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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 20, 1952
Page
1
Council weighs delaying the health centre building as costs exceed £20000 with fears of rising expenses. Dr Dobson proposes deferring for fourteen days to study financing options and possibly use town hall rooms or rescheduling on another loan. Some doctors favor smaller schemes or site changes to cut costs.
Responsibility for electoral comment in this issue is accepted by N. H. Carlton of 13 Dickson St Sunshine. Two hundred chaff bags valued at £20 were stolen early this week from chaff mills at Melton South.
St Mark's Annual Ball will be held next Friday night, June 27, promising the same family atmosphere and good fellowship. An added attraction is Norm Hanvey, a star impersonator, to entertain between dances. A debutante presentation to the Mayor, Mayoress, and Vicar Rev. T. R. Vizard will occur, with debutantes trained by Mr. Caddick and Mrs. Grigg. Dancing runs 8:15 pm to 1:30 am with Stan Walker's orchestra and tickets available from local shops.
In Melbourne West Labor faces only a Communist challenger, A J Bailey, with a near-certain victory expected. In Southern Province the race is tighter with candidates Dr A G Pennell, Roy Rawson, and H J Harvie seeking two seats. Dr Pennell, Sunshine councillor and hospital chair, campaigns on public service and philanthropy while Rawson is a Ferntree Gully bookseller challenging a local independent. Six year terms apply for successful provincials with two representatives per province.
Work on several railway pre-fab houses in Station St has halted pending an investigation. The stoppage follows an inspection last week and was reported to Sunshine Council on Monday near the proposed Parsons St Derby Rd road link.
Dr. Dobson told Sun shine Councillors on Monday that during the weekend he was taken into a house in West Sunshine with electrical fittings for 26 years but the wiring was never connected.
Officiating at the sod turning will be the general president Mr L Cox with Rev J T Carnell and other visitors. A youth rally will follow on the site at Devonshire Road and Appleby Avenue. The building will serve as church and Sunday School hall after erection, replacing four and a half years of services at Dobson Crescent hall where 145 children have attended.
The Sunshine Theatre hosts a charity concert on Sunday June 29 featuring star radio and stage artists. The Red White and Blue party will present singers instrumentalists novelty acts and a girls ballet with admission via programme at local shops and Kenilworth Library. The Sunshine Hospital Loan Redemption committee organises with help from the Sunshine Cricket Club and Sunshine City Band.
Sunshine Community Hospital members are automatically eligible for all enhanced insurance and benefits under the new Government Scheme. No further application is needed for current members.
Mr. Ainsworth of Glen Gala Road has been endorsed as the Australian Labour Party candidate for the Western Ward in Sunshine City Council elections.
All adults over twenty one must vote in Melbourne elections tomorrow. In Melbourne West Province Sunshine features candidates A J Bailey Labour and Dr Dobbin Communist. Southern Province includes Dr A G Pennell LCP Mr R Rawson ALP and Mr H J Harvie Independent for Deer Park and St Albans areas.
THREE defendants were fined at Sunshine Court on Tuesday for parking violations. Donald Gray of North Footscray double parked near a bank, fined ten shillings for wheels more than ten inches from the kerb. Alan Prewitt and William Valentin were fined one pound each for leaving bikes outside the Derrimut Hotel within thirty feet of Durham Road, obstructing pedestrian traffic.
A petrol engine valued at £ 00 has been stolen from Riverside Manufacturers in Paramount Parade Tottenham. Police investigating the theft at the factory site.
Mayor Dr. G. E Dobson toured West Sunshine reporting appalling conditions. Water collected from a hydrant formed mud two to three inches deep on allotments and many children missed school in wet weather. Council planned to spread screenings to improve streets under supervision.
A sexual assailant has prowled the Forrest Street area, with at least four attacks reported in the past two weeks. One incident involved a scarf being pulled around a woman's neck and she lost consciousness. Attacks occurred fairly early in the evening.
Kenneth Alan Dunn, 17, of Newport, admitted stealing from bread tins while posing as a Doherty’s Bakeries collector. He said financial need drove him to rifling tins. about £2 stolen. Ada Victoria Hill had given him ten shillings believing he collected for the bakery. The judge noted the youth’s competence and adjourned the case for twelve months.
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