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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1937
Page
7
A tale of Jim and his dog James the Second showing how a pet homeward bond saves a boy after an accident in a pit. James the Second ferries help with friends to carry Jim home. The story emphasizes love and loyalty between child and dog.
Humorous exchanges range from elephants and faces to onions and shooting season. Amateur punchlines include a fly in soup lifebuoy quip and a carnival burial tease. Several bits hinge on relationships, professions, and social mishaps, with a note crediting Wilfred Clayton for 17 marks.
A party game where players alternately declare what they will take abroad and later what they will do with each item. The leader introduces items like a packet of chocolate or camp bed and, in round two, can shift to actions such as eating the items or sitting on them.
The Mordiallec Diggers minstrel troupe staged a well received performance at Sun Shine Town Hall last Thursday under the Druids. Principal actors included Larry Herz as centreman Bill Kellett Bones Joe Marsh Sambo Carl Woess Rufus and Les McQueen Tambo with a strong second half featuring clever sketches and musical numbers. Attendance was modest but the group plans a return engagement. Supper and speeches followed with commendations for Larry Herz and Dr R M Shaw. Bro E J Crick and Ron Tribe are noted as ill or recovering respectively.
Dr W R Parsons told Keilor on Saturday that officials and parliamentarians showed strong interest in a Footscray Braybrook Keilor Essendon and Williamstown river boulevard. Estimates differed with £11000 from Walters and £20000 from Public Works as to the Essendon Keilor section. A conference to form an advisory board was set with Parsons Hilbert and Davis as four council representatives.
Sunshine Theatre offers Lady, Be Careful a shipboard comedy starring Lew Ayres and Mary Carlisle plus The General Died at Dawn a modern war tale with Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll. The double feature contrasts a light farce with a tense intrigue set in wartime China.
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