Shire Reorganization Proposal Weighs Local Impact
A reader from Onward argues for re grouping Braybrook and Keilor Shires into a new shire with four ridings. He favors keeping Sunsh ine and Maidstone areas linked to Footscray and Essendon respectively, while adjusting other regions for better service and accessibility. He claims the plan would not injure ratepayers and invites fair critique.
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Braybrook
Keilor
Sunshine Borough
Maidstone
Footscray City
Khire
Keillor
Doutta Galla
Essendon City
Shire Council Appointment Sparks Unemployment Questions
Correspondence questions the Shire Council over hiring Health Inspector Mr. Thorpe from Oxley rather than a local unemployed candidate with strong health administration credentials. The writer laments cost and apparent local prejudice while citing retrenchment and send for Sunsh ine. The letter asks if the appointment truly serves economy or merely shifts expense to ratepayers.
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Shire Council
Thorpe
Shire Hall
Australia
Oxley
Sunshine
Matt. Lind
Cricket Season Drives Clubs to Practice Allure
Local clubs begin intensive practice as retailers publicize cricket gear. R. V. Seymour Mens Store displays a full range of sports shirts from 5/6, cricket trousers from 7/11, silk cricket shirts 10/6, plus cricket socks belts white pullovers and sports coats.
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R. V. Seymour
Advt
Odd facts and figures from a world of curiosities
Serbia leads centenarians with Ireland second, Japan exports carpets to America, a piano contains about a mile of wire cut into 600 pieces. An elephant weighs about 6000 pounds, Pitt valued England at 200 million in 1800. Peat forms from decaying crops in the same spot. In Arona Italy a statue is tall enough to stand inside the head. Early Japanese bronze blades among the first metal works. Lions rarely attack perfumed trainers. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs demonstrates alphabet order. Great Salt Lake may be a remnant of a larger ancient freshwater sheet. Jewish weddings place bride on the groom’s right. Deep sleep raises brain and head temperature with small noises. Cleopatra's Needle is a single 70-foot stone obelisk weighing 186 tons. Rabbits from a single pair could yield 12 million offspring in three years. Bananas replace cereals in parts of the Americas, Africa and East Indies. Brazilian coconuts may live 600–700 years. dates 200–300 years. William the Conqueror brought horse-shoes to England. Stirrup traces fade in ancient times, posts helped mounting. Carrier pigeons fly 60–80 miles per hour for long periods. Mohammed’s tomb is the costliest, diamonds and rubies worth two million pounds. Black pearls are most valuable, pink next, then white. Pearls have tripled in price over a decade. Alasmeer Holland is famed for strawberries and clipped box-trees, a two-century village industry.
Special Boys and Ladies Clothing at Seymour’s
This week at R. V. Seymours, boys grey worsted suit sizes 8 to 13 offered at 16 shillings 6 pence from the usual 25 shillings. Ladies receive two linen based specials with emphasis on all linen fancy items.
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R. V. Seymours
Wise and Otherwise Humorous Snippets and Varying Vignettes
A collage of light humor and everyday scenes from a past issue. Jokes about lawyers, smoke nuisance, and social banter mix with brief anecdotes about social calls, dining, and mistaken clock woes. Also brief items on fashion ads and a curiosity about a pillar post box drawing farm laborers.
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Broadmeadows
Sydenham
Bendigo
Maribyrnong
St. Albans
Kellor
D. P. Griffiths
Nicholson Street
Footscray
Wales Street
West Footscray
Dodgers
Pennant
Serbia
Ireland
Japan
Pitt
England
Arona
Italy
Great
Salt Lake
Utah
Pacific
Cleopatra's Needle
Thames
London
South Americas
Africa
East Indies
William the Conqueror
Mohammed
Alasmeer
Holland
Wise & Otherwise
Boreham
Smart
Agnes
Emily
Gladys
Afteen
Tommy
Ned
Salvation Army
Edward
Mrs. Capricourt
Mrs. Wallace
Mrs. Camecourt
John
Hampshire Road
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