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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1940
Page
1
A local lending library advertises no joining fee and a borrowing rate of three pence per book for a fourteen day period. The notice highlights an affordable library service for residents seeking reading material.
In an interview Mr K. G. Hooper said enquiries from at least a dozen industries seek land near South and Durham Roads. He noted transport gaps hinder finalising deals, and a bus service on the route could unleash a corridor of factories from Sunshine to Footscray within three years. He has arranged land sales for Ajax Pump Works Wiltshire Co and others and will press Braybrook Council to back bus service.
An 18 year old resident of Bulla was remanded for medical observation after being charged with placing an obstruction on the railway line at Sydenham on Friday last, endangering the public. The Bendigo train was travelling about 58 miles an hour when a driver noticed the rocks on the line.
Arrangements made for a Farewell Evening to Fighting Forces from the Shire of Braybrook. The function is in Sunshine Town Hall on Saturday week March 9. Dinner at 6 p.m. by Shire President J A Lowe. About 60 invitations issued.
The Corio by election draws large crowds and a flood of politicians from across Australia. Voters will decide between Labor incumbent Captain J J Dedman and the coalition, with conscription and taxation as major issues. The war era fuels optimism for the governing party while public trust remains fragile.
The public is invited to attend at 8 with community singing and musical items in the main hall. A gift will be handed to men on active service or their deputies from the stage. A large attendance is hoped for.
Gavan Aitken of 20 McLean Street Sunshine won first prize in the 3 to 12 months section at the South Melbourne Town Hall baby show held last Saturday for war funds. The 9 month old competed among about 300 babies in a largely attended event.
The Keilor Shire President Dr H H Hilbert requests relatives to send the names of men residing in Keilor before enlistment to Shire Secretary N Woods for a Farewell Evening for service members.
The article notes Kewpie selecting Chatsbury for the 1940 Newmarket Handicap after a bad barrier draw. It references the Pines Hurdle Race and assigns editorial responsibility to Cr. G. Carlton of Dickson Street Sunshine.
Donors include R. V. Seymour £1 1, W. J. Bell 10 6, E. Clifton 10 6, A. Widdy 6, F. Sayers 2, N. Donald 2 6, J. Harris 2, Henry Robinson £1 1, Anonymous 10 6, A. Beachley 10 6, G. Naismith 10 6 and others RS.S.1LA £2 2, T. R.B. 6, R. Clemson 6, H Clemson 5, H. J. Adams 2 6, C Day 2 6, Mac 5, J. McMurdo 5, W. Bain 2, H. E. Robinson 10 6 totaling 0 41 79.
The Sunshine combined association picnic at Keilor drew about 110 Sunshiners led by Leo Willey with Tom Young as vice captain. Williamstown fought Sunsh ine to a moral win in a day packed with races and cricket culminating in Sunshine 224 to Williamstown 114.
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