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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 06, 1953
Page
3
Sunshine Council rejects scare mongering over a rise in infectious disease. The 1952 report shows 153 cases, with 56 from Housing Commission homes or the migrant hostel, prompting state and Commonwealth investigations and a reinforced immunization campaign.
A reader mails OUR LETTER BOX criticizing council priorities over a creek crossing. The writer urges Yallourn Street improvements and a bridge over the creek as more urgent than the Durham to Glengala Road link. The Rev Henry Host of the Blind Institute Melbourne will read braille at St. Mark's Sunshine evensong and speak on institute progress. a retiring offertory will be collected.
Sunshine Council engineer H. E. Robinson said it was dangerous to promise a finish date for the town hall floor. He answered if the floor would be ready for the Horticultural Society show on 28 March. He would not rush carpenters despite late timber and defects reported.
The St Johns Church of England Deer Park guild met at Mrs A Ross home with many members and friends present. Deaconess Lucia Koska delivered an engaging address on England and Germany. A night service is planned for Sunday at 8 p.m. at St Johns.
Preliminary plans for the construction of First and Second Avenues and part of Central Avenue were submitted to Sunshine Council on Monday. Estimated coal is £2 5s per linear foot. Council lands leased for grazing six acres abutting the Kororoit Creek swimming pool under terms requiring weed destruction and a £2 annual rent.
Albion State School Mothers Club presented a balance sheet showing a year start with £80, spend £214 on amenities, and finish with a surplus. Funds supported scholarships prizes quadrangle shelter shed and classroom improvements while new officers were elected. Families urged to join and attend upcoming sewing machine demonstration with Kindergarten auxiliary. Fathers Association also elected officers and called for greater parental cooperation.
The Sunshine Council's committee meeting will be held Tuesday night instead of Monday because of the Labor Day holiday.
The Sunshine City Band building appeal surpasses £600 with donations from J H Ralph and his wife £50, Katy Roberts 5 10 in memory of her parents, Dr A Beachley for materials and Sunshine Council for spreading, plus multiple other gifts totaling 605 0 7 to date.
The Sunshine municipal library plan influences the Council of Adult Education to set Literature as the subject for the evening class at Sunshine Girls' Technical School. Beginning Thursday evenings on 19 March, lecturer A. G. Austin will discuss twentieth century novels poems and plays over ten weeks with a nominal fee for attendees.
The Kinder Auxiliary announces its annual meeting at Maidstone hall on Tuesday March 1 at 2 15 p.m. The Sunshing Council donated £2 2s to the Travellers Aid Society.
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