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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 03, 1925
Page
4
A playful Victorian note describes eyes as the chief beauty asset and warns dull eyes betray foolishness. It includes instructions about rest, sleep, and reading habits, ending with a quirky stamp-encoded message key and a list of stamp positions signaling affectionate phrases.
Sunshine Harvester Rifle Club held a practice shoot last Saturday at 600 and 700 yards with scores for W Saville A Pincott A Drumbrell T Ellsworth J Raymond A Gardiner. New members are attending well. The first euchre party will be held next week.
The Arbit ration Court examined whether up to date machinery reduces skill in certain trades. A claim by workers and a former H V M Kay Ltd employee from Sunshine Harvester Works argued learning and re learning trades with machinery. Witness said machinery removes some work but does not lower fundamental skill. a ten year old boy made the tin cup cited as example.
A vintage price list shows men’s wear including tweed suits 32/6 shirts 4/11 braces 1- flannel 5/11 felt hat 9/6? cashmere socks 1/9 per pair. Goods are offered at R V Seymours The Men’s Store Hampshire Road Sunshine near railway gates.
Mothers announce a large Rose’ Clothes assortment with boys wear including a dark grey tweed sport suit for 14/6, a felt hat at 4/11, shirts at 2/9, braces 6d, fancy golf socks 2/11 a pair, available at R V Seymours Hampshire Road near railway gates.
A brief local item mentions an optician visit in Blair Athol with slight confusion over the name and date but indicates a routine, Moderate activity in the area during the period.
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