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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1936
Page
6
Blake's Hairdressing Salon advertises one address at 260 Hampshire Road next McGrath's with three chairs and no waiting. It lists services under Lady Hairdresser Gy including permanent wave and Marcel wave options with prices and a water wave, shampoo and wave, and related treatments.
Tennis results from winter completion feature Gardens defeating Methodists with 54 to 20 and Alban's Methodists at 51 to 36. Series includes numerous matchups among players such as Hooper Miata Laie Taylan and several others, with listed scorers and affiliations across the event.
A fragmentary report laments unequal sharing of work, noting Sunshine Ure style rhetoric and council actions. It mentions men facing unemployment, penalties from late terminations, and a week of notice to road workers and excavators amid political pressure.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Marreester Waorke Fete, clay targets, and a Saturday event. Phrases are garbled with numerous errors, obscuring team names, dates, and outcomes. Hard to extract a coherent, fact-based news item from the provided lines.
A fragmented reminiscence piece reflects on church life and religion with漂ng humor and moral observations. The narrator contrasts scents of food and odors in church and on a train with reflections on worship. It discusses atmosphere, reverence, and personal experiences shaping belief.
A dejected man, Mr Brown, remarks that ten years of denying himself emus, tobacco, and beer saved nearly four hundred pounds. His neighbor asks what he will do with the money. Brown laments that the company he invested in has failed, leaving him unable to decide his next move.
Last Saturday a strong field of runners contested the St Mark's Amateur Athletics Memorial Handicap on a two mile course along Sung Road. Brown led from the start and held on to win by five yards with Hall, Petherick, Carand, and Knight close behind. The club reports strong season form and announces a junior section for boys aged 14 to 16, plus a combined dance tomorrow night with Maotscray and Williamstown.
Three tenders were received by the council on Monday for the Thomson Street drainage scheme. Bids came from Victtit Ltd of 364 Collins Street Melbourne at 3268 pounds 12 shillings and 2 pence, J He Wherluh of Durham Road Sunshine at 117 M. Moran Lansdowne Shreth East St Kilda at 2970 pounds 100 pence, with an estimated cost of 1000 dollars. The tender was referred to the public works committee to decide pipe material use and related matters.
Council investigates Sunday trading complaints and its powers to consider legal action. Regulations are complex and shopkeepers urged to verify their status under the rules.
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