Technical School Council Sees Repairs and Garden Work Progress
Wages and general accounts totaling £80 were approved. Principal L G Leroux reports tenders closed July 14 for Engineering Workshop repairs, with completion within two months after starting. Frames for windows, yard filling, and a drain plan to address water pooling were discussed. Girls section garden project and a Sweets Day fundraiser yielded funds for a forthcoming Cake Day.
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Messrs
Board of Inspectors
Sthand
Sunshine Band Annual Meeting Promises Support and Progress
Citizens are reminded that the Sunshine Band will hold its annual meeting at Shire Hall on Wednesday evening. Despite a tough year, there is forward movement and progress. Officers have given magnificent service and the district is urged to attend. The balance sheet shows a reduced overdraft and a credit in the uniform fund, with secretary G L Coulter likely to be kept in post due to his essential work.
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Sunshine Band
Shire
G. L. Coulter
Sunshine teams to play Hakoah at Carlton tomorrow
Sunshine squads meet Hakoah at Carlton tomorrow with Cinnamon Owen Higgins Wright Mills G Higgins James J Haxby Stewart R Haxby D Owen and reserves Dixon listed. A general meeting is announced for Tuesday next in the schoolroom and invites attendance.
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Sunshine
Hakoah
Carlton Tomorrrow
Cinnamon
S. Owen
T. Higgins
Wright
Mills
G. Higgins
James
J. Haxby
Stewart
R. Haxby
D. Owen
Dixon
On the Edge of Hard Times in 1857 Editorial
The piece laments severe commercial distress and unemployment, warning against haste to wealth and urging compassion, charity, and faith. It notes global tensions with Russia, India, and China, and recalls a dated editorial from Harven’s Weekly of October 16th, 1857, as a sharp mirror of current fears.
P A F S Presentation Dance at Masonic Hall
The Protestant Alliance Friendly Society held a July 18 ceremony at the Masonic Hall to mark lodge history with framed certificates for Brother James Caithness and Sister Jessie Caithness. Caithness became a life member. Jessie the first Past Mistress. A. F. Sayers presided as certificates were presented amid Arcadians Orchestra music.
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Masonic Hall
Protestant Alliance Friendly Society
James Caithness
Jessie Caithness
Bro
A. F. Sayers
Thness
Caithness
Brother Caithness
Williamstown Lodge
Footscray Lodge
Footscray
Sunshine Lodge
Arcadians
Sunshine Ease Win Over 44th Battery in Windy Clash
Sunshine traveled to Burnley for the return match against the 44th Battery. A strong wind marred play as Sunshine secured a facile win 22 goals 29 behinds to 5 goals 4 behinds. Sunshine sit third with eight points clear of the next team as they push toward the final four.
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Sunshine
Burnley
44Th Battery
McKinnon
J. Willey
Gregory
W. McKinnon
Buttsmer
Steadman
Fox
Carter
Patten
Taylor
Dempster
Bult
J. McIntyre
Hall
Hutter
Coldsworthy Hall
T. MelIntyre
Outar
L. Melin- O Tirien
Guy Paewards
Willey
B. McKinnon
B. Tiregor
Gi. Guy
Woods Rover
Merry
Battery
O' Brien
W Mekong
T. McIntyre
Guy
Bull
Woods
Sl. Willey
O'Brien
Terry
L. Willey
Goldsworthy
Ball
South Oakleigh
Selwyn Park
Brunswick
North Melbourne
Braybrook Shire Council Discusses Ballarat Road Widening Plan
The Braybrook Shire Council held a special meeting with all members present. Dr Gr W Pennell chaired as the council received an offer from McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd to exchange land for a title over an unused road to widen Ballarat Road and improve the Hampshire Road intersection. The proposal, to be pursued with the Country Roads Board, would require no cost to the council. Additional safety considerations were noted by Dr Drayton and Dr Robinson in support of the plan. A letter to the editor condemning Thompson Street conditions was also published, urging river riding councillors to address pedestrian hazards and waterlogged footpaths along Ballarat Road from Ballarat Road to Suffolk Street.
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Braybrook
Gr. W. Pennell
McKay-Massey Harris Pty. Ltd
Ballarat Road
Westmoreland
Spalding
Ballarat
Hampshire Road
Wrayton
E. Hargreaves
Country Roads Board
Drayton
Robinson
Woim
Thompson Street
Ballarat Roy
Suffolk Street
Maidstone
Hill Street
Correspondent Takes Aim at Unemployed Slavery Issue
A letter to the editor criticizes Disgusted Ratepayers for implying that unemployed workers should be fed only in exchange for labor. The writer argues such a precedent resembles slavery and warns it could worsen the plight of the jobless, questioning the value of unpaid labor for the nation.
May Display at Royal Agricultural Shows Fact Sheet
An advertisement for the Pootscray District Manufacturers and Retailers Display at the Royal Agricultural Shows invites exhibitors to show their goods. It provides space rates and advises consulting Webb Printing Co. at 226 Nicholson Street Footscray for details.
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Pootscray
Webb Printing Co
Nicholson Street
Footscray
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Prospers
Russia
Europe
China
P.A.F.S
Sunshine v. 44Th Battery
Sunsuise
Frank Hayden Sun Crescent
C. Lacey
Gunnedah Street
Council
S.C.S
Jas En
Britains
Chalmers
W. A. Thomson
Ridley ST
Gunshine
Hampshire RD
Sunsiilil
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