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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 15, 1940
Page
8
The piece recounts Colonel Williams who promoted a Swiss naval defence on Lake Zurich at the end of the 18th century. He claimed warships should patrol the lake, was named Admiral of the Swiss Navy, and briefly engaged the French before scuttling the fleet and fleeing Switzerland.
A Braybrook Council briefing from the Infant Welfare Centre shows 478 infant attendances and 405 consultations in the month. The report states general health of babies and mothers was most satisfactory.
The Shire of Braybrook invites inspection of proposed General Rates for the Western Western Riding and Central Southern River Ridings. A meeting at Shire Hall Sunshine on Monday November 25 at 7:30 pm will discuss two shillings in the pound on net annual value and twenty seven pence in the pound on rateable property for the year ending September 30, 1947.
The Sunshine Shire Council discusses charges for the year ending 30 September 1941 at the Shire Hall. Pan charges are 25 shillings per pan on rateable properties and 30 shillings per pan on non rateable properties. Garbage charge is six shillings per tenement in Sunshine Maidstone and Maribyrnong.
The Children's Sports Meeting in lieu of the Shire Picnic will be held at the Recreation Reserve this Saturday November 16 beginning at 2 p.m. An evening Dance and Card Party will aid expenses at the Shire Hall, with a bus departing Essendon railway station at 7 46 p.m.
Due to the Vicars illness there will be no 8 am service at St Mark's next Sunday Holy Communion will be at 10 45 am with Rev E J Durance L Th Vicar of St John's Pootacray as celebrant Evensong to follow in the afternoon placeholder times indicate Roosbeery Evensong in the evening at p m
The article describes varied rain timekeeping and weather fads in different regions. In Para Brazil, people use rain patterns to gauge schedules, while Hawaii notes socialized showers. China uses layered silk coats to mark cold days, dubbing them three or seven coat days.
Mr A 8 Drakeford M H R told Braybrook Council on Monday night that he had asked the Minister for the Interior to consider the Commonwealth paying a quarter of the cost for a duplicate water main to be laid in Raleigh Road Maribyrnong.
Keilor Council told Braybrook Council it will divide Main Road St Albans into West and East sections with the railway as the boundary after input from the St Albans Progress Association. Health Inspector reports rubbish issues at Ballarat Road Deer Park addressed with notices. Several residents fined for unregistered dogs. Local anecdotes among railway balloon warnings and a wandering traveller.
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