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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016

THANK YOU RUTH True to Rotary’s theme of ‘Be a gift to the world’ ■ Friends brought champagne to Yea and District Memorial Hospital this week to help Ruth Konig celebrate her 73rd birthday, and to share the news that $A120,000 funding has been approved for a healthy water project at Daysprings Children’s Village in South Africa.

Ruth, a Past President of the Rotary Club of Yea, personally raised $20,000 by walking the 900 kms of the Camino Pilgrimage from France to Spain.

Ruth has epitomised the Rotary theme of 'Be a gift to the world' with her advocacy, determination and indomitable spirit. Her passing on Sunday has rocked the Yea district. More details on Pages 6-7-8.

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ANOTHER FOOTY FLAG FOR YEA Local Briefs No to pokies

● Cr Bronnie Hattam ■ Nillumbik Mayor Cr Bronnie Hattam says her Council has adopted a gambling policy that takes a harm minimisation approach.,

Rail hit

■ Yarra Ranges Highway Patrol is appealing for witnesses after a logging truck hit boom gates in Lilydale on Thursday.

Police have been told a logging truck hit the gates on Maroondah Hwy and continued driving.

No-one was injured and Police have identified the driver involved however there ia an appealfor anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.

Contact Yarra Ranges Highway Patrol on 9734 2402.

■ Yea Football Club has an extra premiership flag that has not been included in some of its official records, says local historian Alan Thorley.

Thorley has unearthed press clippings that show the Yea footballers won the premiership in 1920.

The ‘Tigerland’ website boasts of flags having been won in 1896, 1902, 1912, 1919, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1960, 1968, 1976, 1982 and 1984.

“Footypedia.com states that Yea played in the Alexandra and Yea Football Association in 1920.

“The teams competing were Alexandra, Eildon Weir, Thornton, Yarck, Yea. Yea beat Alexandra in the 1920 Grand final 8.5 (53) to 4.13 (37) .

An article in the September 24, 1920 issue of the Alexandra and Yea Standard confirms the missing premiership.

“Captain Braim, of Alexandra, at a social gathering of footballers in the Shire Hall on Wednesday night (writes The Yea Chronicle) presented the cup donated by him to the premier team of the Alexandra and District Football Association, and congratulated the Yea club in having won the minor and major premierships,” says the newspaper report.

“MrL.W.McPherson, president of the Yea club, received the cup of behalf of the Yea club, and thanked Captain Braim for his handsome trophy.

“Several other speakers alo congratulated the Yea club on the success, and

Here’s where to find your free copy every Wednesday Copies are delivered by contractors to letterboxes throughout Yea, Dairy Creek, Flowerdale, Ghin Ghin, Glenburn, Homewood, Junction Hill, Killingworth, Limestone and Murrindindi Free copies of The Local Paper are also available every Wednesday morning from these convenient locations: ● Yea’s 1920 premiership team. Back row: L. Forbes, A. Franklin, W. Bloomer, L. Bett, L. McLeish. Second row: Roy Borrie (trainer), E. Bloomer, S.C. McLeish, I. McPherson (President), W. Forbes, A. Smith (trainer), G. McIntosh (trainer). Third row: Wilson (trainer), J. Tosh, M. Baynes, F. Franklin, J. Stanley (Captain), H. Franklin, C. Thorley, N. Drys-dale, F. Smith. Front row: A. Hamilton, P. Cuthbertson, R. Baynes (mascot), J. Stephens, A. McMillan (committeeman).

Captain Braim was made up the other porcongratulated on his tion of the night’s progenrosity. gram, which was car“Songs, choruses, ried out in true and recitations, with a footballers’ style” said sumptuous repast the Standard.

● Alan Thorley

● A press clipping from the Alexandra and Yea Standard from September 23, 1920, confirming the footy premiership.

The Centenary of the game,” Dignam Football in Yea book wrote. prepared by the late “It seems that Tom Dignam in 1994, Yarck did not compete confirms the 1920 in 1921, and after a flag. hopeful season, Yea “A special train again lost a semi to was run to Yarck for Alexandra by 5 the grand final and points,” he said, 22 650 people witnessed years ago.

Kinglake leaders

● Jono and April at the Young Leaders Conference.

■ Middle Kinglake Primary School Captains Jono and April attended the NationalYoung Leaders' Day at the Melbourne Convention Centre on Wednesday (Mar. 2). Principal Meagan Callander says the day was attended by more than 4000 primary school students from across Victoria, who all have a leadership role within their school.

Guest speakers spoke about their leadership journey and passed on inspiring messages to the students. Jono and April have returned to their school to share and demonstrate their ideas about leadership.

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Ash OnWednesday

Sharper message needed ■ Murrindindi Shire Mayor Cr Margaret Rae and CEO Margaret Abbey make much in their storytelling that the municipality is actively chasing investment (and jobs).

But is it really?

The Shire had just nine news stories on its website last week: ■ A message that residents and visitors are welcome to seek respite from heat at libraries and pools.

■ Warning about road clsoures at Eildon.

■ Line marking works at Alexandra, Marysville and Eildon.

■ Rail trail expansion at Alexandra, Thornton and Eildon.

■ Columns by the Mayor and Cr John Walsh.

■ A self-congratulatory report about the Shire budget (which will actually come in with a ■ A music event at Alexandra.

■ Praise for a safety forum at Yea, with the CEO later issuing an acknowledgement that the Council had handled the timing poorly.

These hokey snippets are NOT the type of image that will win big business to the area.

Long Shots

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“For the cause that lacks assistance, ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do”

■ Some 90 people attended the Yea Golf Club’s ‘Nine and Dine’ function on Friday night (Mar. 4). Sixty participants played nine holes at ‘Royal Yea’ before a dining function that tested the capacity of the clubrooms (Two tables were outside).

H’lands works

● The Hungry Horse at Molesworth ■ In another life more than 20 years ago, your scribe would have qualified as a ‘Life Member’ of the Molesworth Hotel.

After a day at work, we would make our way to ‘Molo’ for a cold beer with the late Bill Morris, who soon after our arrival would draw the curtains, saying “Haven’t you got a home to go to?”

The pub has changed since then. Grace Lamers, of Ti-Tree Creek Rd, Yea, with daughter Anouk, and her partner David James, have refurbished the hotel.

It has a large capacity for dining, and attracts a good number of passing tourists.

● The late Bill Morris

Bushwalking Mama ■ An ex-Yeaite is the author of a new blog at http://bushwalkingmama.blogspot.com.au/ The young Mum also has a Facebook page that is worth a look.

Visit to Yea ● Highlands Rd near Ghin Ghin ■ Residents in the Highlands, Ghin Ghin and ‘Switzerland’ areas will be relieved when Highlands Rd roadworks are completed.

There have been delays as the roadworkers complete their tasks.

Cycle Dindi ● If Yea is going to be a leading tourist town, the Murrindindi Shire Council needs to lift its game. At 1.25pm Saturday, the Yea Shire Hall clocks were two hours behind.

All aboard at Yarck station Local Phone Numbers FIRE BRIGADES (fire only) ............ 000 Local Brigades ............................... 000 POLICE (emergencies only) ............ 000 Kinglake ............................... 5786 1333 Seymour ............................... 5735 0200 Whittlesea ............................ 9716 2102 Yea ....................................... 5 79 7 26 30 263 57 AMBULANCE .................................... 000 Alexandra Hospital ............. 5772 0900 Northern Hospital, Epping .. 8405 8000 Seymour Hospital ................ 5793 6100 Yea Hospital ........................... 5 7 36 0400 57 S TATE EMERGENC Y SER VICE ......... 000 EMERGENCY SERVICE ■ Lifeline ........................................ 13 11 14 Nursing Mothers Helpline .... 9885 0653 Poisons Info. (24 Hours) .......... 13 11 26 RACV Roadside Assistance ........ 13 1111 RSPCA ................................... 9224 2222

■ Traders are gearing for a tourist invasion over this coming Labor Day long weekend.

Long-range forecasts predict temperatures of 33° and 31° respectively for Saturday and Sunday in Yea.

Behind the times

$6.5 mil loss tip ■ Murrindindi Shire Council has been applauding itself with a news release with the headline: “"Council Plan report shows positive progress".

Possibly a better headline might be that the original budget loss of $2.9 million looks like blowing out to $6.2 million.

This is the figure quoted in its won Income Statement Underlying Operational Result Format.

Party noise ■ Long Shots hears that a number of Glenburn residents complained to Police and Murrindindi Shire Local Laws Officers about noise from an ongoing party at Break-O’Day Rd at the weekend.

with Ash Long, Editor

Short Shots Hungry Horse

■ Preparations are well underway for the Cycle Dindi event to be held by the Rotary Clubs of Yea and Alexandra on Saturday, April 2.

Cyclists are being asked to pay up to $50 to use the AlexandraYea return journey along the Great Victorian Rail Trail.

Contact Julie Lynch on 0447 762 557.

● The Local Paper photographer snapped Yea visitor Ian Gould on his return from a shooters meeting at Seymour, where is the financial officer.

On the high seas ■ Yea identities have hit the high seas. Ian Baynes, Rupert Aldous and Ian Aldous left Sydney aboard an oceanliner at the weekend. 3717 will see them return in a few weeks.

PHOTO: FACEBOOK/ ANGIE ALDOUS

Wasted time ● Train D3 594 at Yarck Raileay Station, 1920s.

■ The Local Paper has been looking out for photographs of the trains that would have transported Yea football players to matches after the line opened on November 16, 1883. This photo appears to date from the 1920s. One railfan, Mark Barille, says: “D3 in that condition would make it mid 20s. By 1930 they had smoke deflection and electric lights.”

■ A correspondent to The Local Paper has wasted their time and a stamp. Billing themselves as ‘Yea High Street trader’ (which we doubt), the letter writer fails to suppply their name and address. But they do give their identity away in their bogus letter.

● Ian Baynes

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Council Watch Sick days on rise ■ Murrindindi Shire Council has a sick day rate of 3.55 per cent, which is above the annual target, Councillors have been told.

Business analysts say that sick days are often a gauge of the level of morale amongst staff at organisations.

“Staff sick/personal leave days for the October to December quarter averaged 3.55 per cent which is tracking above the annual target of 3.24 per cent and above 2.7 per cent recorded for the same quarter in 2014-15. On current trend the leave pattern may exceed the target.”

Rather than an increased figure, the Shire had set an annual target to reduce sick leave by 1 per cent.

More training days ■ Murrindindi Shire Council staff are taking an increasing amount of work days for staff training, according to a report tabled this month the Councillors.

“In the October to December quarter council recorded 371 participants (equivalent to 188 staff training days) who undertook training and development in 17 different activities, which is a 2.4 per cent increase on the same quarter in 2014-15,” said the report.

Council has a target of increasing staff training days by 1 per cent.

Shire at Strath Ck ■ The monthly Murrindindi Shire Council meeting will be held at Strath Creek Hall from 6pm on Wednesday, March 23.

Urgent follow-up ■ Two Murrindindi Shire outdoor staff members have been referred for urgent medical follow-up after skin checks were organised by the Council.

“A total of 45 staff members attended this initiative; with two staff referred for urgent follow up, and nine recommended for follow up,” said a report issued to Councillors this month.

Volunteer database ■ “The Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House is in the process of developing an online volunteer database that can be extended across Murrindindi Shire,” this month’s Council meeting was told.

“The Volunteer Advisory Committee is currently not operational however there are plans to reinvigorate the group early in the new year.”

Paint job complete ■ Painting at Terip Terip Pavilion has been completed, a Murrindindi Shire Council report notes. The works schedule is listed in a report for Councillors.

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Local News

Research room delay ■ The opening of the Yea and District Historical Society and Family Research Room at the Yea Railway Station has been delayed.

The room was scheduled to be opened later this month.

However, the opening date has been pushed back as shelving, a phone line and the internet have yet to be installed.

The new opening date will be announced in a future issue of The Local Paper.

The opening of the reseach facilities is much anticipated.

Regional News Horses database

Whittlesea Masons meet

● Whittlesea’s Freemasons gathered for their monthly meeting at the Yea Rd temple on Wednesday night. A second degree ceremony was conducted.

Photo: Phillip Bennett

Tourism numbers become unavailable ■ Tourism visitation statistics to Murrindindi Shire have become unavailable, Councillors have been told.

“The Goulburn River Valley Tourism Board made a decision not to renew the contract with Data Insights, and is undertaking discussions with Roy Morgan Research to ascertain if there is another viable mechanism to collect visitation statistics on a shire wide basis,” said a report to the February 24 meeting.

The Council has set targets for a 3 per cent annual increase in day trips and overnight stays, but currently has no way of measuring if these targets are being achieved.

● Margaret Abbey, Shire CEO

Visits to Visitor Information Centres hane increased.

“23,395 people visited the four Visitor Information Centres in October, November and December 2015,” Councillors were told.

“This compares to 19,854 for the same period in 2014 - an increase of just under 18 per cent over the year.”

The Council is currfently working on plans for the Alexandra railway precinct, and the Giant Trees Trail linking all State and National Parks.

The Council wants to help promote enhanced tourism opportunities and infrastructure in the Shire such as the Giant Trees Trail and Toolangi Zip Line.

Upper Goulburn Community Radio Programs

● Jenna Kelley of Panton Hill CFA ■ CFA volunteer, Jenna Kelley, of Panton Hill, has set up an Australia-wide network for residents to protect their horses during the bushfire season, connecting owners with equipment in emergencies.

Jesse Graham of the Mountain Views Mail reports that the National Equine Database, a website that aims to link property owners and horse and animal owners, providing temporary housing during emergencies.

Car wash at Yea ■ Highlands Primary School will conduct a car wash, at $5 each, at the Yea RACV, High St, yea from 8am-12 Noon this Saturday (Mar. 12), says parent and fundraiser Bridget Clarke.

Whittlesea Festival ■ The City of Whittlesea Community Festival will be held from 12.30pm-9pm on Sunday, March 20, at the Public Gardens, Barry Rd, Lalor. Attractions include music and cultural dance performances, community art activities, kids and youth stages, market stalls, international foods and a fireworks finale.

Tennis Club day ■ Yan Yean Tennis Club is holding an open day at the T.H. Hurrey Reserve from 10am3pm on Sunday, April 17. There will be a free barbecue, and a ball machine which children and adults can try without charge. Details are available from Doug Hamilton, phone 0438 566 588.

Community Market ■ The Saturday Community Market at Whittlesea College will be held on March 16.

Details: 0419 357 395.

Cake stall at Yea ■ The Yea Hospital and Rosebank Auxiliary group will hold a Cake Stall and Raffle outside Foodworks, High St, yea, from 9am1pm on Saturday (Mar. 12). Donations of cakes will be accepted. Phone: 0406 429 200.

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What The Papers Say Highlands victory

● Highlands v Ruffy at Molesworth Photo: Scott McKay, Granite News

■ Don Cook bowled 2-5 in the Ruffy cricket side playing against Highlands at the Molesworth cricket ground, reports the Granite News. Richard Eddy scored 41.

For Highlands, Cam Stewart bowled 2 for 2 (off 2). Highlands won with nine balls to spare. Umpires were Duncan Ferguson and David Sleigh..

- Granite News

Youth mocks cops ■ One of South Morang’s Jalal brothers has repeatedly mocked Police on social media hours after being charged by counter-terrorism detectives.

Father, Michael, told the Herald Sun: “My boys, I know they shouldn’t do that, but it’s all fake, it’s all make-up. It’s not a real gun, it’s just a prank.”

- Whittlesea Leader

Banana shakes Crs ■ Seymour Telegraph reader Mick Crozier commented on a person dressed as a banana attending the Mitchell Shire Council meeting: “It just goes to show how thin skinned some of our past and present councillors for Mitchell Shire are. :The Mayor Sue Marstaeller, who quite obviously does not have a sense of humour, spat her dummy and shut down the meeting.

“She is like so many councillors before her, full of her own importance, with her stating ‘‘this is completely inappropriate and disrespectful’’. All I can say is, well done Annie Goble. Three cheers!”

- Seymour Telegraph

Tower up anyway ■ A controversial mobile base station has been installed in StAndrews despite hundreds of people signing a petition opposing it.

- Diamond Valley Leader

Legal challenge ■ AStrathbogie Shire councillor has vowed to ‘lawyer up’ if council followed through with its threat to ban him from a discussion on the future of the shire’s public pools.

Cr Robin Weatherald was banned from taking part in this month’s meeting to discuss a report and a survey on the future of the shire’s four pools and their viability.

Shire Deputy Chief Executive Officer Phil Howard said that Cr Weatherald had failed to “respect council’s policies in relation to public comments and communications with the media”.

- Euroa Gazette

Award knockback ■ Maternal and child health nurses are threatening strike action after a breakdown in negotiations over their enterprise agreement with Yarra Ranges Council.

The 30 maternal and child healthcare nurses and 11 immunisation nurses want an extra week of annual leave.

- Lilydale Leader

Ombudsman visit ■ Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass’s staff will visit Mansfield on March 17 and wants to hear from people who have unresolved issues about a state government agency or local council.

“My office is here to provide a free and fair service for Victorians who have a complaint about a government agency or department, or a local council,” Ms Glass said. For appointments: phone 9613 6222 - Mansfield Courier

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Regional News

80 Years Ago

45,000 new residents ■ A precinct structure plan - including a township centre - for Donnybrook and Woodstock was discussed at a special meeting of Whittlesea Shire Council last week.

Councillors were told at the Tuesday (Mar. 1) meeting that the area is a nominated growth area within the State Government’s Northern Growth Corridor Plan.

Key themes discussed in this report are: ■ Development contributions and infrastructure ■ Town Centre design elements and configuration ■ Biodiversity Conservation areas Local park loca-

● Plans of the Donnybrook precinct tions ers approximately ■ Drainage align- 1785 hectares of land ments and asset loca- and is located aptions proximately 35km ■ Housing density re- from Melbourne’s quirements Central Business Dis■ Treatment of the trict.

APA gas pipelines.

Existing busiThe p[recinct cov- nesses, like the Don-

nybrook Hotel and the Donnybrook Cheese Farmhouse, have also been recognised on the plan.

The precinct covers 54 properties and two road reserves.

Most of these properties are owner-occupied and are currently being used for farming or rural residential purposes.

Currently, approximately 65 per cent of the residential area is under the control of developers.

It is anticipated that at full build out the precinct is likely to accommodate a population of more than 45,000 residents and provide for approximately 3300 new jobs.

The retail area will include two supermarkets.

Yea News

Lions Club signs off ■ Close to half-a-century’s history has been completed with the winding-up of the Lions Club of Yea. Cash presentations to the Yea Scouts and the L2P program have been made with each organisation receiving $422.

Membership of the service club had dwindled to four: Ruth Crockett, Stewart Crockett, Frank Philp and Judy Murfin.

The Lions Club of Yea has a rich history with achievements including a busy op shop (through the Lions ladies), a food caravan, building of the Yea Rotunda, Christmas dinners in the Shire Hall, many service projects and fellowship amongst members.

Future of St Stephen’s, Mernda Stormy Gathering Follows Service After removing his vestments, the Archbishop with Mr Jessop returned and took charge of the meeting. The Archbishop then said, that he peronally and on behalf of the diocese wished to show how much the ser vices of Mr Jessop were appreciated and how grateful they all were for his .self.-sacrificing and purely volun tary work. He then handed to Mr Jessop a cheque for £25.

The difficulties of the past would all now be remedied, because he had decided to give charge of Mernda and Bundoora to Mr Page, of Whittlesea, and although he knew that there must be financial .adjustments, he hoped they would all accept the arrangement and he would ask Bishop Booth to come up and make the detailed arrangements.

This led to a very stormy meeting, although the Archbishop said it was not a meeting.

Diptheria fight at Eltham Mild Epidemic in Shire At the meeting of Eltham Council on March 2, Dr Cordner reported a moderate epidemic of diphtheria at Hurstbridge, Cottie's Bridge, and Eltham and in all, 17 cases of a mild nature had occurred; As far as could be ascertained none of these persons had been imimunised.

There were a lso five cases of 'mild' scarlet fever, and one of typhoid, which inquiry indicated initiated from Coburg. There was also a mild epidemic of whooping cough..

Tennis challenge at Humevale ■ A challenge for a seven game tennis match has been' ssued by Ex-Cpl Watts. to Ex-Trpr Draper to decide the "Digger" Championship of Humevale. The challenge provides that the gaines be played at the Humevale courts at 1.30pm. on Eight Hours' Day.

Women’s cricket at Kinglake ● Photo Flashback. Lions Club of Yea members at Molesworth: Rod Canning and Harold Purcell

World News

Yea project go-ahead ■ AA$120,000 project, backed by the Rotary Club of Yea, has been approved by the Rotary Foundation.

News came in at 3.35am Friday morning that funding had been officially sanctioned for the Daysprings Children’s Village near Rustenburg in South Africa.

It is the first ‘Global Grant’ for Rotary’s District 9790, which includes local clubs including Yea, Kinglake, Whittlesea, Diamond Creek and Eltham.

A social media message congratu-

From the Eltham & Whittlesea Shires Advertiser. March 13, 1936

■ On Sunday next the, women's cric ket team, the Raymonds will play Kinglake on the home ground. Afternoon tea will be provided by the ladies committee of the Kinglake Cricket Club.

Farmers are busy picking peas and digging potatoes. Crops could do with some; rain.

Ernie McDonald was one of the seventy country boys to be picked for service on the Victorian Railways. Ernie commenced duties last Monday.

A meeting of the Kinglake Foot ball Club will be held shortly.

The Kinglake Cricket Club are to hold. a ball in April.

Wandering stock

● Daysprings Children’s Village near Rustenburg in South Africa lated Yea Rotarians Woods and Ruth tively promoted the Julie Lynch, Glenda Konig, who have ac- Rustenburg project.

MOTORIST STRIKES HORSE Although Eltham is comparatively free from stock wandering on the roads, a. motorist was unfortunate enough to ,strike a horse heavily at the foot of the Hospital Hill; nearly £12 in damage to the vehicle being the result.

The. horsewas injured slightly.The animal was walking across the 'road, and when the car approached, it suddenly wheeled round and was struck.

Whittlesea Road It is a miracle that more accidents do not happen on the roads in Whittlesea Shire, where this question is of the utmost importance to road users.

Herds of cattle are often to be found unattended on.' the roads, and at night it seems that even more are about.

Although there have been a number of accidents, none appear to have had.,any really serious results so far.

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Local People

Sad passing of Ruth Konig ■ Community worker Ruth Konig died on Sunday (Mar. 6) just two days after her 73rd birthday.

Ruth had fought cancer, and was admitted to the Yea and District Memorial Hospital. She told friends on Friday: “I thionk my race is run.”

Friends had gathered on Friday to celebrate her birthday, and to share the news that the international Rotary Foundation is to financially support a healthy water project in South Africa that she had aqdvocated.

Ruth Konig had walked 900 kilometres on the Camino Pilgrimage from France to Spain in 2013 to help raise funds for the Daysprings Children’s Village in South Africa.

Ruth and friend Robyn Kirby walked the Pilgrimage in 47 days, and $20,000 was raised.

Sponsorship for the Dayspring Children’s Village was provided by individuals, clubs and organisations after Ruth conducted many presentations at Rotary Clubs across the district and at community organisations locally.

Support for Daysprings Children’s Village had its genesis some years ago with the Sacred Heart School students visiting a Rotary meeting.

Interest was sparked, and support given. Students from Yea Primary School soon followed with donations of clothing.

Friend and fellow Rotarian, Julie Lynch, said: “Our Rotary theme this year is ‘Be a gift to the World’ and Ruth certainly epitomised that with her advocacy, determination and indomitable spirit – the Dayspring project - ablution block, toilets and a waste water treatment plant.

“What an incredible journey pursued so passionately by Ruth. She can rest easy now that the project has finally been approved and the Dayspring children and staff will benefit from improved sanitation.”

Apart from the walk, Ruth raised funds through a variety of events including the book stall at the monthly Yea Community Market at Railway Park.

Friends were quick to pay tribute to her life of service and community involvement:

● Ruth Konig of Yea: passed away on Sunday (Mar. 6) Sharyn Walker: “Ruth, you was a baby in Australia, it is one of where a true inspiration to many in- my most cherished possessions. Your cluding my sons Jake and Sam. The last stay with us was wonderful Ruth, world is a better place for having you we were so glad you made it to us.

“Your next journey is beginning in it. You will be truly missed and and wherever it takes you I know never forgotten, thank you.”

Cat McCluskey: "To Ruth. Your your light will shine as strong as ever.

“Thank you for being part of my light shone in our lives infrequently family I love you. Catherine. RIP but when it did it shone so brightly we were all touched by your magic. Ruth xxx” Lee Strahan: “To all who knew “I have a photograph of us when I Ruth. I was lucky enough to be with Ruth over the weekend. She got to see her global grant application approved on Friday and celebrated her 73rd birthday yesterday with family and friends. She told David Anderson on Friday night that she will be watching from above. God bless you Ruth. Now your most exciting journey begins. I only hope you took your long walking stick with you. R.I.P Ruth. Love Lee.” Paul J. Bannan: “Aw Bugga! She was a wonderful lady, in every sense of the word ... a true inspiration to many. I dips me lid.”

Bob Glenister: “So sorry to hear this sad news. Barb and I will miss her wonderful spirit and friendship.

The ladies from the Yea market committee will also miss this terrific lady.”

Elizabeth Fitzgerald: “A remarkable woman. RIP Ruth.”

Rebecca Gauci Maurici: “I'm so sorry. Ruth was an incredible woman and a wonderful Rotarian. Our condolences at with you all and her family. xx” Heidi Neicho: “Such sad news.

An amazing support to our young people including the ongoing encouragement to our daughter. Her determination and courage will stay with ● Ruth Konig on her Camino pilgrimage fund-raising walk

● Ruth Konig at the end of her 900-km pilgrimage Ruth Byers: “Ruth, your drive, all of us forever. Thank you Ruth, vision and determination is to be adrest now. xxx” Sam Hicks: “Omg! So sorry to mired. RIP.” Kerry Noble: “Ruth Konig, you hear this news. What a huge loss for Yea and her projects dear to her heart. are an amazing woman, Teacher, I cherish the times back in YTA and Rotarian, God bless your soul.”

Don Cox: “An inspirational lady. with the YAF. My thoughts are with Farewell Ruth.” all. RIP. Fly high lady, fly high.”

Allyson Dixon: “Very sad news Phil Lusher: “A very sad day for her family, friends and Rotary. Good for the Yea community.

Brett Perston: “So sad! She was bye Ruth Konig.”

Gary Doherty: “Ruth was an a lovely lady.”

Cheryl Edwards: “Awwww amazing women, who displayed determination that could only command Lovely Woman! She did so much respect . Your suffering is now over, for our community.”

Tracy Pride-Elliott: “RIP Ruth may you Rest In Peace.”

Margaret Kilmartin: “Ruth was you where an amazing woman. xx” Kelly Harris: “She was a very an inspiration to so many and will be special lady who will be deeply sadly missed. Condolences to all.”

Zanni Waldstein: “What an missed.”

Ash O’Neill: “This is terrible to amazing woman - I hope I get to be like Ruth at that age - incredible drive hear she was a lovely lady and a and energy and positivity. A sad loss.” great teacher.”

Louise Fillmore: “Thank you Jacqueline Kirby: “RIP Ruth!

Glad I got to know you beyond just Ruth for all of the wonderful things school, always on the go! Always you have done for our community! helping others in need ! Very kind Very sad news. xxx” Gaye Garlick: “A lovely lady who and selfless woman!”

Belinda Fisher: “Rest peacefully contributed so much to our commuRuth, your inspiration, drive and dedi- nity along with the wider community.” cation will be sorely missed.

Erica Monagle: “So sorry to hear Hannah Elizabeth Garlick: “Awww Ruth. Beautiful beautiful this. Rest peacefully Ms.Konig x x” Jan Wealands: “Such a positive, lady. I will always remember you. X inspirational lady. Much admired. A x x” Supattra Jittasathien: “Rest in huge loss to our community. Thanks Peace my super woman , you are Ruth. X.” Shona Miljkovic: “RIP Ruth. It always in my heart.”

Tracey Ukosich: “Ruth was an was a pleasure to know and care for amazing woman, so very involved you in your final days.”

Debra Collins: “Rest in peace with the community and her passing Ruth you are amazing woman.” is a sad loss.”

Kelly McLeish: “How sad. Yea Tori Glenister: “What a lovely lady, sad day for the Yea community. has lost a very wonderful lady. RIP.” ● Turn To Page 8 xo”

● Kids from the Dayspring Children’s Village, South Africa

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Local People: Ruth Konig ● From Page 7 Kathryn Natalie: “Sorry to hear this. My sympathies with families and friends, rest in peace Meagan Callander: “Sad news.”

Ian Davies: “RIP, an inspiration this lady.”

Deb Kaak: “I'm so very sorry to hear that.”

Suzi Essex: “RIP Ms Konig, such a lovely lady.”

Sheena Smith: “RIPA lovely lady Jan Tull: “RIP Ruth” Jess Holt: “Oh wow. RIP Mrs Konig. A great teacher at YHS. Many memories.”

Sue Stanley: “Sad news.”

Emma Baynes: “RIP Ruth.”

Matt Kells: “Rest in peace Ruth.”

Sam K Wareham: “RIP Ruth.”

Jane Marks: “Very sad news.”

Phil Macdonald: “Bye Ruth.”

Hendrik Wortmann: “Sorry to hear this. Rest in Peace!”

Don Baker: “RIP Ruth. Condolences to the family.”

PHOTO: DAVID ANDERSON

● Clockwise from left: Robyn Kirby, Ann Drysdale, Ian Lynch, Julie Lynch, Glenda Woods, Ruth Konig and Sandra Hanley.

Living tribute to Ruth

● Ruth Konig on her travels

■ The healthy water projects in South Africa will be an ongoing tribute to the selfless life of Yea woman Ruth Konig.

The Rotary Club of Yea received news on Friday morning that its project was the recipient of the first Global Grant from the Rotary Foundation to be awarded to a club in Rotary District 9790.

The grant is for a project to deliver an ablution block and biological waste water treatment plant at Dayspring Children’s Village near Rustenburg in South Africa.

The grant received by the club is for $A53,000. The Rotary Club of Yea $A27,000. A similar contribution has come from the Rotary District 9790 Foundation, whilst smaller contributions came from the host club and District in South Africa.

Total cost of the project is $A123,000] Dayspring Children’s Village is an orphanage and school providing a safe environment and education for children who are the victims of poverty and whose parents have been affected by AIDS/HIV. This is the second project undertaken by the Rotary Club of Yea at Dayspring but the first involving a Rotary Foundation grant.

In 2009, the club in partnership

● Ruth Konig and Sandra Hanley.

● Healthy food and water are being provided at Daysprings with the Sacred Heart Primary School in Yea, jointly funded a project to install a bore at the orphanage and school.

The project will provide the school with a modern sanitation and ablution block, and the recycled grey water will be used as irrigation on the community’s vegetable block.

Ruth Konig wass delighted with the funding that the project has received from the Rotary Foundation.

“It has taken over two years to complete the project submission and a lot of hard work on the part of Rotarians in both Yea and in South Africa but we have achieved our aim,” she said just prior to her death on Sunday. “ The children, the staff and the Dayspring volunteers will benefit from the project and it’s more healthy outcomes”, she said.

Rotary District 9790 is home to 65 Rotary clubs stretching from the northern suburbs of Melbourne to Holbrook and Deniliquin, and includes the Shepparton/Goulburn Valley area as well as the Albury/ Wodonga area.

Founded in 1917, The Rotary Foundation provides funds to Rotary Clubs for projects both locally and internationally.

- with David Anderson

● Rotary projects were dear to Ruth’s heart

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Whittlesea Autumn Heritage Rally Photos: Ash Long

● John McGregor of Upton Hill with Mel Kelly-Hamilton of Pakenham

● Richard Ewe of Gembrook with Kim Dalziel of Cora Lynn

● Cecil Lieschke of Walla Walla

● Alan Munro of Costerfield (ex-Molesworth) and Paul Connors of Lockington

● Ian McLeish, sewing machine collector, of St Andrews

● John Sparks of Wallan

● Kelvin Gaskell of Whittlesea with his 1925 Fordson Model F

● Chris Minns of Bundoora with an early 1900s drag saw

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Pages From The Past 30 Years Ago: Don’t like it, go!

● Yea RSL sub-branch President Maurie Spanjer, State President Bruce Ruxton and Yea RSL Senior Vice-President Ken Moore ■ “If they don’t like what we’ve got in Australia, and what we’ve got to offer, they ought to turn around and go home, “ RSL State President Bruce Ruxton said of Asian people when he spoke to the Yea sub-branch ‘smoke night’ in 1986 - 30 years ago.

“There are too many Asians coming into Australia ... You have an inherit right to decide who comes into Australia. There should be one Australia for all Australians. We’ve effectively fractured this country.”

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Local History

Early days at Molesworth

● Goulburn River, Molesworth. Circa 1912.

● Molesworth Bridge. 1910-30. Photo: L. Cumming

● Molesworth picnic. Circa 1909.

● Molesworth picnic. Circa 1909.

● Molesworth Bridge. 1910-30. Photo: L. Cumming

● Entrance to Molesworth Railway Station.

● Molesworth. Mansfield train leaving. 1912.

● Goulburn River, Molesworth. Circa 1914.

Peg Lade speaks

■ Tom Diganm took the chair at the annual general meeting of the local Brownies for the election of office bearers: Heather Hildebrand, President; Bev Matthews, Vice-President; Lesley Gaffney, Secretary; and Lorraine Purvis, Treasurer. Guest speaker was Peg Lade who told of the time of her daughter and son-in-law spent in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Rod, you beaut

■ Reader Marylyn contributed an article, 30 years ago, headlined ‘Rodney, you beaut!’: “Anyone who had their eyes glued to the telecast of theAustralian Open Swimming Championships at Adelaide over the weekend would have noticed the note of surprise in the voices of the commentators when Rodney Lawson swam his way into the Commonwealth Games team with a magnificent swim in the Men’s 200-metre breast stroke final.”

Black-tie affair

● Thérèse McGregor looks on as David Buckley and Monica Mahon marry at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

■ It was a black-tie affair at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yea, in 1986 when Monica Mahon married David Buckley. Monica wore her Grandmother Hauser’s 60-year-old wedding dress made from cream wool lace.

Matron-of-honour was the bride’s sister, Mrs Thérèse McGergor, who wore a lace and tuille frock in similar style to the bride’s gown.

Monica is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Mahon of ‘Lisieux’, Killingworth.

100 Years Ago: ANZAC medallions

■ “The children attending the Yea State School have disposed of 265 of the medallions which were issued by the Education Department in commemoration of Anzac Day. The amount realised by the sales was £8, which has been paid into the Education Department's Patriotic Funds, said the 1916 report.

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Around Yea Photos: Ash Long

● Larry Taylor of Highlands has been instrumental in Yea’s collection of secondhand tools, bound for Taveuni island in Fiji after their cyclone

● Peter Armstrong and Steph Webb help raise funds for the Yea and District Children’s Centre, at the Yea Community Market at the Railway Station

● Lauren Baker helps Jodie O’Neill at the Yea Sweet Co., 36 High St.

● Daves Bates at Gallery 34 with works by Linda Macaulay of Eltham

● Harmony Day was celebrated in Yea on Saturday at Yea Country Market. From left: Denzil Baker, Jessica Brooks, Carren Hedger, Namoi McNamara, Dallas Woods and Tine Demelo, performing indigenous hip hop.

● Meagan Callander and David Pelosi

● Rotarians David Anderson (Yea), and Lee Strachan (Sunbury)

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Enjoy the last Picnic Meeting o f t h e 2 0011 5 --22 0011 6 YYee a r i n o u r a rree a

See the running of the famous 'Kubota Golden Thong over 1600 Metres' M a r q u e e s a v a i l a b le .

Contact M Purvis harc@dcsi.net.au

T h e l a s t S a t u r d a y o f t h i s y e a rr’’ s d a y l i g h t s a v i n g

Locally available at: Abom Hotel & Apartments Bonnie Doon Central Roadhouse Cafe 41 Comfort Resort Alzburg Delatite Hotel Goughs Bay General Store Harry’s Fork High Country Wine Cellars Magnolia Country House Mansfield Golf Club Mansfield Regional Produce Store Marks IGA Supermarket Mingo’s At The Junction Jamieson Mt Buller Chalet Old Firestation Pension Grimus Reddrops Foodworks Sebel Pinnacle Valley Resort The Mill Inn

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Phone: 9733 6444 www.integrityblinds.com.au

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St Mary’s CARNIVAL 2016 11am-4pm. Sunday, March 20

Spinning Wheel • Face Painting • Pre-Loved Clothing Food Hall • Cake Stall • Books • Produce Mini Golf • Plants • Trash n Treasure Showbags • Treats/Lolly Stall • Pop-Up Market Stalls Hair Cuts • Secondhand Uniforms

BBQ • Raffles • Carnival Rides Drinks • Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Pre-purchase a wristband and enjoy unlimited rides all day.

Wristband orders will soon be taken at the School Office and handed out on the day.

St Mary’s College, Seymour Chr High and Crawford Sts, Seymour

Come One, Come All Lots of fun for the whole family Full range of car, truck and mower tyres Wheel alignments and balancing OPEN 6 DAYS Monday-Friday 8am-5.30pm Saturday 8am-12 Noon

1/57 Emily Street, Seymour 5799 0612 or Robert 0414 4012 515

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Rural News

Record prices at stud sale ■ An advertising campaign in The Local Paper preceded a record-sale top price and record average sale price for Le Martres Annual Bull Sale.

Leon A. Martin, Managing Director of Grosvenor Range Pty Ltd, and Le Martres Limousin Stud Principal, reports that bulls in excellent condition , with outstanding muscling and big 'butts', were presented “In total 30 head; three mature bulls and 27 yearling bulls, were offered in three colors: apricots, dark reds and blacks and, many bulls were polled.

“Buyers came from as far north as Taralga NSW and as far south as Toora (South Gippsland).

“Eighty per cent of buyers were repeat customers and 20 per centwere first time buyers and, now join the Le Martres team,” Mr Martin said.

“Thirty bulls were offered and 20 bulls sold , 67 per cent clearance: 10 apricot, 1 dark red and nine black bulls.

“The bulls were up to 16 months of age.

“A new record sale top price of $7750 plus GST was achieved twice.

“A new record average sale price of $4900 plus GST (was registered),” Mr Martin said.

Jack and Cheryl DeVanney of Gooram via Euroa are the proud new owners of Le Martres Black Kennedy K54, purchased for top sale price of $7750 plus GST. LEM Kennedy weighed 640 kg LWT and recorded a scrotal circumference of 40 cm.

Local News Open day at Lodge ■ Have you ever wanted to see inside a Freemasons’ lodge room?

An open day is being held at the Greensborough Masonic Centre, 23 Ester St, from 9am-3pm on Saturday, March 19.

There will be a free sausage sizzle, tea and coffee. This is a rare opportunity to take a tour of a building not often open to the public.

Alex. Masons meet ■ Stuart Dale, Secretary of Albert Victor Lodge, Alexandra, says the next meeting of that organisation will be held at Cafe Alex, Grant St, at 7.30pm, Thursday, March 17.

An informal meeting will be held.

Renovations at the Lodge’s centre are expected to be completed by the end of the month.

Harvest Picinc Day

● Peter and Leonie Adams of Staghorn Flat via Wodonga, proud new owners.

● Winston and Glenys Hall of Burrumbuttock NSW

● Jack and Cheryl DeVanney of Gooram via Euroa

● David and Jill Weidner of Balldale NSW

● Hayden Need of Toora, new owner of Le Martres Kieran K37

● Sacred Heart School pupils Oliver Bree, Shanae Baker, Riley Slevin, Grace Cunningham prepare for Harvest Picinc Day ■ The Connected Garden - Harvest Picnic Day will be held on Thursday, March 17 at the Yea Recreation Reserve.

The Harvest Picnic is the grand finale of the Connected Garden Program.

This program has been encouraging children to grow and eat fresh food to come together to share their experiences - both through a blog, theconnectedgarden. wordpress.com, and a Harvest Picnic at the end of the project.

The Connected Garden has been funded this year by Kinglake Ranges Foundation, and has included funding for irrigation and timers to go into the participating gardens.

People with overgrown zucchinis are asked to donate them to the Yea Community House or Manafest Café for the zucchini stacking competition.

The program ran for the first time in 201415 with seven schools and centres.

Following on from the success of this it has expanded this year to 11 schools and children’s centres - Yea Primary, Sacred Heart Primary, Toolangi Primary, Highlands Primary, Yea and District Children’s Centre, Yea High School, Kinglake Primary, Kinglake Ranges Children’s Centre, Middle Kinglake Primary, Kinglake West Primary and Flowerdale Primary.

For more information, contact Zanni Waldstein at the Yea Community House on 5797 3070.

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■ The March meeting of the Yea-Kinglake RSL Sub-Branch will meet one week earlier than normal in March because of Easter.

Secretary Ken Howson says the get-together will be at 12 Non on Friday, March 18, followed by a barbecue lunch. Members are necouraged to b ing a friend / adult family member. Please avise attendances, in advance, by phone: 0439 973 305.

■ An Hawaiian theme was celebrated at the Yea Seniors meeting held at St Luke’s on Monday this week (Mar. 7).

Curious policy

Gerhard’s 80th

■ Murrindindi Shire Council Chief Executive Officer Margaret Abbey reportedly told a media outlet that the Council was guilty of a “genuine oversight” when it organised a community safety forum on the same day as the monthly council meeting.

She said the meeting for Yea residents had been advertised in the Marysville Triangle, the Alexandra Standard and King-lake’s Mountain Monthly magazine?

How many Marysville, Alexandra and Kinglake residents are interested in Yea township safety issues, ask a number of local residents.

Nola suffers fall ■ Nola Yorston, of North St, Yea, suffered a serious fall on Saturday afternoon. Her son, Anthony, who was at the property, was able to assist. X-rays have followed this week.

Store Sale on Fri. ■ Yea’s monthly store cattlke sale will take place at the Selling Complex from 10.30am.

The usual agents - Rodwells, Elders and Landmark - are handling the arrangements.

Blue Light event ■ Leading Sen. Const. Jane Marks of Yea Police advises that the Blue Light event will be held at the Yea Shire Hall on Friday, March 18. The Prep-Grade 6 event will take place from 5.30pm-7.30pm; the Year 7-12 event is scheduled for 8pm-10pm. Cost is $6. Blue Light is run by local Police and valued volunteers.

Chicken Chatter ■ Neil Penny, an ex-commercial poultry producer and judge, will be held at 1pm at the Chicken Chatter session to be held this Saturday (March 12) at the Yea Community House. Discussion topics inlude breed selection (egg, meat and dual purpose birds), backyard breeding, self sufficiency and sustainability, processing a bird for the dinner table.

Thanks Yea ■ The collection of tools, clothing and other goods from Yea families for Taveuni Island, Fiji, is continuing until the end of the month.

More than $20,000 worth of goods and tools have been collected to date.

Junior champions

● From left: Jack Christie, Ethan Aldous and Nathan Beattie at the Yea Rec. on Saturday with trophies from the Yea Tigers Cricket Club presentation night. More details and photos are on Page 23.

■ NAB Auskick will be at the Yea Recreation Reserve on Friday, April 15. Enquiries to Tate McGillivray on 0417 556 376.

Hawaii theme

■ Members of Yea’s Men Shed were due to gather last night to celebrate member Gerhard Ludtke’s 80th birthday. The community dinner, held by Mannafest today (Wed.) at the Yea Railway Park, will also celebrate.

Fev’s time in Yea ● In the clubhouse at Yea Golf Club on Saturday afternoon were Carl Muaffei, Jeff Aurisch and Bruce Kindred.

■ Is the remour true that footballer Brendan Fevola mentioned Yea’s Royal Mail Hotel during a discussion about food on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.

Court Lists Seymour Magistrates’ Court Criminal Case Listings Thursday, March 10 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent.

Information Division.

Victoria Police v Smith, Michael. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police v Parkyn, Frank Rupert. Uni-Harrow Victoria Police - Infringement v Carter, Aaron. Melbourne Victoria Police v Ford, Callum.

Uni-Wallan Victoria Police v Tomlinson, Mark Paul. Socit-Seymour Victoria Police v Parkin, Terrence. Socit-Seymour Victoria Police v Ajder, Darko.

Uni-Wallan Victoria Police v Browne, Christopher. Operations Response Unit Victoria Police v Smith, Michael. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police v Skilling, Samual. Uni-Nagambie Victoria Police v Brandi, Brett.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police v Grantham, Kye. Operations Response Unit Victoria Police v Lombardo, Zachary. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Infringement v Burdett, Adam John. Melbourne Victoria Police v Hashoush, Abdal Rahman. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police v Smart, Peter.

Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police v Bianco, Francis. Traffic Camera Office Community Corrections Centre v Mckenzie, Stephen Clay. Community Corrections Centre Community Corrections Centre v Mckenzie, Stephen Clay. Community Corrections Centre Victoria Police v Lombardo, Zachary. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police v Clayton, Kylie Ann. Socit-Seymour Victoria Police v Chaaban, Khassan. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police v Ramdhayam, Anil Sharma. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police v Chant, Robert John. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police v Sanderson, Mitchell John. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police v Sanderson, Mitchell John. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police v Biddle, Geoffrey John. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police v Laurie, Alan James. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police v Mcqueen, Jake Robert. Uni-Seymour

Victoria Police v Webster, Richard. Uni-Broadford Victoria Police - Toll Enforcement v Neuchew, Nicholas.

Melbourne Victoria Police v Willison, Matt Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police v Conci, Shane Paul. Uni-Nagambie Victoria Police v Smith, Noel.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police v Willcocks, Darren Leigh. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police v Maher, Alan Peter. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police v Jack, Daniel William. Uni-Seymour Victoria Policev Dickson, James Edward. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police v Hall, Brent.

Ciu-Mitchell Victoria Police v Hall, Brent.

Ciu-Mitchell Community Corrections Centre v Neuchew, Nicholas. Community Corrections Centre Victoria Police v O'shea, Nicholas John. Socit-Greater Dandenong Victoria Police v Abdullah, Mohammed. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police v Short, Stephen Ciu-Mitchell Victoria Police v Short, Stephen Uni-Seymour Victoria Police v Dryden, John.

Uni-Healesville Victoria Police v Burton, Joshua.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police v Findlay, Jennifer Lee. Uni-Nagambie Victoria Police v Loder, Glen.

Uni-Wallan Victoria Police v Edwards, Dylan Stephen. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police v Selim, Frederick Willam. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Policev Smits, Martin.

Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police v Dean, Brett.

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130 Years of Local Press

Major Purcell takes on a newspaper ■ Major Frederick George Purcell was proprietor of The Yea Chonicle from January 1, 1907, until his untimelyand sudden death on August 16, 1927 at age 52.

When he purchased the newspaper business from Norman Dugald Ferguson, Purcell launched into print with his first editorial: “With this issue of The.Yea Chronicle 1 make my debut into the journalistic world, having purchased the land, buildings, machinery, goodwill. etc.. from the late proprietor, Mr N. D. Ferguson, and from this date forward the Yea Chronicle will be conducted by me.

“My action in purchasing The Chronicle was not the sudden impulse of the moment, or the embracing of an opportunity which just now presented itself, but a calm, deliberate, well thought out line of action that I conceived fully 10 years ago.

“It is my first actual ownership or pecuniary interest in any journial, but by no means the first time I have shown a liking for journalism.

“I have for many year been a contributor, not onlyto the local and city papers bit to papers in every part of the world that I have at various times been located, having advocated and instituted reforms and movements which I have had the extreme satisfaction of seeing carried into effect.

“A man to successfully conduct a paper (particularly in the country) must not be an egotist, rather should he suffer from a consciousness of his own helpless insignificance.

“I have in my travels met and brushed against many of the intellects of the world, and there is nothing I know more likely to make a man of anybody than to associate

● An informal portrait of Major Frederick George Purcell, the Assistant Director of Remounts, at the Remount Depot in Maribyrnong. c. 1916.

● Studio portrait of Lieutenant Frederick George Purcell in the uniform of the Victorian Mounted Rifles taken prior to his embarking for the South African war with the 4th Victorian (Imperial) Contingent.

Photo: Andrew Barrie and Henry Weedon, Talma Studios. c. 1900 with those who are intellectually your regret to have to admit, I do not now superiors, and to be aware of and possess, having bought my experience. admit the fact.

“In each case I have philosophi“This is, and has always been my happy state. Whatever my know- cally resigned myself to the inevitledge may be on any subject I am able, believing with the Chinaman that "the glory is not in never falling, always open to conviction..

“I am anxious to learn, and will- but in rising every time you fall."

“Reverses are good for any man, ing to be taught. I have for a man of 30 years had a wide and varied ex- and every man should have them, and I glory in my misfortune. perience.

“My experiences have been var“I have served in the capacity of office boy, run messages, swept the ied, and as a young man with wide floor, and n response to the ring of practical experience, I feel I am quite my then employer,ran for equal to the task I have voluntarily imposed upon myself. threepennyworth of snuff.

“I am deeply interested in the wel“Within seven years I had served in every military rank from Trooper fare of this district; be it lamb raisto Major, was the youngest man with ing, wool growing. timber, dairying, the rank of Major in the British Army, commercial pursuits, gold, &c., all and hold the enviable distinction of of which I have some knowledge and being the first Aus tralianofficer that of some, expert knowledge. of 1 am organised a purely Australian regi- always anxious to help along practiment after the con summation of the cally anything for the good of the disCommonwealth by special selection trict, country, or nation from an and under the personal direction of imnprovement 'in a mouse or rabbit General Lord Kitchener, the most trap to a torpedo or flying machine.

“The retiring proprietor, in.his striking personality in the British farewell article, doesnot paint a parArmy to-day.

“I was also specially selected to ticularly bright picture for me.

“He says: "The life of a country report (a practical test) on the horses of the various countries in use in editor is not all wine and roses."

“This, I hope, will induce my readSouth Africa, and furnish a report to the House of Commons, and was ers to sympathise with me somealso appointed as assistant director what, but what is all wine and roses. of Field Force Canteen for all South Nothing.

“Everything has its drawbacks, Africa, in consequence of organising capacity- an institution that had a and so has the proprietorship of a country paper. turnover of £2,000,000 per annum, A man must make enemies or he “In each case I acquitted myself with credit, and in this, my native is no man. A writer of note says: town and district, shared, and !the "Show me a man who has no enpublic of Yea have by handsome pre- emies, and you show me a fool."

“I have them. I know it and am sentations, addresses, &c., acknowledged the fact, and to then I owe a proud of it; but, however much their debt of gratitude that I sincerely hope opinion may differ from mine, let that in my new capacity I will be in them always be charitable.

“I hold a grudge against no man it some way able to return.

“I have suffered reverees in the in this district. I am born and bred in last few years, not from any lack of your district, and have been a schoolbusiness capacity, but through a pro- mate of many who will in future be found faith in human nature, which I my reader, and in takintg over the

● The Yea Chronicle office. High St, Yea. c. 1910.

Yca Chronicle, I can assure everyFerguson died on May 30, 1929, body of fair and generous treatment at Armadale, and was remembered when they deserve it, but will also as “of retiring disposition, a fine reserve to my self the right (in the type of Australian native, and one public interest) to impose censure who was deservedly trusted and should it be deserved. highly esteemed by all who had op“No columns in, the Common-. portunity of estimating his admirable wealth will be more easily accessiblo qualities.” to the general public to advocate reAfter he sold the Yea newspaper, forms or anything for the welfare and Ferguson was connected with the advancement of the dis trict, no col- Stock and Station Journal in umns more rigidly closed to anybody Bendigo when he was invited to start hurling personal abuse or stirring up a Melbourne-based stock and land dissention in this community. newspaper.

“Should any of my readers or the The first edition of Stock and general public at any time feel hurt Land was on the streets on July 1, over some little slip (they are bound 1914. The weekly paper, now conto happen, however careful one may trolled by the Fairfax Media group, be) adopt the manly and straightfor- still survives giving a wide range of ward course of going to headquar- news and views of concern to those ters, and ask if it is meant. involved with the pastoral, agricul“A little explanation often clears tural, horticultural, wool, machinery up what appear to be great difficul- and property trading. ties, and often makes firmer friends Stock and Land billed itself as the of the parties concerned, but secret "official organ of the Associated discontent must always end disas- Stock and Station Agents of trously.

Melbourne".

“I will put as much vigor, as time It was published three times a will permit, into The Chronicle, and I week to coincide with the old hope for the solid support of the whole Newmarket livestock selling days, community, without which, success and replaced the Melbourne Stock is impossible. & Station Journal, which for many “The success I look for will not years was published as a weekly to be the amount of wages I pay, or the carry reports of livestock sales. money I make out of The Chronicle.

The idea to print three times a “If on my retirement, 1 cannot week was to ensure farmers had the point to some good useful and per- most up-to-date information. manent reforms or improvements in Stock & Land targeted livestock the district, then I will consider I have and landholders in Victoria and the failed, and failed badly, even if I re- Riverina and initially cost one halftire a millionaire. penny, until 1918 when the price “I have my idea of what journal- changed to one penny. ism should be, and cannot reconcile A subscription set cost £5. or. submit myself to the. dominance Norman Ferguson prided himor worship of the Almighty Dollar, self in being the first man from the which seems to be the highest ideal land to run a newspaper such as this with many 19th century papers,” and outlaid a substantial amount of Major Purcell said. money to get it off the ground.

The previous proprietor, Norman In his final Yea Chronicle editoFerguson, had published a column, rial, Ferguson indicated that he had “Interregnum” (a period when nor- done well financially from the enmal government is suspended, espe- terprise. cially between successive reigns or “1 stood behind more money, regimes), in his final edition for 1906 made more money, and spent far (December 20). more money in Yea than did any of The Kilmore Free Press later pub- my predecessors. lished that Ferguson was born at “This is not a favor frorn you nor ‘Flowerdale’ station, Strath Creek, a concession by me; it is the simple being the third son of Donald recognition on both sides of an ordiFerguson, “a popular settler in that nary busitess principle.” district, and one of the most promiFerguson said the printing and nent in municipal affairs in connec- publishing company was worth three tion with the Broadford Road times than the evening he took deBoard. livery of the business in 1900.

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130 Years of Local Press

At war with ‘the opposition paper’ ■ For just on four years near the start of the last century, a spirited war was carried out between two weekly newspapers in Yea. Major Frederick George Purcell had purchased the business of The Yea Chronicle from Norman Dugald Ferguson at the start of 1907.

The first issue of ‘the opposition paper’, The Yea Telephone and Upper Goulburn Advocate, hit the streets on January 29, 1908.

There were 337 weekly issues of The Telephone, with it finally being incorporated into The Yea Chronicle on March 6, 1912.

Both newspapers commenced business in Station St, Yea. The Yea Chronicle had commenced on October 22, 1885, as The Yea Telegraph from premises believed to be near where the Cassell family residence was built in Station St. The business changed “phoenixlike” to The Yea Chronicle after its issue of April 17, 1890.

The Yea Telephone business was started by the O’Brien brothers Denis and Frank - from ‘The Hall’, believed to be the Temperance Hall, also in Station St. It appears that they shared the building with G.O. Forbes, grocer.

(The hall had opened in April 1885, according to the Alexandra and Yea Standard.)

The Yea Chornicle moved to 36 High St, where the Yea Sweet Co shop trades today.

The Yea Telephone moved to about 56 High St, where the Yea Provender Bakery operates in 2016.

Within a month or so of commencing publication, The Yea Telephone approached the Yea Council for a slice of the Shire’s printing contract, which was worth £60 per year.

Likewise, The Yea Telephone approached The Yea and Mansfield Dairy Co. for its business.

The Chronicle’s proprietor, Major Frederick G. Purcell, seems to have regarded these commercial approaches as a business and personal affront.

Over the coming years, readers had ringside seats to the battle, which was given more space than plans to submerge the town under the controversial Trawool scheme.

Major Purcell started proceedings in April 1908, with comments that his competitors, the O’Brien

● The Yea Telephone ‘exposed’ by The Yea Chronicle in its issue of April 30, 1908.

per month which entitled (them) to stand opposite the entrance.

“If that is the case, and if the driver had told me the same thing I would have removed instantly. as I realised he had a right to the psoition, for which the owner of the hotel he represented he paid.

“I then advised the driver to be more civil in future, and there the incident ended as far as I was concerned.

“It passed out of my mind, but today my attention was drawn to the incident hashed up as humour in Messrs O’Brien Bros. and Co’s paper under the heading “How F. Rafferty Won The Stand”.

- Continued on Page 21 ● An incident involving Yea Chronicle proprietor, Major Frederick Purcell, at the Yea Railway Station found its way into the ‘opposition paper’, The Yea Telephone. Major Purcell was furious.

After venting his spleen in his own newspaper columns, he then issued proceedings against a groom working at one of Yea’s hotels. This railway station photo was taken in the early 1900s.

“We have no doubt the document, if ever it gets to the council table, will meet with the fate it deserves the W.P.B. “The mere fact of dividing the ■ The O’Brien Brothers started printing simply because another pa‘the opposition paper’ in Yea. per has come amongst us, would be Denis O'Brien is thought to maniacal for various reasons.” have been born in New South Major Purcell criticised The Yea Wales in 1867.

Telephone’s coverage of a meeting Denis was the son of Denis of the Yea Rifle Club: Egan O’Brien and Matilda “It contained as many lies as difFrancis (Fowke), who had four ferent styles of type.” other children: Patrick (born 1866, He criticised The Yea Telephone’s died 1903), Charles (1866-1926), journalist: “The represenattive of the Francis, and Elizabeth Maria other paper had no right to enter the (later Mrs T.W. Minton) (1873festive room, and the person who 1949). authorised him to go in had no busi● Major F.G. Purcell, Francis O’Brien was known ness to do so. proprietor of The Yea as ‘Frank’, and later moved to “No one knew that the reporter of Chronicle from 1907-1927.

Adelaide. the paper referred to had left the The Yea Chronicle chided that Brothers, were guilty of “boastful, the O’Brien Brothers had no spe- blundering attacks on citizens whose room even by request.”

The Major was himself subjected cial qualifications: “These two reputations are above reproach”. men have become very familiar It is possible there was an anti- to the spotlight when he was involved figures in Yea. Irish-Catholic tone to the O’Brien’s, in an incident at the Yea Railway Station. He wrote a letter to the editor of “They are as alike as twins, in the Major’s approach. and their methods, habits, and He said: “They frequently in pri- his own newspaper: “On Friday night last I had occamanners make it difficult indeed vate conversation refer to this as a sion to meet an elderly lady arriving to distinguish one from the other. British country, and very often alby the late train.

“In their first issue they stated lude to British fair play, which, of “It was very wet and I naturally in their leading article that they course, is a phrase that is commonly drew by buggy close to the entrance had been journalists all their lives. and exclusively used by none but to the porch leading to the platform “In their very next issue they absolutely loyal subjects of this glounder a big lamp so that she could confess to having done some minrious Empire. People who are ing! It is certainly rather rough for preparted to fight for it. No others get in without getting wet (there being no other conveyance in the yard) a journalist to have to turn miner, need apply.” not that the latter calling is not as Month after month, the O’Brien , and stood in the porchway out of honourable as the first.”

Brothers applied to the Yea Council the wet to keep an eye on my horse. after a cab containing Mr The Yea Telephone passed into for a share of the printing and ad- R. “Shortly Coles and Mr Honig, driven by the proprietorship of John Peter vertisements. groom from one of the hotels Murphy.

At the Dairy Company meeting the After the sale, Denis O’Brien of April 1908, the directors were told drew up.

“Who ownes that - horse and went on to the Bealiba Times of a critical letter from Mr Hoare cart!” yelled the driver. (which was printed from published in The Yea Telephone.

“I felt that it was not me whom he Novfember 13, 1909 to April 10, Director Mr Hamilton said that 1931; later to start the short-lived showed the usefulness of two papers was addressing, seeing that I was I Port Fairy Times, which closed in in a township: “Both sides of a ques- was driving an Abbott hooded buggy, 1918 due to the cost of paper; then tion were placed before the people. but when he made the same remark I replied calmly, “Are you the Birregurra Times circulating The paper quoted Mr Purcell: again, addressing me?” in the Shire of Win-chelsea.

“Yes; but it is not everyone who can “Who owns that frame in the Denis O'Brien passed away at run a paper; it takes a man of talent.” cart?” he again loudly ejaculated. the Melbourne Hospital on May A petition, signed by several hun26, 1931. His final address was “I replied “If you are referring to dred people, was gathered, suggest43 Mitchell St, Brunswick. ing that the Council share its busi- that horse and buggy, it is mine.

His wife, Sarah Ann O'Brien “Well get out of the way,” he reness between the two Yea newspa(nee Jones), was aged 54 when plied. pers. she died on August 22, 1940.

“I replied that I would do nothing Major Purcell’s newspaper They had married in 1911 at editorialised: “The utter absurdity of of the sort and that common politeBealiba. Her final address was 10 any two individual members of a ness cost nothing and I objected to Napier St, South Melbourne,. She spoken to in a public place. community attempting to solicit the be thus was mother of Dorothy.

“He said he would see the of a body of people in a trumpery stationmaster Both Denis and Frank are bur- aid and soon see. matter of this sort while value is beied in the Roman Catholic sec- ing given for money expended, is “At this moment, Porter Hodson tion of the Fawkner Cemetery. sheer presumption and unadulterated appeared, and informed me that the - Research by Alan Thorley cabs paid a licence of one shilling cheek.”

Brothers ran business

‘The Duffer’s Gazette’ ■ There was no love lost between The Yea Chronicle’s Major Purcell, and The Yea Telephone’s O’Brien Brothers.

In 1908, The Yea Chronicle took its opposition to task over the spelling of the word ‘remembrance’.

It referred to its contemporary as The Duffer’s Gazette, with the proprietors labelled as ‘Messrs Botch and Co-terie’.

The September 8 article said it would treat “the writer of the article as a freak of nature and the paper as a joke”.

On August 27, The Chronicle referred to “questionable methods of reporting”.

The Editor said: “We don’t wish to engage this phase of journalism - we leave that to others who partly owe their existence to it, and have neither character nor repuattion to lose.”

Earlier in the year, there was controversy when The Yea Telephone published a report about a dinner of the Yea Rifle Club at the Royal Mail Hotel.

The Yea Telephone alleged that visiting members of the Collingwood Rifle Club had been “hurt and embarrassed”.

A May 1908 Chronicle headline read: YEARIFLE CLUBAND THE OPPOSITION PAPER Members resent O’Brien Bros. and Co’s attack on their Captain PROMPTACTIONTAKEN, COMMENDABLE BACKBONE DISPLAYED The Opposition ‘Falls In’ Heavily. Resolutions That Require No Comment The Yea Chronicle reported that a special meeting of the Yea Rifle Club had been called to take “action as indicating local feeling about the extraordinary methods of journalism being pursued by the O’Briens”.

There was a vote that expressed confidence in the Club’s Captain Anderson, and that The Yea Telephone’s editions being described as “uncalled for, incorrect and grossly insulting”.

The members voted that no representatives of The Yea Telephone be admitted to any dinners or socials “until an apology be given to the Yea Rifle Club”, said Club secretary T. Harvey Templeton.

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130 Years of Local Press ● From Page 20 “It may be quite in keeping with Mr O’Brien’s distorted views on other matters that law-abiding residents of long standing should be thus insulted in public places, and I feel that by making a hero of the cabby for so doing he is consistent, and it is all that I could expect from him,” said Major Purcell.

“From a tainted source you expect to get everything “tainted”, and seeing that Mr Denis O’Brien, the editor of the paper containing the article, is credited with having perhaps one of the strongest tongues in the Shire of Yea, it is quite in keeping with general principles that he should champion the cause of those similarly gifted.

“It is a matter for regret that each scandalous conduct should be tus lightly treated by any country paper, whose duty it is to try and raise, not lower, the moral tone of the district.

“I have given the names of every person present and challenge any one of them to contradict my statement.

“Mr O’Brien’s reputation for truthfulness is well established in Yea, but many outside are not aware of it, and he has thus forced me to make it known.

“The incident is trivial, and does not merit the space, but a protest against his misrepresentations must come sooner or later, and it is just as well now.”

Major Purcell may have stated that the matter was just a trivial one, but he did not let it rest.

The Yea Chronicle reported on July 9, 1908, that the Major had issued the hotel groom, George O’Rafferty, with a summons.

HOTEL GROOM PROSECUTED. INCIDENTAT YEARAILWAYSTATION Strong Remarks By The Bench DETECTIVE BORSUM ON CITIZENS' RIGHTS “A case which created much local interest, was disposed of at the Yea Court of Petty Sessions, on Monday, by Mr R. Knight, P.M., and Mr T.S. Scale J.P. “A young man named George O'Rafferty, hotel groom, was proceeded against by Fredk. George Purcell, for having made use of insulting language in a public place on the night of 19th ult.

“Mr T. Harvey Templeton appeared for informant, and Mr Jas Fynn for defendant.

“The informant, Fredk. G. Purcell, proprietor of The Chronicle, said that on Friday night, June 19, he drove to the railway station in an abbot buggy, with the object of meeting an elderly lady, and he brought the buggy up to within 10ft of the porch leading to the platform to obtain the reflection from a large lamp.

“He then got out of the vehicle and stood in the porch to watch the horse. A few minutes later the defendant drove up in a cab from a hotel.

“He called out, " Whose -----horse and cart is this?" (referring to informant's).

“Informant took no notice. Defendant again called out, " Hey, is this your ---- horse and cart ?"

“Informant inquired, " Are you addressing me ?" Defendant said, "Do you own that ------ frame with the hood on it ?"

“Informant replied, " If you are speaking about this horse and buggy ; it's mine."

“Defendant then exclaimed, "Well, get out of the ----- road."

“Informant replied that he would do nothing of the sort.

“Defendant said, " Well, I'll -----soon see whether you'll shift - I'll see

and I am for a conviction. I don't know. what my colleague thinks.

“Mr Scale, J.P.: There have been complaints of the bad language which is being used; and it should be nipped in the bud. Those who make a practice of usingit should know as soon as possible that the bench won't tolerate it.

“The defendant was convicted, and fined 5s, in default 48 hours imprisonment. Costs, amounting to £2 Os 0d, were allowed.

“The Bench emphasised the fact that the only reason for the light penalty was on account of the heavy costs.

“At the conclusion of the case Railway Detective Borsum, who happened to be in the court awaiting another case, obtained leave rom the Bench to state the very important fact that any gentleman, who had occasion to do business with the station officials, or had a desire to meet a person by train, had a perfect right to drive into the station yard and occupy any stand he wished.

“He had heard the evidence in this case, and happily wished to correct the false impression that only those who paid a licence had this privilege.

“They paid the licence fee to enable them to ply for hire.”

Meanwhile, The Yea Telephone and The Yea Chronicle continued to do battle for the Yea Shire Council printing contact.

Cr Redpath paid a price for speaking against The Yea Chronicle.

The editorial columns savagely attacked him, week after week: “Cr Redpath's attitude caused considerable surprise, and when compared. with his attitude in another direction altogether, reveals him in his true colours.

“In the whole matter he affected to study the finances with a purely imaginary grievance prompting him.

“He even made it appear that he could be gulled by the statement that the work could be done for £35 a year, while he conveniently missed a previous. statement by the saume authors that they could not execute it under £55.

“As a matter of fact we could do the lot for nothing, which is the cheapest offer of all ! This would be a means to an end, would it not ?

“But Cr Redpath is entitled to his convictions, and he will pardon us if we show him how inconsistent he is.”

The O’Brien brothers ran ‘the opposition paper’ for about one year.

The Kilmore Free Press (Jan. 21, 1909) noted: “The Yea Telephone, established about `12 months ago by Messrs D. and F. O'Brien, has passed from the hands of those gentlemen to Mr J. P. Murphy, formerly of Ararat.”

Perhaps there was a link to printers F.J. and M Murphy who established the Ararat Chronicle, rival of the Ararat Advertiser.

● A steam train on the Tallarook-Yea-Mansfield line the stationmaster."

“Didn't you tell Rafferty outside “The P M.: If so, we may expect “At that moment Porter Hodson the court that you would not have to see a few more of these cases here! appeared and said "Oh, you'll have brought him to court but for what had “Mr Fynn, for the defence, said to shift, Mr Purcell; this man pays a appeared in the paper ? - I told him that the case was brought as the relicence of 5s per month." that the paper had rubbed it in, and sult of something that had appeared “Informant remarked, "If that is people were being told that it was in a newspaper. He thought it was an the case I will remove my horse and me who was referred to. indecent thing for the complainant, buggy. " “You say that the incident was after having published the incident in “Informant casually asked the trivial, and that it passed out of your in his paper, to come into the court at porter if the defendant was drunk. mind almost immediately; in fact it all.

“Addressing defendant, infor- was not worth the space, given to it “The P.M, : It may have been inmant said, "Look here, civility costs ?-The Chronicle’s space is very valu- advisable on his part. But we can't you nothing ; if there was a police- able, Mr Fynn. and it's worth half a take that into consideration so long man here I would give you in crown an inch ! as he backs it up. charge."

“You say it was a valuable buggy “Mr Fynn: But he says the whole “Defendant replied, "That would you had - are you sere it was not a thing is trivial. do you a lot of good, wouldn't it ?" dog cart ?- It depends what class of “The P.M.: He is on his oath.

“Two men, Richard Coles and A. dog you have in it!

“Mr Fynn endeavoured, to show Honig, were in defendant's cab, and “Was it not in consequence of re- that the word complained of was not they heard what was said. ceiving a letter from Rafferty that regarded altogether as an offen sive “Mr Fynn (to informant): Did you issue the summons against one, owing to the frequency with you use any bad language towards him?--The letter, claiming £10 which it was used, and the variety of O'Rafferty ?-No. damanges, a withdrawal, and an ways in which it was applied in the “Do you mean to say that you apology. had not ,eached me when I course of speech. object to the use of the word used in issued the somalmons.

“The Bench considered that the the presence of your wife and fam“John Hodson, railway porter at word could not be separated from ily?

Yea, said he heard defendant make the rest of the conversation. The of“The P.M.: But were there any use of the exp ession complained of. fence was not one for a severe penladies about when defendant spoke? Defendant spoke in a very abrupt alty, but the defendant must know that “Informant: Yes; there were sev- tone. not the correct thing to make use “To Mr Fynn : Mr Purcell replied itofissuch eral in the porch at the station. language in or near a public sarcastically.

“Mr Fynn : You are the propriplace.

“Richard Coles, blacksmith, Yea, etor and publisher of The Chornicle, “The P.M., said he had often gave corrobative evidence. are you not ?-Yes. heard peoule use the word in ques“The P.M.: Did you anticipate “You wrote a letter to the editor tion, even in railway carriages, in the trouble by the tone of the cabman ? in which you gave the .whole of the next compartment; and in the street. incident, and commented on it - is Yes. “Mr Fynn suggested that-the “Mr Fynn: I suppose it's well that so? -Yes. case be dismissed.

“That was before you issued the known that. the hotel owns that stand "The P. M : The evidence proves ? -Yes.. summons, was it not ? - Yes., to me that the language complained “Why did you anticipate trouble?

“Mr Fynn: Well, your worships, of was used near a railway station I saw it coming, and walked away. does this not seem very unfair. It within the hearing of women and chil“The P.M.: But did it not occur to seems like an attempt to interfere you that you might be able to throw dren, and where there is usually a lot with the process of this court.

“The P.M.: I have not seen the oil on the troubled waters by staying of traffic. Young fellows of paper, Mr Fynn. At any rate, we there. You might have been able to defendant's stamp would have to be restrain the cabman? - I didn't wish taught differently. There appears to have nothing to do with that. be no justification for such conduct, “Mr Fynn (to informant) : Do to be mixed up in it.

“Alfred Honig, butcher, Yea. gave you know you rendered yourself liable in a higher cout for contempt evidence in support of the infor for doing such a thing ? - I would not mant's case.

“Mr Fynn : Don't you think the have said anything but for an article in another paper which made a sort word complained of is used rather frequently ?-Pretty frequently. of scapegoat of me.

“I suppose you can hear the word “You got a letter from me, and was it not in consequence of that etter every day ?- I have heard.it now and again. thit you issued the sum “At this stage the Police Magismons ?-Yes, I was compelled to.

“Exactly; you are therefore using trate suggested the amending of the this court for some ulteriorlobject? I information so as to read "near a took exception to remarks which public place."

“Consent was given, the alteration were made about me in a newspabeing made. per.

“Mr Templeton (to witness) : Do “But no one knew they referred to you --You took care that they knew you wish to convey the idea that the people in Yea are in the habit of uswho it was.

“Mr Fynn : I never had anything. ing the word complained of whilst addressing one another? - Oh, no ! ● Yea railway station, 1906. to do with it.

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130 Years of Local Press

Journalist traced the story of Yea ■ Former newspaper journalist Harvey Blanks was contracted by the Shire of Yea more than 40 years ago (1973) to pen The Story Of Yea. Blanks lived near the corner of Goulburn Valley Hwy and Limestone Rd, after having retired as Editor-in-Chief for World Record Club.

(The property was later purchased by the Lawrance family. Our family, the Longs, lived next door in the 1990s.)

Blanks published The Golden Road:A Record Collector's Guide To Music Appreciation which was published in its complete form by Rigby Limited in 1968.

Blanks, a New Zealander, was one of the primary selectors of recordings chosen for release for World Record.

Harvey Blanks enjoyed living in retirement in Yea, and would sometimes have an excursion to the Royal Mail Hotel then run by Bob Newman for a social drink with the locals.

The Story of Yea was published

by The Hawthorn Press (now defunct) for the Shire of Yea, then under the presidency of Cr Clem Ridd, with the late Frank Berkery as Shire Secretary.

The book was commissioned for the centenary of Yea’s shire status.

But it was not the first publication aimed at recording Yea’ early history.

Yea: A Century of Local Government was published to mark the 18691969 period. It had been printed by Jim Lowden of Kilmore.

Lowden’s book was printed, with a foreword provided by then-Shire President, Cr A.J. Bett.

Previously, Harry C. Gordon, of ‘Murrindindi’ (previously owned by Daniel McLeish, assembled the book, Yea - 1825-1920, published by The Hawthorn Press in 1954.

His book, One Man’s Life, was popularly seralised in the local press in 1960.

Gordon recalled that E.S. Purcell’s store sent out provisions to ‘Murrindindi’ once a month, as well

● Colonel Lacy Walter Giles Yea as the Gordon’s own weekly six- Gordon’s book in light of his own mile journeys into town by buggy. lifelong knowledge of the Shire and Gordon served as Yea Shire its families, and rarely found cause President in 1924-25, and again in to challenge any facts within its cov1931. He died in 1965. ers, most of his hand-written notes Both Lowden and Gordon were only add further detail at various criticised by local families for what points.” they viewed as inaccuracies.

Blanks said there was often total Blanks wrote in 1973: “Some of disagreement between different those details have been challenged branches of the one family when reover the years, occasionally with jus- calling their common early history. tification; however, my own investiHowever, Blanks made some gations have tended to prove that errors too. He wrote: “Even local Harry Gordon was far more accu- newspaper files pre-dating the 190s rate than some people have given are non-existent, having been dehim credit for; efforts to pin down stroyed by fire. ‘discrepancies’ and ‘mistakes’ have The State Library of Victoria more often than not seen them dis- holds precious files of The Yea Telesolve into a vague cloud of generali- graph newspaper from 1885-1890. ties.

It was succeeded by The Yea “The late Donald Drysdale, who Chronicle, copies of which from died in 1972 at the age of 92, person- 1890-1920 are now easily accessible ally annotated a copy of Harry on the internet on the Trove website hosted by the National Library of Australia.

The 1920-onwards copies are available at the State Library of Victoria on request, in microfilm format.

We have even sighted copies of The Yea Telephone opposition newspaper that was conducted from 190712 by the O’Brien brothers, and later

by John Peter Murphy.

Even earlier archive copies are available for the Alexandra Times (1868-77), and theAlexandra & Yea Stnndard which kept the title Yea on its masthead until June 24, 1949.

Standard proprietor Joseph T. Guthridge realised that the towns were two separate entities, often competing against each other in sporting contests (especially in the Waranga North Eastern Football Association), and that a local newspaper could only serve one master.

Blanks criticised local Yea municipal files: “Even the Shire records from which much of this history has been prepared have proved sometimes of minimal value.

“Early minute books, written in faded and occasionally almost indecipherable longhand, are erratic in the amount of detail they record.

“Doubtless, they were kept but without cross-references they are infuriatingly incomprehensible to a ● Harvey Blanks, The Story of Yea author, pictured in 1967 latter-day researcher.”

Harvey Blanks would have emraced Google!

He continued his commentary on the state of municipal records, long before the Yea-Alexandra shires ‘merged’ to become Murrindindi.

“Kept by a variety of people of varying educational qualifications, they are often ungrammatically and bewilderingly incomplete.

“Stabs at phonetic spellings of proper names, sometimes never the same on successive pages, mean that some early references can only be guessed at.

“The use of the archaic longtailed ‘s’ by the original clerk, in his copper-plate style handwriting, apparently confused it as an ‘f’.

“But even allowing for such vagaries of handwriting and minute keeping, the early records of Yea can most charitably be called incomplete.

“There are vague references to events and issues which must have loomed large at the time but which are only hinted at and nowhere else recorded in detail.

“Personalities do, however, emerge with sometimes overpowering force - a reflection of less inhibited times than ours when spades were called more than spades and rivalries bit deeply and left bitter scars.”

Blanks summed up his work as a Yea historian: “History is made by people, and therefore many names some no longer associated with the Shire - are mentioned.”

Perhaps the biggest debt is owed to the Yea press people who have recorded the district’s history on a weekly basis for more than 130 years: 1885-90: Richard Roland Cramer, Michael Lawrence Hickey, Andrew Robinson.

1890-1896: Patrick Galvin.

1896-1900: Edwin Howard Dobson 1900-1907: Norman Dugald Ferguson 1907-1927: Major Frederick George Purcell 1927-1929: Elizabeth Barbara Purcell 1928-1932: William Henry Tomkins 1932-1934: Elizabeth Jane Goodwin Thorley 1934-1936: George Philip Armstrong 1936: James Vincent Gannon 1936-1968: Thomas Michael Dignam and Edward Leo Dignam 1968-1984: Thomas Michael Dignam 1984-1993: Ashley Lawrence Long and Fleur Marian Long.

Alexandra Newspapers Pty Ltd has conducted its local publications in the area since.

They are connected with Newspaper House which runs the North Central Review, and previously conducted the Whittlesea Review (now defunct) and Kilmore Free Press (now incorporated into the Review).

Local Media Pty Ltd, publisher of the Melbourne Observer which circulates statewide, conducted The Phoenix newspaper in the bushfire region as a community service project for 18 months after the Black Saturday fires in 2009.

The Phoenix gifted free advertising totalling $1.3 million to bushfire victims, in a bid to re-establish their lives and businesses.

The Local Paper is operated by Local Media Pty Ltd.

District named after Colonel Yea ■ Lacy Walter Giles Yea (1808– 1855) was a BritishArmy colonel, known for his role in the Crimean War, where he was killed in action.

Born in Park Row, Bristol, on May 20, 1808, he was eldest son of Sir William Walter Yea, second baronet, of Pyrland, near Taunton, Somerset, who married, on June 24, 1805, Anne Heckstetter (d. 1846), youngest daughter of Colonel David Michel of Dulish House, Dorset.

Lacy Yea was educated at Eton College. He was commissioned as ensign in the 37th foot on October 6, 1825, obtained an unattached lieutenancy on December 19, 1826, was appointed to the 5th Foot on March 13, 1827, and exchanged to the 7th (Royal Fusiliers) on March 13, 1828.

He served with it in the Mediterranean and America, becoming captain December 30, 1836, major on June 3, 1842, and lieutenant-colonel on August 9, 1850..

In 1854 he went out in command of the Royal Fusiliers to Turkey and the Crimea, with a reputation as martinet.

At the battle of Alma his regiment was on the right of the Light Division, and became engaged with the left wing of the Kazan Regiment, a deep column of 1500 men.

The Fusiliers held their own against this column when the rest of Codrington's brigade had fallen back, and at length forced it to give way.

The regiment lost 12 officers and more than 200 men. Yea received a letter of congratulation from Sir Edward Blakeney, who had led the regiment at Albuera, and was now its colonel.

At the battle of Inkerman the Fusiliers, as part of Codrington's brigade, were on the slope of Victoria ridge, acting on the right flank of the Russians, but not very heavily engaged.

Yea was mentioned in despatches of September 28 and November 11, and was made brevet-colonel on November 28.

During the hardships of the winter his care of his men was exemplary.

In the summer he had command of a brigade of the Light Division, and in the assault of the Redan, on June 18, 1855, he led the column directed against the left face.

It consisted of a covering party of a hundred riflemen, a ladder party of about 200, a storming party of 400 men of the 34th, and a reserve of 800 men of the 7th and 33rd.

Leaving the latter under cover for the time, he went forward with the rest.

They had a quarter of a mile of open ground to cross under grapeshot. Yea reached the abattis with the wreck of his parties, but there he was shot dead.

His body was brought in next day, and he was buried on June 20.

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Yea cricket presentations ■ The end of season formalities have concluded for the Yea Tigers Cricket Club for the 2015-16 season.

The Club’s presentations were held on Saturday (Mar. 5) at the Clubrooms. There was a T20 game before the meal between parents and children.

The game was played in good spirit and everyone had fun. The debate goes on as to which side actually won!

This season the Club had two Under 12 sides, it was exciting to see these young players enjoying their cricket.

The junior presentations were held after the game. Preceding a meal, the senior awards were then presented. Congratulations to all players, the award winners are as listed: Under 12 Team Players; FletcherArchibald, Jordyn Beattie, Andrew Bree, Oliver Bree, Dominik Ciantar, Will Clarke, James Cudmore, Grace Cunningham, Maclaren Egan, Riley Egan, Tyson Garlick, Jackson Grech, Leo Halford Molinaro, Rhys Harding, Reece Hargreaves, Noah Hildebrand, Monty Lawson, Matthew Luke, Liam Mele, Rohan Mele, Ruby O'Dwyer, Austen Ross, Connor Sier, Riley Slevin, Oliver Wischer Under 14 Batting Average: Johnny Turvey - 40.5 (162 Runs) BowlingAverage: Jack Christie - 6.29 Av (14 Wickets) Best Season Player: Jack Christie Coach’s Award: Ethan Aldous B Grade BattingAverage: Mark Beattie – 30.0Av (270 Runs) Bowling Average: Ben Holman – 12.08 Av (26 Wickets) Cricketer of the Season: Ben Holman Captain’sAward: Nathan Beattie A Grade Batting Average: Cam Armstrong – 42.67 (512 Runs) Bowling Average: Daniel Evans – 14.23 Av (22 Wickets) Cricketer of the Season: Cam Armstrong Captain’sAward: Brad Clements Club ClubmanAward: Dan O’Dwyer Individual Performances Under 14 Hat Trick: Nathan Beattie B Grade 8 wickets for 12 runs: Ben Holman A Grade 161 runs: Cam Armstrong 128 runs not out: Cam Armstrong 7 wickets for 37 runs: Patrick Evans 5 wickets for 5 runs: Cam Armstrong 5 wickets for 27 runs: David Pelosi

U18 TAC Squad ■ AFLYarra Ranges Football League (formerly YVMDFL) has announced that five players have been named in the Eastern Ranges Under 18 TAC Cup Squad.

They are Wandin's Joel Garner, Mt Evelyn's Harrison Nolan, Emerald's Lachlan Sheppard and Upwey Tecoma duo Haydn Stanley and Joshua Hannon.

“AFLYarra Ranges is working hard with the Eastern Ranges and AFLVictoria to hopefully bring a TAC Cup match to an AFLYarra Ranges venue which hopefully will come to fruition and feature our young guns,” said a League spokesman.

Thunder trainers ● From left: Dan O'Dwyer, Ben Holman, Nathan Beattie, Mark Beattie, Cam Armstrong, Daniel Evans.

■ The Yarra Glen Football Netball Club is seeking a Head Trainer fand sports trainers or 2016 For the Head Trainer position, revious experience in a similar role would be advantageous but experienced trainers who are looking for a senior role are encouraged to apply.

For sports trainers, First Aid training and Sports Trainer qualifications preferred but not essential as training can be provided. Students doing sports science, physiotherapy, nursing etc would find the experience and the remuneration attractive.

Contact Vinny Erickson on 0431 680 990 or email yarraglenfnc@gmail.com

Panthers prepared

● Austin Ross and Paul Hildebrand in the children and parents T20 game 5 wickets for 40 runs: Daniel Evans numbered team shirt to please return it to Chris The club had a solid season with the Under or Donna Slevin.

14’s taking home the premiership. Both senior The shirts will be reallocated to players for teams improved from last year and will aim high next season to ensure all players have the corfor the next season. rect size.

The Cricket Club would like to thank all our We hope everyone has a good “off season” sponsors for their support in the 2015-16 sea- and we look forward to the start of the 2016-17 son. competition.

The Club asks all players who still have a - Craig Murphy, President

Local People

CFA volunteers qualify

PHOTO: FACEBOOK/ KINGLAKE CFA

Junior registration ■ Yea Football Netball Club held a junior registration night at The Rec. on Friday (Mar. 4). Young netballers registered for the Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 teams. Young footballers registered for the same teams, as well as the Under 10 age group. A barbecue was held afterwards.

■ Members from Kinglake , kinglake West and Toolangi CFA units over the past month have been undertaking a Thermal Imaging Camera course.

Sunday saw the final exam, with hot fire training at the South Eastern Training Cround.

Thanks have been extended to Paul Buck.

There are now have 12 qualified TIC operators across the mountain range, It is hoped that the TIC operations will be in place from this week.

■ A gruelling pre-season campaign has Eltham confident it will be able to improve upon last year’s third-place finish, writes Samuel Zito of the Northern Football League.

“After winning just three matches during Mario Bandera’s first season at the helm, the Panthers were the top flight’s biggest improvers last year – winning their first Division 1 final since 1977 and progressing to the preliminary final.”

In the suburbs ■ Watsonia Sporting Club and Mill Park Junior Football Club have announced the establishment of a new pathway between the two clubs.

The partnership will allow players who graduate from Mill Park’s under-17s to continue playing football together in Watsonia’s under-19 team, which will be renamed Watsonia-Mill Park, says a Northern Football League statement.

Junior umps need ■ AFLYarra Ranges, in conjunction with the Yarra Ranges Umpires Association, is seeking junior umpires.

Training takes place each Monday night from 5.30pm at Morrison Reserve Athletics Track in Mt Evelyn.

Minimum age is 12 and there is no maximum age. Phone 0408536420 or email patrickvandyk@gmail.com

Sports Shorts ■ An advertisement for the Healesville Amateur Race Club appears in this week’s issue of The Local Paper to promote the “Golden Thong’ meeting on Saturday, April 2.

■ The Yarra Valley Cup will be staged at the Yarra Glen racecourse on Sunday, March 20. There is $100,000 prize money for the Jack Hirsch Memorial. There are extensive hospitality attractions. Fashions On The Field will also be staged.

■ The Seymour District Cricket Association presentation night is scheduled for Friday, March 18 at the Seymour Cricket Club, Chittick Park, Seymour.

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Sun., Mar. 27

3nd Saturday 9am-1pm. Diamond Valley Craft Market.

Arts and craft, plants, homewares. kids clothing, bric-a-brac.

At Diamond Village Shopping Centre, 78 Nepean St, Watsonia.

Phone: 9438 3437.

4pm-10pm. Twilight Market. At High St, Yea. Run by Rotary Club of Yea in conjunction with the Bunshrodders. Market stalls; wine, beer and cider stalls; food stalls; rafle prizes; bushrodders main street cruising and display; trade stalls; kids face painting.

Live band: Blackhills Ramblers.

Easter Sunday. Holiday weekend.

10am-4pm. Alexandra Easter Fair. Entertainment, live music, food and wine, arts and craft, children’s rides. At Rotary Park, Alexandra. Phone: 0418 266 038. EMail: andrew. embling@landmark. com.au 10am-4pm. Hurstbridge Model Train Exhibition. Adults, $8.

Children, $5. Family, $20. At Hurstbridge Hall, 974 Hurstbridge-Kinglake Rd, Hurstbridge.

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WHAT’S ON Wed., Mar. 9 (2nd Wed.) 10am-12 Noon. Yea Pottery Studio.

Phone: 0408 401 458. ★ 6.30pm for 7pm. Rotary Club of Alexandra.

At Alexandra Golf Club, Gordon St, Alexandra. ★ 6.30pm for 7pm. Rotary Club of Kinglake Ranges. At Rosewood Cottage, 101 Whittlesea-Kinglake Rd, Kinglake. Phone: 5786 2005 for catering only. ★ 6.30pm for 7pm. Rotary Club of Alexandra.

At Alexandra Golf Club, Gordon St, Alexandra. ★ 7pm. Yea Camera Club Inc. Meeting. ‘Back To Basics’. At Yea RSL, Snodgrass St, Yea. Phone: 0439 852 375.

Thu., Mar. 10 9am-3pm. Yea Men’s Shed. Every Tues. and Thurs. Phone: 5780 1459. ★ 2nd Thursday 1.30pm. Yea Garden Club. At Yea Tennis Club rooms. Phone: 5780 2531.

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Sun., Mar. 13 8.30am. Communion.

St Peter’s Memorial Anglican Church, Kinglake. Cnr Bald Spur Rd and Kinglake-Whittlesea Rd., Kinglake. Phone: Rev. Stephen Holmes, 9716 2042. ★ 8.30am. Service. St Mary’s Catholic Parish, Kinglake. Phone: Fr Martin Ashe, Parish Priest, 9717 6482. ★ 9am. Sunday Service.

Scots Presbyterian Church, Yea. Station St, Yea. Phone: Val Borrie, Secretary.

5792 2286. ★ 9.15am. Eucharist. St Luke’s Memorial Anglican Church, Yea. Lyons St, Yea. Phone: 5792 2281. ★ 9.30am-5pm. Alexandra Lifestyle and Leisure Expo. At Alexandra Community Centre, Cnr Hall St & Maroon-dah Hwy, Alexandra. Phone: 0404 882 042. Site Bookings: 0408 109 707. www.alexandra expo.com.au 2nd Sunday 10am-2pm. Bollygum Community Market.

Sept.-May. At Bollygum Park, Kinglake.

Phone: Cheryl Phillips, 5786 1696.

10.30am. Sacred Heart Catholic Parish, Yea. The Parade, Yea. Phone Fr Longinus Onyechesi: 5772 1167. ★

Mon., Mar. 14 Labor Day. Public holiday in Victoria.

Tues., Mar. 15 6.30pm. City of Whittlesea Council monthly meeting. At Council Chambers, 25 Ferres Blvd, South Morang

Fri., Mar. 18 6pm. Opening. ‘Cuts Like A Knife’ Exhibition. Then open 10am-4pm daily. Free entry. ‘Rustic Simplicity’ at The Shear N Sheds, 74 Grant St, Alexandra. www. rusticsimplicity blog.wordpress.com

Wed., Mar. 23 6pm. Murrindindi Shire Council. Monthly meeting. At Strath Creek Hall.

Fri., Mar. 25 ‘Good Friday’. Holiday weekend.

Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. Donate.

10am. Rotary Club of Alexandra Easter Art Show. At Alexandra Community and Leisure Centre. Open until March 28.

Northern Football League. Opening Round special match.

(Good Friday): Eltham v Greensborough.

Sat., Mar. 26 ‘Easter Saturday’.

Holiday weekend.

8am-2pm. Eildon Lions Easter Market. 100+ stalls. Fashion, clothing, fresh produce, preserves, plants, toys, arts and crafts, secondhand goods, badges, paintings, food, amusements.

At Moore Park, Main St, Eildon. Phone: 5774 2674.

9am-5pm. Molesworth Easter Bazaar and Clearing Sale. Two auctions running adjacent to each other: farm machinery, tools, household and garden items, bric-abrac. Food and drinks. At Molesworth Hall and Recreation Reserve.

Phone: Les Ridd, 5797 6252. www. molesworth.info

Mon., Mar. 28

Easter Monday. Holiday weekend.

Water Fun at Yea Wetlands. Activities appropriate for primary school-aged children.

Gold coin donation appreciated. At Y Water Centre. Phone: 5797 3394. www. ywatercentre.com.au

Sat., Apr. 2

Cycle Dindi. Family friendly bicycle event on the Great Victorian Rail Trail in Murrindindi Shire, including Yea and Alexandra townships. Welcome pack, lunch at Cathkin, bush dance.

Run by Rotary Clubs of Alexandra and Yea. To raise funds for The Community Boys Journey. Contact: Melinda, 0418 378 806, or Julie, 0447 767 557. www.yea rotary.org.au

Tues., Apr. 5

6.30pm. City of Whittlesea Council monthly meeting. At Council Chambers, 25 Ferres Blvd, South Morang

Tues., Apr. 26

6.30pm. City of Whittlesea Council monthly meeting. At Council Chambers, 25 Ferres Blvd, South Morang

Tues., May 17

9.30am-5pm. Hurstbridge Model Train Exhibition. Adults, $8.

Children, $5. Family, $20. At Hurstbridge Hall, 974 Hurstbridge-Kinglake Rd, Hurstbridge.

6.30pm. City of Whittlesea Council monthly meeting. At Council Chambers, 25 Ferres Blvd, South Morang

9am-1pm. Taggerty 4 Seasons Market. Local produce. At Taggerty Hall, Taggerty-Thornton Rd, Taggerty. Phone: 0421 351 571.

6.30pm. City of Whittlesea Council monthly meeting. At Council Chambers, 25 Ferres Blvd, South Morang

Tues., June 7

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Mayor’s Column

■ Over the days and weeks the amount of email correspondence received is amazing.

It is certainly hard to keep up with and much of it is not directly relevant to what is currently happening.

Sorting out the wheat from the chaff, as it were, does take time and attention and sometimes it can seem like just too much trouble.

But people usually have a very good reason for creating the message they want to deliver and a purpose in doing so.

My feeling is that, if I want people to read my messages, then I should have the courtesy to read theirs.

In doing so, there are gems to be discovered where people are demonstrating their care and compassion for all sorts of things.

Whether these affect us directly or not, they undoubtedly affect our society and our quality of life.

So I thought I would share some of the recent communications with you this week, to redirect our gaze from the more mundane matters of every day and link with the broader community.

March is Epilepsy Awareness Month with a focus on March 26 as 'Purple Day'.

This is a grassroots effort dedicated to raising awareness of epilepsy worldwide and works to engage the community to fundraise to reach their target of $200,000.

This will be used to

● Cr Margaret Rae, Mayor, Shire of Murrindindi provide personal support, education, awareness and understanding of epilepsy to change behaviour and attitudes towards epilepsy.

The aim is to ensure that children, young people and adults with epilepsy are well supported and can participate in our community to their fullest ability.

There are many ways to use the colour purple to demonstrate support for their cause and more information can be found at www.purpleday. com.au This month also sees the annual Red Cross Calling campaign.

This campaign has been held each March for 68 years to raise vital funds to support people in times of hardship.

Across Australia, individuals and families, schools, community service groups and businesses get involved to volunteer their time to collect donations for the work of the Red Cross in the community.

Every day they work with vulnerable people in communities across Victoria whether keeping in

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touch with the elderly living alone, providing healthy breakfasts to thousands of children who might otherwise go hungry, assisting people to deal with the impacts of disasters, or helping those seeking asylum.

If you are interested in becoming involved, there is information at www.red cross.org.au/calling. aspx Neighbour Day 2016 will rank as a double celebration this year as it occurs on Easter Sunday March 27 - a terrific occasion for engaging with our neighbours.

What better way to celebrate community than by bringing together the people next door, those across the street, or from a neighbouring property and sharing a beer, a barbie or a cuppa.

The aim of Neighbour Day is to build better relationships with those who live around us, especially the elderly and vulnerable.

You can find more information at www. neighbourday.org March is certainly the month for community involvement and thinking about others.

We will also celebrate Easter in March this year - a time when celebrations take place in many different ways.

Whatever your particular cause or belief, I trust you will be sharing it with friends, family and loved ones.

- Cr Margaret Rae, Mayor, Murrindindi Shire Council

Councillor’s Comment

By Cr Christine Challen ■ Have you made a new year's resolution in 2016, and if so, how's that going?

Like me, did you have high hopes for a brighter, thinner, stronger, kinder, wiser, better self in a year of discovery, personal fulfilment and satisfaction?

Yep! On reflection, I think we may have gone for too much!

Do you spend a lot of time looking back, or are you most concerned with what's coming next?

Have you heard of the butterfly effect? It's a theory that a single occurrence, no matter how small, can change the course of the universe forever. Therefore everything matters.

If you change even the smallest of life's details, you completely change its outcome.

"Even the flutter of a butterfly's wings can cause a hurricane on the other side of the world".

As it applies to the individual in everyday life, whatever is done this second affects what the next second will be.

So, is trying not to do anything negative the best insurance that the world will be better next second, or at least, not worse?

But of course a positive action of one may be undermined by the 100 negative actions of others, hence it can mean nothing.

However don't you still have to follow the dictum of choosing what you believe to be the best/fairest/least harmful option under the prevailing circumstances at any given time?

Optimism implies the best outcomes will win out in the end.

At our last Council meeting, Councillors voted by a majority to apply to the Essential Services Commission for a variation to the rate cap for a 5.4 per cent rating increase for the 2016-17 financial year.

I would like to think this was an optimistic decision.

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Cr Challen addresses rates debate ● From Page 25 There's no doubting that a vote to adhere to the rate cap of 2.5 per cent (based on CPI) would be superficially more popular and simpler for this Council to comply with in its last year of office.

However, I don't believe this would have been the ethical or least harmful choice and changing our rating and strategic plans in the last year of our four-year term will create serious repercussions across all sectors of the Shire.

A 2.5 per cent CPI increase, formulated on the weighted average cost of a basket of consumer goods and

● Cr Christine Challen

services, such as transport, food and medical care, has little relevance to Council costs for road making, bridge building, footpaths, parks and gardens, libraries, planning, building and facilities maintenance, etc.

Small rural shires such as ours don't have the populations or capacity for raising revenues via means other than rates and grants, for example, some inner city councils earn more in a year from parking fees and charges than our entire budget.

For the State Government to compare our capacity to provide local services and facilities and accept the burdens of their

cost shifting with that of metropolitan and growing interface councils is like comparing a bunch of apples with a grain of sand.

In order to accommodate the accumulation of lost revenue over the life of our 10 year strategic resource plan, diminishing our operating budget by $22m will require a lot more than just trimming the number of fleet vehicles or lawn mowers and other one-off items.

Apart from the continuing service reviews and selling off of surplus assets, it will require the cessation of programs and services and/or closure of buildings, e.g. library, aged care, early child-

hood services and swimming pools, in order to meet the State Government's target.

Having to earmark such cuts in a local government election year will compound the disadvantage to a new Council and make its job of future decision making ever more difficult.

We are one of 21 councils to request a variation to the rate cap for this forthcoming financial year.

While we await a response from the ESC, we'll be preparing two budgets for 2016-17 - one that demonstrates a 5.4 per cent rate increase and another that reflects a 2.5 per cent increase.

The seriousness of this matter can't be

overstated. When it comes to taxes, rates and levies, we're all vulnerable.

Understandably, the thought of rate increases will make many of us angry, some of us despairing.

The confusing hyperbole, grandstanding and misconstrued information published in letters and touted in the media just adds to the general feelings of frustration.

Nelson Mandela once said a good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Working and communicating effectively together, in good faith and for the greater good will help us agree on what are the most important aspects of

our communities and heritage, what services and facilities have priority and need protecting and how we can maintain and develop a savvy, attractive, caring network of villages and towns in the magnificent and sprawled environs of Murrindindi Shire "Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved," (W.J. Bryan).

We look forward to community consultations and Council welcomes your input and reasonable discussions on this and other local government concerns, challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.

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