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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 25, 1937
Page
7
Dear readers next week the Advocate will announce prize winners for the matter ending March. The column teases a winner and asks readers to watch for the next issue.
A collection of wordplay clues forming a chained answer puzzle. Several jokes appear including a domestic animal and sauce, a waiter quip about sausage length, a dog pun about Roger, a hill versus pill riddle, a monetary pun about £1 and a guinea, and a poem about a girl who carries joy and serene spirit.
Eyewitnesses describe Swami Krishanandji of Joge shwari near Bombay traveling with a lion as his companion. The lion sits beside him on the omnibus or tram, drawing curious children and servants, and is said to be gentle, even among Mary’s lambs. The Swami’s lion accompanied him to pay respects to the new Viceroy at Simla, receiving warm welcomes from Lord Linlithgow’s family during the journey.
The party viewed all sights including the changing of the Guard. The Swami, a philosopher by profession, remarked gravely that the great people of the land might require such military protection, noting a simple soul like himself, a lion, was enough.
In a nightly dialogue Effie and her mother discuss a mysterious visitor who heals, helps, and leaves a message about time. The mother hints the visitor died at sunset and that her sister, Thursday, arrives at sunrise, prompting Effie to greet Friday the next day with hopeful resolve.
A playful column describes a party stunt with three hats and a lump of sugar to reveal under a chosen hat. It also explains a stick stepping challenge and a spoon balance game where players try to topple an orange from the opponent’s spoon without dropping theirs.
The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria criticizes steep fines for minor offences, urges warnings over prosecutions, and argues penalties do not improve safety. It cites tram space claims, tram lines’ impact on road use, and potential traffic flow improvements if tram lines were removed.
No Good Friday show at Sunshine Theatre. Tonight features Jack of All Trades with Jack Hulbert and O Shaughnessys Boy with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper. Easter Monday adds a matinee headlined by Freddie Bartholomew in Little Lord Fauntleroy with Slim Summerville and Mickey Mouse cartoons among a lively kids program.
Freddie Bartholomew stars in Little Lord Fauntleroy with a Monday matinee, continuing Tuesday and Wednesday night shows. Claire Dodd appears in The Secret of the Chateau across Monday through Wednesday performances.
An idler taunts road workers asking about pay for banging a paving ram. The worker replies that he earns nothing for striking it down because it rises by itself to the lift, framing the exchange as a humorous street quip.
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