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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1946
Page
2
Hodgson offers all classes of industrial work and house wiring at 49 Ferguson Street Williamstown. Repairs and general electrical services available. After hours service at 342 Ring Williamstown, with ramp servo assistance from ST Vasey Street Walliya advert.
Rex Wilcox an 11 year old pupil at Hillybrook State School receives birthday wishes as locals extend congratulations to J J Seatt of Forest Street who marks his 10th birthday. Community events include a travel note and a Poultry Breeders meeting in Footscray with updates on club activities and an upcoming reform meeting for the Diggers Cricket Club.
The Sunshine Branch of the ALP will meet at Shire Hall on Tuesday evening March 12 to discuss correspondence and business. They propose March 20 as a electorate wide pre selection ballot day for the Senate. The SEC agreed delegates for the Sunshine electorate will attend the Latrobe conference and Labor MPs will back Premier Labor plans. Also notes April 9 Black Rock Branch annual sports and a Metropolitan Technical Schools Teachers Union event. The Industrial Health Conference set for May 15–16 at Assembly Hall will host sessions with industrialist, unionist, and scientist speakers. A social dance is planned for May 24 in the Masonic Hall.
The Albion Methodist Church marks its anniversary with a morning sermon by Mgr Fred Foley LF who begins studies at Queen's College for the ministry and an evening service led by Senior Chaplain KR Helmore a war veteran. The Sunshine Ladies Guild hosts an At Home on Wednesday March 20 at 2 30 pm in the Kindergarten Hall with visiting artists Mrs H Miling and Mrs D Moody, plus a gift stall and tea.
A special Orange Lodge Parade will be held Sunday at 7 p.m. Local Lodges with visitors from Footscray and Yarraville will attend as qualifications are read. Rand performed selections at the hospital, drawing appreciation from the Matron Nursing staff and patients of the Farsortia Hospital.
February figures show Footscray Outpatients Centre treated 632 patients and issued 635 prescriptions while performing 596 dressings and 61 ante natal clinic attendances. Donations acknowledged include amounts from D M Torrance, Footscray Dog Club, Maidstone Post Raid Welfare, and multiple local supporters.
A meeting backed a move for a General Hospital in Sunshine over a Community Hospital. Speakers cited needs for emergency care, regional coverage, and financial plans with Charities Board support, government grants, and local donations. committee tasked to implement.
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