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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 27, 1936
Page
6
The notice lists Blake's Hairdressing Salon at 200 Hampshire Road with three chairs and no waiting. It mentions services or prices like Water Wave, Reset, Shampoo and Wave, Shampoo, Hot Oil Shampoo, and Marcel rights.
A youth group writes to children about Ronald Crosbie’s school accident and send wishes for his speedy recovery. The note mentions contacting Ronald through their Corner and notes the Herald newspaper cost and a puzzle about its price. Ronald’s home is on Bourtary Road St Albans.
A reader competition asks for first correct answers to a set of trivia questions. Topics include Gramophone wireless steam engine aviation to Australia pole position poetry current PM speed king and a famous motto. Closing date is Monday April 6.
Readers are invited to join last week’s Zoo Competition still open with a closing date given as Monday March 40. The puzzle challenges readers to identify missing words in sentences, each blanked term being a bird fish or animal, with hints guiding the type.
This week prizes go to Olwen Easton and Yvonne Turner for nearly correct responses. Jeanne Tanner is out due to a spelling error. Winners should claim prizes promptly.
Several children express interest in forming a Birthday League and request more names to join. Send your name to participate as plans begin.
Edward Crosbie of Roslyn St Albans sends thanks for the Big Smile contribution and poem. He mentions receiving 10 marks and expresses appreciation for the kind gesture.
A mixed page features jokes about family life and odd grammar, a riddle section, poetry stanzas about land and future, plus a dramatic sea rescue fragment with a boy clinging to a plank as a ship sinks. The prose alternates tones from humor to folk lyric to suspense.
Johnny frantically searches a burning ship for his friend Pip as flames and smoke engulf the vessel. He struggles to don a life belt and faces a perilous choice between escaping in a lifeboat or continuing the search. The final fall into the sea ends with both risk and a fragile hope.
The Williamstown shoot at 900 yards faced tricky wind from right to left after a Saturday trial. Shooters without coaches lagged. Roy Farnsworth scored 45 after a 47 at 300 yards last week, marking him as a top prospect for the club.
Collectors of railway tickets show odd specimens including a ticket to Hell from a station near Trondhjem Norway. Nearby Hevne and Hel ven echoes suggest the same pun. The note hints at forward goods and large counts of tickets in circulation.
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