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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 12, 1952
Page
8
City of Sunshine Librarian Applications Open
Applications are invited for the position of Librarian at a municipal library to be established in Sun shine. Write to the Town Hall by 5 p.m. Wednesday 1 October 1952 for details on qualifications duties and salary.
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Town Hall
Sunshine
Sunshine Council Debates Rail Land Lease and Subway Link
The Sunshine Council deferred Mr A Cadalonga's lease request for rear Hampshire Road land for a future dry cleaning site pending Railways reply on a Monash Street to Durham Road subway. Dr. Dobson urged decision on pursuing a subway versus using the land as an alternative parking area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Council
A. Cadalonga
Hampshire Road
Railways
Monash Street
Durham Road
Dobson
Night basketball finals set as S.Y.S. chase title
S.Y.8 basketball enters final rounds with the third year in a row of success and the finals decided tonight. No 1 AZ grade team, with two premierships, lost to Nth Fitzroy 33-22. CZ grade No 2 beat Com Bank by eight goals and plans to meet Wardrop at 6 30 pm in Exhibition Buildings. Younger Set teams travel to Royal Park next Saturday September 20 to play Gee Long teams. players to be contacted for travel and game times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nth Fitzroy
Com! Bank
Wardrop
Royal Park
Geelong
Garden Notes on Pest Control and Weeds
A guide for home gardeners covers aphid control with blue water spray and a teaspoon of Clensel, Mildew signs on roses warn sulfur dusting, slug and snail checks with Defender and lime alternatives. It advises deep digging to combat couch grass, scatter superphosphate, hand-picking weeds, or covering patches with corrugated iron to weaken plants, and notes soil sweetening after cultivation.
Sunshine Hall and Reserves Committee Meeting Notice
Odds and Ends report an annual meeting of East Sunshine Hall and Reserves committee set for Wednesday September 17. Reduced staff on the bus route from Beets and station to a factory in Market Road led to its discontinuation. Sunshine Council notes Selwyn Park Committee approved use of the ground for a charity Sunshine Football Club match this Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Sunshine Hall and Reserves Committee
Ser Lgnts
Beets and Station
Market Road
Sunshine Council
Selwyn Park Committee
Sunshine Football Club
Williamstown Ex-Students Revue "Sackcloth and Ashes"
The Williamstown High School Ex-Students Association presents a new revue titled Sackcloth and Ashes. Cinderella embarks with delays from a faulty Fairy God-Mother as the show visits Williamstown Mechanics Institute on September 26 27 and 29.
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Williamstown High School
Cinderella
Responsibility For Shire Council Appointments
The council debated who should appoint council staff with Dr. G Dobson arguing the responsibility lies with the council not senior officers. The town clerk sought authority to hire a separate meat inspector at the new Brooklyn abattoirs. A part time inspector was agreed. a full time post would be advertised if needed.
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Ris
Counci
Council
G. Dobson
Sunshine Council
F Watkins Pty. Ltd
Brooklyn
Passing of Citizens Mourned at Keilor Council
Proceedings at the Keilor council meeting recalled the deaths of Mrs. Hilbert mother of ex-Dr Hilbert who had turned on the water at St Albans and Mrs Hounslow and Col N F Wellington ex town clerk of Essendon. Councillors offered condolences and sent sympathy messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keilor
Hilbert
Easton
St Albans
Hounslow
St. Albans
N. F. Wellington
Cerk
Essendon
Footscray Out-Patient Welfare Centre August 1952 Donations
The Footscray District Out-Patient Welfare Centre reports August 1952 activities at Footscray and District Hospital with 934 treated patients 822 prescriptions 588 dressings and 8 ante-natal clinic attendees. Secretary Mr WG Spencer lists donations from multiple local groups and individuals totaling substantial support alongside £252 11s 4d in house to house collections and a plea to save waste paper for collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Footscray and District Hospital
E. S. Bradley
V Brett
FCC
H. B. Dickie Ltd
C. Dowling
English Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd
Footscray
Footscray and District Hospital Carnival Committee
Footscray Garage
Footscray Lva
D. Gray
G. Mann
Melbourne Iron and Steel Mills
Michaelis Hallenstein & Co Pty. Ltd
Olympic Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd
E. Parle
Postal
Footscray District
RGP Library
West Footscray Recreational League
William Tell
Sunshine to Host 1200 Victoria Children Holiday Stay
The Victorian Children's Holiday Organisation plans a January holiday for 1200 city children with 40 allocated to Sunshine. A public meeting is set at Sunshine Town Hall on September 10 at 8 pm to discuss details, with Town Clerk to provide further particulars. Mayor John Downing and ex mayor G Obson are named officials.
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Sunshine
John Downing
G. E.obson
V.cailo
Sunshine By-law 82 regulates traffic and parking
Notice of a city council meeting on Monday October 153 1952 at 7 30 pm to confirm By-law 82 regulating traffic and restricting parking on specified streets. Copy available at Sunshine Town Hall. E Hargreaves Town Clerk.
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City of
Sunshine
E. Hargreaves
Sunshine City approves loan of 15000 for permanent works
The City of Sunshine intends borrowing 15000 pounds to fund drainage works on Hertford Road and Ballarat Road Maidstone and Albion, South Road, plus town hall floor Garage and Workshop and Scovell Reserve fences. Debentures issued under Local Government Acts at up to 4 10 per cent for twenty years with forty semiannual instalments, open for inspection at the municipal offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Sunshine
National Bank of Australasia Ltd
Melbourne
Hertford Road
Ballarat
Maidstone
Albion
South Road
Town Hall
Scovell
Hampshire Road
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Chiropodist
Edward Sleigh
City OF Sunshine
Sunshine Motor School
Torrom
PWAL
Wright Streets
Peerless Fibrous Plaster CO
R. J. Carr’s Grocery Service
Sydney St
Braybrook
S.Y
S.Y.S
High School Exies
Williamstown Mechanics' Institute
WG. Spencer
R. S. Doll
M.M.E.W
Ernest ST
Duke Street
Victorian Children's Holiday Organisation
G. P. Motors Pty. Ltd
CITY
South Melbourne
Sturt Street
L. Stringer
Burnewang St
West Sunshine
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