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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 08, 1953
Page
1
Town council weighs hall use with focus on square dancing and permanent bookings. Dr Dobson questions high profits for callers and favors limiting bookings to serve residents. Officials note many bookings are free and stress service over revenue while considering extra charges for floor prep.
Fines of 3 pounds were imposed on two truck drivers charged at Sunshine Court on Tuesday for carrying loads exceeding the permitted limit. Defendants were Mycheal Bonello of 220 Abbotsford Street North Melbourne and Archie Alexander Hin of Creswick.
Roy Dempsey of Yarraville faced five charges after parking a utility truck outside Braybrook Hotel so it blocked the roadway. Constable Hearn stated Dempsey gave a false address and failed to notify the Motor Registration Branch of vehicle sale or possession. He was fined £1 on two counts and £2 on three counts.
An attempt by Dr Ainsworth at Sunshine to outsource items from the council list was discussed at a committee meeting this week. Dr McDonald called it bad business and futile, noting Station Road Deer Park bridge approaches Drainage channels Armstrong Street were the items mentioned.
Mrs B Milne thanks the women on committees for untiring service as she leaves Sunshine. She recalls loyal cooperation, harmony, and gifts of love and good will. Sunshine January 6, 1953.
Local polling booths set for the Senate election at Sunshine Sub Division Sun shine Town Hall Albion State School Braybrook State School and Sunbury Sub Division with 8 am to 8 pm hours. The Ladies Auxiliary will sell Lord Mayor's Appeal buttons to fund the hospital. A barometer will track appeal progress daily and donations may be sent to Dr N Green 7 King Edward Avenue Sunshine.
Sunshine Town Hall hosts a Hospital Ball in July to raise funds for Sunshine Community Hospital. The committee promises special attractions and an outstanding event to support medical services.
Dr. Parsons urged forwarding residents objections to the Tottenham Progress Association after Sunshine Council committee discussed the proposed public hall for Tottenham. He stressed long effort by locals to erect the hall and that opposition on Dempster Street would be sent for the association's comments.
A Folk Dance festival and carnival organized by the Child Care Committee drew a large crowd at Sunshine Park last Saturday. Dancers showcased Scotch Irish Polish Ukrainian Swiss and Hungarian costumes with a Scottish pipe band leading a town hall march. Proceeds support playgrounds and city amenities.
Two men were fined £20 each for taking bets near Braybrook Hotel. Bruce Sutherland of 328 Moreland Street West Brunswick and George Robinson of 84 Davis Street East Brunswick admitted working for wages of £2 a day. Neither appeared in court.
Sunshine councillors discussed the Schedule of Works for Moon day. Mayor Dr J Downing urged completing a path in Duke Street near the school and the Ernest Street to Ballarat Road crossing as soon as possible after a three year writ for these works.
Mrs Hazel Beckett reported £15 vanished from her handbag during a move from 32 Benjamin Street to Altona. Police investigation underway.
A group of local businessmen consider forming an Edsons Club branch in Sunshine. Gordon Smith of South Yarra, experienced in Lions Club work, discussed the proposal with several businessmen. The Lions Club is an international non sectarian non political body of business and professional men founded in 1917 in the United States. It aims to foster international understanding promote good citizenship and support civic welfare while building friendship among members.
A spare fre tube meat rin was stolen from the car of Brian Arthur Coward 42 Tre loar Crescent while parked outside the Oxy Theatre Maidstone.
Arthur McKenzie of 26 Monash Street Sunshine faced charges of dangerous driving and approaching an intersection at excessive speed. Constable Roberts testified the rider was on the wrong side of Bourke Street with little traffic, a claim McKenzie denied. He was found guilty on both counts, fined £5 for dangerous driving and £3 for speeding at the intersection.
This week Sunshine Football Club hosts a football draw in Moorabbin district No 29, corrected from Coallingwood listing. The update clarifies venue and timing for participants.
Office address provided about childcare during working hours. Details focus on care standards and location.
Council meeting revealed Sunshine Town Hall and municipal offices lack theft insurance for equipment. Discussion aimed to insure smaller council halls and require a town clerk report on town hall coverage. Dr Delson found it amusing that town hall equipment was not insured against theft.
Daniel Engelhardt, 7 Bardaley St Bunahine, and Jan Mikula 19 Taylor's Re St Albans report bleveles stolen. William Footeaz, 260 Cowper Ave St Albans left his bleveles at Sunshine Station and two others at St Albans station.
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