Dr and Mrs J Castley.
Donald William Perkins of 18 Kamarooka Street Sunshine faced local court charges for discharging a gun near a town and carrying a firearm through a town. Evidence placed the incident about half a mile from Sunshine shopping area. He was fined for using a gun without permission and the carrying charge was withdrawn.
Dr John Fox resigned his Doutta Galla seat to contest the Tullamarine riding extraordinary election. He won by five votes after polling J Fes four and M F Chomley eighty five. the vacancy followed the death of Dr E J Hassed. Fox had lived in Tullamarine for forty years.
Heavy rains caused widespread flooding with Anderson Road at Stony Creek the worst spot where a motorist abandoned a car. Three occupants waded to a Sunshine visiting house. Flooding buckled drainage pipes near Monash Street and isolated residents in unmade streets after a very wet June.
Thieves took six by eight feet lengths of Moon Star branded corrugated iron imported from Japan from a padlocked shed near the front gate. A dual-wheel truck left wheel marks indicating the removal. Eight sheets of two tons of plate steel from a Duke Street quarry were also stolen. Police seek information.
Dr J R Parsons warned the Board of Works that the Anderson Road drainage plan could push flood water from Stony Creek into Kororoit Creek near Durham Road. He argued that simultaneous high flows last Sunday show the extra volume might endanger homes along the Kororoit, despite engineers saying the level would not rise significantly.
Charles D. Dearling of Vincent Street St Albans saw his vehicle badly damaged after a crash with another car on St Albans Road on Wednesday.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.