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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1946
Page
6
Sunday services before Advent at St Marks Sunshine and The Temple. Rev Horie leads cathedral service. Youth work at church with young people invited. Salvation Army and parish groups schedule daytime and weekday activities. Card reflects a local church notices page with multiple congregational events and leadership names.
A Albion kindergarten committee meeting in Melbourne discusses establishing a kindergarten in the union district. Mrs Pennell and Haydn preside at a program with speakers on aims, funding from government and donations, and the role of trained teachers. A grand dance on November 6 at Shire Hall is announced to raise funds.
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Sun bright evening at Shire Hall features Sunshine Methodist Sunday School program. Junior boys perform Polish humor and a little Dutch at Zee. Senior girls present Tell Me Pretty Maiden while others stage Dancing Colleen and Fairyland themes. Proceeds praised for organization and bouquets awarded to A Schmidt and A Stoeper.
The British Empire Service expresses appreciation for local loyalty and postal gift drives sending parcels to Britain. Officials note community support and sustained contributions during wartime shortages.
The Shire of Braybrook council plans an Ordinary Meeting at Shire Hall Sunshine on Monday November 26 to fix General Rates of 2 shillings per pound in the Western Riding and 2 shillings 3 pence per pound for Southern and River Ridings for the year ending September 6. The notice cites legal authority under provincial government acts and invites interested parties to attend.
The Sunshine Shire Council proposes charges for the year ending September 1947. A night pan collection fee of forty five shillings per property applies where pans are used. A refuse disposal charge of six pence in the tenement within Sunshine Deer Park Maidstone and Maribyrnong covers rubbish collection. Details are open for inspection at the Shire Hall Sunshine.
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