12 May 1933
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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 12, 1933
Page
1
A St Albans correspondent reports severe water scarcity leading residents to reuse bath water for multiple tasks. People bathe in succession, wash clothes and scrub floors, then mix residues with chemicals to spray chicken coops, highlighting improvised recycling amid shortage.
A shop trespasser forced entry to William Bolitho's Braybrook grocery on Varat Road between 10 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 a.m. Monday. He found cash totaled around £8, including forty florins, forty sixpences, silver and copper, a £10 note, and a 10 shilling note. The thief prised the front door panel, unlocked the door, and left the till behind. Sunshine police are investigating.
Dr Charles Byrne, by unanimous vote of the Sunshine Football Club committee, is appointed honorary medical officer in recognition of his former football status and enduring ties to the sport. He was a winter game stalwart and a 1920 university blue, with his brother John serving as honorary medical officer of Yarraville FC.
An old advertisement urges readers to consider eye strain from sewing or tasks requiring concentration and to protect vision. It emphasizes careful testing at a modern optical shop and suggests upgraded lenses to prevent further fatigue and giddiness.
News notes two laborers John Cox aged 61 and Jack Kane 47 who claimed briquettes found in a railway yard were for fuel and were fined 2 pounds each after pleading guilty to unlawful possession. Other local items include minor court adjournments, a milk cart nuisance fine, and a charity drive in Sunshine with a list of team lineups and community notices.
Sunshine A L P members voiced opposition Thursday at the Town Hall. They protested federal plans to use a budget surplus from pensions to cut taxes and condemned state electricity commission trading restrictions harming consumers.
The Sunshine Anglers' Club invites all to a lecture and demonstration on snakes by Mr. T. Eades known as Pambo. The event will be held in the Supper Room Shire Hall on Tuesday May 16 at 8 15 p.m. A collection will be taken to defray costs.
A social evening in Coburg bids farewell to Pastor J Holt as he transfers to Brim in the Wimmera district. Speakers from Baptist and Salvation Army churches praise his work with children and youth, urge keeping faith, and wish him success in the new district. Cards and gifts are exchanged, with notes and a Twentieth Century New Testament.
At a Sunshine club gathering, Mr Robert Subbranch of the Returned Sailors Grant urged strong representations to the State Executive against unauthorised wreath laying at the Shrine or cenotaph by foreign warship crews and visiting singers. He said the practice was mere desecration and a formality. The motion, seconded by Mr Donald, was carried.
A reader condemns a RS S L L A motion to bar foreign visitors from the cenotaph while praising the Koln wreath gesture as an example of international cooperation. The letter argues nations depend on one another and Australians should reciprocate goodwill.
A man at 38 Couch Street Sunshine appeared before Mr. E. é. Tibb and J. L. Scott on a sustenance charge. He pleaded not guilty but was convicted and fined £5 with 10 shillings costs. Evidence showed he drew 11/6 weekly sustenance from July to December 1932 though entitled to up to 25/ per week, and he claimed customers increased while stating no longer entitled. He admitted buying and ret importing wood for resale with a gross profit of 28/ and various expenses. The court refused time to pay, ordering £10 immediately and the rest within four weeks.
The Sunshine State Mothers' Club thanks the community for past patronage at euchre parties and other entertainments held. Huge first prizes of £ for Monday night.
A brief closing note from Albert L. Neal at 19 King Edward Avenue emphasizes that perpetual ill will harms progress while lasting goodwill can foster trade and happiness among world communities. The message urges constructive relations and amicable relations beyond personal disputes.
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