St Marks Harriers open season with early wins then narrow loss
St Mark's Amateur Athletic Club opened the 1937 38 track season with decisive B grade and F grade wins over Footscray and Ivanhoe. The H grade team fell by five points to University High School. C Roberts won the 220 yards, N Knight claimed discus and 440 hurdles, and H Munro equaled the mile walk grade record.
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St. Mark’s Amateur Athletic Club
Footscray
Ivanhoe
University
C. Roberts
St. Mark's
N. Knight
H. Munro
J. Rushton
M. Petherickkf
Wegener
F. Dunkley
W. Baulch
C. Parsons
Roberts
St.m
Strachan
Sun Shine Harvester Rifle Club Winners Duel
Thirteen members of the Sun shine Harvester Works Rifle Club contested the weekly trophy on a Saturday with ideal conditions and improved scores. Bert Smith edged Col Masson 45 to 47 with handicaps 7 and 4, while the Union monthly match ran concurrently. Andy Kyle and S Frost returned to the club lineup.
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Sunshine Harvester Works Rifle Club
Col. Masson
Bert Smith
Col
Union Monthly
Andy Kyle
S. Frost
Tram Conductor and Girl Pay Full Fare In Exchange
A conversation centers on a tram conductor asking a child her age while the girl offers to pay full fare and keep her own statistics if the Tramways Board objects. The exchange highlights a formal transit setting and a humorous counter proposal.
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Tramways Board
Hon R G Casey Wins Comfortably In Sunshine Vote
The 1934 and 1935 Corio results show Major Casey U A P increasing his tally by 56 votes while Labor candidate L A Carmody adds 336 to prior Labor totals. Final figures will place Casey around a 6500 majority as Geelong industry growth shifts Labor support. Sunshine voters saw a quiet federal election with late voting.
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Sunshine
W. J. Andrew
J.P
Major Casey
U.A.P
L. A Carmody
Victoria
Casby
Corio
Geelong
Labor Party
Anglers Hear Lecture On Freshwater Research Efforts
Large crowd at the shire hall last Tuesday heard Mr Vale, honorary secretary of the Victorian Freshwater Research Committee, discuss angling research. He and Mr Sampson highlighted scale reading to age fish, warned of declines in trout and native species, and urged government grants to support research amid disease losses and cannibalistic trout issues.
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Pambo
Shire Hall
Vale
Victorian Freshwater Research Committee
Sampson
Vail
Werribee River
Jackson's Creek
Deep Creek
Vailview
Japan
Eildon
Jerusalem Creek
Sanctuary
Jamieson and
Delati
Big River
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St. Mark’s Harriers
Kent Hughes
ST. Mark’s
D. Footscray
Lang
Knight
St. M
Hitler
Hale
Wilkinson
Petherick
St .M
Rushton
Cox
Love
Redhead
U.H.S
D. ST. Mark’s
Stenberg
Baulch
Stephens
McKadyen
S. M
Dr. Carland
University Hls
Mark’s
Johnson
Smith
Masson
Farnsworth
Hodge
McQueen’s Motors
DUCO
Austin
Barkly Street
Electrical Contractors
Ring Footscray
R. G. Casey
Melbourne
Sunshine, Deer Park Service
Victorian Railways
A.j.boyd & Son
Sunshine Carrier
Devonshire Road
Durham Road
Cor
Servante St
City
Lonsdale St
City Phones
E. M. Young
Benjamin Street
Sunshine Phone Sun
Dunbar Pty. Ltd
Collins Street
W. Pennell A. Surprise Mezure
Rodmen
Pike's Creek
Greendale
H. Porter
Messrs
Cooper
E. Hyett
Bacchus Marsh
Maribyrnong
Horsington
Paisley Street
D. P. Miller
M.A
Collins ST
Paisley St
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