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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 26, 1943
Page
4
Members are advised that the Fortnightly Meeting was held at St Mack's Hall. Secretary prompts new notices for sharpening services, wheel and tire sales, and property listings. Couple seeking a home and various ads for lost wallets and kitchenette rental appear in this Sunshine area notice.
Presbyterian, Methodist, Salvation Army, and Anglican notices list pastors and services. Key items include St Marks in Senshine with Holy Communion and an induction service on March 31. St Albans at Macings mentions Mr Guest with evening rites. Evans and Smyth named among local clergy and lay leaders.
In memory of our mother and grandmother who died in March 1942 Ever remembered inserted by daughter Minute son in law Thoms and grandchildren Albert Robert Teale and Alice Ethel May Hennebery died March 30 1940 remembered by mother sisters and brother.
The Technical School offers instruction in typing shorthand and bookkeeping with skilled teachers. Typewriters are available and shorthand classes run at high speed, some reaching 180 words per minute. Bookkeeping courses prepare students for examinations, with exemptions for certain papers. Detailed fees and schedules are provided by the School Office.
At a meeting of parents and residents, Mr J V Meehan was announced as the newly appointed head teacher following discussions on forming a new school committee.
Report notes a meeting where Mr Meehan outlined hopes for a long, pleasant term and a bountiful supper. Elections update with Mr Cowley becoming honorary treasurer. Texas community agrees to biweekly entertainments funded by subscriptions reduced to 2. A fire near Jackson's Creek prompts investigations. Barley growers discuss Victorian malting barley pool withdrawal and future supply arrangements.
The article recalls Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy who lent his name to the Owen Stanley Range. It notes his 16 year absence from common memory and outlines his role in supporting early New Zealand settlement, including bringing a frigate to Banks Peninsula, aiding settlers, and influencing territorial outcomes during a fragile colonial era and potential French intervention.
In 1871 Captain, later Admiral, John Moresby commanded the Basilisk on patrols along Torres Strait and the New Guinea coast hunting down blackbirders. He charted unknown coasts though the Basilisk was not a survey ship and later discovered Port Moresby. Moresby mapped about 1200 miles of coastline, two inland river explorations, and 348 islands before dying in 1892 at Fareham. A destroyer later bore his name while he was still alive.
The Sunshine Court sat on Tuesday the 23rd with PM Jackson presiding. Ernest Nicholls was fined five shillings on each of ten charges for his son Reginald’s December non attendance at school without excuse. Alexander Brown also fined five shillings on three charges for December non attendance at store. A separate case involved Frederick Johnston accused of stealing forty five pounds ten shillings from ICLAN Ltd. Deer Park between 4th and 6th March 1943. Allan Morrison Treline, pay master at the Explosive Factory, Albion, admitted handling unclaimed pay envelopes containing notes removed from seven and brown paper. The value was £45 10s. Envelopes bore employee names and wages. accused had no authority to take money. Witnesses testified to the lack of authority and prior satisfactory conduct.
On duty at a factory, Hedneetoy Sart was accused of misappropriating salary funds over ten weeks. He admitted taking money to meet debts, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months with suspension on a bond of £50 for two years. He promised to repay within three months and planned Army enlistment.
On March 15 Brownies marked their eighth birthday at the scout hall. A cake with eight candles was lit by members who are moving to Guides. Brown Owl Mrs Shields cut the cake into forty pieces as the group enjoyed games and treats and looked forward to another year of work and fun.
The notice instructs readers to set clocks back one hour at 8 pm on Sunday, marking the end of daylight saving time and the return to standard time.
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