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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 21, 1924
Page
8
Jack White, a bootmaker, announces he has vacated his Hampshire Road shop and will temporarily conduct business from his private residence at Clark Street in Sunshine, five doors from the Salvation Hall on the north side.
Mr. F. Challis informs residents that Sunshine Furniture Mart on Devonshire Road has been taken over from the former operators H. F. Alcock & Co. The notice marks a transfer of business ownership and ongoing operations at the Devonshire Road location.
The article analyzes different seed drills and their ability to plant at uniform depths. It highlights how float design, pivot points, and soil conditions affect depth accuracy, praising Buntyne for its front lever that keeps all rows at the same depth and yields better crop results.
Poultry notes advise beginners to study one breed until its points are mastered and to visit shows for insight. It stresses quality over quantity, comparing novices with professionals, and outlines a memory method using photographs, chalk, and squared tracing to memorize breed type.
The text discusses the difficulty of determining exhibition standards and asserts that success for a specimen cannot be achieved by simple luck. It stresses that thorough preparation, often spanning weeks or months, is necessary and that all legitimate means must be used to reach the desired end. The passage ends with a note that the topic will be continued.
The reinforced Concrete Engineering Co s Albion factory is being enlarged with a new lengthy wing. The company makes steel reinforcements for concrete building work and employs many workers. Darling s roller flour mills run at full capacity. A large concrete drainage pipe is being laid under the road and railway crossing at the Ballarat road junction due to prior floods. Work has been suspended temporarily for unclear reasons.
Time table notes train departures from Albion station with weekday morning and evening sequences, Saturday adjustments, and Sunday listings. Trains run at various A M and P M times with several segments and notes about daylight hours and adjacent days. The timetable mentions trains leaving Albion four minutes after listed times.
A fragment of a timetable lists routes from Flinders Street to St Albans with numerous time marks and notes on Sunshine only services. The sequence includes morning to evening hours, several “Sunshine only” labels, and a late night entry around 9:11 pm, ending with “then again as.”
Weekdays list trains to St Albans from Footscray with times including morning and afternoon slots and Sunshine variations. Sundays show a separate timetable with morning and evening departures including Sunshine services.
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