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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 16, 1934
Page
4
Property owners warn that any person trespassing on or damaging Glen Galla Estate property will be prosecuted without further notice. Poison laid for bogs, by order, The Executors.
District tennis results show Albion beating Sydenham 61 to 38 and Gardens A defeating Methodists 56 44. Matches feature multiple pairings with scores ranging 7 1 to 7 7 and Gardens A claiming a 12 game margin. Linton defeated Spaldings 81 43 as White and McCreery lost to Graham and Allen 6 7.
Sunshine Technical School won the annual W B Trapp shield competition conducted by St Johns Ambulance Association against Victorian schools. Miss E J Wells supervised the event. Winning team members Edna Pontin Jean Cawood Marion Clifton Ida Duncan Vera Janson Norma Prout Beryl Newhouse Joan McDonald Shirley White Grace Batten Margaret Wright Olive Sage Pearl Mitchell Grace Slater Joan Baker Linda Comley received first aid and home nursing certificates along with the shield. Additional successful examinees Edna Bar Merle Johnston Lena Cunning ri
Local notice reports removal of dead horses and cattle from a property. Details are fragmentary but indicate cleanup actions by authorities or property owners, with references to humane handling and a manure works facility. No further names or dates are clearly readable.
The Sunshine Anglers club held a weekly bay competition off the Butts on Sunday with many returns. Stan Lowe landed 17 flatheads and one roughy, weighing 31 lb 11 1 2 oz overall, to win the trophy. F G Andrewartha was second with 14 flatheads and a 4 lb 4 oz roughy. Other weights included two xchnappers, four flatheads, two roughies, and five rock cod totaling 31 lb 11 1 2 oz. The pig shark weighed 20 lb 8 oz. Next Sunday the crew will fish the Upper Werribee at Leiderberg Bridge. buses depart 6 am, weigh-in 7 am. Referees L Forsythe and S Lowe. steward Norman McKenry. The club meeting drew 40 members. Hartley angling champions at Burrumbeet Cup Day were unsuccessful for prizes. Ladies angling is planned for Batman's Ford next Sunday. The meeting ended with euchre won by Messiah, McKenry, L Cooper, and S Lowe.
Sunshine Harvester Works Rifle Club hosted a weekly competition across 500 and 600 yard ranges with fair turnout and challenging conditions. Shooters Polan, Bignell, Kyle, Mills, Whittle, Wright, Frost posted notable totals though overall scores were modest. Polan showed marked improvement on his single-range effort. A poet has just married and aims to publish a piece.
A G Pennell, son of a long-serving council member, stands for Braybrook Shire Western Riding. He is described as experienced in municipal finance, active in district welfare, and aiming a progressive policy aligned with Western Riding’s rural and industrial needs. He vows to continue his father’s work and improve local services and credit balance.
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