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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
6
An old advertisement extols Eucalypt extracts for scent and teeth care and warns against counterfeit products. It touts drops for handkerchiefs and baths, and suggests mouthwash use. The copy attacks fake extracts and promotes a specific brand as the purest, urging caution.
Deer Park council approves names for park management including Mere Tiarrett Dusting McLemt and Petherland with Dr Glendenning as chairman. Tenders for rail and road works near Foley's are opened and lowest bids recommended. Dewr Park youths plant 48 Australia trees in Saenulla Park.
From St Albans a report details E J Luxford's son En Lusford being knocked down in Melbourne last Saturday with a bad cut. The piece also covers Twe Unemployed Relief Committee actions in Tuers day, donations for the Gapie fall Theatre, and a Mothers Club event with a dance planned for July 5 to support relief efforts.
The Sun Shine Presbyterian Church marks its anniversary with special Sunday services conducted by Tow. A. Meathoute Fletcher in the morning and Tow. 4. K. Anderson, ILA, in the evening. Special music is planned both times and anniversary offerings are requested.
An article notes a group of amateur botanists among a community effort. The red flowering plants were praised as attractive though needing care. Children enjoyed the activities, and organizers plan another planting in early spring.
In the presence of about numbers of the craft of 4 Free and Accepted Mason with visitors from other centres Bro W J proclaimed Worshipful Master at the Albion Lodge Met Masonic Hall on a wide evening. The ceremony featured pomp and splendor and included investiture of officers, a banquet by Bro Bloomcamp Footscray and toasts to the newly installed Worshipful Master. Office-bearers and duties were listed for the lodge including stewards and the tyler.
A cluttered advertisement outlines discounts on tweed goats and coney trims, bleached wool and silk garments, undergarments, and ladies wear. It highlights price drops from original tags to sale prices across coats, cardigans, hats, vests, and infant knitwear with period shop language and casual fashion terms.
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