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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 12, 1930
Page
5
Damage to the local lamp at Anderson is mentioned with caution over potential accidents. The council warns theft could impact ratepayers and suggests enforcing heavy lighting to prevent further incidents.
The Returned Soldiers monthly meeting at the memorial hall approved moving the Christmas tree celebration and gift distribution to the afternoon to suit children’s hours. Remarks praised the change with support from The Ladies Auxiliary and committee, noting funds and distress cases, plus new memberships and billiards receipts.
Bacchus Marsh announces a Back to Bacchus event to honor its status as one of Victoria’s oldest settled towns. Festivities run October 2 to October 7 featuring reunions, children's picnics, sports, trips, church gatherings, concerts, a monster carnival, and a grand ball. Former residents with names on the secretary’s list, A W Bond of Shire Hall, will receive invitations.
A lecturer urges generosity claiming every item you give away returns two. A front-row listener shares that his daughter and her husband now live with them, illustrating the exchange. A remark about trombone players is made, noting they tend to let things slide.
Report recounts a dispute at a Weiler Gemein Meeting where Dr Butterley disputed a statement attributed to him by Dr J H Stevens the Shire President during his campaign. Witnesses discuss private streets at St Albans and alleged pressures to fund or block works prior to an election.
A Keilor Council meeting discussed the Albans Water Trust and shire affairs. Nominee commissioner and secretary roles were debated as to how the Trust should operate within municipal boundaries and responsibilities.
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