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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1924
Page
5
Football hints a Dest Pi victory as attendance rises for the upcoming match. Under manager All Summers the bar has been remodelled ensuring comfort and brand availability. Rumor swirls about a prominent clubman considering marriage, with playful chatter in Deer Park.
Sunshine hosted Yarraville with strong winds making for scrambling play. Yarraville proved quicker to the ball. Sunshine faded after a promising first half. Final score Yarraville 6 goals 18 behinds, Sunshine 1 goal 7 behinds. Sunshine’s best were Shorten, Dodaon, Day, Stephenson, More. Sunshine meets Footscray next.
Melbourne football notes report a five goal defeat for Sunshine United against Perthite and list Sunshine Tech potential, coached by D Adderley with Williamson as headmaster. Youth team selections, players, and reserves named. A preview of Sunshine Tech aiming to become a strong juvenile soccer side with praise for young Thomas and prospects for interstate schoolboys match.
Twenty pairs competed in a windy Saturday mixed foursomes. Notable performances by Mrs Bell and Mr Pippett are highlighted, with scores listed. Upcoming bogie event next Saturday and a Sunbury friendly match on Saturday July noted, full details to follow in the Advocate.
Local notes show Braybrook Shira Council reforms and a Ravenhall bid for River Riding. A new committee promotes evening council meetings to suit ratepayers and speed municipal changes as Ballarat road resurfacing and new buildings expand over the past year.
A Braybrook Church of England Ol Time dance on June 18 drew 50 to 60 couples and numerous supporters to raise funds for the parish hall debt. Prizes went to G Middleton and Hilda Davies for Old-time pair, Miss Flodrich Knight as best dressed, and several costume entries including a Ghost prize for Mrs. Munro. The event featured Indian Soldier and Powder and Tache costumes, with Bohn's jazz band providing music and a supper service by the committee.
A local committee intends to stage a dance titled Back to Childhood to evoke memories of youth. The exact date and venue will be announced later through advertisements.
The article traces the wireless breakthrough to Faraday and Maxwell theory, showing how the universal ether links electricity and light. It credits Hertz and Lodge for detection, Marconi for practical signaling, and notes distances achieved from Poole to Alum Bay and beyond, highlighting the 1910 milestone.
Railway Commissioners are reportedly open to reducing fares for Williamstown Footscray and Sunshine but face no opposition. The passage argues for a consistent State system and questions the lack of challenge as a reason to proceed.
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