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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 26, 1951
Page
1
Keith Robert Black of 2 Bazentin Street Sunshine was found in a dwelling without lawful excuse. A witness described a man in a bedroom at 4 45 am and, despite Black claiming memory loss after a Kensington party, he was convicted of housebreaking with prior convictions and given six months in prison.
Eric Grinham of Main Rd St Albans received a £15 fine for selling meat above fixed prices after an employee failed to follow new rates. Ronald Blain sold rump steak at 4/6 when 4/- was the max. The case notes a prior overcharging conviction and costs of £6 6s 0d.
Mr. A Montgomery, building inspector for Sun Shine Council, told the council on Monday that timber used in local houses was an absolute disgrace. The LC officials called for more supervision and instructed the inspector to keep a close watch on the houses and inform the company.
Acting on a recommendation from the Town clerk, Sunshine Council will order a new cash register at an estimated cost of 16500 pounds. Delivery is expected to be completed in two years.
Sunshine Court heard factory losses from Derby Road factory total about 150 pounds over 18 months. Emanuel Mifsud of Suffolk Road Sunshine was charged with stealing four boards worth 30 shillings after being seen by managing director E H M Drayton on October 3rd at 11 p.m. He claimed the boards were found on a rubbish dump. A five pound fine was imposed.
On Sunday next, Hospital Sunday, the public may inspect progress on the Footscray and District Hospital construction from 2.30 pm to 4 pm.
Owing to rising costs, Sunshine may raise municipal rates this year. The town currently sits at 2/3 in the pound. despite higher municipal revenue, council expenditure may force a rate rise. A special meeting next week will discuss the estimates for the coming year.
Mrs Eckerd formerly Miss K Salmond and her four and a half year old daughter Lynette left today for Japan as the first stage of a journey expected to reach Sunday night. She will join her husband Staff Sergeant Kenneth Eckerd, a permanent member of the U S Air Force. Her two sisters accompanied them to Sydney to see the departure. After Sgt Eckerds service ends the couple plans to settle in Victoria.
A man charged at Sunshine Court on Tuesday with being drunk and disorderly said he drank wine thinking it the only cure for bronchitis. He was convicted and discharged.
Eugenia Folcik a nurse at Mont Park mental hospital claimed her husband Wladyslaw Folvik abused her and failed to support their child born April 1960. Folvik denied abuse and said they argued over her social life. The court ordered Folvik to pay 80 per week child maintenance. no wife maintenance. Costs were set at £3 3s. 0d.
The Sunshine Council revealed spending of £ 1,191 on tennis courts at the Rosamond Road reserve in Maribyrnong over the last two years. A tennis club letter asked for more work including paths soil levelling and a parking area. Council referred the request to the reserve committee amid some councillor friction.
Ex Dr. T. R. Barclay will be guest of honor at a cabaret social to be held on Friday December 7. The event follows a public meeting held last night where the plans were approved.
Preparations are advanced and the speedway will open Saturday week. At Monday’s meeting two residents spoke. W McKissock objected to noise and dust while H Broad warned some would sell homes and leave if the site operated. Dr J McDonald noted opposition largely eased and supported majority rule. Eighty two residents signed in favor and fifteen against.
Leslie Aubrey Falla, formerly of Deer Park, admitted stealing a petrol engine valued at £75 from an ICI factory. He claimed he took the engine to support a paint spraying project as he faced money troubles with a sick child and eviction risk. In Sunshine Court on Tuesday he was sentenced to one month suspended for two years with a £10 good behavior bond.
Sunshine Council already holds more reserve land than could be developed in fifty years. Dr J McDonald notes the council’s land area exceeds Melbourne City Council. The Child Care Committee asks the council to buy land for baby health centres kindergartens and playgrounds. A plan will show all sites and a copy given to the committee. Officers to study a request for a Pre-school Developmental Officer to advise on suitable future sites.
A Sunshine council and spouses spent a weekend inspecting the MMBW watershed at Wallaby Creek ten miles past Whittlesea. The trip, hosted by Cr Shinney, proved jovial and structured with time for socialising.
The Presbyterian church bus will leave near Kysnoch Street in Deer Park on Sunday at 10:40 a.m. It will pick up at the corner of Station Road and return after church.
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