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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 17, 1924
Page
4
Auctioneer directs attention to a sale of land centrally located near street and station with access to electric light and water. Core theate of Title. Notices board on January. For details apply O'Brien and Fox, auctioneers.
Shire of Braybrook warns no enrolment for 1924 unless all rates and interest due are paid by June 6 1924. Interest accrues on unpaid rates after June 10. Collector will attend daily at Shire Hall Eppes to receive payments. Full name and occupation of the person entitled must be given when paying. Walter J Andrew Shire Secretary.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions JACK WHITE and a private event tied to a Salvation Halt reference, with unclear details and locations. The readable parts show names but lack concrete actions, dates, or outcomes to confirm a full news item.
Classified notice listing items for sale including sideboards and a kitchen table. Mentions location Simpson Duke Street Braybrook and dusty carved overmantel. Short ad phrasing with mixed spellings and unclear specifics.
Two unfurnished rooms with fireplace and use of kitchen. Conveniently located near Sunshine station. Madame Nold at Benjamin Street and Sun Crescent Estate Office advertise ready in one month.
Large one acre plots with 15 minutes sunshine available at Sun Crescent Estate. Several new houses on offer with reasonable terms. Office at Sun Crescent Batate near Sunshine station.
Sunshine Baptist Church announces service for tomorrow with morning and evening worship, Sunday School at 7, Holy Communion at Henrybrook, Evensong and sermon by Rev. J H Richardson. All welcome. May 18.
In memoriam for Elizabeth Walsh who died May 14 1922 and for John Walsh who died October 71 1921 and for Annantasia Walsh who died September 21.Inserted by Florence and William Dempater Braybrook.
At a Sunshine Advocate meeting on Saturday May 17 1924 Dr Dempster outlined a water main guarantee granted by the council. The secretary explained that when residents requested water mains in their street the Board would cover a deficiency if the revenue fell short. In several streets such as Benjamin and Morris there were small deficits, while most cases yielded refunds. The council plans a new Shire valuation with an average 25 percent rate increase to achieve fairer assessments, noting some properties are under valued.
At St Mark's on Sunday evening the Sunshine Branch of the Loyal Orange Lodge held a church parade with about forty members in regalia. The service featured hymns and a sermon from the Vicar on honoring all men as brothers and sons of God. He urged unity beyond denominations and living the Gospel, ending with Abide With Me as the lodge members departed in procession.
The Sunshine Rifle Club competed for the White Trophy and W R A Medal second stage on Saturday with V Little winning the event. Scores: V Little 44 4 50, W Saville 46 60, KR Rawlins 40 9 49, T Crothers 38 10 45, W Lucas 41 is, I Little 43 4 47, H Pranks 37 K 42, H Patterson 38 O 44, H Barnett 36 439.
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