Lecture On Holland by visiting Odd Fellows highlights history
About forty Odd Fellows and guests heard Hamp ton recount Holland’s history as a trading center and its recovery from the Zuyder Zee. He described dam construction, fish extinction in the Zuyder Zee due to freshwater influx, tulip fields, canals, brick roads, and a Rhine Maas Schultz river trip, with lantern slides of places of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro. Hampton
Europe
Holland
van Dieman, Torres
New Zealand
Rhine Maas
Schultz
Zuyder Zee
Rhine
Maas
All Aboard Club to Hold Rally Meeting
The Central Group of the All Aboard Club meets Thursday September 7 in Shire Hall room. Geo Wright president and Mrs Bewley senior vice president will attend. Office-bearers will be appointed and afternoon tea provided. Members and friends invited to welcome the Sunshine group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shire Hall Room
Geo. Wright
Bewley
Sandringham
Wright
Cricket Association Annual Meeting Shows Promising Year
The association reports a splendid year ahead with new clubs applying for affiliation. Executives prepare fixtures and revise rules, with full details to follow. Umpire applications are welcomed from those willing to assist in this phase.
Sunshine Technical School Half Year Exam Top Students
Sunshine Technical School lists top students by class after the midyear exams. Girls leading in Fourth Year Commercial include Doreen Olston Nellie Spicer and Joyce Leach with scores from 61 to 66 percent. Boys in Third Year and First Year show high marks such as Harry Clark 86 and Rhys Williams 77 with many others in the 60s and 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreen Olston
Nellie Spicer
Joyce Leach
Commeretal
June Pickersgill
Audrey McCall
Florence Greig
Beryl Clifton
Beatrice Roberts
Hazel Rose
Betty Neilsen
Jean Spicer
Joyce
Rhys Williams
Robert Dean
Jack Celantano
Reginald Dickson
Dudley Self
Ronald Ormston
Obituary: Mrs Arbuthnot Dies in Deer Park at 55
The death occurred on Sunday August 19 at Tulloch Street Deer Park. Mrs Arbuthnot was born at Deep Creek Melton 55 years ago and moved to Deer Park aged four. Survived by husband George Arbuthnot and four children Lizzie Alice Annie and Joseph. Interred at Truganina cemetery after a large funeral.
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Tulloch Street
Deer Park
Arbuthnot
Deep Creek
Melton
George Arbuthnot
Bonnie Doon
Lizzie
Schultz
Alice
Russell
Annie
Joseph
Truganina
Pocket Rabbits and Mice in a Witty Exchange
A humorous line contrasts luck and perception as a man explains carrying a rabbit's paw for luck while his wife, reaching into his pocket, mistakes it for a mouse. The quip showcases social play and domestic misreadings.
Jolly Re-elected in Sydenham Amid Record
Dr Jolly wins Sydenham riding by a large margin, a 22 year record for a resident representative, as the district endures heavy rain and farm work stalls. The Progress Association secures longer telephone hours from 9 am to 8 pm weekdays and 9 am to 1 pm Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wek
Maribyrnong
Jolly
Sydenham
Dr Jolly
St. Albans
F. Ryan
M.C
M. Davis
J. Roscoe
F. Winters
Postal Department
Progress
Methodist Young People’s Club August Outings and Parachute Debate
The club toured Deer Park Leathercloth factory and Melbourne Observatory observing the moon despite poor weather. A “justification” night followed imagining an air crash with four famous passengers. Dickens survived while Chamberlain Hitler Pasteur perished over the single parachute scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park
Melbourne Observatory
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Charles Dickens
Louis Pasteur
Returned Soldiers Notes at R.S.S.1 LA Club Night
The R.S.S.1 LA members hosted local firemen for billiards at the soldiers’ clubrooms on Wednesday night. Diggers won the games, with supper served afterward. Final handicap tournament results: Davey 150 over Richards 104.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.S.S
L.A
T. Davey
D. N. Donald
I. Richards
J. Guy
V. Moorhouse
D. A. Batts
D. Owen
D. G. Eyre
Owe
D. I. Richards Lowe
Also Mentioned on This Page
ODD/ELLOWS
All Aboard
Sunshine Group
Cricket Association Annual Meeting
Sunshine Technical School
Technical School
Needler
Dick Hellyer
Niagara Cafe
Town Hall
Sunshine
Sydenham News
Methodist Young People's Club
J. Soutar
D. H. Froud
K. McKenzie
F. Orms
J. McCrae
D. E. McGuiness
Glen Galla
Ekstate L. A
H Mien
J. E. Sievers
Hampshire Road
Next National Bank
Walter A. Warne
Undertaker
Barely ST
Footscray
Footecray 9
A & Bowdern
Poultrymen and Farmers’ Trading Co
Queensberry ST
North
Melbourne
J. M. Burke
Durham Road
Ferguson and Verdon Streets
Williamstown
Sydney Road
Brunswick
Main Road
Upwey
Belgrave
Florist
Margaret Shorten
Sybil Nicholls
Barkly Street Footscray
Sun
Guy’s
Ballarat Road
Mitchell Street
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