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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 29, 1926
Page
6
Letters to the editor from Sunshine and nearby areas discuss hotel establishment, public morality, and alcohol. Omar’s Ghost praises balanced views on drinking and warns of social harm, while others urge fair betterment rates and market-driven growth tied to Sunshine’s cattle and sheep trades.
At the council meeting last Monday night Dr Raymond Robinson moved to borrow 6000 for permanent works and land purchase for road and path projects. The plan includes Durham Road, Forrest Street, King Edward Avenue, Ridley Street, Sydney Street, Station Place, Clarke Street, Devonshire Road to Dickson Street, Morris Street, Hampshire Road, Anderson Road and nearby paths. All paths to be four feet wide except two cases.
Literary notes celebrate Carlyle on literature and report Beau Geste becoming a film. P C Wren’s Beau Sabreur slated for publication next month. Sunshine Municipal Library remains popular with many new books and 200 checkouts in a single evening. Readers urged to share opinions with the Advocate. Chess activity rising beyond expectations in Sunshine.
The new Methodist Church at Maldetowa will be dedicated on Saturday June 12 with Rev H A Overend presiding and a memorial window for Esther Studd unveiled by Rev W Wyke. Lantern lecturette on Picturesque Victoria by Rev A E Brown will follow with 150 slides. The opening service on June 13 features Revs A Hay, W Clemiene, and X B Crownbill, with M R Halstead leading the choir in a racial musical program.
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