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■ LOCAL HISTORY was made on Sunday when a load-bearing drone was demonstrated at the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo in front of a crowd of 1000 people.

“We now have a tool that can deliver food to stranded animals during flood or fire,” said Eric Lording of UAV Consultancy. “Or we can spray inaccessible areas such as the Snowy National Park.”

● Eric Lording congratulates Ken King at the world first event

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“This new drone design being compact, yet portable, was the brainchild of our group, the UAV Consultancy group,” Mr Lording said.

“We are bunch of people dedicated to making things better in Australia.”

The company was represented by Wayne Lording, the Group CEO; Nick Porter the Drone Integration Manager; Ken King the Chief Technical Officer; and Eric Lording.

Sunday’s demonstration had the locally designed and built heavy lift drone. It lifted the load perfectly to the rousing cheer of the crowd.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2017

W’sea loses NBN - again!

■ Whilst the NBN (National Broadband Network) bangs its drum this week at Kinglake and Eildon, at nearby Whittlesea customers are suffering further outages.

On Monday (Feb. 17), Telstra customers have been told they will be without NBN services for 10 days, before their service is fixed.

Clients in Walnut St reported that they had lost all NBN services, and had been told

by Telstra technicians that they could not revisit until next week.

Other clients in the Eastern Hill area of Whittlesea say they have been getting the same “run-around” from Telstra.

25 Yea golfers enter M’dindi Masters at Alex.

■ Ivor Braylor came to the rescue of the Yea Golf Club men last Wednesday with an excellent par round of 2 up, to win the day's competition and also to take the major points for the men in the gender challenge.

The women filled the next six places so Ivor's win was greeted the great acclaim by the men.

Marianne Peterson, Miranda Gill, Laraine Callander and Cheryl Roberts all finish 1 up with Marianne winning the countback.

Peter Williams was second for the men with minus 1. Sam Wright took out the club award with -8.

The scores in the gender challenge now see the men on 288 and the women on 260.

There are just two weeks to play before the losers have to cook lunch.

On Saturday Mick Spagnolo had a solid 36 points to win the daily stableford event from Terry Chaplin on 34.

Rick Wills was 3rd and also won NTP. Mick has been in good form over the summer and it is good to see him playing to his low handicap of 6.

This Saturday (Feb. 24) sees the third round of the Foodworks Murrindindi Masters at Alexandra and at this stage around 25 Yea players have entered.

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‘LEGITIMATE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO OWN FIREARMS’

■ EILDON MLA Cindy McLeish told State Parliament this month that there is a legitimate need for some people to own firearms.

Ms McLeish was addressing the Firearms Amendment Bill.

“I rise now to make a contribution to the Firearms Amendment Bill 2017, which has come back to this chamber,” Ms McLeish told the Legislative Assembly on February 8. “”The Attorney-General said just a moment ago that this is an extremely important bill, and indeed it is.

“Setting a bit of context around that, we need to understand firearms. Firearms can be used for good or evil.

“Very clearly shooting is a legitimate sport.

Primary producers and others need to have firearms. Licensed people may be hunters. I have many, many hunters in my electorate.

“But we also know that firearms can be used for ill-gotten gains. Those involved in organised crime, for example, are often trying to get their hands on illegal firearms and to conceal the ones that they have.

“It is very important to understand that the Coalition’s position through this is to make sure that these amendments that have been introduced do not in any way penalise legitimate firearms users.

“There needs to be a sense of fairness and understanding, reflecting that there is a legitimate need for people to have and own firearms.

“Talking about the amendment that we have before us, I want to paint a little bit of a picture of the commentary during the passage of the bill through this Parliament.

“I take exception to a couple of points that have been made.

“Comments have been made by the minister that the Coalition was working to slow down this bill and to weaken the amendments. That is entirely untrue.

“Looking at the introduction of this bill to the Parliament, it was introduced in the Legislative Assembly on September 19 2017 and second read on September 21.

“I think it is important to reflect on the comments that were made by the lead speaker for the opposition, the member for Box Hill.

“He said, and I quote: ‘In conclusion, we on this side of the house are fully willing to support the government’s attempt to implement a workable firearm prohibition order regime, but there are a wide number of concerns and issues that have legitimately been raised about it.

“This bill passed the Assembly without division on November 2. It was introduced in the Legislative Council on the same day and then debated on November 30.

“I wish to quote the Shadow Minister for Police, Mr Ed O’Donohue, in the other place.

He moved amendments which were going to improve the way the bill operates.

“In summation he said: ‘The opposition welcomes any move by the government to strengthen community safety and to tackle the crime issue …

“Remarkably the government failed to bring back the bill to consideration in detail during the final sitting week, choosing instead to debate other bills, so it was the government’s own actions or lack of action that actually held up the bill proceeding in the Legislative Council, noone else’s.

“They tried to very unfairly shift blame for this to the coalition. While they were working on the one hand, on the other hand, in their ineptitude in choosing not to prioritise this over the bills, they did not bring this forward in November to perhaps deal with this then.

“The amendments that have been put forward for debate and are supported by the government today are not those put forward by the shadow minister for the coalition opposition in the upper house; in fact the amendment today is one put forward by the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, which the government I think opposed at the time but have now decided for whatever reason to support and bring forward.

“Of course the opposition is not opposing this position either — we want to see this bill pass ● Cindy McLeish MLA through the Parliament quickly.

“The amendment is about online advertising “We welcome the appropriate powers being given to Victoria Police, giving them the tools so that legitimate persons with firearms licences they need to disrupt this type of organised, so- can actually advertise firearms for sale in magazines or on the internet and do not need to go phisticated criminal activity.

“In no way are we looking or were we look- through a broker or a dealer.

“With those comments I have sought to clarify ing to weaken this bill.

“There were three amendments put forward our position to members of the government in by the shadow minister, and they came about the Legislative Assembly who are choosing to blind and believe a particular story when through extensive consultation with stakehold- be the actually show something quite differers, who raised legitimate and sensible concerns ent.facts We will be supporting this bill going forward — quite the opposite of what has been peddled, today and also remain steadfast in our desire to which is that we were trying to water down the see that legitimate firearms licence-holders are bill. not penalised in the process,” Ms McLeish said.

“We were not at all. We are very firm in our opposition to organised crime and in our support of Victoria Police while at the same time ensuring that there is a sense of fairness for legitimate firearms owners.

■ Eltham MLA Vicki Ward has paid tribute “On November 30 the minister with carriage in State Parliament to the life of Matt of the bill, the Honourable Gayle Tierney, said O’Brien. during the second-reading debate on the bill: ‘I “It is with sadness that I inform the house thank other members for their contributions so of the passing of a loved local identity, Matt far, and I look forward to discussions in comO’Brien, who passed away last week,” Ms mittee.

Ward told the Legislative Assembly on Feb“‘I understand that there are a number of ruary 8. amendments from the coalition and the Shoot“Matt was a well-known and loved memers, Fishers and Farmers Party. I am sure that ber of the Eltham and Research communiwe will work through those matters in a timeties. effective way.’

“Sadly he died last week following a short The bill was ordered to be considered in comillness. Matt and I were at primary school mittee later that day, but the government failed together. to bring that bill back on for debate and went on “Matt was a very respected member of to other bills instead.

Eltham Country Fire Authority, volunteering “What I find most extraordinary is that the in his teens and progressing over the years Minister for Police then widely distributed to to hold many positions of leadership with media outlets a media release on the afternoon the CFA, serving our community for more than of November 29, which was officially issued 30 years. on the government’s media site the next day, “He also had a long association with November 30, saying the opposition was ‘trying Eltham Football Club, the Panthers, playing to water down laws that directly target organised as a junior and being a long-time member crime’. and supporter of the senior club, where he “This was prior to any debate on the bill and was a staunch friend and mentor to many despite concurrent discussions being had with younger players. the opposition on proposed amendments, so it “He was “known for always having a kind seems the right hand did not know what the left and encouraging word,” Ms Ward said. hand was doing.

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Highlands v Ruffy

■ The annual Highlands v Ruffy cricket match will take place at the MCG (Molesworth Cricket Ground) from 10.30am for 11am on Saturday March 3.

Those interested in playing are asked to contact Scott McKay, 0427 969 259.

The Hungry Horse Hotel, Molesworth, will be the venue for lunch at 1.30pm - Granite News

Response slammed

Guest speaker

● Melinda Burgess ■ The CEO of the Dame Pattie Menzies Centre, Melinda Burgess, will be guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Alexandra meeting to be held tonight (Wed.).

The Centre provides support to people in the Murrindindi Shire. Services are provided in people’s homes, in the community, and at ‘The Mount’in Alexandra.

The Rotary meeting will be held at the Alexandra Golf Club rooms, 6.30pm for 7pm start. The meal cost is $20.

● Wendy Lovell MLC ■ Northern Victoria MLC Wendy Lovell has slammed the Andrews Labor Government’s response to ongoing lack of car parking at Hurstbridge Railway Station.

Ms Lovell said she first raised the lack of parking with the Minister back in September, asking the State Government to fund the establishment of additional car parking spaces on PTV owned land adjacent to the station.

This land had been regularly used by commuters for parking but was shut by the department without warning.

“The Minister’s response on November 21consisted of typical

Letter to the Editor Sex offenders

■ Sir, Sex offenders cause enormous harm to the community with many victims suffering lifelong trauma.

As part of our plan to put the interests of law abiding citizens first, the Liberal Nationals will introduce a 'Victorian Serious Sex Offenders Public Register' that will publicly disclose certain details of adult serious sex offenders, including photographs, identifying descriptions and the current area where they live.

As part of the establishment of this public register, the a new Commissioner of the Serious Sex Offender Public Register will review all registered sex offenders and assess which ones pose a sufficient risk to community safety to warrant public disclosure.

Applicants with genuine reasons, such as parents or guardians of a child or vulnerable adult, can request access to specific information on whether a specific individual who has contact with the child or vulnerable adult is on the Register.

This element is an extension of what is currently in operation today with penalties for misuse of information by applicants to include up to 10 years imprisonment.

Under the Andrews Labor Government, the number of sexual assaults has increased dramatically, rising 24.35 per cent between 2014 and 2016.

A Matthew Guy Government will turn the tables and make sure the rights of innocent Victorians are more important than the rights of the worst of the worst sex offenders.

- Cindy McLeish, MLA for Eildon, 10/38-40 Bell St, Yarra Glen

Labor Party spin and made no mention of the need for additional car parking,” Ms Lovell said.

“Minister Allan’s response to my question was so inadequate I pressed the matter further on the following sitting week on 28 November 28.”

Ms Lovell said the Minister’s response to her second question was even worse.”

Reunion success

● Don McLeish ■ More than 120 exWaranga North-East Football League players, officials and spectators attended last week’s reunion held at Mansfield.

Amongst those from Yea were Don McLeish, Glen McMaster, Peter McLeish, John Aldous, Les Gates, Bernie McCarthy and Gavin McCarthy.

Les Reid of Euroa, a mem,ber of the 1951 Geelong premiership team, was present.

Next year’s reunion is likely to be held at either Broadford or Alexandra.

Glen McMaster is in charge of a project for a WNEFL honour board, which will travel to each of the annual reunions in February.

Noel Serong from Alexandra is assisting with information and names for the honour board.

Murray Darling

● Jan Beer ■ The transfer of 450 gigalitres of water from the Upper Goul-

burn region in the proposed Murray Darling Basin Plan was technically unachievable.

The plan appeared likely last week to have been skittled in Canberra, in part by the Victorian Government.

Mrs Beer had praise for Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville, whose work she described as “bloody fantastic”.

Mrs Beer said there was feeling for the ‘Northern guys’ who were faced with a water plan that is “not sustainable”.

She said there needs to a be a review if water coulkd actually be taken from anywhere.

Coach wanted

What’s On The Local Paper’s What’s On guide provides free listings for community events throughout our readership area.

The Local Paper circulates every week in the municipalities of Murrindindi, as well as Mitchell, Murrindindi, Nillumbik, Whittlesea and Yarra Ranges … and beyond.

The What’s On guide is published weekly in The Local Paper, and at our website.

The web page is updated regularly during our publication year (Feb.-Dec.)

Wed., Feb. 21 ■ 8am and 9am. Power Pals. Every day movement and mobility. $2 per session. At Yea Pioneer Reserve. Phone: Sandra, 5797 2756.

Thurs., Feb. 22 ■ 6.30pm for 7pm. Weekly Meeting.

Rotary Club of Yea. At Yea Golf Club.

Sat., Feb. 24 ■ 8am. Power Pals. Every day movement and mobility. $2 per session. At Yea Pioneer Reserve. Phone: Sandra, 5797 2756.

■ 9am-1pm. Garage Sale. At at 548 Ghin Ghin Rd, Yea (the Olive Grove opposite Old Ghin Ghin Rd). Sale includes household items, crockery, furniture, lamps, garden equipment, lawn mowers, caravan and much more. The property has been sold and everything must go. All profits from the sale will be donated to the Yea Hospital and Rosebank Auxillary.

■ 12 Noon. Seymour District Cricket Association C-Grade Semi-Finals.

■ 12.30pm. Seymour District Cricket Association B-Grade Semi-Finals.

■ 1pm. Seymour District Cricket Association A-Grade matches continue.

Avenel v Nagambie at Avenel Recreation Reserve. Broadford v Kilmore at Harley Hammond Reserve. Tallarook v Yea Tigers at Tallarook Recreation Reserve.

Sun., Feb. 25 ■ Kinglake Football-Netball Club is looking for a Reserves coach.

Club Trainers are also required. Training will be provided.

A practice match has been booked against Monbulk for Saturday, April 7.

NBN roadshow

■ The NBN roadshow timetable is: ■ Wed., Feb. 21.

Kinglake. 9am to 12 Noon. Main Rd, Kinglake (near Foodworks) ■ Wed., Feb. 21.

Marysville . 3pm to 6pm. Murchison St , Marysville.

■ Thurs., Feb. 22.

Eildon. 10am to 1.30pm. Main St, Eildon ■ Sat., Mar. 3.

Kinglake. 9.30am to 2pm. High St, Mansfield (opposite Mark’s IGA) Staff will speak about the rollout of the network and provide information.

■ 8am-3pm. Annual Gem Fair.

Alexandra-Eildon and District Lapdary and Gem Club. at the Thornton Football Ground. Enquiries: Norm Stace.

■ 9am. Seymour District Cricket Association Under 16 Final.

■ 12 Noon. Yea St Pat’s Race Club Meeting. Picinc race meeting. Fashions on the Field. Kids’ entertainment. Marquees and unbrellas. TAB and bookmakers. Musical bands. Catering barbecue and bar. At Yea Racecourse. General enquiries: Leonard Sheahan, 5797 8532.

Mon., Feb. 26 ■ 3.30pm-4.30pm. Active Kids: Term 1 Swimming. Six-week program. $8 per session. At Yea Swimming Pool. Yea Community House, phone 5797 3030.

■ 6pm-7pm. Line Dancing with Patricia. One hour beginner to intermediate sessions. At St Luke’s Hall, Yea. Phone: Yea Community House, 5797 3070.

■ 7.30pm. Monthly Meeting YAPPERS (Yea Artistic Performers Presenting Entertainment for Rural Society.) $2 per person. At Yea Community House Lounge, The Semi-Circle, Yea. Phone: Deb, 0400 077 692.

Coming soon: Thurs., Mar. 8 ■ 6pm-9.30pm. International Women’s Day Dinner. At Eltham Community and Reception Centre, 801 Main Road Eltham. Presented by Nillumbik Shire Council.

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Funds needed for CEACA, Yarra Glen

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● Cindy McLeish MLA has pushed in State Parliament for funding for CEACA at Alexandra, and Yarra Glen and District Living and Learning Centre ■ Recurrent funding is needed needs funding to continue to heart of the centre’s operations for the Continuing Education operate at its current capacity. to continue to seek out and then “The centre is vibrant and apply for grants to stay afloat. and Arts Centre of Alexandra “This also impacts on the (CEACA) and the Yarra Glen active, with a strong commuoptimism and enthusiasm of all and District Living and nity presence.

“It offers a wideranging involved.

Learning Centre, Eildon “The Continuing EducaMLA Cindy McLeish has told program, and they are able to source many program leaders tion and Arts Centre of State Parliament.

Alexandra (CEACA), is in a “ My adjournment matter is and facilitators locally.

“Most impressive, though, similar boat. directed to the Minister for has a number of Families and Children,” Ms is that over the last three to four hats“CEACA — it is a neighbourhood years they have had a great house, McLeish said. a Learn Local “The action I seek is for the story of strong growth, which organisation and a registered minister, in the coming budget, has actually seen them triple training organisation. to provide recurrent funds from their membership.

“Despite operating as a “This is as a result of their neighbourhood house, it does the neighbourhood house coordination program to the Yarra strong governance and man- not receive any funds from the Glen and District Living and agement as well as their devo- Department of Health and Hution to the centre.

Learning Centre. man Services.

“They scrimp and save, and “They are one of 35 centres “I have met with former in the state that do not receive now run on the smell of an oily CEO Charlie Bisset and currag. any recurrents funding. rent CEO David Williams to “I know the manager now discuss their issues as well.

“Having visited the centre “Minister, you need to deon a number of occasions, I has to do many volunteer hours recently met again with man- on top of what is allocated to liver on your 2014 election ager Debra Traill and commit- keep up the centre’s presence commitment to support neighbourhood houses so they tee member Rosalie Collie to in the community.

“It is stressful and very time- can meet their communities’ hear of their current plight.

“The neighbourhood house consuming for those at the needs,” Ms McLeish said.

Yea St Pat’s Races to be held on Sunday

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■ Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish reminded State Parliament of the ninth anniversary of Black Saturday on February 7.

“Today marks the ninth anniversary of Black Saturday, which devastated communities across the Eildon district,” Ms McLeish told the Legislative Assembly.

“It is important that we never forget those who lost their lives, those who survived and those who were there for our community in its time of greatest need.

“My thoughts are with those families, friends and communities today,” Ms McLeish said.

Junior Rebels

■ Junior football training for the Alexandra Football-Netball Club starts with Under 10s at 5pm on Friday, March 16. There will be no training on Good Friday (Mar. 30). Contact coach Dan Crane , 0429 424 173 Under 12s training starts at 4.30pm on Tuesday, March 13. Contact Stu Coller , 0427 721 204 Both training sessions will be held at Rebel Park, William St, Alexandra). Round 1 will commence on Sunday, April 15.

Refugee success

■ Yan Yean MLA Danielle Green has spoken in State Parliament about the success of a refugee working on the Mernda railway extension.

“We have got Peter Dutton comparing Melbourne to Johannesburg and denigrating every person of African background,” Ms Green told the Legislative Assembly this month.

“Whereas I see on the Mernda rail project that one of the amazing cadet engineers who has been employed there was a refugee.

“He has come to this country and has now been given an opportunity.

“That is how you should bring this community together, share in the wealth of this community and keep Victoria the broadminded and thinking place that it has always been,” Ms Green said.

At Flowerdale PS

■ Jacqueline and Bu Cullum are working at Flowerdale Primary School every Monday, teaching Indonesian and PE..

Tennis is a Term One focus. Melissa Douglas who coaches at Broadford, is coming each week to help the students with basic tennis skills.

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■ Yea High School’s Swimming Carnival has been scheduled for Friday (Feb. 23) at the Yea Pool.

Back-up day, in case of poor weather conditions will be Monday (Feb. 26).

An invitation has been exten ded to families and friends to attend and support their Houses.

McLeish tribute

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News Briefs Swim Carnival

Yan Yean Libs

● The annual St Pat’s Race meeting will be held this Sunday at Yea There is a six-race program with a large ■ St Pats Race Club Cup meeting is this Sunvideo, bookies and a TAB. day (Feb. 25).

The focus is on family entertainment and the St Pats won last year’s Country Racing Victoria award for the best one meeting picnic Yea Racecourse with its shady trees and expanclub of the year the committee is looking for- sive lawns, is considfered the ideal setting.

Fashions on the field has three sections with ward to another successful meeting and providvaluable cash prizes: mares. ing a great day out for those who come.

There is free entertainment for the children including the popular Kelly Sports, pony rides, animal farm and Doug the Gum Tree drummer.

■ Yea Bowls Club continues its program of There is a wide variety of catering options Barefoot Bowls on Wednesday nights in Febincluding the clubhouse luncheon, picnic hamruary. The sessions are held from 6pm, prepers, barbecue/take away stall, home-made cake ceded by a sausage sizzle at 5.30pm. and produce stall and the home made ice cream and lemonade stall and the bar.

St Pats appreciates the support of the local community and in return supports the local com■ The Alexandra Secondary College Year munity and businesses.

12 Formal is due to be held this Saturday ■ For further information and bookings, phone (Feb. 24).

0427 79 4779.

- Leonard Sheahan

Barefoot Bowls

Formal this Sat.

■ Danielle Green, Yan Yean MLA, says the State Liberals have failed to nominate a candidate for her seat in the State Election to be held in November.

“I have not seen hide nor hair of the Leader of the Opposition or any of his frontbench,” Ms Green said.

“They have preselected a Liberal candidate in Eltham, they have preselected a Liberal candidate in Ivanhoe, they have preselected a Liberal candidate in Sunbury and they have preselected a Liberal candidate in Macedon. There is nothing in Yan Yean.

“They cannot even have a candidate. I welcome democracy. I welcome the contest of ideas. Unlike those who want to gag people who do not agree with them, I actually do welcome the contest of ideas.

“I want them to be out there, saying that they give a toss about the people that I represent and have represented for 15 years.

“I want them to step up, but they have not even got anyone in the field,” Ms Green said.

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■ The Kinglake Country Fair - after an absence of some years - is returning to the Kinglake Memorial Reserve on Saturday, March 17.

There will be foodtrucks, market stalk, rides, carnival games, pony rides, face paintingand petting zoo.

The event will run from 10am-5pm.

A King and Queen of the Mountain event will be run, with competitors running the 1.6km course carrying an 18kg sack.

Entrants can carry their weighted sack on their shoulders, in their arms, on their back, any way they like.

The job is to get it from the starting line to the finishing line as fast as they can.

Winners will hold the crown for the coming year and will also receive a cash prize of $250

H’wood closure

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Jean Foster’s 90th ■ Former Yea resident Jean Foster celebrated her 90th birthday at the weekend with a party of 50 at St John Of God home, Wangaratta, advises daughter Wendy Gates.

Jean was born in Yea, where she lived for most of her life, except for a short time at Bannington in the Mallee. The birthday was celebrated by son Ron, Peter, daughters Carmel and Wendy, and families.

Jean’s only surviving sister, Beryl Ryan of Wesburn, attended. The sisters are from a large family of eight children of Daniel and Mary Wentworth of Yea.

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● Local Paper, Sept. 13 ■ Do you recall our report last September about Murrindindi Council investigating use of a Guymers Rd property at Homewood for MX racing?

“Council is aware of reports of motorcycle use ... and is currently investigating the matter,” said Shire

■ World Day of Prayer will be offered at Sacred Heart Church, Yea, at 10.30am on Friday, March 2, followed by morning tea.

Catherine Rattray, ofFlowerdale, tells us that since 1887, on or near the first Friday in March every year, millions of Christians have gathered to pray for the issues of family violence, child abuse, human trafficking, and other forms of injsutice.

In 2018 that prayerful support will be directed at the 540,000 inhabitants of the Republic of Suriname, on the north-eastern coast of South America.

“Despite a history steeped in slavery and political coups, this tiny nation has achieved remarkable progress since its independence in 1975.”

Borrie’s blacksmith shop

Local Phone Numbers FIRE BRIGADES (fire only) ............ 000 Local Brigades ............................... 000 POLICE (emergencies only) ............ 000 Alexandra ................................ 5772 1040 Kinglake ............................... 5786 1333 Seymour ............................... 5735 0200 Whittlesea ............................ 9716 2102 7 9 7 26 30 Yea ....................................... 5 57 263 AMBULANCE .................................... 000 Alexandra Hospital ............. 5772 0900 Northern Hospital, Epping .. 8405 8000 Seymour Hospital ................ 5793 6100 Yea Hospital ........................... 5 7 36 0400 57 STATE EMERGENC Y SER VICE ......... 13 25 00 EMERGENCY SERVICE

● The Borrie blacksmith shop in High St, Yea. Photo: Alan Thorley, Yea and District Historical Pages

CEO MargaretAbbey at the time.

A text message was sent toHomewood MX members: “Unfortunately due to complaining neighbours we have been shut down by the Murrindindi Shire.

“Thank you to everyone who supported us, hopefully you can support us in trying to reopen the Seymour MX track as we are currently workingt with Mitchell Shire to get this done and all talks so far have been positive.”

Day of Prayer ■ The Whittlesea Uniting Church invites all to a special service for World Day of Prayer at 2pm on Friday, March 2.

The service will be held at the Whittlesea Uniting Church, Forest St, Whittlesea.

Wire rope anger

Editor’s Diary Editor Ash Long first started newspaper work in 1969. He began writing for local newspapers in 1973. Over those 45 years he has kept extensive diaries and local photo files.

From Our Files - 30 Years Ago Wednesday, February 24, 1988

Not enough crime ■ There was “not enough crime” for the Neighbourhood Watch scheme to be introduced to Yea township, Yea Council was told in 1988. Shire Chief Executive Officer Peter Mangan that he was told of the ruling about ‘Rural Watch’ by Yea Police’s Sgt Brendan Scully.

‘240 jobs’ for Yea ■ At least 240 new jobs, most of them in the Yea Shire, would be created if the State Government approved a plan by local timber business Marbut-Gunnersen, we reported 30 years ago. The company was seeking to convert the Murrindindi sawmill into a major timber processing centre.

Beales question ■ The newspaper questioned if Cr Peter Beales, who had moved from Kinglake to Korumburra to take up a position as Police inspector, was in a position to effectively represent Kinglake constituents.

“Is it right that Kinglake - and other yea Shire - ratepayers have to have their representation done by trunk calls?”

Papers reduced ■ A journalists’ strike seriously affected neighbouring newspapers - the Whittlesea Post, the Diamond Valley News and the Lillydale and Yarra Valley Express. Members of the Australian Journalists’Association voted to strike over a week

Facing the public ● Cindy McLeish ■ Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish is keeping up her pressure on the State Government to reassess its policy of installing wire rope barriers on local highways.

“I urge the government to halt, review and re-evaluate the rollout of the wire rope barrier project,” Ms Leish told the Legislative Assembly this month.

“The fact that the government has launched a far-reaching media campaign suggests that they know that there are concerns and angst within the communities about the barriers and their effect locally on communities and road users.

“Constituents tell me they are not opposed to the barriers per se but more to the mass rollout, which appears to be non-strategic and in spots that are not dangerous.

“This is seen as very wasteful. Fixing the road surfaces is a higher priority,” Ms McLeish said.

■ Closer communication with Yea Shire ratepayers could be achieved with the series of six meet-the-people meetings, CEO Peter Mangan told the Council. Questions could be put by ratepayers, and Council’s priorities could be explained.

One Councillor suggested that at Molesworth that nine councillors could attend to face the questions of one local ratepayer.

Highlands worry ■ Highlands-Caveat Rural Fire Brigade expressed concern about work carried out

by Yea Council in the area. Shire workers had been cutting down limbs to clear roadways and leaving unstacked and unburnt timber by the side of the road.

13% rate on loan ■ A maximum rate of 13 per cent was to apply to a $142,500 loan that the Shire of Yea had taken with Westpac.

Cash for Kinglake ■ “All of a sudden we’ve got $750 to spend; it’s unbelievable,” said Yea Shire President Cr David Lawson when colleagues voted to contribute towards a safety fence at the Kinglake Community Centre.

Petrol rationing ■ Odds-and-even number plate petrol rationing was extended to Yea, with a maximum purchase of $10 per vehicle.

Goulburn jet boat ■ A tourist promoter was looking to run a jet boat of the Goulburn from SeymourTrawool-Molesworth, perhaps to Thornton, Yea Council was told. The $180 fare would include luncheon, and be aimed at American tourists.

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Court case clarification ■ There was an error in Paragraph 54 of last week’s Local Paper’s report ‘Council seeks to remove Abbey from Court action’.

Referring to a ban on Yea resident Jack Russell, we published: “Ms Abbey said Council Committee of Management facilities could be entered for the purposes of attending Council meetings or events or Committee of Management meetings.”

Our report listed facilities at Buxton, Toolangi, Yea, Marysville, Flowerdale, Glenburn, Kinglake and Strath Creek.

The word ‘not’ should have appeared in the paragraph. Ms Abbey banned Mr Russell from attending meetings at those locations in the Shire.

Geelan replies

■ After a series of disturbing emails, Kinglake media student Ashley Geelan, 39, offered a written pledge to The Local Paper on October 13 last year: “This will be the last time I ever email or contact you.”

Geelan, who runs the Kinglake Ranges News business, quickly broke his promise, with a series of further unsolicited emails with abusive and insulting language towards the newspaper’s Editor Ash Long.

Geelan has also published numerous items criticising The Local Paper and its proprietor, criticism of the address of the branch where The Local Paper banks, where the Editor lives, even where he went to school 50 years ago.

No “right of reply” was offered.

Geelan’s mobile phone was used to make four unsolicited phone calls to The Local Paper on Saturday night (Feb. 17).

A man, presumably Geelan, left a number of recorded messages: “I’m not leaving my name or my phone number. You know who it is.

“And it is a complete failure of journalistic integrity under the International Federation of Journalists’ laws, and Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance journalism laws, and everything else, to not offer a right of reply.

“You published my name in an article without offering me a right of reply, Mr Long. A complete breach of journalistic integrity.

“Have a good afternoon, and a good evening, and a good weekend. Cheers. Bye.” The message in the fourth call said: “(inaudible) right of reply doing it. Thanks Mr Ad Man, Mr Leader Newspapers advertising guru. Journalism, yeah, good luck to you. Bye.” Ash Long last worked for Leader Newspapers in 1983, 35 years ago.

■ The Local Paper is not a member of either the International Federation of Journalists in Belgium, or the Australian union called the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance. Neither have “laws”.

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Call centre works for Shire

● Telemarketers pictured on the National Field Services website

■ It appears that Murrindindi Shire is using a Sydney-based telemarketing company to interview rural landholders about issues affecting the Council.

The Local Paper took a phone call from a representative of National Field Services at lunchtime on Saturday.

The representative noted that the company was only contacting private rural properties in the municipality.

The caller said the survey would take six minutes.

The female interviewer found great difficulty with the script, pronouncing the locality as “MOO-RUNDINDA”.

After she asked the same question four times, we elected to terminate the ratepayers-funded call.

AR-15 provokes memories

■ Suspected gunman Nikolas Cruz, 19, is likely to have used an AR-15 semi-automatic weapon at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last week, leaving 17 people dead and another 14 wounded.

The Colt AR-15 is a lightweight, 5.56×45mm, magazine-fed, gas-operated semi-automatic rifle.

It was designed to be manufactured with the extensive use of aluminum alloys and synthetic materials. It is a semi-automatic version of the United States military M16 rifle.

The incident has brought back memories of when a Yea district gun collector surrendered his AR-15 in a gun amnesty.

The gun collector wondered whether the military-style weapon was destroyed, or whether it somehow found its way into the hands of Port Arthur shooter Martin Bryant.

A Herald Sun interview in 1996, had the collector saying that he had

● An AR-15 semi-automatic weapon. Photo: Wikipedia turned his Colt AR 15 in to the Victo- lapsible stock and a Colt sight, just as the massacre weapon has," said the rian Police in February 1993.

“He was virtually certain that the collector.

"One of Australia's largest firearms AR 15 Bryant used was his, both because of the rarity of that weapon in importers told the Sunday Herald Sun Australia at the time, and because of that firearms matching the Port Arthur the unique mark a gunsmith had made weapon were as ‘scarce as hen's on the barrel of his rifle, which teeth, and that the chances of two matched that on Bryant's rifle,” notes weapons of the same type, with almost-matching serial numbers, being the www.ar15.com website.

The serial numbers were almost imported into Australia, were next to identical, and "my rifle also had a col- nothing.'

Mayor walks the Walk

● Murrindindi Mayor Charlie Bisset (left) on the Kokoda Track

■ Murrindindi Shire Mayor Cr Charlie Bisset was due to give a talk yesterday (Tues.) afternoon about her second walk on the Kokoda Track.

She took a group of 21 students, aged 16-17 years, with her.

Yesterday’s talk was due to be held at the Alexandra Library.

Cr Bisset was due to speak of her experiences in Papua New Guina and her connection to the track through the part her grandfather played in the Kokoda campaign during World War II. The Kokoda Track is a single-file foot thoroughfare that runs 96 kilometres overland – 60 kilometres (37 mi) in a straight line – through the Owen Stanley Range.

The rugged and isolated track was the location of the 1942 World War II battle between Japanese and Allied – primarily Australian – forces in what was then the Australian territory of Papua. It reaches a height of 2,190 metres.

Patience needed: Cr

● Cr Eric Lording ■ King Parrot Ward’s Cr Eric Lording is asking local motorists to exercise patience in local roadworks zones.

Murrindindi Shire Council this week issued a news release asking everyone to think about the safety of workers on our roads as Council enters its busiest period for roadworks and construction.

Cr Lording said it was important that drivers respect changed traffic conditions when works are underway.

"Everyone is keen to see maintenance and improvement work happening on our roads. This improves our ability to travel safely around our Shire,” Cr Lording said.

"We know roadworks and delays when you are trying to get somewhere can be annoying. Our priority is to make our roads safer for everyone by ensuring our roads are well-maintained.

"It is also important that we all recognise that the safety of road crew while undertaking those works is critical.

“There is some pretty worrying data from the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety in Queensland which suggests that at least 50 deaths and 750 injuries occur to workers and the public in road worksite crashes in Australia every year.

"We need to ensure our roadworks crew, local community members themselves, get to go home safely to their families at night.

“I think everyone would agree that a few minutes' delay on the roads is a small price to pay for this.

"So please, next time you encounter Council or VicRoads workers or roadworks contractors on our roads, I'd ask you to exercise patience and follow the altered traffic and speed conditions. Their families will thank you for it,” Cr Lording said.

Council meets ■ The next meeting of Murrindindi Shire Council is due to be held next week.

The meeting is due to be held at the Alexandra chambers at 6pm on Wednesday, February 28.

The March 28 meeting is due to be held at the Yea Chambers, also starting at 6pm.

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In Our Schools Swims continue

■ Yea Primary School students continue the second week of their afternoon swimming sessions. Division swimming is due to take place on Friday (Feb. 23).

Eildon Book Fair

■ A Paws for Book Fair is to be held at Eildon Primary School in the week of March 5-9, from 9am-4pm each day, in the MultiPurpose Room.

■ Eildon PS swimmers participated in the Cluster Sports at Yea Pool last week.

Visit to Healesville

■ Year 9 students from Yea High School were yesterday (Tues.) due to pay a visit to Healesville Sanctuary as part of their ‘Community Connections’ program.

At Middle Kinglake

■ Zucchini slice, zucchini brownies, spinach dip and parsley spread have all been on the menu at Middle Kinglake Primary School where Grades 2-4 and 5-6 students have been active in food preparation.

Yea HS welcome

■ Yea High School has welcomed Kath Isaac to the teaching staff, taking up a parttime Maths position. Jacqui Dalton is taking maternity leave.

Sacred Heart

■ A Parents and Friends Night for Sacred Heart School, Yea, is scheduled to be held from 7pm-8.30pm tomorrow (Thurs.).

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Kinglake kicked: MP ■ Previous State Liberal Government did little to help Kinglake Ranges people, Yan Yean MLA Danielle Green has told the Legislative Assembly.

“One of the early things that those opposite did in government was that rather than giving that community a leg-up, they kicked them down further,” Ms Green said.

“They cut community transport to that community — the opportunity for people to get out of a stressed environment.

“Some of them still do not have their own transport. Young people need their own transport.

“There were community transport programs that went to three different townships out in the Kinglake Ranges.

“Those on the other side are silent, but they cut those bus

● Danielle Green services. Those are the sorts of mean-spirited things that they did.

“Along with the more than 1000 bus services per week that they cut in my electorate, they cut the only lifeline that those young people and older people without transport had.

“It was only a huge community campaign and action from members on this side that forced them to bring those services back.

“Those opposite removed support for the business incubator there, which was helping businesses get back on their feet.

“There were also Victorian certificate of applied learning coordination cuts across the state, but those hit hardest were the kids who were still struggling after the impact of Australia’s worst disaster.

“There are “more bushfireaffected kids in high school now than there were at the time of the fires.

“Why didn’t anyone on the other side of the chamber stand up for those people?” Ms Green said.

NE train passengers travel ‘second class’

Same Sex Alliance

■ Whittlesea Secondary College is conducting a SOFA (Same Sex Other Friends Alliance) session every Thursday lunchtime.

“This is an inclusive space where LBGTI students can come and relax, chat and have a snack,” says the College’s Facebook page.

Ash Wed. at Alex.

■ Students at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Alexandra, participated in Ash Wednesday observations. Funds are being raised during Lent for Caritas Australia.

■ The school will be closed on Friday (Feb. 23) as the staff will be engaged in a Professional Learning Day.

Yarra Glen PS

■ Foundation testing days at Yarra Glen Primary School this month will be held today (Wed., Feb. 21) and next week (Wed., Feb. 28). A further Foundation Testing Day will be held on Wednesday, March 7.

■ As a Grade 6 transition activity, a Sports Day at will be held at Lilydale High School on Tuesday, March 6.

■ The registration and information night for the Yea Tigers junior football and netball season will take place from 5pm this Friday (Feb. 23) at the Netball Rooms, Yea Recration Reserve.

Football information is available from Deb Schickerling, 0404 459 258; netball enquiries can be directed to Sarah Cunningham, 0417 397 167.

Thanks from YHS

Minecraft lesson

Meet and greet

Tigers registration

Blue Light Disco

■ The great condition of the grounds at Dixons Creek Primary School has been the result of work by adult volunteers.

Amongst those to be thanked are Sue Smith, Wayne Morris, Mark Hull, Robert Burpee, Shane Webb-Collins, Dave Ewan and Rick Maffescioni.

■ A Meet and Greet session for parents will be held tomorrow (Thurs.) from 3.45pm5.45pm at Dixons Creek Primary School..

■ Yan Yean MLA Danielle Green had a blast for Nillumbik Shire Mayor Cr Peter Clarke for wearing Mayoral chains at the Australia Day ceremony.

“Embarrassingly he decided that there should be a parade coming in on Australia Day,” Ms Green said. ● Cr Peter Clarke “When everyone was seated, instead of our first nations people and the new citizens being the focus, we as elected representatives were subjected to the embarrassment of being paraded in behind the mayor, wearing his mayoral chains.

“I kid you not — it is embarrassing in the 21st century, and it was divisive and it was classist.

“The member for Eltham and I have vowed we will never do it again,” Ms Green said.

■ The Kinglake Ranges Blue Light Disco will be held from 6pm-8pm this Friday (Feb. 23) at the Ellimatta Youth Space, 94 Whittlesea-Kinglake Rd, Kinglake.

Entry is open for students from Prep.Grade 6. A $6 entry fee applies. More details are available from Leading Sen. Const. Paul Roberts, orSarah MacDonald, 0409 028 511.

Dixons Ck thanks

■ St Mary’s Primary School, Whittlesea, last Thursday (Feb. 15) held a regional Digital Learning Conference.

“Mrs Elliot and the children from 4I did a great job teaching the teachers about Minecraft for education,” said the School’s Facebook page.

■ Grade 5-6 students last week were on school camp at Safety Beach.

News Briefs Blast for Mayor

● North-eastern railway passengers are being treated as ‘second-class’, according to State Parliamentarian Stephanie Ryan (MLA, Euroa) ■ Murrindindi Shire commotives are required to opermuters are amongst those who ate the daily timetable and V/ use the North-East rail service Line has four. daily.

“V/Line’s pathetic reStephanie Ryan MLA told sponse to a colleague says that Parliament this month that pasthree are under repair. sengers on the train service are “I rather impatiently await being treated in a “secondyour response to my letter and class” manner. reiterate these three points “Laura Ranger from made in it: ■ I questioned, ‘What is goTallarook uses the Seymour ing on and what is being done service five days a week to about it?’. travel to university in ■ I said, ‘All pretence must Melbourne,” Ms Ryan told the now cease’.

Legislative Assembly.

■ I want to hear only from “On January 11 this year, ● Stephanie Ryan you, not V/Line or PTV.” after a long day of placement, Ms Ryan said Susan she caught the 4.32pm am saying this as I am a healthy, fit, 21-year-old woman Edwards from Euroa wrote: Shepparton service.

“Visitors from Perth had “She said: There were no and I found the amount of seats available, common for standing in the heat difficult pre-booked and paid and train was cancelled over Christmas this service in my experience, after a long day.

“What about some of the period. and the air conditioning had “We had to drive them to broken down in 34 degree heat. other commuters forced to “I had to stand, along with stand, who are older and less Benalla for connecting train.”

“Julie Allen, who lives be12 other passengers in my car- able?”

Ms Ryan told of correspon- tween Violet Town and riage alone who stood or sat on dence from David Watson of Bendigo, raised her concerns the floor.

“The carriage was crowded Seymour to the State Trans- about the filthy state of the trains, the confusion between and hot, which resulted in port Minister: “I wrote to you on 7 Janu- Myki and paper tickets and the sweat literally rolling down my ary about the Albury line train lack of punctuality. back and legs.

“She said: Santa could not “I stood from 4.38pm until service, or lack of it, to which use this train line because it’s it arrived at Wallan at 5.29pm. you are yet to reply.

“More cancellations today, not reliable. He would miss the “This means that I was standing sweating for close to apparently due to locomotive date. The old steam train was failure. more reliable and efficient, and an hour.

“Two standard gauge loco- it ran on time.”

“This is unacceptable and I

■ Yea High School has expressed thanks to a number of people who assisted in preparations for the 2018 school year.

These included Ann Drysdale, Phoebe Mortensen, Celeste White, Karen Fox, Viv Cavanaugh, Rod Clue, Gary Maleand Trevor Young.

Need for permit

■ Dixons Creek Primary School Council has decided that anyone who volunteers at the school, who works directly with children and not in the same room as the teacher, will need a current ‘Working With Children’ card.

“Usually parents are exempt from needing this card if: ‘You are a parent volunteering in an activity n which your child participates, or normally participates’, the School’s newsletter notes.

CEO at program

■ Murrindindi Shire Council CEO Craig Lloyrd last week attended a local government executive leadership program, designed to equip and support executives in Local Government, including Chief Executive Officers and Directors, to expand and develop their skills and knowledge to assist them to become confident and capable leaders

Acting Principal

■ Karen Terry is Acting Principal of Whittlesea Secondary College for Term 1.

Ms Terry has been Principal of St Helena Secondary College in Eltham North for 6 years, and an Assistant Principal prior to that.

She previously spent 18 years working in Broadmeadows schools, primarily in the area of student wellbeing. Her teaching background is in English, Psychology and the Performing Arts.

“I do have high expectations of our students, and I make no apology for that,” Ms Terry has told the College community.

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What The Papers Say L’wood Beer Fest

■ Longwood Football Club is partnering with other community groups to host the Longwood Beer, Wine and Cider Festival at the town’s Recreation Reserve on Saturday, March 3 from 2pm to 9pm.

- Seymour Telegraph

Dixons Creek fatal

■ Police and emergency services were at the scene of a fatal collision in Dixons Creek with the Melba Hwy closed to traffic in both directions north of Black Spur Track/ Hargreaves Rd and Healesville-Kinglake Rd. Investigators believe two vehicles collided head-on about 5.45am on Friday, February, 16 on the Melba Hwy. It is believed one of the vehicles veered onto the other side of the road.

The male driver and sole occupant died at the scene. The male driver and sole occupant of the second vehicle sustained minor injuries.

It is believed a truck was also involved in a minor crash with one of the vehicles following the collision. The truck driver was not injured.

- Mountain Views Mail

Olympic dream

■ Eden Park bobsledder Mikayla Dunn has resolved to work twice as hard to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics after her team was denied selection for the PyeongChang games.

Dunn, 23, who would have been Whittlesea’s first Winter Olympian, was left heartbroken when her sport’s federation, Sliding Sports Australia, decided not to nominate a women’s bobsleigh team because it says it did not meet internal selection criteria.

This was despite Dunn and her teammates, Breanna Walker and Ashleigh Werner, ticking Olympic competition qualifying boxes and receiving the support of the Australian Olympic Committee.

- Whittlesea Leader

Plenty rat runs

■ Rat-running drivers are causing chaos on narrow residential streets as they try to avoid congestion on Yan Yean Rd ahead of duplication works.

But homeowners fear it will continue after the upgrade because VicRoads plan to install a 1.2km unbroken median strip, preventing drivers from turning right.

Plenty Community Action Group chairman Ian Dunn said drivers would continue to weave through side streets. He was also worried about access for emergency vehicles.

- Diamond Valley Leader

Pubs on market

■ Pub lovers have the chance to get their hands on two of the Yarra Valley’s well known hotels up for sale in Healesville and Warburton.

Expressions of interest are being sought for the historic Grand Hotel or the Upper Yarra Valley’sAlpine Retreat Hotel.

Healesville’s “Grand Old Lady” built in the 1880s was designed by famous architect William Pitt, who also designed Melbourne’s Rialto building.

The hotel’s owners have renovated the historical 16-room, three-storey pub which has a public bar, grand dining room and bistro, kitchen, a beer garden and drive-through bottle shop.

Warburton’s Alpine Retreat Hotel, also significant to the area, was a Tudor Inn style built by John Robinson in 1885 and was a popular holiday destination for more than 100 years.

- Lilydale Leader

Fireguard meeting

■ A Country Fire Authority community meeting is being held from 10.15am-12 Noon. on Sunday, February 25 at the Highlands Hall to discuss the Fireguard program. To register interest phoneAndrea Whitaker, 0417 369 225.

- Granite News

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Court Lists Seymour Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Thursday, February 22 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Victoria Police - Mills, K (33260) v Burrows, Ricky. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Thornton, A (41692) v Chum, Vuthy. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Walton, A (40916) v Biddlestone, Jake David. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Costello, A (39811) v Alexander, Ami .

Highway Patrol-Cobram Victoria Police - Thomas, S (40419) v Nesbitt, Anthony Peter. Dtu-Seymour Victoria Police - Pezzimenti, P (32040) v Farkas, Jessie Gyula. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police - Bortolotto, C (40740)v Alexander, Ami. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Wells, B (37438) v Simmons, Jordan.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Mcpartlan, M (22827) v Hunter, Jack.

Highway Patrol-Wallan Victoria Police - Hughes, M (42479) v Hoare, Christopher.

Uni-Melbourne West Victoria Police - Sanderson, L (41694) v Mccormick, Belinda Anne. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Eaton, S (30260) v Brookes, James Andrew. Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Mcgovern, A (34197) v Tanaka, Cody Kenneth.

Victoria Police - Heard, M (34494) v Madden, Mathew Andrew. Uni-Alexandra Victoria Police - Cook, K (41646) v Crispan, Teran. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Alexander, J (38787)v Pate, Andrew. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Caldwell, M (37460) v Woods, Travis.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Houguet, B (40313) v Sidhu, Shaman Deep. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police - Bryan, L (35203) v Lennon, Mitchell.

Socit-Seymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Alboarab, Mustafa.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Garbutt, E (35708) v Higgins, Erryn Maree. Highway PatrolSeymour DELWP - Paganis, C v Agius, Gerard Joseph. Dept Of Environment, Land, Water, Planning Victoria Police - Toll Enforcement - Victoria Police Toll Enforcement v Alvarez Gonzalez, Maria. Melbourne Victoria Police - Boxall, T (39656) v Economou, Michael. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Sanderson, L (41694)v Eldershaw-Brown, Braiden Mark. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Izzard, Jaxon. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Round, P (38567) v Izzard, Jaxon. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Dowson, Hayley.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Hall, Neil Russell.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Infringement - Victoria Police Infringement v Chamberlain, Paul.

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Victoria Police - Aisbett, J (34281) v Aitken, Mitchell Terrence. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Binns Saxby, M (38713) v Murrison, Alice. Uni-Broadford Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Denton, Jason. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Thomas, S (40419) v Izzard, Jaxon. DtuSeymour Victoria Police - Alexander, J (38787)v Beriman, Stacey.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Austin, Brandon.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Warren, M (41378) v Chamberlain, Paul.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Eaton, S (30260) v Schwab, William.

Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Alexander, J (38787)v Morritt, Chantelle.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Shenton, B (32145) v Horsfield, Matthew.

Highway Patrol-Greater Dandenong Victoria Police - Williams, G (37972) v Izzard, Jaxon. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Mcinnes, Jake. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Willetts, Kristian James. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Barclay, J (36190) v Bouvac, Karen Ann. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Walsh, S (30770) v Hogan, Gene.

Seymour Prosecutions Unit Victoria Police - Garbutt, S (33632) v Love, Clinton. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Costa, C (28340) v Knox, Hayden. Ed3 Investigation & Response Victoria Police - Crossing, J v Swan, Jarratt. Seymour Victoria Police - Jackson, A (41009) v Latino, Michael. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Minhas, A (40000) v Gibson, Laura. UniWallan Victoria Police - Carland, J (34285) v Nesbitt, Anthony Peter. Ciu-Mitchell Victoria Police - Bullock, C (29286) v Shannon, Raymond.

Highway Patrol-Yarra Ranges Victoria Police - Jackson, A (41009) v Alexander, Ami. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Duff, D

(35543) v Hoare, Christopher.

Uni-Nagambie Victoria Police - Morel, P (33274) v Lewis, Adam. Highway Patrol-Knox Victoria Police - Jackson, A (41009) v Alexander, Ami. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Tait, W (37033) v Hoare, Christopher James. Uni-Nagambie Victoria Police - Turner, J (34532) v Nash, Benjamin.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - O'neill, J (40075) v Izzard, Sarah Victoria Police - Carden, S (34092) v Courtney, Stephen.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Ellis, J (40810) v Cruz, Winston. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (00008) v Butler, Fintan. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Victoria Police - Binns Saxby, M (38713) v Murrison, Alice. Uni-Broadford Victoria Police - Boxall, T (39656) v Slade, David Aaron.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Warren, M (41378) v Outram, Glenn. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Binns Saxby, M (38713) v Garbutt, Leigh. Uni-Broadford Victoria Police - Brown, G (37441) v Barrat, Leigh. CiuHume Victoria Police - Mccarthy, K (37669) v Mcnamara, John.

Operations Response Team Four Victoria Police - Brown, G (37441) v Naunton, Broderick.

Ciu-Hume Victoria Police - Stewart, T (31970) v Dryden, John. UniHealesville Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (00008) v Tyers, Brent. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (00008) v Stefanutti, Eliana. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Swan, Jarratt Keith.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Crossing, J v Ginn, Hayden. Seymour Community Corrections Centre - Mcnamara, J v Lantinto, Michael. Community Corrections Centre Seymour Magistrates’ Court - Civil Case Listings Tuesday, February 27 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Goulburn Valley Region Water Corporation v Charles, Joseph Lloyd Shire Of Strathbogie v Comi, Kenneth Paul Wednesday, March 7 Forder, Vincent v Munday Industries Pty Ltd Thursday, March 8 Joe Cusmano v Betts, Susan Tuesday, March 13 Singh, Jasvir v Figut-Rossa, Genevieve Acm Group Limited v Ballantyne, Krystal Jade Tuesday, March 20 Shire Of Strathbogie v Moloney, Justin Michael Mansfield Magistrates’ Court - Civil Case Listings Wednesday, April 4 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

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From Our 1938 Files

Alex. water supply

■ Improvements to the pipe line are being made in the vicinity of the railway station, the 2 inch "main"' being replaced by 4 Inch pipes. Larger pipes have also been put down in order to improve the supply to householders on the top end of Webster Street.

The reticulation scheme was inaugurated 37 years ago, and several extensions have been made. The original loan was for £3,500, but extensions eventually brought the total up to £5,577. Of this amount, £4543 is still owing, due to the fact that for many years the Water Supply Department did not bother to keep a proper check on Trusts as long as they paid the interest.

The depreciation fund of the local Trust has £2590 to its credit, consequently the position is fairly satisfactory.

Milk under price

■ In Preston Court on Thurs day, before Mr. Noonan, P.M., Edward Cummins, an inspector under the Milk Board, proceeded against Mrs. M. Stafford, of Preston, on a charge of having bought milk from Arthur Volens Cook, of Greensborough, between May 23, 1937, and June 5, 1937, at a price lower than and that fixed by the Board.

Both parties are now out of business as milk vendor and dairy farmer. Cook's evidence was that Mrs. Stafford paid him £14/ 0/3 in the period covered by the charge when she should have paid hiri £15/11/6, the deduction being made, as she said, for the cost of brine-cooling.

Top Mernda prices

■ Adamson Strettle.& Co. report having held a special sheep sale at their Mernda yards on Monday last when 1993 sheep and lambs were yarded. In addition to local competition, buyers were present from Melbourne, Tatura, Nagambie, Lancefield, Romsey and Wallan, with, the result that 1507 were sold, most of which were bought to go to those districts at prices which compared more than favourably with later sales, and better than those ruling at Newmarket the following day Quotations: Fat lambs 23/4, 17/9, 17/8. fat wethers 18/8; breeding ewes 20/6, 20/; store lambs 8/ to 15/; Border Leicester rams to £4/ 4/.

Soldiers’ Club MR J. SHANHUN, PRESIDENT The Annual meeting of the Panton Hill Returned Soldiers' Club was held in the club-room on Thursday, Feb ruary 10. There was a good atten dance, fully two thirds of the financial members being present.

The retiring president (Mr. C. T. Harris) occupied the chair, and apologies were received from the past president, Capt. RoachPierson, and the treasurer, Mr. F. H. Watkinson, who were both unavoid ably absent.

Fires at Kinglake

■ Kinglake, which has been free from serious bush fires, was swept by no fewer than three separate outbreaks at the week end.

The largest was a fire which broke out in the National Park, near Professor Greenwood's week-end residence on Friday, and which burnt out a large area on both sides of the Hurstbridge-Kinglake road, extending from the Jehosophat Valley westwards to the western slopes of Bold Spur (sic) and from the Kinglake-Whittlesea road for about five miles to the south. This fire burnt for four days, and while practically no damage was done to property, a large area of the beautiful. Kinglake National Park was laid waste

Thumb cut off ■ While at work felling timber for Mr. F. Geullierl, on Mr. T..Russell's block at Kinglake on Moinday, J. Hayes had the misfortune to cut off his thumb with an axe.

He was taken to Whittlesea for treatment byMr. C. H.Manchester, of Kinglake Hotel.

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Gold was important to Yea

■ The Station St precinct at Yea includes properties along the north side of a principal thoroughfare into the town from Melbourne, notes the Murrindindi Heritage Study: The alignment of the street is not a product of the location of the railway. The historic development of this precinct reflects its proximity to the town centre and to the railway station and is associated with several important eras of the town's residential, commercial and civic development: ■ Late nineteenth century development after the opening of the railway line ■ Growth of the community in the twentieth century“ Early development from first land sales to the 1880s The first settlers in the Yea district were overlanders from New South Wales. They arrived in 1837 and 1838, and included Peter Snodgrass, James Campbell, Farquhar McKenzie, John Murchison, Colonel White and Dr Dickson.

By 1839, settlements and farms dotted the area along the Goulburn River.

The township was surveyed by Surveyor Pinniger, and laid out in 1855 with the first land sale in 1856. It was known as Muddy Creek until 1878 when it was formally renamed Yea after Colonel Lacy Yea who was killed in the Crimean War.

● Yea Railway Station. Photo: www.victorianplaces.com.au Gold was discovered in the area in 1859 companies, branch of one bank, State school, and a number of smaller mining settlements three churches, court-house, police camp, came into existence at this time. twelve creameries and butter factory. Stock Yea expanded and grew as a town with sales first Friday in Month. the influx of hopeful prospectors. The District - pastoral and mining. Country Church of England erected Christ Church between Tallarook and Yea, most romantic in 1868 when the population of Yea was 250. and picturesque in Victoria.

When the gold ran out, farming and timDistrict favoured by nature, the hot winds ber-getting became the main occupations. are refrigerated in their southern course by The Yea sawmilling industry reached its the Switzerland range, which abuts for miles peak between 1907 and 1915. and casts the shadow of its lofty and majesThe railway had arrived in 1883, with an tic outlines on the meanderings of Goulburn extension to Molesworth in 1889, chiefly river. for timber transport to Melbourne.

Geological formation, principally Yea became a popular tourist destination Palaeozoic intersected in places by masses in the 1890s, with trout being released into of granite, show that auriferous quartz reefs King Parrot Creek to attract recreational of great extent and richness abound, only anglers.

A Post Office was built in 1890, followed requiring a theoretical and practical mining by a Grandstand and a Butter factory in 1891. knowledge, with the diamond drill, to make By 1911 the town's population had in- Yea a most important mining district.

Land suited for vineyards, orchards, orcreased to 1126 and has remained relatively anges and lemons. stable, despite two severe floods in 1934 Station on Tallarook to Alexandra road and 1973 and a major bushfire in 1969.

In 1900, the Victorian Municipal Direc- line, 79¾ miles: fares, 14s, 3d and 9s 8d.

Weekly half-holiday on Thursday. Harriet tory described Yea as a “Municipal township with telegraph station, post, money-or- Barclay, postmistress."

This description was conducive to attractder, savings bank and revenue offices, on Yea river and 75 miles (79 ¾ by rail) N.E. of ing settlers to the area and visitors were welcomed by shopkeepers and the hotel loMelbourne.

Four hotels, agencies of three insurance cated opposite the railway station.

STATION STREET HISTORY Early land sales and subdivision Before the subdivision and development of the area east of Station Street, the land was used as a town race track. Local historian, H.C. Gordon recalls that: “ "The start was behind the present primary school and the course up by Lee Gow's corner around the site of the old Butter Factory, down around Miller Street and the finish behind the site of the Railway Hotel, which of course was not there then."

Station Street was originally known as Upper Muddy Creek Road. It was renamed Station Street after the railway link from Tallarook to Yea was opened in 1883.

The construction works included grubbing stumps and clearing the roadway.

The existing railway station and associated outbuildings were erected in 1889. A site on the western end of Station Street next to what is now number 15, was considered for the town post office in the 1880s, but was abandoned in favour of land next to the courthouse.in another part of town A drinking trough for horses was installed in the street in the early 1890s. The existing layout of property boundaries and listings and original title holders has evolved considerably from the initial pattern of subdivision in the area.

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

West Hollywood meetsVictoria ■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Billions back to the US

WeHo-Melb. connection n It's not every day that international film director Rod Hardy and international hotelier Alan Johnson find themselves back in their hometown of Melbourne together.

The two gentlemen spend most of the year at their respective West Hollywood offices.

Alan Johnson is Managing Director of the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Hollywood. and Rod Hardy could be anywhere in the world directing movies.

Here they are lunching at the Botanical Hotel in South Yarra.

Goodbye Matt Lauer

● Alan Johnson and Rod Hardy

■ All Matt Lauer-linked talent is being axed at Today in the wake of the disgraced anchor's departure, including his favourite producer and contributors possibly including chef Giada De Laurentiis.

While trumpeting that Katie Couric is returning to NBC to co-host the Olympics opening, the network quietly announced that Lauer's top producer, Don Nash, "has decided to step away from his executive producer role at Today" after nearly 30 years at the show.

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Radio at its silliest ■ Hugh Wilson, who created the CBS comedy WKRP In Cincinnati and directed the raucous hit film Police Academy in 1984, died at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

He was 74. Hill & Wood Funeral Services of Charlottesville announced the death. No cause was given.

House of Horrors ■ The 13 siblings imprisoned by their parents in a California "horror house" were given just one meal a day and only allowed to shower twice a year, according to a horrific new report.

A law enforcement source told NBC that rooms in the fourbedroom house were found soaked with urine.

The news comes as investigators try to obtain statements from the adult children, who are being treated in Corona Regional Medical Centre while doctors are treating their underage siblings at a separate facility.

Their parents, David and Louise Turpin, were arrested after their 17-year-old daughter escaped the house where three children were later found shackled to furniture and alerted police they were being held against their will.

The couple faces nine counts of torture and 10 counts of child endangerment. The victims' ages range from 2 to 29, but investigators say they all look much younger, likely from stunted growth due to malnourishment.

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■ Amazon said that it had whittled the list of possible homes for its second headquarters to 20, including centres of technology like Boston and some surprise locations like Columbus, Ohio. The full list of finalists leans toward locations in the Midwest and South and on the East Coast, and away from the tech-saturated hubs of the West Coast. Many of the finalists, including Dallas, Denver, Raleigh and Washington, were considered shoo-ins from the moment Amazon announced the search, largely because of the attributes that the company said it was seeking for its second home. Those criteria included a metropolitan area with a population of greater than one million and the ability to attract and keep strong technical talent. More unexpected was Amazon's selection of locations not typically thought of as tech centers, such as Columbus, Indianapolis, Miami and Nashville. Los Angeles was the sole city from the West Coast to make the cut. Just as surprising was Amazon's rejection of applications from Detroit, Phoenix and San Diego. Although it received bids from regions in Mexico, Amazon narrowed its finalists to just American locations and one city in Canada: Toronto.

Weinstein wound up ■ While disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is reportedly running low on cash, his former company has managed to keep paying its employees in the wake of the scandal that rocked the company. Final details are being hammered out in a sale of the Weinstein Co. that is expected to be announced soon. The film firm's being bought by a group led by Maria Contreras-Sweet, whose offer reportedly includes renaming the company and installing a women-led board.

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Out and About ■ Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus enjoyed S.Y. Kitchen in Santa Ynez. Jon Hamm stopped by Trois Familia.

Music Producer Jerry Moss sat with Richard Donner at Mr. Chow. Ty Burrell checked out Eataly in Century City. Jaclyn Smith had dinner at Farmstop.

Arianna Huffington shared the room with Howard Kurtzman for dinner at Toscana in Brentwood. Patrick Wachsberger and Rob Reiner also were in, separately.

Charo had lunch at Il Fornaio in Beverly Hills. Riley Keough was at Deliah. Larry Flynt enjoyed dinner at Lawry's in Beverly Hills.

Kristen Stewart checked in at Mary Coffee. Zoey Deutch lunched with family at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Adam Levine helped celebrate Chloe Bridges' birthday at Cleo Third Street in LA. It wasn't easy to command the spotlight at Stella McCartney's starry fall 2018 fashion show in Los Angeles, but new couple Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson turned many heads.

While Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Quincy Jones, Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson held court at Tuesday's event in Hollywood, the Coldplay front man was seen massaging the Fifty Shades Darker star's neck as they took in performances by Leon Bridges, Grimes, St. Vincent and Beck.

Meanwhile, Sir Paul jumped onstage to sing Beatles songs Helter Skelter and I Saw Her Standing There with a cover band as the crowd went wild.

■ Apple, which had long deferred paying taxes on its foreign earnings and had become synonymous with hoarding money overseas, unveiled plans that would bring back the vast majority of the $252 billion in cash that it held abroad and said it would make a sizable investment in the United States. With the moves, Apple took advantage of the new tax code that President Trump signed into law.

A provision allows for a one-time repatriation of corporate cash held abroad at a lower tax rate than what would have been paid under the previous tax plan. Apple, which has 94 per cent of its total cash of $269 billion outside the United States, said it would make a one-time tax payment of $38 billion on the repatriated cash. For years, Apple had said it would not bring its foreign earnings back to the United States until the corporate tax code changed, because such a move would be too costly. Now Apple's bet to hold back on paying such taxes is reaping rewards under the Trump administration.

■ Britney Spears has reportedly signed a deal for a new Las Vegas residency in 2019 just weeks after completing her last run in the city. The 36-year-old pop star is said to be returning to the stage for a new residency at Las Vegas' Park Theatre, inside the Monte Carlo resort, shortly after Lady Gaga completes her residency there.

John Fogerty says he's annoyed that Taraji P. Henson's new film, Proud Mary, borrows from his popular song's name without his involvement. Fogerty does not own the rights to his infamous song. In a statement, he says "it irks me when people seek to capitalise on the popularity of my music" for their own financial gain. Henson plays a hit woman in Proud Mary. Its trailer uses Tina Turner's version of Fogerty's 1969 song. ● Matt Lauer

Nightstick to the knee ■ Tonya Harding's comeback tour just took a nightstick to the knee over her own greed and denial.

The disgraced figure skater was dumped by her own publicist/agent for demanding that journalists pay fines if they dare ask about the kneecapping Nancy Kerrigan suffered ahead of the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Michael A. Rosenberg, who represented Harding during the I, Tonya promotional tour, revealed the demand in a Facebook post

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Early days of Station St, Yea, precinct

From Page 21 The construction of the railway line and station involved the acquisition of land previously sold and allocated to others, including property previously belonging to the school.

A 1905 Parish Plan of the area gives a useful overview of initial land ownership, and also subsequent subdivision of land in the vicinity after the construction of the railway station.

The Station Street precinct covers land, most of which was originally sold as a series of allotments in the first Crown Land sales in the late 1850s and early 1860s.

These were Allotments 1 and 2 in Section 9, and Allotments 1 (A-E), and 2-5 in Section 10. While most of these allotments were later subdivided, the original pattern of subdivision of large rectangular parcels of land, intersected by Anne and Mary streets connecting Station Street to laneways at the rear, is still visible.

Of the original allotments, Allotment 1 in Section 9 was originally sold to J. Hewlett on September 24, 1858. The adjoining Allotment 2 was sold to A. Wishart on eptember 9, 1864.

In Section 10 on the eastern side of Anne Street, Allotments 1 (A-E) were not sold until the early 20th century - 1A to A.R. Stackhouse on March 2, 1903, 1B, 1C and 1E to J.W. Johnston on January 8, 1903 and 1D to H. Borrie on January 8, 1903.

Allotment 2 was sold to D. McLeish on September 5, 1862. Allotment 3 was sold to D. Miller on the same day, with Allotments 4 and 5 also then being sold, to J. Edwards.

Development on the Allotments By the 1900s, the northern side of Station Street had developed into an area of mixed residential, commercial and community use, and it retains this character to this day.

There has been ongoing development at most sites, and with a few exceptions, most of the surviving building stock is twentieth century in origin. “ The shop at 7 Station Street was originally built by a Chinese storekeeper Lee Gow in 1889, who advertised his store as 'your dear old friend Lee Gow.'

â—? The Commercial Railway Hotel in Station Street, Yea. Taking advantage of that fact that trains proprietress, the hotel offering 'good accompassing through Yea would stop there for 20 modation for the travelling public, motor car minutes, Lee Gow sold confectionery, fruit on hire, good stabling, paddock, horses and and vegetables, small goods and soft drinks. traps on hire'.

During the 1980s the building was occuLater hoteliers include D. Hesphy by pied by a French restaurant (Le Beret), and 1930, Mrs V.G. Carter through the 1940s, in the 1990s by the Kirby Family Antique and M.L. Harrison by 1960. and Second Hand Goods.

The facade including the front verandah The building at what is now 15 Station was remodelled in the early decades of the Street was originally built as a Temperance twentieth century.

Hall, on Allotment 1A of Section 10.

Yea Primary School No. 699 had been This land was transferred to John first established on January 1, 1860, though Speechly Gotch on February 23, 1886; then its presence at 23 Station Street only dates to farmer Robert Johnston and carpenter from 1923.

Alfred Cleeland of Yea on 5 June, 1903.

In the early years, classes were held in (Land Title, Volume 1804, Folio 648). the Presbyterian chapel, with sufficient The Story of Yea records that 'In 1883 the funds being raised for the erection of a timBand of Hope, or Yea Temperance Regi- ber school building in 1872, which was rement as it sometimes called itself, applied placed by brick school at a site on the Semifor a quarter acre block of land in Station circle.

Street on part of the old school site, expressThe school had grown to 192 pupils by ing its desire to build a hall there.

1900, and continued growth led to EducaFor some reason the Council objected, tion Department searching for a new site but relented a month later upon receipt of a for the school. letter from the Band of Hope's solicitors.

Allotment 3 in Section 10 (now 23 StaPermission to build a hall was granted by tion Street) had been sold by David Miller a slim majority,' to Eaton Stannard Purcell in 1888, then to The hall would appear to have been built Joseph Proctor Bainbridge in 1914. by the late 1880s, though it is not certain It was purchased by the Minister of the exactly when.

Crown administering Education on June It was subsequently used as a Salvation 26, 1923, and the construction of a new Army Hall, with officers of the Salvation Higher Elementary School (HES) building Army James Hay and Wiebe Palstra be- commenced soon after (Land Title, Volume coming the title holders in 1917, then the 157, Folio 215).

Salvation Army (Victoria) Property Trust After the HES was proclaimed a high in 1931 (Land Title Volume 9856, Folio 148). school in 1957, it was decided to move the Frank and Dorothy Pollard became the school to a new site elsewhere in the town. owners in 1967, the building becoming oc- Land on Racecourse Road was purchased cupied by Pollard's Clothing Factory by the in 1959, and the move to the new facilities 1970s. was undertaken in 1964.

The Peppercorn Hotel at 21 Station Street 23 Station Street was then occupied by has been known as the Commercial Rail- Yea Primary School (School No. 699). way Hotel for most of its operation.

The Scots Presbyterian Church at 31 It is thought to have been first established Station Street was built by L.J. Bishop in in 1871. Its location on the major road into 1923. the township also allowed it to take advanThe foundation stone was laid on Detage of passing traffic as well as rail passen- cember 16, 1922 and it was officially opened gers stopping at Yea for 20 minute refresh- by the Rt. Rev. John McKenzie on July 12, ment breaks.

1923.

By 1900 William Oliver is listed in postal Funds were largely raised through bonds, directories as the proprietor. An advertise- with the final payment made in 1939. ment in 1915 cites Mrs W. Oliver as the Harvey Blanks writes that this was 'partly

as a result of a 500 poundlegacy from Mrs Officer'.

The Oregon pine seats (built by T. Watson) and part of the pulpit from the original church were moved to the present church.

The first minister of the new church was the Revered Horatio Augustus Eugene O'Sullivan, who had begun his term at Yea in 1921.

Local families have donated various items of furniture, stained glass and there have been minor alterations over the years.

The new church was a successor to Yea's original Presbyterian Church, which had been commissioned by Mrs Alexander Miller in c.1863-1864.

The total cost of the Church was 2600 pounds.

The original church had been used as a school at different times.

Station Street has always been partly residential in character, and the houses there today include examples of different architectural styles from the Victorian era up to the present day.

Only a few nineteenth century dwellings remain, such as the timber cottages at 9 and 17 Station Street.

Number 11 is typically 1940s in style.

The most architecturally distinguished house in the street however is 'Halletta' at number 35, a large Federation style villa.

The year of construction and identity of the architect and builder are not currently known.

There is no entry for the property in Miles Lewis, Australian Architectural Index.

The property now occupies land originally part of Allotments 4 and 5 of Section 10, with modifications occurring to the original allotment boundaries in the early 20th Century.

In 1952 it was purchased by medical practitioner, Ralph Reginald Pilkington.

It was then sold to other medical practitioners, Charles George Sargent Hosking and Dorothy Pryde Paterson on May 20, 1964 (Land Title, Volume 7512, Folio 074).

It is known locally as 'the doctor's house'.

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs FILM: MOTHER! Genre: Drama/Horror/Mystery.

Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer.

Year: 2017.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 121 Minutes.

Stars: **** Verdict: A couple's relationship becomes increasingly tested when uninvited guests arrive unexpectedly at their eerily isolated house undergoing renovation, and what is seemingly a harmonious beginning soon disrupts their tranquil existence and things slowly spiral out of control.

Oscar nominated writer-director Darren Aronofsky has created a complex, spellbinding, intensely searing and highly evocative journey of innocence and psychological horror of unrepentant and irredeemable evil.

Comparable to such filmmakers as David Lynch, Terry Gilliam, Jean Cocteau, Stanley Kubrick and Roman Polanski, Aronofsky has excelled in controlling emotion, tension, and most importantly, commanding audience's attention throughout.

Jennifer Lawrence as the increasingly concerned wife, Javier Bardem as her poet-writer husband, and veterans Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer as the mysterious couple, all shine in their respective and complex roles of what lies beneath.

Aided superbly by its claustrophobic setting and isolated surroundings and by a haunting music score reflective of Gyorgy Ligeti (The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey), here is a work clearly inspired by a number of (unmentionable) classics.

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FILM: BLADE RUNNER 2049: Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller.

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Robin Wright, Jared Leto.

Year: 2017.

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Stars: **** Verdict: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos, and K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for three decades.

Sicario (2015) and Arrival (2016) director Denis Villeneuve and executive producer Ridley Scott have created an absolutely Spellbinding long-awaited (35 years) follow up to Scott's 1982s sci-fi classic "Blade Runner," which fans of the original and the science fiction genre will relish from the opening frame to the last.

Ryan Gosling puts in a solid performance as K, the new LAPD replicant hunter "Blade Runner," along with Robin Wright as his superior, Lt. Joshi, Ana de Armas as K's holographic girlfriend, and Jared Leto as the (Replicant) Corporation CEO. Harrison Ford in his reprisal as blade-runner in hiding Rick Deckard from the original 1982 "Blade Runner" compels the film and story to dizzying heights as the secrets unfold and past meets the future, with shattering results.

Director Villeneeuve, along with cinematographer Roger Deakins (The Shawshank Redemption), have combined to create a bold, lush, complex, surreal, mind-bending and visually eye-popping spectacle as enthralling and aesthetic as the original.

"Blade Runner 2049" may not be perfect, length its main debated issue, but add to the mix a haunting and pulse-pounding music score by Oscar winner Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch, the end result is a highly intelligent, original, thought provoking, poignant, and thrilling multi-layered tapestry that not only respectfully honour's its own legacy, but to the science fiction genre as a whole.

FILM: BATTLE OF THE SEXES: Genre: Biography/Comedy/Drama.

Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Bill Pullman, Elizabeth Shue, Sarah Silverman, Alan Cumming.

Year: 2017.

Rating: M. Length: 121 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Verdict: Based on the true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs, in the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, and billed as "Battle of the Sexes" it became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world.

Tremendously enjoyable entertainment, and even though the outcome of this legendary match is well documented in history, the inside story and overall outcome hits the mark, a real crowd-pleaser, and then some.

Emma Stone gives an outstanding career defining performance as the beleaguered but brilliant Billie Jean King as she battles personal demons and champions for equality, however, it is Steve Carell as the chauvinistic and acid tongued clown prince of the tennis court, Bobby Riggs, one of the first self-made media-age celebrities, that lifts it to a whole new level in an unforgettable performance.

Where the film also excels is off the tennis court, as it delves seamlessly into the personal lives, most notably with a beautifully sensitive performance by Andrea Riseborough as the hairdresser in her relationship with Billie Jean King.

Also starring Elizabeth Shue, Bill Pullman, Sarah Silverman and Alan Cumming, this is an extremely thrilling, humorous, poignant and entertaining experience, a solid, finely tuned and well choreographed effort told with intelligence and respect, and whether you are a fan of tennis or not, "Battle of the Sexes" serves up a real treat!

Rourke’s Reviews: Bill Paxton ■ It is hard to believe that it's almost a year since beloved character actor Bill Paxton suddenly and tragically passed away on February 25 2017, due to complications that arose during heart surgery.

He was incredibly well-liked by colleagues and movie-goers alike, and it was a massive loss that fans are still getting over.

Mr Paxton was only 61 years old. To commemorate this fine actor, who also pursued a career behind the camera, here are some of my favourite Paxton films.

It is fun to try and spot him in fleeting parts in Jonathan Demme's second feature Crazy Mama (1975), and the Bill Murray comedy smash Stripes (1981).

Streets Of Fire (1984) (M). 93 minutes.

Walter Hill's glittering homage to 50's Drive-In fare is a wonderful mix of motorcycle gangs, catchy music, and young love. Bill Paxton plays Clyde, Michael Pare's old bartender friend. Also stars Diane Lane and Willem Dafoe.

The Terminator (1984) (M). 107 minutes.

The film that put James Cameron on the map is a relentless sci-fi/action/thriller, about a cyborg set from the future to kill the mother of the future leader of the human resistance.

Mr Paxton's role is brief but memorable, and is the one who feeds Arnie one of his famous lines.

Weird Science (1985) (M). 94 minutes.

Not the best film from teen expert John Hughes, but has enough insightful moments to be worth a look, and Mr Paxton gives a committed performance as one of the main character's obnoxious older brother.

Commando (1985) (R). 90 minutes.

Mr Paxton is only in one scene, but it is a worthy excuse to recommend this outrageous Arnie action/ comedy, which always puts a smile on your face.

Aliens (1986) (M). 137 / 154 minutes.

The film that properly introduced the world to Mr Paxton, who is superb as the faux-tough Private Hudson, with a multitude of lines that millions of people still quote today.

Near Dark (1987) (R). 94 minutes.

One of the best and most unusual vampire films ever made, written by Eric Red (The Hitcher) and directed by Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty). Mr Paxton commands the screen throughout.

Predator 2 (1990) (R). 108 minutes.

Colourful, explosive sequel is somewhat under-rated, and helmed with energy, style and skill by Aussie Stephen Hopkins. Mr Paxton is the talkative newcomer who joins Danny Glover's close-knit group of L.A. cops who battle the dangerous alien. Beware of the cut version that was originally shown in Australian cinemas.

One False Move (1992) (R). 105

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Arguably Mr Paxton's finest work as an actor, playing a spirited southern cop who attempts to help the FBI capture a trio of killers. Costars and is co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. A cult favourite that deserves to be seen.

Trespass (1992) (R). 101 minutes.

Mr Paxton re-teams with director Walter Hill for this tough, violent action/thriller, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, of Back To The Future fame. Another film that is very under-rated.

True Lies (1994) (M). 141 minutes.

His role may be relatively small, but Mr. Paxton walks away with the film, absolutely hilarious as a sleazy used car salesman who infuriates super spy Arnie.

Apollo 13 (1995) (PG). 140 minutes.

Solid retelling of the troubled Apollo 13 mission, featuring reliable performances from Paxton, Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon.

A Simple Plan (1998) (M). 121 minutes.

Sam Raimi's tale of greed ruining friendships may be uneven, but it is worth watching for Mr Paxton's outstanding central performance.

Frailty (2001) (MA). 100 minutes.

Mr Paxton stepped behind the camera to direct this eerie, unsettling thriller, while offering a strong, measured performance as a father who may or may not be receiving heavenly messages to kill demons who appear to be human.

2 Guns (MA). 109 minutes.

After disappearing from the big screen for several years to star in the hit TV series Big Love, Mr Paxton made a welcome return in this Lethal Weapon-style action/ comedy, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, and once again steals the film, this time as the main villain.

Edge Of Tomorrow (2014) (M).

113 minutes.

Big budget alien invasion movie, where Mr Paxton is certainly having fun as Tom Cruise's loudmouthed sergeant.

Nightcrawler (2014) (MA). 118 minutes.

Bill Paxton plays a veteran news videographer who sets newcomer Jake Gyllenhaal on a very dark path indeed. Dan Gilroy's scathing thriller has a typically transformative performance from Gyllenhaal, but Mr Paxton is also a stand-out.

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■ Dick Todd was a red-haired Canadian singer who was compared to Bing Crosby and became known as the ‘Canadian Crosby’.

I am a fan of Bing Crosby and I also love the great songs recorded by Dick Todd. There is an air of mystery about what happened to Dick in his latter years - how could a crooner who was a big star drift into obscurity?

Arthur Richard Todd was born in 1914, in Alberta, Canada.

His father was a retired Military Officer of Irish descent and when Dick was quite young the family moved to Montreal.

Dick grew up working on the family farm.

He learned to play the trumpet in his teenage years and worked in a band playing trumpet and singing. It was soon clear that his future was as a vocalist.

In 1936 he was signed to a recording contract with the Canadian Victor Company. In 1936 he recorded his first records which included I'm An Old Cowhand and Girl In A Bonnet Of Blue.

At that time, he was appearing in radio shows which were syndicated into the United States.

This exposure resulted in his move to New York in 1937 to do more radio shows and recordings. He made 200 recordings for the RCA Victor label and was regarded as the main opposition to Crosby.

Dick Todd married, but for the sake of his career he did not like to publicise the fact.

When he became a father he had little time

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He suffered severe arthritis and began drinking to numb the pain.

Dick performed in stage shows and the night club circuit. As the years went on he was reduced to working as a stage hand at a circus and then moving sets in a television studio.

He was last seen working as a stagehand behind the scenes at the Ed Sullivan Show at the Coliseum and at Studio 50 in New York.

His last known recordings were made in 1969 and included Big Wheel Cannnonball and Pennsylvania Turnpike, I Love You. His wife had passed on and his son refused to contact his father. He began drinking heavily

By Kevin Trask and then just disappeared. Dick Todd's death of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM was recorded in 1974.

It is a sad story for somebody who had a to spend with his son and in later years they beautiful baritone voice, achieved international drifted apart. He appeared in two films Three fame and was loved by his fans. He died homeKings And A Queen in 1939 and Dancing On less and his ashes were scattered at sea in acThe Stars in 1943 which also starred Betty cordance with his wishes.

Hutton.

Thank goodness we still can listen to his reWhen Dick went to serve in the Second World cordings and fondly remember Dick Todd.

War he arranged for Perry Como to be his reKevin Trask placement with the Ted Wheems Orchestra at Kevin can be heard on 3AW RCA Victor Records.

Mike Till Midnight - Saturday at Over the years his hit songs included Blue 8.10pm ● Dick Todd Orchids, Deep Purple, Penny Serenade, South Of The Border, Little Sir Echo, It's a Hap - Hap At one stage he worked as a Master of Cer- The Time Tunnel - on Remember When - Sundays at 9.10pm - Happy Day and Daddy's Little Girl. emonies and could be seen riding a horse in the And on 96.5 FM In 1945 Dick Todd was a regular singer on ring whilst singing in the Larry Sunbrook CirThat's Entertainment - Sundays the radio show Your Hit Parade working with cus. at 12 Noon famous bandleader Paul Whiteman.

During the 1950s his popularity began to wane.

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50-year-old motorcycle to go to auction ■ One of the world’s rarest motorcycles, a Honda CB750 that was one of just four built by hand in Japan in 1968, and now one of only two of those four still in existence today, will go to auction in England in March with expectations it could fetch up to £40,000 sterling, or over AU$70,000.

The four hand-built CB750s were created to help promote the launch of the factory-made CB750 a year later in 1969, a four-cylinder machine dubbed “the world’s first superbike” and with a never-before top speed of 201kph.

Two others of the four hand-made models went to the USA and were eventually bought by enthusiasts after they’d completed their promotional duties, with one being re-sold there as late as 2014 for US$148,000 (AU$187,000) and the other crushed for scrap five years ago.

A third hand-made went to France for the CB750 launch all those years ago but what happened to it after that no one knows, and the fourth is now going to auction in March.

H&H Classics, which will conduct that auction say that on its release, the CB750 was “the most sophisticated production bike ever … one of the top landmarks of Japanese automotive technology.”

The 50-year-old hand-made machine to be auctioned on March 4 at England’s National Motorcycle Museum, was owned by the one motorcycle enthusiast for 35 years until his recent death.

For more information about the CB750 and other motorcycles and cars going to H&H Classics’ March auction, go onto info@handh.co.uk

Tunnel for ships

■ It has taken 144 years to do it, but Norway is finally starting work this year on the world’s first tunnel for ocean-going ships, and which was first sketched on drawing boards back in 1874.

The engineering wonder will be blasted through the mountainous Stad Peninsula that juts 20km into the ocean between the Norwegian Sea to the north, and the North Sea to the south.

OK. With John O’Keefe Devil Gate Drive ■ Suzi Quatro can still pull a crowd. Her month-long Australian tour is underway and already some performances are sold out.

Suzi has been rockin’ for 50 years, and current tour Leather Forever is her 31st tour in Australia.

Check with Ticketmaster for Melbourne performances where she is sure to sing Can The Can that sold 2.5 million copies worldwide.

Lawyers kepy busy over SEN ● One of the world’s rarest motorcycles, this 50-year-old handmade Honda CB750 is going to auction in England on March 4, with expectations it could fetch over AU$70,000.

Hurtigruten Group, saving them venturing through that perilous Stadhavet Sea. Some three million cubic metres of solid rock will be blasted out during the near-five years it will take to build the tunnel, which will even have an observation deck at one end for sightseers to watch dozens of ships entering and leaving the tunnel daily.

And while it will be a world’s first for ocean-going shipping when it opens in 2023, tunnels for canal and river vessels are nothing new … the first was dug for a canal to go through a mountain in France as far back as 1679.

Struth

Happy honeymoon ■ Serena Williams and new husband Alexis Ohaman had a wonderful honeymoon.

They caught a private jet bound for a week on a secluded island in the Bahamas.

Sounds sensational, and so it should. The rack rate for a stay in paradise is $ 35,000 a week. Being sceptical the doubt is whether the newlyweds stumped up the full fare, or was the stay on the house in return for publicity, yet the paperartzi were banned.

Life on the run ■ I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before 60 Minutes, or another investigative program, does a feature story on the worldwide hunt for Clive Palmer’s relative Clive Mensink.

Mensink left Australia in 2016, alleged to have been connected with $300 million in debts with the closure of Queensland Nickel refinery, plus hundreds of workers out of a job.

Last week Mensink was spotted in Bulgaria by a Murdoch reporter.

The one time businessman ran for his life and morphed into the crowd.

Not deterred , the snout discovered Boston, USA was young Clive’s next port of call.

Appears the net is closing in , so watch for the telemovie.

with David Ellis Coupled with fierce winds for over a third of the year, it means that where the two oceans meet off the Peninsula’s furthest extremity, is Scandinavia’s most treacherous point for violent storms, mountainous waves – and shipwrecks.

Now after 144 years of proposals and arguments the Norwegian Government has earmarked 2.7 billion Krone (AU$500,000,000+) for this revolutionary ship’s tunnel.

At 1.7km long, 45m high and 36m wide, it will be able to accommodate cargo and passenger vessels up to 16,000 tonnes, including the fjordland cruise ships of Norway’s popular

■ The merger of Craig Hutchison’s Crocmedia with radio station SEN has ruffled more than a few feathers as solicitors are hard at work preparing evidence for former on-air presenter David Schwartz who had his two year contract concluded, with allegedly $ 562,126 owing.

Another on-air personality Mark Allen is claiming $ $418,710 in agreed fees prior to being given the shunt.

Rumour is there are several more legal battles yet to emerge with disgruntled former SEN staff consulting their legal eagles.

Last word on Barnaby ● Computer image of an entrance to Norway’s planned world-first tunnel for ocean-going cargo and passenger ships.

■ Who can forget the exchange of words between Johnny Depp and Barnaby Joyce over Depp’s dogs Pistol and Boo? Johnny appeared on an evening talk show in the States where he described our Barnaby as “looking like he was inbred with a tomato”.

- John O’Keefe

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By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Destiny Gand

■ Husband and wife team Thomas and Tessa Libreri are certainly on a roll with their band Destiny.

With a new release EP, From The Heart, the Gippsland-based six-piece outfit is clocking up some impressive statistics on country radio charts around Australia.

Their versatility also sees them getting regular bookings for clubs and private functions showcasing a variety of different music styles.

More info: www.destinyband.webs.com

James at Meredith

■ James Blundell will perform at the Royal Hotel, Meredith, on Sunday, March 18.

The multi-award winning singersongwriter will also be touring other parts of Victoria this year with a Warragul Arts Centre show on May 26 and a performance at the Plenty Valley Arts Centre on August 15

Our Kinda Country

■ The annual Our Kinda Country Royal Childrens Hospital fundraiser will be held on March 11.

Flanagans Traralgon will come alive with a host of bands and artists donating their talent for the cause.

Performers include Yesteryear, Evan Platschinda, Ryan Shore, Sandra Rasmussen, Chris Newman, Bryce Wright and more, plus raffles and auctions.

- Rob Foenander

Viognier is complex, intriguing ■ John Rozentals finds a viognier very much to his taste.

Heather Fraser, winemaker responsible for Yalumba's 2017 Y Series Viognier, has been ideally mentored for the task.

Her boss, Louisa Rose, the company's chief winemaker, is undoubtedly Australia's most experienced hand with this often-difficult white variety.

Especially since creating the Yalumba white flagship, The Virgilius Viogner, Rose's name has become virtually synonymous with the variety in this country.

Fraser, who had graduated in chemistry and marine biology before being bitten by the winemaking bug, has obviously learned well.

I must admit to not being the world's greatest viognier fan. Too often, I simply find the variety's hallmark perfumes just too overwhelming.

But this wine I found both complex and intriguing, delivering a range of flavours and not at all dominated by any simple perfume.

The winemaker's notes mention orange blossom, ginger, fresh pineapple, honeysuckle and dried figs.

I can't disagree with any of those descriptors, neither with the foodmatching suggestion of harissa chicken.

At $15, this is a great introduction to viognier, which in the Rhone Valley and Australia is also sometimes blended in small amounts with shiraz to create an alluring dry

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● Heather Fraser has learned plenty about viognier from an excellent mentor.

red, but that's a completely different story.

WINE REVIEWS Yalumba 2017 Y Series Chardonnay ($15): Complexity and creaminess are keynotes here, with a range of fruit flavours, including citrus and nectarine, mingling with the nutty, butterscotch flavours derived from fermentation in oak and maturation on yeast lees. This has sufficient weight to carry a whitesauced pasta dish such as carbonara.

Yalumba 2017 Y Series Sangiovese Rosé ($15): I wrote recently about the rapid growth in popularity of this Italian red variety for producing rosé styles in Australia. Here's another example of sangiovese's ability to produce aromatic, refreshing, zesty wines that are completely dry and suit our lifestyle so well. Drink on its own or, as the winemaker suggests, with rockmelon wrapped in prosciutto.

WINE OF THE WEEK Shaw Vineyard Estate 2015 Winemaker's Selection Cabernet Sauvignon ($15): I must admit that I usually prefer young shiraz to young cabernet, simply because it's usually much more ready to drink on release, but I do like the cassis and blackberry flavours shown by this wine. It's made entirely from the company's Murrumbateman vineyards and should reward a decade's cellaring. Drink with roast lamb.

- John Rozentals

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● Joel Solomon with 50-year jewel recipient Jack Hallam

● Terry Hodges and Kevin Holburt

● Garry Porter and Len Jinnette

● Terry Clifton and Wayne Young

● Richard Elkington and Barry Reaper

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The Yea Story: Part 34

Yea School, No 699, started in 1860 From The Story of Yea

by Harvey Blanks ■ The history of formal education in Yea really began in 1857, when a school of sorts was established in a tent in Whatton Place.

Later, rooms in the Bridge Inn were used as a school, although it was a denominational one with its pupils drawn primarily from the district’s Presbyterian and Anglican families.

InApril 1858, Mr William L. Ker wrote to the Denominational School Board in Melbourne on behalf of Yea residents, asking that the possibilities of establishing a proper denominational school be investigated, and that a grant be made toward the salary of the headmaster, Mr Thomas Prosser Savell.

In 1860, Mr Ker and the rector, the Rev. Singleton, wrote to the bishop, asking for the management of the school be taken over completely by the Denominational Board, and including a list of 26 children attending the school at the time.

Their ages ranged from five to 15, and the religious adherence of each children was tabulated, being fairly evenly divided between the Presbyterian and Anglican churches, with the sole exception of eight-year-old Elisabeth McAsey (Catholic).

Families represented on the list included Pollock, Manly, McLeish (eight times), Hume, Pickering, Thorpe, Curtis, Clark, McKay, Robinson, McIntosh and Cockerell.

Mr Ker’s letter stated that school was being held in the Presbyterian chapel in Whatton Place.

According to Education Department records, Yea School, No 699, was formally established on January 1, 1860, withMr Patrick B. Loane as first head teacher.

By 1863, the school had an enrolment of 39 and an average attendance of 25.

Parents paid a total of £46 a year in fees, and the Government grant was £108.

By the late 1860s, the Presbyterian chapel had become too small and the building was sold.

Residents established a building fund and in 1870 submitted plans for a new school.

This was completed in September 1872, at a cost of £230, the Government contributing £115 as a grant.

The diptheria epidemic of 1874 struck Yea heavily, killing between 30 and 40 of the children in a matter of months and causing the school’s temporary closure on several occasions; on some days attendances totalled only 14 or 15.

The “unhealthy” school site was held partly to blame and the old Presbyterian chapel was once more rented as a temporary measure pending the construction of a brick school on a different site on the Semi-Circle.

A contract was let to Messrs Faure and Clarke and the new building was finished in June 1877 at a cost of £510.

Five years later however the railway cut through the school grounds, which were then twice extended eastward in compensation.

By 1885, attendances had increased to about 100, and the original building, 36 feet by 20 feet, was extended by an addition measuring 21 feet by 20 feet.

Within a few years the average attendance had further risen to 164,

closed. In its day it had been well attended by members of the Drysdale, Coonan and Gardiner families.

King Parrot Creek No 4591

● Yea School (at the Pioneer Reserve). 1898. with an enrolment of 240, and the near Box Hill on property belonging fairly simple and teachers were fair old Boundary Creek schoolroom to Mr S.J. Baird, and in July 1878, a game for their unsophisticated puwas moved to Yea to help relieve the portable wooden school was erected pils, the children of Homewood inpressure on accommodation. there with accommodation for 30 vented a most enjoyable sport which Even this proved insufficient, for pupils, and attached living accom- required them first to antagonise their by 1900, attendances had reached modation of two rooms for staff. teacher to the stage where he lost 192, and the Masonic Hall was The site must have been a fairly control and chased them into the rented until a further extension of the exposed one, as on at least one oc- nearby hills. building could be undertaken in 1901. casion the school building was blown Winter months were regarded as As the town grew, so did demands down by gales. the best time, for then heavy confor secondary education. The first In 1885, the school’s name was cealing fogs would come down and classes in the Higher Elementary changed to Homewood partly be- the children, who knew the district School syllabus were held in 1921, cause it was within a mile of the new like the back of their hands, could and two years later thew HES build- Homewood railway station, but prin- easily lose their teacher in the misting was occupied in Station Street. cipally because it proved too con- shrouded hills, and class would start Primary school enrolment, less fusing to have two schools called too late for undone homework to be than 100 at the beginning of World Yea, Nos. 1433 and 699. checked before the bell.

War II, climbed to 250 by 1960.

Because of lack of pupils, HomeLike other schools in the area, When the new high school was wood School was closed between Homewood had well developed garcompleted in 1964, the old HES 1908 and 1912, when it was re- dens and hedges until the 1950s; building was used for primary edu- opened on a part-time basis with made possible by the organisation of cation, and the original school build- Doogallook Schol No 2467, with Mr bucket brigades among the pupils, ing which had served for so many George Woodhouse as common who saturated the beds and shrubyears, was bought by the Council and headteacher (when he arrived to take beries with water from the nearby used for various organisations. up his new half appointment, creek.

Woodhouse complained to the department that the building was “in a filthy condition owing to birdshaving roosted in it for some years”.)

During the Christmas vacation of ■ In 1873, Thomas Gill first sug- 1915-16, a new school was provided ■ Consisting of a single schoolroom, gested the establishment of a school on a different site in Dairy Creek some 12 feet by 14 feet, in the form in this district to serve his own fam- Road, its position on land fdonated of a slab railing hut on the north end ily, plus the children of the Home- by Mr James Homewood - which is of Dairy Creek Road, this school woods, Williamsons, Websters, probably why it kept its original title operated intermittently with a miniDrysdales and his proposal was ap- (Homewood State School No 1433) mum enrolment of 32 pupils, 16 of proved by Assistant Inspector R.G. rather than the title Doogallook them at one stage being members of Burke and Mr J.M. Tomkins, cor- School (described next) which inter- the Drysdale family. respondent for the District Board of mittently occupied two different poThe walls of the primitive strucAdvice, in May of that year. sitions on the same Dairy Creek ture were held in position by lead Officially designated Yea No Road. weights and the desks were simple 1433, the school was opened on July Homewood’s first teaher on the slab benches.

27, 1874, in a barn on Thomas Gill’s new Dairy Creek site was Miss Although the Education Departproperty which he leased to the De- Gwendoline Story and she remained ment constantlyreferred to the school partment for 2s per annum. as Doogallook, the locals knew it until 1919.

But teaching had actually begun She was followed at two, three simply as the Dairy Creek School, unofficially some six months earlier and for year intervals by Mrs Louisa although previously the building had in a room in Gill’s homestead.

Goodall, Charles Wolff, Thomas been known as Condon’s Ballroom.

In spite of its official name, the Conroy, James Herbert, Bryan A Mr Joe Tanner is believed to school was known to local residents O’Brien, Dorothy Fleming, Henry have been the first head teacher and as Gill’s Gully State School.

Campbell, Joseph Gleeson and a Mr James Brennan the first perIts first head teacher was Arthur Daniel Liddy. manent head.

Bailey from Christ’s Hospital, LonAbout 1899, Doogallook School Mr Liddy left his post to join the don, and for the first three years of AMF in 1941, and for the remainder vacated its original premises and its life it was conducted as a part ofWorld War II, Homewood School moved to fresh ones at the other end time establishment in conjunction had women head teachers. of Dairy Creek Road. with King Parrot State School, No. Although the new school was The district was often used dur1878, the combined attendances av- ing this period for Army exercises called the Dairy Creek School, it reeraging 27 pupils. by men from Puckapunyal and the tained the number 2467 of Halfway through 1877 however, students became very well versed in Doogallook. it became a full-time school in its stripping, reassembling and using When Homewood School No own right. military weapons.

1433, re-opened on Dairy Creek Meantime, a five-acre site had Ten years earlier, however, dur- Road in 1916, one mile from the site been selected on Mount Charlotte, ing the 1930s, when life was still of the Doogallook School No 2467

Homewood No 1433

Doogallook No 2467

■ Some 400 yards of the Yea side of King Parrot Creek, this school catered for childrenb to the northwest end of Dairy Creek Road, and worked in conjunction with Homewood and Doogallook schools.

Just prior to World War I, Mr George Woodhouse was teaching simultaneously, two days a week each, at Homewood and Doogallook, with one day at King Parrot Creek.

However, children attending King Parrot School usually were able to attend two days at either of the other schools.

The Gardiner family was in the best position, as they were situated midway; their children were able to attend a full five day school week, even though this involved travel to three different schools.

Ghin Ghin (Switzerland) No 2371

■ This primary school was originally established in 1881 to cater for the children of families living to the immediate north of the Goulburn.

Although only 6½-miles from Yea, the area was frequently cut off by floods, preventing children from attending the Yea school.

The school site was on the road which branches west from the Ghin Ghin-Highlands Road, leading to the old Ghin Ghin homestead, to Larnoo and further on to Terangaville.

The school house, on part of Ghin Ghin Station (the Aboriginal name is supposed to mean Green Grass), was a converted four roomed residence; the two front rooms were knocked into one to form a school rom, and the two back rooms were used as cloak rom, saddle room, lunch room and general storage room.

Early records of the school’s first period have been lost, but is likely, in view of its proximity to the Ghin Ghin gold diggings, that it serviced not only local families but also those of tradesmen who flourished briefly in Ghin Ghin township, and those of the diggers themselves who may have thought it worth trying to give their children an education for a year or two.

At all events the diggings died, and the school closed in 1896.

It was re-opened in 1921, and struggled on for a number of years until a decline in the number of pupils forced its final closure in 1930.

Recollections of this period have been suppliede by the school’s last teacher, Mrs Isabel Smith (then Miss Jones), who was posted to Ghin Ghin, fresh from Melbourne Teachers’ College, in 1928.

As sole teacher, succeeding a Miss Cole and a Miss Agnew, she boared with Mr David Anderson’s family, about half-a-mile from the school. ● To be continued next week in The Local Paper.

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Cremona: ‘without doubt the finest bridge’ ● Originally published on October 31, 1913 ■ “Possibly one of. the greatest events in the history of the Alexandra Shire Council was the testing and opening of the Cremona Bridge on Saturday last,” the press commented on October 31, 1931.

The report continued: From the standpoint of display, the event may by many be looked upon as utterly insignificant.

As a new departure in bridge construction, Saturday's function drew public attention to the fact that the time for wooden bridges had passed and that in the future councils would only be justilied in erecting reinforced concrete bridges.

The President, Cr. Edwards, had intended making the testing and opening a great public function.

Arrangements had been made to invite the neighboring councils with their officers.

But the best laid plans of men and mice oft gangagley. “Men propose, the powers dispose.”

The testing of the bridge depended upon when Mr Blakeney could come with his engine to drag the necessary load across.

He was not able to send word to the engineer before Friday when he could do that. The shortness of notice left no opportunity for making a public function of the event.

A few assembled and they had an object lesson of what can be done with re-inforced concrete.

The. bridge is a handsome, solid structure and reflects great credit on its builders, the Re-inforced Concrete Company.

It is as admirable from the artistic standpoint as from the utilitarian. Built across a straight run in the river there is a magniticent view up the river for half a mile.

It should be one of the attractions for tourists and when the river banks are planted with willows to stop the scour in flood time, which we believe is the intention of the president, and council, the view from the bridge will be equal to anything of that kind in the State.

The method of construction was as follows: - Four rows of re-inforeed concrete piles were driven into the bed of the stream.

On top of the piles reinforced concrete cylinders were erected. Embedded in the piles and cylinders were steel rods one inch in diameter.

To strengthen the cyli nders, reinforced- concrete walls were built from cylinder to cylinder.

These walls carry one inch steel rods braced together with thick wire three eights of and a half inch in diameter, making a metal net-work core for the cement.

On top of the cylinders are reinforced concrete girders. These are composed of concrete with steel rods running through.

The girders are covered with concrete decking, through which run steel rods braced with wire.

The only wood work in the bridge are the rails at the side. This is neatly and substantially finished, the top rail being strapped to the uprights with iron.

It is without doubt the finest bridge, not only the Shire of Alexandra, but in any neighboring shire.

The work was carried out under the supervision of Mr Cecil Short, engineer of the shire of Alexand ra, and will be one of that gentleman's

ger from floods. The bridge has removed one serious obstacle to the closer settlement.

When the Sugarloaf scheme is completed and the fear of floods lessened, there is no doubt but that the land will be eagerly sought after.

But that big embankment will have to be erected if the Government want Cremona taken up.

It seems that the Government will not realize the importance of keeping the people on the land. If the Government would realise the importance of keeping the people on the land, then they will recognise that the Sugarloaf Scheme will have to be carried out, Mr. Graham had told him that in a few days the Government would have the plans and specifications of the Sugarloaf scheme and it will then rest with parliament to decide what is to be done.

He hoped that Parliament would fully realise the need of the work.

The settling and maintaining of the ● The Cremona bridge wasbuilt by Sir John Monash in 1913. Its abutments failed, people on the land was a first conrendering the bridge unusable by 1940. sideration. safety.

The general idea is that it billy was slung and a fter a cup of monuments of efficiency, in the far The land.on the Cremona Estate would carry any weight from 50 to off time when the yet unbor n will be tea and a snack, the test began. was as good as any that could be 100 tons. in their (old) age, for the life of a The test consisted in hauling a two At the conclusion of the test, Cr got. Much of it was equal to to the concrete bridge is believed to be in- ton wagons with 12.tons of earth on Edwards said he was caught with a best at Orbost, which produced up terminable, while the life of the it, across .the bridge. to 130 bushels of maise to the acre. wooden structure is limited to 19 The bridge stood the test without surprise.

They had the soil though not the He was a bit disappointed at not years. a tremor. rainfall. There was no fault with the being able to carry out his intent ion.

Twelve to ns was to be the test.

As there was no opport unity for soil in this district. There was only an official municipal banq uet, the Fifteen tons went across in perfect During the week he had been away one great fault with Cremona, and attending the annual meeting of the Municipal Association and he was that was the flood danger.

This he hoped would soon be on his way home when he was stopped at the Cathkin stationby Mr remedied. The opposition had been Short, who said the bridge was to be an official one. The estate, if protected from floods, would be a valutested and opened tihat day.

■ Cr Joseph Edwards, Alexable property.

He was sorry that he had not been andra Shire President in 1913, The only hope for this district will able to carry out his original was said to prefer the direct apbe in the government doing their duty intention.He had intended to have proach. invited the councillors of the nei- by constructing the Sugarloaf water The Alexandra Shire Presidents ighboring shires to an official open- storage. book, published last year by He then called on Cr Murray (exing.

Murrindindi Shire Council, says: president) who said he was pleased He was anxious for them to see “Joseph was born on October he new system introduced into bridge to be present to see the bridge 22, 1863 at Somersetshire, Enerection. However, the company opened. gland, to parents Joseph Edwards There was much difference of present could see the new idea. and Elizabeth (Eliza) (nee) opinion.

Some had been very free in His position all through as a shire Hardwick. councillor was that it was better to their criticism. The Shire did not In Australia, he married have permanent works, even if they construct the bridge. That honor Blanche Mary Fry (b1866) at did cost a little more, than works must go to the Closer Settlement Christ Church, Geelong on Sepwhich had to be renewed every few Board. tember 25, 1889.

The bridge had cost £2000. The years.

He farmed at Bushy Park, Many councillors still adhered to Board of Works a special of £300 Briagolong, Gippsland, until 1903, ● Cr Joseph Edwards, the old system. He was against works Th'e C.S.B. gave £1200. The balduring which time he was an unAlexandra Shire President which had to be done again in a few ance was lent by the C.S.B. for the successful aspirant for parliamenin 1913, 1921 and 1928 years. completion of the bridge or any other tary honours and a Shire CouncilPhoto: Thelma Edwards In this conttention lie had been necessary work in connection with lor at the Maffra Shire.

They travelled back to England to promote the idea of the Shire pur- supported by Cr. Murray. There was the bridge. The district had beneno man living now who would see titted. for two years before moving to chasing a light grader and was a the last of the work before them.

He had always been opposed to Alexandra where they purchased strong advocate of a road being esIn his opinion it was their duty to the purchase of this estate. There a 640-acre property from the tablished from Eildon to Jamieson show a successful work like that were other properties in the shire far Robertson family in Acheron to take the place of the road subbridge to their fellow citizens. more sultable. which they went on to own until merged by Eildon Weir.

He could say to those present, The lack of applicants showed 1976.

One of his last duties was in ac"you have seen the test and it was that the property was not desirable.

He appeared in court regarding companying colleagues to satisfactory."

Their only hope for the estate was in wire stolen from his property in Melbourne on December 18, 1929 A thorough test had been made. the construction of the Sugarloaf. In 1910 and during the case he de- to urge the Country Road Board clared that he was a farmer at (CRB) to make available money The engineer had watched very the future this block maty be an ideal careone, but it in not at present.

Acheron. from Federal Grants - necessary fully. He had noted that there was However, it has been purchased, Joseph was a good friend and to construct the Eildon-Jamieson not a tremor. It would be a good thing and the Board must do the best it colleague of Cr Wylie who in 1928 Road. if they had more of that class of work, can with it. acknowledged their differences He died before it was built and both for the shire and the state at This outlet by the bridge possibly over time but mentioned how Cr died on September 30, 1930 at a large. was not the cheapest because an Edwards was 'up in municipal mat- private hospital in Melbourne and Those present knew the reason outlet could have been on to the other ters and should not be easily was buried at the Alexandra Cemfor the erection of t he bridge. The road; but it was part of the bargain. bluffed.' etery.

Closer Settlement Board had bought The bridge gave the settlers acIn the same article, Joseph He left a wife and four children: the Cremona Estate. cess to the nearest railway station. It stated how 'he was now in his 21st William, Laura, Edith and Colin.

The disposil of that property had was the best road out. year as a Councillor' and that 'he William later served as a Shire not been a success up to the present.

Cr Gartlan said he was pleased had served a period of six years in President.

There were reasons for the partial to be present. The most unsatisfacthe Maffra Shire.'

At the funeral it was stated how tory feature to him was the fact that He was not considered a tacti- Joseph had served 23 years as a failure.

In time those reasons will lie re- there was not sufficient trattfic to cian, always following a direct Councillor. His funeral was well “The land was not eagerly warrant such a structure. The real course. attended by his family, peers and moved. sought after” first, because of the trouble was not with the Board, but Joseph was one the first people the broader community. need of the bridge to reach the ra- in the Act.

Direct approach

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Newspaper was often 3-4 days late ● First published on January 4, 1890 ■ A novel and unique social gathering took place on' Tuesday, the 24th ult, when a number of prominent businwssmen of the town assembled at the office of the Alexandra Standard on the invitation of Mr Owen (foreman) and staff.

The affair was annonced as a “Biscuit Social”, and was tendered to Mr Gordon, the proprietor of the

of the paper, as a token of respect and esteem from his employees.

The office had been gaily decorated with evergreens and flowers, and looked exceedingly cool and enchanting.

The tables word loaded with the usual delicacies appertaining to such occasions, and their arrangement reflected the highest credit on those who had provided the entertainment.

● Frederick Coster, Alexandra solicitor, was a Shire President, and had been a Kilmore Examiner partner.

Photo: Peter McNab ■ Frederick (Fred) Coster was born in 1827 at New Brunswick, Canada, to parents Frederick Coster and Matilda (nee) Wright.

Fred became a barrister and migrated to Australia in 1852 aboard The Revenue with his cousin Peniston Coster (the ‘Coster’ in Costerfield in Victoria is named after Peniston and Alan Coster).

While applying for a Solicitor's licence, Fred worked as a Clerk of Courts at Kilmore and was one of the first proprietors, as well as Editor of the Kilmore Examiner.

In 1856 he was Treasurer of the Kilmore Race Meeting Committee. In 1858 he married Emma Smith (b1839 Armadale, d1911 Armadale) at St Peter's, East Melbourne and they had five children.

They moved to Woods Point circa 1859 and by early 1868 were living in Alexandra where he was working as a solicitor.

In June 1868 he was Chairman of the Separation Committee which successfully advocated removal of Alexandra District from the control of Mansfield Shire.

He was elected a member of the inaugural Roads Board and served as Secretary at the first meeting of the new board at the Eldorado Hotel on September 2, 1868.

An editorial in the Alexandra Times considered Fred to be the most ‘useful’ member of the new Board due to his previous experience and knowledge of the Local Government Act. Fred was one of the initial Councillors when the Shire was created and was its second President.

Whilst practising locally, he also advertised his services in Melbourne.

By 1890 he had left Alexandra and was living and practising in Benalla where he later served as a Benalla Shire Councillor.

He died at his Mair Street home at Benalla on May 9, 1894, and was buried at St Kilda Cemetery.

An obituary in the North Eastern Ensign stated how he was 'justly held in high repute', as well as describing him as a sound, capable, courteous and gentlemanly man.

It noted how he was 'quick to resent anything approaching indignity' and in matters affecting the welfare of the district he was 'generally active and took a genuine interest in'.

This included the 'advancement of any local industry'. He was descried as not being successful in a monetary sense as he 'scattered his energies and gave more time to public affairs than he practically did to his own’.

- Coster Street, in Alexandra Shire Presidents published by Murrindindi Shire Council

The chair was filled by Mr Owen; who had on his right the guest, Mr Gordon, the present proprietor, and on his left MrA. G. Moon, one of the former proprietors of the journal.

Councillor W. Whiting occupied the vice-chair. An apology was received from Mr F. Wheeler, President of the Shire, who was compelled to be absent through pressure of business.

After full justice hbadbeen done to the edibles, the health of the Queen was drunk with the usual honors.

The chairman then explained thereason why the gathering had taken place.

He said that in New Zealand, where he had resided many years, it was the custom in many of the printing establishments there to hold what was called a ‘waysgoose' - a social meeting between the employers and emnployees, to show the amicable feeling that existed between the two, and he was sure that everyone present would agree with him that re-unions of this nature went a long way towards cementing the good feeling between master and man.

(Hear,hear).

The staff of the Alexandra Standard being small, it was of course impossible to go in for such a vast undertaking as a “wayzgoose", therefore himself and follow employee had hit upon the present plan to show the friendship and kindly feeling that existed between them selves and Mr Gordon.

He could assure the company that as an employer Mr Gordon was all that a workman could wish for(cheers) and he (the chairman) could speak from large experience, having travelled a great deal, and been connected with a numberof offices as journeyman and overseer, he could say without egotism that he never worked for a more generous, a more just, and a more gentlemanly employer than Mr Gordon. (Prolonged.cheering).

Therefore without further eulogy, he would ask all present to drink a bumper success to the Alexandra Standard, coupled with the name of its widely respected and popular proprietor, Mr J. A Gordon. (Cheers).

The toast was drunk with enthusiasm and “He’sa jolly good fellow."

Mr Gordon in responding said that he scarcely knew how to thank the chairman for the flattering manner in which his health had been proposed and the warmth with which it had been, received by the company.

He had great pleasure in testifying to the efficient manner in which the office was conducted.

He never had occasion to interfere with the inside working and had never received a single complaint from the other employee during the twelve months of Mr Owen's management.

Not only that, but when business called him away- which it often didthe wotk of the office went on just as regularly in his absence as during his presence.

This was a great thing to say.

Therefore he sincerely hoped that the day was far distant when a separation would hanve to take place.

In conclusion he would ask them to drink the health of Mr Owen and staff.

The toast was enthusiastically honored, after which Mr Walter Moon obliged the company with a song in his usual happy manner, and Owen responded on behalf of himself and staff, and thanked Mr

Gordon for the eulogistic remarks he had made in reference to himself.

It was a pleasure to work for such an employer and a gratification to know that his labour was appreciated.

As for those under him be could say that they were as willing a lot of lads as he would wish to work with.

Theyhad a considerate employer, and the bondof sympathyexisting between them was being strengthened every day.

Speaking for himself he could say that he had made up his mind to settle down in Alexandra.

He liked the town, he liked the people, and be liked and respected his employer, and honestly hoped that he would be with him as many years as he had already been months.

(Hear hear).

Thechairman then proposed the health of the former proprietor of the journal, Messrs A. G. and W. G. Moon.

The toast having been drunk in the usual manner Mr Moon sen. related his early experiences on the jonrnal, which was of a most amusing character, and wound up with contrasting the present regular manner which the paper was published to the erratic style of the early days.

This could be amply borne out by Mr.George Hall; who, as an early settler, could remember thetime when the “Standard," or "Times," as it was then styled would not appear for two or three-days from its proper date, and then only the advertising pages.

Mr Moon paid a high compliment to Mr Gordon for his untiring energy in bringing the paper to its present state of perfection and usefulness.

Mr W. Moon, as a former partner with Mr Gordon; also dwelt on the vicissitudes and trials of the early days, and stated that the only reason he severed his connection with the journal was in coneseqecnce of his promotion in the government service.

He was truly pleased to see the manner in which the paper had progressed.

Though he was not much acquainted with the mechanical working, yet he could see the vast improvemient that had taken place in every reepect, and he congratulated the present proprietor and statff on the great advance in its appearance, also Mr Owen, who seemed to take a thorough interest in his work, and he could say this fact coupled with the literary talent and energy displayed in its editorial column was making the papcr thoroughly popular throughout the length and breadth of the district (Hear hear).

Dr Jee’s health was proposed, that gentleman having had journalistic experience in other districts.

Dr Joe in reply said that though the toast was unexpected he was pleased that it had been proposed as it gave him an opportunity of sayuing a good word for their worthy chairman. whom, he had known for a number of years, and had never heard him spoken of otherwise than in the highest termas .

Their acquaintance had begun at Charlton - where the speaker had been nstrutiental in stariting a paper.

Mr Owen to his knowledge had charge of that office for some three years, and he could truthfully say that his work was always well and faithfully done and he was therefore glad when he heard that the gentleman

was coming to Alexandra, as he felt that he would prove the right man in the right place (Hear, hear). ht pla eahear).

Mr Hall and Mr. Whiting, as businessmen, said it gave them very great pleasure to testify to the vast improvement that had taken place to the printing department of the Standard under its present management.

Song - Dr Jee. The chairman thanked the. speakers for the. kind manner in which they had spoken ofr him,. and that he that he took their presence there that day to be a compliment to himself, and trusted that it would not be the last occasion in which they might meet under similar happy auspicies.

He would now call upon Mr Hall to propose the health of “The Ladies”, which that gentleman did in his usual humourous manner.

Early days of Roads Board ■ The first meeting of the Alexandra Road Boardwas held at the Corner Hotel on Wednesday, Sep tember 2, 1868.

The following members were present - Messrs. John Peterkin, Henry Perkins, Gerald Pendlebury, Frederick Coster, and James D. Webster.

Mr. F. Coster acted as honorary clerk to the Board temporarily. Mr. Peterkin was elected chairman.

At a meeting held on September 9, 1868, Mr. Thomas Hall was appointed treasurer.

On September 16, 1868, Mr. William Downing was appointed clerk to the Board out of 21 applicants for the position.

A room was rented from Mr. Milligan for use as the clerk's office on the site where the present Shire hall now stands.

Mr. Thomas Aloysius Bourke was appointed valuer to the Board.

At the next meeting (Sept. 23) Mr. W. Villeneuve Smith was appointed the Board's solicitor, and Mr. H. W. Alston dog inspector.

Mr. R. W. S. Greig was appointed surveyor, engineer, inspector of public works and valuer on October 10, 1868.

In all, 44 meetings of the Road Board were held. ★ The first meeting of the Council of the Shire of Alexandra was held on September 7, 1869. ' The following councillors were present: Crs. Peterkin (president), Hall, Kelly, Cronin, O'Rourke, O'Callaghan, Coyne, G. Whiting and Weldon.

Mr. William Downey was ap pointed shire secretary on September 21, and Mr. H. W. Alston rate collector, revenue and dog officer on October 5.

On October 26, Mr. C. Langtree was appointed surveyor, engineer and public works inspector.

At a meeting on March 22, 1870, the land and buildings where the Shire hall now stands were purchased by the council for £ 125.

- First published in September 1922

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300 men on the diggings Visit to Ghin Ghin goldfields

● An 1868 ad for the Commercial Hotel and Music Hall at Ghin Ghin ■ The first issue of the Alexandra “An entertainment in aid of the Times (June 2, 1868) told of the new Kilmore Hospital funds was given Kangaroo gold reef at Ghin Ghin, in the large concert hall of west of Muddy Creek (Yea).

Newbound's Commercial hotel, and “We have just learned that a new upwards of £12 was obtained exclureef called the Kangaroo was dissive of £5 or £6 yet to be collected. covered by Mr Richard Mark An“Certainly those are not the prothony on the 29th ultimo, for which obtained yesterday.” The ne clivities of thieves and vagabonds. he has registered, at Alexandra, a wspaper’s own correspondent of- In every respect the performance last fered a viewpoint of life on the Ghin night was a great success, our amaprospect ing claim.

“The reef is situated within a mile Ghin diggings in 1868: teurs forming an exception to the “Probably there is no gold-field generality of those who seek histriand-a-half of Ghin Ghin. Mr Anthony informs us that while out kanga in the colony of Victoria that has been onic fame. roo hunting he picked up some sur- more grossly misrepresented or foully “Much credit is due to Miss Kate face stone with gold from the out- maligned than the Ghin Ghin dig- Keely, who superintended and arcrop of the reef, and named the reef gings; for considering that we have ranged the after piece of the Area neither parson, policeman, nor offi- Bell, also presiding at the pianoforte, the Kangaroo.”

James Miller, “draper, clothier, cial of any kind (with the exception and during the evening rendering in ironmonger, provision, wine and spirit of our "worthy postmaster"), the min- her usual artistic style some of her merchant”, trading at both Ghin Ghin ers "generally" may be regarded as sweetest songs. and Wood’s Point, advertised the models of propriety and decorum.

“Afterwards dancing was the or“highest price for gold”.

“Such being the case the place der of the night, De Alberts music Also advertising for business was has been very appropriately termed being exquisitely performed on the Fenton’s American Hotel, Grant St, the Palestine or the Holy Land Dig- piano, in the form of duets by Miss Ghin Ghin. It described itself as “the gings.

Keely and Mr Richey. best hotel on the diggings”.

“Some idea may be formed of “The evening's amusement was “The Accommodation is of a most the horror and indignation of our quiet much enhanced by the soul-stirring superior character, and every atten- orderly population on reading a few harmony of the Scotch bagpipes, the tion is paid to those who patronise weeks back in the columns of a Mel- player being a gentleman who has the establishment. bourne journal, not over nice on the had the honor of blowing his pipes “All Wines and Spirits of the Best score of veracity, that we individu- before Her Majesty at Balmoral.

Quality. Good Stabling. Horses let out ally and collectively, were a pack of “It is the intention of the good folk on Hire.” thieves, vagabonds, brothel-house- of Yea to get up a performance also On June 23, the Times reported: keepers, and prostitutes. for the benefit of the Kilmore Hospi“A new rush in alluvial ground has “As regards the latter vice, the tal, on which occasion our amateurs, set in at Ghin Ghin. Particulars as to social evil, thank Providence, is to- assisted by Miss Kate Keely, have locality have not yet reached us. tally unknown here; and last night promised their assistance.

“Behind the Commercial Hotel, proved that the people of Ghin Ghin So much for the social condition Ghin Ghin, a new lead has been are sensitively alive to the finest in- of Ghin Ghin. Our mining interests, struck, and 3 oz to one rub of stuff stincts of human nature. however, are of too much importance to introduce at the fag-end of a letter, but everything appertaining both to alluvial and quartz mining shall be duly chronicled in my next correspondence.

Tesuaday, June 16th, 1868.

“Several parties who left for Bul(Before W. L. Ker, J. D. Webster and G. Pendlebury, Esq's. J.P's.) lock Creek have returned, giving very McDONALD v.TURNER. gloomy accounts of the place.

Case of illegal detention of a dray, value £16. Mr Emerson for com“Letters from mates there repreplainant. sent the diggings to be a failure.

It was proved for complainant that defen dant, having bespoke a dray “An unfortunate digger named from one Shorten, a wheelwright at Ghin Ghin, complainant had done Hodgeson lost his life last Monday the necessary iron work on dray at Shorten's order; that the dray was in in a six foot hole. his possession at his forge; that he had a lien of £10 2s. for his work on it, “He sent up his mate a bucket of and would not give it up until paid; that at ten at night on the 12th inst., dirt to be washed, who on returning defendant had taken the dray away without his knowledge, and had since called down to him, but receiving no refused to return it. answer, went down the shaft, and It was sought to be set up for the defence that the dray had never been found that upwards of two tons of in McDonald's possession, nor out of Shorten's; that Shorten's workearth had fallen in causing instant shop was next door to McDonald's forge; and that McDonald had merely death. made the iron work and delivered it to Shorten, who put it on himself.

“The Rev. Mr MacCarteny, Dean Shorten was called, who swore positively to the above, but on being of Melbourne, intends paying us a cross-examined by Mr Emerson, he had to admit that McDonald had put visit on his arrival in Yea, and, perthe tiers on the wheels, and fixed on other iron work; and (in reply to a forming Divine service. question from his Worship Mr Webster) that the dray when taken away “It will be a pleasure to the Dean was on McDonald's ground outside his forge. to hear sacred music very creditably The Bench found: that any dispute between Shorten and McDonald performed in such an out-of-the-way could not effect the case (his Worship, Mr Webster, remarking that place as Ghin Ghin, and songs to Shorten's evidence was most unreliable), and ordered defendant to give the Creator accompanied with the up the dray to McDonald forthwith, or pay him £16, with £1 18s 6d costs. solemn tones, of the harmonium.”

- Originally published on June 23, 1868 - Alexandra Times

LOCAL HISTORY FEATURE

Ghin Ghin wheelwright takes Yea Court action

■ We have made a personal visit to this gold-field, celebrated for the legal proceedings which have engaged the attention of our courts of law for a considerable time past.

Lately the place has been subjected to one of those dull fits always experienced in every new gold-field.

Within the past few days, however, a considerable reaction has set in, and Ghin Ghin promises once more to be one of the most important gold-fields in this district.

Along the line of the original prospecting claim the ground is being thoroughly worked, and there is still a considerable amount of gold being obtained.

There are at present upwards of 300 men along this line. At right angles to the Palestine lead there are Paddy's Gully, Scotchman's Gully, and several others in which excellent prospects have been obtained from the surface to the bed rock; but at present the water is scarce, and the miners are busy making dams and erecting puddling machines.

Upwards of twenty of such machines are now completed.

The miners are very sanguine as to the future prospects of the locality, and it is fully expected that as soon as there is a supply of water, the yield of gold from these gullies alone will be equal to that of the palmiest days of Ghin Ghin.

The Palestine Creek is being worked for a distance of a mile and-ahalf. At the top of the creek the lead disappears, and at the bottom of the creek it has been followed into a swamp, where from the abundance of water it becomes unworkable.

There are numerous creeks of similar aspect in the neighbourhood, which, however, have been very indifferently prospected.

The impression is that there is yet a large quantity of payable alluvial ground around Ghin Ghin, that will ere long give employment to a large population.

Several important quartz reefs have been lately discovered within a quarter or half-a-mile of Ghin Ghin township, and from the prospects already obtained they promise to become of considerable importance.

A trial crushing of five tons from the City of Melbourne prospecting claim yielded 3 ozs. 1 dwt. to the ton. The reef in this claim was followed from the surface to a depth of thirty feet.

Another shaft at a distance of fifty feet was sunk in which the reef was cut at a depth of sixty-four feet; a third shaft at a further distance of thirty yards has also been sunk, striking the reef at ninety feet.

The trial crushing, as above stated, was taken equally from those three shafts, and this may be considered a fair average of the reef, whick is at present fourteen inches thick.

A distinct parallel reef has been found in this claim, from which good prospects have been obtained.

From the Providence Reef, a quarter of a mile distant from the City of Melbourne Reef, twenty tons of stone have been raised, and will be crushed in a few days.

The quartz is hard and white, but shows gold in the solid. Adjoining this claim are situated the Iron Duke, the Queen, the James I, the Elizabeth, and the Edinburgh claims, in which shafts are now being put down.

The St. Patrick Reef is again at work, and shows good stone. The reefing interest in this place is suffering greatly from tihe want of a crushing machine, the cartage to the nearest machine, which is at Yea, being £1 per ton; adding to this 18s. per ton for carting the stone, the expense becomes so great as to prevent the proper testing of many of the claims now opened—besides during the winter months the road to Yea will bequite impassable, as the Goul burn River must be twice crossed.

Parties who make it their business to erect machinery, might find it to their advantage to visit Ghin Ghin, as there appears to be an excellent opening for the erection of a plant of crushing machinery at that place.

The inhabitants of Ghin Ghin complain bitterly that notwithstanding the large population of the district, and the large amount they contribute to the general revenue in the shape of publicans' and business licences, &c, they have, nevertheless, no police protection.

A memorial on the subject was some time ago forwarded to the proper authorities; the only reply received was to the effect that the place was not of sufficient importance to warrant the stationing of a constable at Ghin Ghin, but that one of those worthy functionaries would be occasionally sent to visit the place.

We fully appreciate the moral effect of the presence of one of those dignitaries of the law; but we very much question whether a fortnightly visit will have sufficient influence in preventing drunken brawls and breaking of heads, which occasionally take place in the midst of such a large population as there is assembled at Ghin Ghin.

- Originally published on June 2, 1868

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NORTHERN METRO CRICKET SCOREBOARD E-GRADE

■ Scores. Round 13. Saturdays, February 10 and 17. Kinglake 89 and 5/87(cc) def by Bundoora Park 3rd XI 4/317(dec).

1st Innings - Kinglake Extras (nb 8, w 1, b 2, lb 2) ............................ 13 Total .............................................................. 89 Overs ........................................................... 32.5 1st Innings - Bundoora Park 3rd XI Extras (nb 11, w 3, b 23, lb 4) ........................ 41 Total .................................................. 4/137 (dec.)

Overs .......................................................... 53.0 2nd Innings - Kinglake Extras (nb 5, w 3, b 7, lb 1) ............................ 16 Total ................................................. 5/87 (dec.)

Overs .......................................................... 54.0 ■ Other Scores: Holy Trinity 3rd XI 94 DJ Wright 36 and 5/88(cc) H Vear 35 def by North Brunswick/Rosebank 4th XI 257 TH Syed 43 M Huda 33 F Dina 33 R Shakaib 30 FM Cheema 30 S Farooqui 27 J Stevens 3/20 J Cloonan 3/44 S Moore 2/34 and 4/118(dec) S Moore 2/16.

Preston Baseballers 3rd XI 222 F La Mendola 53 J Frost 50* JT MacDonald 41 NK KershawRichards 3/22 J Drakopoulos 2/15 def Preston Footballers 2nd XI 136 . Strathewen 2nd XI 7/ 256(dec) def by Preston Druids 3rd XI 7/259.

■ Ladder. 1. North Brunswick/Rosebank, 205.11, 63. 2. Preston Baseballers, 210.85, 55.

3. Preston Druids 3rd XI, 142.69, 49. 4. Strathewen 2nd XI, 208.80, 46. 5. Bundoora Park, 100.48, 33. 6. Holy Tribity 3rd XI, 73.91, 30. 7.

Preston Footballers 2nd XI, 59.87, 21. 8.

Kinglake, 19.20, 3.

■ Fixtures. Round 14. Saturdays, February 24 and March 3. Bundoora Park 3rd XI v North Brunswick/Rosebank 4th XI. Holy Trinity 3rd XI v Kinglake. Preston Footballers 2nd XI v Preston Druids 3rd XI. Strathewen 2nd XI v Preston Baseballers 3rd XI.

DIAMOND VALLEY CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD BARCLAY SHIELD

■ Bundoora 139 N Sharma 35 A Sing 26 B Brewer 26* DB Hennessy 4/22 SA Barker 2/10 UW Hewa Wellalage 2/39 def Old Paradians 129 J Kaminski 6/41 N Sharma 3/12. Rosanna 3/86(dec) N Carlton 50* J Curtis 2/7 and 6/104 def Lower Eltham 81 M Macaulay 3/17 N Pietsch 3/17 M Paolini 2/14 and 9/166(dec) S Dunbar 3/51 M Macaulay 2/30. Epping 167 A Licovski 55 AAmos 41 T Emmins 34 TL Baker 5/36 LS Anderson 4/64 def by North Eltham Wanderers 9/168 J Crook 62 JC Young 29 J Lever 3/28 B Dobbin 2/28. Montmorency 115 T Wise 4/18 G Rigg 2/12 R Wise 2/17 def by Macleod 9/226(dec) T Wise 54 J White 39 R Wise 29 D Falcke 29 R Shaman 3/36 N Weerakkody 2/39 TK Groom 2/45 SJ Noble 2/ 46. Diamond Creek 9/104 CM Salm 2/18 def by Riverside 8/185 CM Salm 72 N Bragg 57 JA Ramsey 3/36 L Campitelli 2/30.

MONEY SHIELD

■ Bundoora United 9/234(cc) M Ross 84 A Hamilton 33 JW Scott 4/62 P Higgins 2/71 def Lalor Stars 84 T Sanjeewa 3/20 A Hamilton 2/ 17 SC Barnett 2/31. Banyule 7/102(dec) BL O'Connor 32 J Henkel 5/19 def Lower Plenty 65 NP Murray 3/5 JA Hannan 3/14 and 2/65 DS Wijemanna 26 S Neary 25* NP Murray 2/7.

Heidelberg 4/203 J Whitcher 67* P Cashen 50 B Smout 39 FW Stewart 33 def Mernda 202 SJ Solyom 61 S Wright 50 J Whitcher 2/24 C Gogerly 2/31. Plenty Power 94 JA Sacchetta 28 M Hogg 3/16 L Wilson 2/11 G Turner 2/31 def

by Eltham 3/96 A Lamont 41* T Luckman 32 C Barclay 2/23. Mill Park 146 AC McLaughlin 32 H Maduwantha 27 SR Velagala 3/17 J Turner 3/30 M Waugh 2/25 def Research Eltham Collegians 100 T Stoneham 3/33 S Ahmed 2/2 H Maduwantha 2/6.

DIAMOND VALLEY CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD MASH SHIELD

■ South Morang 9/177(dec) S Peiris 43 D Wilson 37 AJ Salmon 33 N Blackwood 3/18 D Sadowy 3/53 C Jayaweera 2/43 def Hurstbridge 137 B Riley 4/32 D Tropea 3/5 D Wilson 2/28.

Thomastown 162 L Andrews 63 J Cugnetto 42 JD Deans-Draper 5/48 AJ Nicholls 2/16 def by Laurimar Cricket Club 5/171 AJ Nicholls 45 L Richardson 39 SM Toull 30. Panton Hill 6/ 252(dec) G Motschall 82 J Barton 45 L McInnes 34 M Selleck 30 RS Mendis 2/30 def Whittlesea 109 SM Fitzgerald 3/17 R Hobbs 3/37 R Ford 3/ 40 and 92 R Ford 3/19 J Mill 3/32 SM Fitzgerald 2/25. Thomastown United 96 N Yilmaz 37 G Patterson 26 PT Gaynor 4/12 M Crawford 4/15 and 8/95 def by Greensborough 5/203(dec) T Wellington 66* M Lower 26 RG Patterson 2/61.

B-GRADE

■ Macleod 77 S Fitzpatrick 5/24 M Murphy 2/ 16 def byEpping 174 A Fletcher 50 D Brandt 4/ 41 JT Cleary 2/21 T McKinlay 2/31. Mernda 165 A Greenough 63 D Mercuri 33 C Gedge 4/ 35 L Morgan 3/58 B Lewis 2/45 def by Riverside 9/167 B Gedge 37 S Corcoran 33. Montmorency 7/243 B Symons 118 D Leahy 37* O Anderson 30 LK Sewell 4/64 def Diamond Creek 8/242(cc) A Taylor 90 S Luff 84 J Sedgwick 4/38 AC Scanlon 2/29. Bundoora 138 S Sakpal 27 C Sharkey 5/34 G Flack 4/31 and 6/ 85 D Fisher 37* C Sharkey 2/21 M Zealley 2/26 def by Bundoora United 9/150(dec) RM Slattery 91 M Fullelove 2/26 J Warmington 2/32.

C-GRADE

■ Rosanna 4/105(dec) S Nikolovski 41* D Giuliani 38* G Stewart 3/35 def Mill Park 82 R Knee 37 MW Jackson 4/31 O Toussaint 3/8 and 9/99 RJ Moon 28. Lower Eltham 9/112(cc) R Ackland 25 R Hall 3/25 R White 2/22 B McEntee 2/26 def by Eltham 6/114 K Sheehan 29* S Oakley 27 L Rushton-McCoach 27 S Mitchell 3/18 R McKinnon 2/25. North Eltham Wanderers 8/187(cc) L Baker 40 N Ross 31* AR Mann 27 DJ Equid 3/31 H Frazer 3/49 def

by Heidelberg 2/190 H Frazer 81* J Smith 73 .

Lalor Stars 1/104 C MacDonald 58* def Old Paradians 96 BJ Sergi 25 A Jordanidis 7/38.

D-GRADE

■ Greensborough 57 J Breheny 31 S Cullen 5/ 12 P Hubber 2/6 and 5/104 D Patullo 50* TR McNamara 32 def by Plenty Power 7/156(dec) S Klepp 40* A Coles 27 T Brook 2/20 M Vilchez 2/61. Hurstbridge 160 M Harrington 52 P Holzer Acc 39 N Hoobin 4/35 H Dhillon 3/22 J Hartigan 2/18 def by Riverside 1/165 A Amenta 74* S Weightman 40* B Jurkovic 40. Lower Plenty 3/ 111 BM Rowe 57* def Banyule 101 MW Johnson 25 JW Love 3/18 BM Rowe 2/12 HP Jenkins 2/31. Research Eltham Collegians 9/ 252(cc) J Gallo 102 JA Hardy 77 N Tsimiklis 5/ 64 T Jones 2/73 v Thomastown United.

E-GRADE

■ Riverside 151 N Ellks 26 def by Mernda 186 R Virtue 71 AL Davies 32 G Greenough 27 D Rowley 4/33 CD Drake 2/50. Laurimar Cricket Club 3/151(dec) AC Dickson 56* M Sheedy 56 and 2/33 C Mamidanna 2/23 def Thomastown 81 S Taqvi 28 J Hadjiloukas 3/13 M Taylor 3/18 R Patmore 2/18 and 102 D Pham 33 S Taqvi 31 OW Kamal 3/15 J McAleer 3/15 M Taylor 3/18.

Montmorency 4/138 D Pathania 44* H Buffey 38 S Stewart 28* S Woolcock 2/16 D Kay 2/31 def South Morang 128 M Kay 35 L Gatherer 27 L Snelson 3/7 JH Andrew 2/12 S Woodhouse 2/ 29. North Eltham Wanderers 4/136(dec) N Anderson 60* B Whyte 34 T Rodgerson 2/9 def Panton Hill 76 C Mackay 5/24 S Fraser 4/24 and 0/59 M Brook 41*

F1-GRADE

■ Macleod 104 J Chaperon 26 MR Jackson 5/ 34 C Douglas 3/16 def by Rosanna 122 DC Marsh 39 P Jones 32 H Smith 25 K White 4/48 T Ciarlo 2/4 DD Kovac 2/48. Old Paradians 291 RB Landers 86 DS Leslie 72 SA Rain 29 D Mills 3/35 N Pearce 3/43 def Bundoora 287 D Addamo 102 S Bartlett 77 R Caracella 47.

DIAMOND VALLEY CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD

DIAMOND VALLEY CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD

Banyule 2/119(dec) WG Barnes 61* and 0/52 GF Melton 30* defWhittlesea 36 PJ Barnes 5/ 11 (inc hat-trick) PA Davis 2/2 and 124 D Parker 73 LA Willoughby 3/15 PJ Barnes 2/36. Eltham 6/180 J Pearsell 53 S Luckman 36 M Molony 2/ 36 def Heidelberg 121 B Luker 5/25 JT Armour 2/27.

Hughes 50* RJ Cotterill 3/25 M Radonich 2/5 and 3/15(cc). Lalor Stars Cricket Club 8/119(cc) RB Landers 25 PE Bourke 2/12 J Grant 2/17 def by Rosanna Cricket Club 6/123 J Potenza 33* PE Bourke 28 JD Gravell 25* CG Turner 4/ 15 T Gioskos 2/6.

F2-GRADE

■ Riverside 38 JT Watson 4/4 C Sexton 3/11 AE Poon 2/16 def by Diamond Creek 1 128 G Milner 36 R Putto 25 B Ryan 3/16 A Merrifield 3/25. Mill Park 185 T Johnson 54* T McMaster 44 T McLeod 5/38 H Roberts 3/26 def North Eltham Wanderers 9/117 B Corbin 51 T McMaster 6/16. Diamond Creek 2 62 MI Godinho 2/4 J Baade 2/6 M Marshall 2/7 A Brennan 2/8 and 1/91 A Jarram 50* S Farrar 38* def by Lalor Stars 7/96 CG Turner 27* R Pearce 5/32. Lower Eltham 6/208 MD Hansen 76 A Baddeley-Thompson 44 A Caldera 4/75 def Lower Plenty 8/200(cc) SJ Veal 49 A Caldera 41* JD Mechkaroff 28 A Cole 2/20 S Sinclair 2/ 26 J Spremic 2/35.

F3-GRADE

■ Thomastown def by Epping. Mernda 186 S Fernando 40 D Taylor 38 D Perkins 34 L McMurray 3/29 M Busse 2/45 B Lee 2/50 def

by Bundoora United 3/189 B Gaff 62 M Busse 50* A Van Lohuizen 37. Plenty 7/281(cc) D Buckley 87 T Weir 73 P Tino 27 JC Varvitsiotis 4/70 S Bhasker 3/70 def Old Paradians 57 H Weir 3/7 A Sekhon 3/17 N Pyers 2/8 and 0/96.

Thomastown United v Rosanna 272 JM Attard 43 R O'Sullivan 43 I Gordon 36 AWolczko 35 M Ali 35 J Lalios 3/56 P Sritharan 2/29 S Panchal 2/60.

G1-GRADE

■ Banyule: Bye. Diamond Creek 6/266(dec) F Pizzichetta 98 P Ritchie 80 S Mangin 31 A Sahabandu 4/75 def Macleod 202 M James 55 G Latross 35 F Martucci 29 ML Vassallo 3/22 S Mangin 3/26 AA Elward 2/23. Montmorency 8/391(dec) B Norton 121* DA Barnett 80 S Norton 55 C Scott 36 ID Chesser 2/69 C Veal 2/ 98 def byLower Plenty 90 ID Chesser 35 B McDermott 2/0 T Maxfield 2/20. Lalor Stars 201 J Vasilev 53 M Atmaca 40 J Abbas 31 A Frewin-Macfarlane 2/13 NA Hardy 2/29 def Research Eltham Collegians 162 KA Turner 6/ 40 J Abbas 2/21.

UNDER 18

■ South Morang 77 MG Lachimia 31 A Pannell 3/8 TC Hall 2/8 P Turner 2/11 def by Banyule/ Heidelberg 1/137 LM Sirianni 75* A Pannell 31 Eltham: Bye. North Eltham Wanderers 9/141(cc) T Cotter 32 Z Macciocca 2/21 D Collis 2/21 def by Lower Eltham 4/144 Z Macciocca 41 S Mortell 32 J Hansen 30 R Kofoed 2/16. Research Eltham Collegians 0/119 B Timewell 59* D Poole 52* def Lalor Stars 9/115 S Millar 27 C Walsh-Queay 25 B Timewell 4/15 J Smith 2/18 A Ryan 2/21.

UNDER 16 BLUE

■ Riverside Cricket Club 125 R Gleeson 39 C Skiba 26 A Mitris 2/12 J Ladiges-Tucker 2/18 def by Mernda 8/142(cc) J Bowne 2/6 J Dhillon 2/8 B Ryan 2/18. Banyule Cricket Club 96 DD Mills 35 def by Hurstbridge 6/215(cc) T Cuthbert 91 J Lemire 57* JA Neilson 3/35 LA Pantalone 2/33. Lower Eltham 90 L Macciocca 67 A Crick 2/4 JH Andrew 2/15 C Butcher 2/17 P Watson 2/ 22 def byMontmorency 9/126(cc) B McDermott 27 C Macdouall 3/7 A BaddeleyThompson 2/19. Diamond Creek 9/148(cc) JT Watson 37 F McColgan 3/20 N Willis 2/10 def Research Eltham Collegians 74 JT Watson 2/5 J Boland 2/7 HW Connell 2/9.

UNDER 16 TEAL

■ Laurimar Cricket Club 108 N Welsh 35 Y Gurbaz 5/5 N Naguleswaran 3/16 S Kumar 2/ 19 def Epping Cricket Club 103 S Dhiman 40 EL Frawley 3/27 M Taylor 2/18. Montmorency 59 T Dogger 3/3 MJ Carlyon 3/6 and 6/86(dec) FJ Campbell 2/12 W Addison 2/17 MJ Carlyon 2/31 def by Lower Plenty 8/124(dec) MW

UNDER 14 BLUE

■ Riverside 6/165(cc) W Buckingham 50* B Neave 27* def Banyule 8/164(cc). Eppin 152 A Joshi 62 N Sharma 46 G Khatra 3/21 L Liyanage 2/18 V Sivasubramaniyam 2/21 A Arora 2/22 def by Mill Park Cricket Club 2/153 G Khatra 73* J Bhan 27 V Sivasubramaniyam 25. Panton Hill 7/147(cc) S Tung 75* R Edwards 2/13 B Binion 2/16 JA Coley 2/17 def by Montmorency 157 B Binion 49 B Jones 41 AJ Hogg 3/30 L Homewood 2/10. Whittlesea Cricket Club 140 JD Taylor 52 MR Russell 26 LB Newport 26 S Warrillow 4/5 AAsdagi 2/25 def by Research Eltham Collegians 148 S Warrillow 68 LB Newport 2/6 M Hanlon 2/16.

UNDER 12 BLUE

■ Research Eltham Collegians 110 NJ Bowler 2/12 LR Hobson-Nicholls 2/18 def by Banyule 6/196(cc) F Okalyi 50* BL O'Connor 34* W Waters 25* B Bond 2/22. Riverside 8/149(cc) T Boland 2/16 def Diamond Creek 104 O Gleeson 2/1 D Kirby 2/7. Montmorency 7/ 185(cc) D Rigg 36* DJ Coley 34* J Boyne 26 B Wilson 2/9 def Hurstbridge 9/122(cc) D Rigg 3/ 14 K Keating 2/6. North Eltham Wanderers Cricket Club 7/134(cc) H Kofoed 50* l sodhi 2/ 19 def byEpping 8/147(cc) M Ruwanpathirana 50* L Finlay 3/14.

CENTRAL BOWLS DIVISION SCOREBOARD MIDWEEK PENNANT

■ Scores. Tuesday, February 13. Broadford 84, 14 d Yea 57, 2. Broadford: Jim Hinchcliffe 34, 2. Robert Chapman 22, 0. Ian Mumford 28, 2. Match Total: 84, 4. Side Points: 10. Totals: 84, 14. Yea. Rowland Branch 18, 0. Justin Branch 28, 2. Ruth Hatty 11, 0. Totals: 57, 2. Kilmore 93, 16 d Alexandra 42, 0. Kilmore: Philip Skehan 37, 2. Joan Grindlay 30, 2. Kevin Mayberry 26, 2. Match Total: 93, 6. Side Points: 10.

Totals: 93, 16. Alexandra: Margaret Legge 7, 0.

Terence Livy 16, 0. Robert Benghamy 19, 0.

Totals 42, 0.Seymour VRI 78, 14 d Seymour 60, 2. Seymour VRI: Greg Jones 34, 2. Joseph Purcell 17, 0. Kelvin Towt 27, 2. Match Total: 78, 4. Side Points: 10. Totals: 78, 14. Seymour: Dennis Klein 13, 0. Dale Sellick 29, 2. Peter Holland 18, 0. Totals: 60, 2. Wallan 83, 16 d Eildon 55, 0. Wallan: Peggy Bell 23, 2. Brian Smethurst 36, 2. Peter Glass 24, 2. Match Total: 83, 6. Side Points: 10. Totals: 83, 16. Eildon: Steve Matcham 20, 0. Garry Oliver 12, 0. Rodney McGowan 23, 0. Totals: 55, 0.

■ Ladder. Round 13. 1. Seymour VRI, 145.92, 170. 2. Kilmore, 149.32, 167. 3. Wallan, 113.5, 118. 4. Seymour, 110.34, 118. 5. Eildon, 92.83, 92. 6. Broadford, 82.77, 74. 7. Alexandra, 78.35, 65. 8. Yea, 61.88, 28.

■ Fixture. Round 14. Tuesday, February 20.

Scores not to hand at press time. Alexandra v Seymour VRI. Eildon v Broadford. Seymour v Kilmore. Yea v Wallan.

SATURDAY DIV. 1

■ Scores. Saturday, February 17. Kilmore 119, 16 d Alexandra 77, 2. Kilmore. Noelle Mayberry 45, 2. Philip Skehan 29, 2. Scott Fletcher 17, 0.

John Reimann 28, 2. Match Total: 119, 6. Side Points: 10. Totals: 119, 16. Alexandra. Larry Scott 7, 0. Greg Gilmore 19, 0. Robert Benghamy 33, 2. Graeme Matthews 18, 0. Totals: 77,2. Wallan 102, 14 d Seymour 84, 4. Wallan: Graeme Edmonds 19, 0. Brian Smethurst 29, 2. James Grose 23, 0. Paul Warren 31, 2. Match Total: 102,4.SidePoints:10.Totals:102,14.Seymour:Shaun Houghton 27, 2. Garry Broderick 14, 0. Alison Hall 26, 2. Donald Lawton 17, 0. Totals: 84. 4.

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CENTRAL BOWLS DIVISION SCOREBOARD

YEA TIGERS CRICKET CLUB REPORT

SEYMOUR DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD

EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT RIFLE ASSOC. REPORT

Seymour VRI 113, 16 d Eildon 97, 3. Seymour VRI: Ian Nichols 29, 2. Wayne Flint 29, 2. Moreno Puppa 34, 2. Stephen McGregor 21, 0. Match Total: 113, 6. Side Points: 10. Totals: 113, 16.

Eildon: Rodney McGowan 22, 0. Steven Hall 24, 0. Steve Matcham 23, 0. Lenonado Di-Bella 28, 2. Totals: 97, 2.Broadford 112, 16 d Yea 96, 2. Broadford: Bruce Radford 18, 0. Robert Chapman 27, 2. Denise Hogan 32, 2. Jim Hinchcliffe 35, 2. Match Total: 112, 6. Side Points: 10. Totals: 112, 16. Yea: Rowland Branch 33, 2. Justin Branch 15, 0. James Levee 17, 0.

Ruth Hatty 21, 0. Totals: 96, 2.

■ Ladder. Round 14. 1. Kilmore, 146.01, 192.

2. Alexandra, 128.83, 171. 3. Seymour, 104.89, 155. 4. Broadford, 96.34, 132. 5. Wallan, 106.78, 130. 6. Eildon, 95.41, 85. 7. Seymour VRI, 7.65, 68. 8. Yea, 63.99, 57.

A-GRADE ■ Saturday saw Yea travel to Tallarook for day one of a two-day match, in what is a crucial game with Yea's finals prospects well and truly on the line.

Yea won the toss and elected to bat first on what appeared to be a good batting pitch.

The Tigers started poorly with regular top order wickets hampering their progress, slipping to be in real trouble at 5/47.

Only opener Michael Waghorn (18) was able to spend any considerable time in the middle.

However, at this point Ryan Akers (44) and Darcy Pell (23) came together to launch a rescue mission, with Akers hitting the ball crisply and Pell solid in defence, putting on a 60-run partnership to lift Yea up over 100 and get them back into the game.

Yea had a further collapse, losing three quick wickets to put Tallarook back on top.

A late innings partnership between Pell and Andrew Chisholm (17) pulled Yea up to a competitive total of 144 before being dismissed.

Tallarook had a 20-over session to face at the end of the days play, and they made a brisk start, with boundaries coming freely in the opening overs.

Skipper Tarran brought himself into the attack and found instant results, claiming a wicket in his first over.

No further wickets went down in the remaining overs, however the scoring was slow, with Tallarook finishing on 1/49 at the end of the day's play.

The Tigers will know they need to bowl exceptionally well to push for victory next Saturday.

- Andrew Chisholm B-GRADE ■ B-Grade this week played their last game of the season at home against the Seymour Royals.

The Tigers won the toss and elected to bat first, but things started off scratchy losing two wickets early.

Andrew Butterworth and Ash Walsh went about the rescue mission taking the attack to the Royals bowlers with a partnership of 63.

Walsh fell to a ball that stayed low on 25 and Butterworth fell a few overs later on 39.

Patrick Evans and Alan Pell put on a match winning partnership of 110 with both players making fantastic 50s.

The Tigers finished on a good score of 211.

Lachy Beattie and Brad Clements both bowled quickly and were swinging the ball which made it hard for the Royals batters to get starts.

Early wickets fell and the tigers were on the attack. Aaron Miller bowled well to take two wickets and Ash Walsh cleaned up the tail nicely.

The Royals were bowled out for 105 in reply.

It was a good win for the Tigers who finished off the last three games with two wins and a wash out.

The Yea Tigers Cricket Club would like to thank all players who played this year in what was a hard year to get two teams on the track.

The B-Grade team finished ninth on the ladder and will come back bigger and better next year.

- Andrew Butterworth ■ The club hosted its major social function on Saturday night, their ‘Cocktail Night on the Goulburn’, with the night being a massive success having around 80 people in attendance and a great night had by all. The Club would like to thank everyone who came along to support the event.

Topham 27 N Woods 3/36 MJ Collier 2/15 C Berry 2/19 J Connell 2/34. Tallarook 1/49 v Yea Tigers 144 R Akers 44 L Watts 4/41 W Dundon 4/45.

Ladder: 1. Broadford, 142.12, 51. 2. Avenel, 110.01, 45. 3. Tallarook, 108.45, 36. 4. Yea Tigers, 85.72, 36. 5. Kilmore, 96.71, 30. 6.

Nagambie, 68.46, 18.

B-GRADE Flowerdale 4/202 P Kerr 65 P Hargood 65 def Eastern Hill 8/196(cc) DG O'Sullivan 36 KJ Grant 35* T Peacock 26 C Wilson 3/36 G Hourigan 2/10 SP Kerr 2/34. Kilmore 162 M Davern 34 LJ Zelvys 32 B Buttler 25 J Bruce 2/ 27 J Smith-Williams 2/30 T Muir 2/35 def by Tallarook 4/201(cc) D Short 68* J Smith-Williams 62 D Fisher 41. Puckapunyal def Avenel.

Pyalong 7/203(cc) G Thomson 82 dj zoch 72 D McLarty 2/26 L Singh 2/34 drew Seymour 9/ 203(cc) JR Noonan 35 S Van Duinen 35 B Pointon 33 MC Woldhuis 25 MJ wilkins 3/27 C Wittig 2/45. Yea Tigers 214 P Evans 54 A Pell 53 A Butterworth 39 def Royals 104 L Beattie 3/ 14 B Clements 2/5 A Walsh 2/5. Alexandra 4/ 133 J Purcell 47* B Cooper 37 J Vilinskis 2/17 KD Hippisley 2/30 def Broadford 9/131 N Tyers 71* J Leary 5/15 B Cooper 2/9.

Ladder: 1. Alexandra, 192.66, 87. 2. Pyalong, 127.57, 72. 3. Broadford, 149.71, 69. 4. Seymour, 119.47, 66. 5. Tallarook, 134.75, 60. 6. Kilmore, 124.74, 60. 7. Eastern Hill, 123.91, 60. 8.

Puckapunyal, 79.41, 42. 9. Yea Tigers, 77.26, 30. 10. Flowerdale, 53.75, 27. 11. Avenel, 38.91, 12. 12. Royals, 41.43, 3.

C-GRADE Kilmore: Bye. Nagambie 3/163 B Taylor-Lloyd 59 WA Ulrich 36 J Boyer 33* def Broadford Red 6/160(cc) R Carman 59 D Meek 36* WA Ulrich 3/26 J McKeown 2/10. Puckapunyal Nomads 84 D Chegwidden 4/31 LT Woodhall 2/8 P Brooks 2/18 def by Puckapunyal Wanderers 8/130(cc) T Mott 3/21 A Blaxland 2/27.

Broadford Black 9/112(cc) H Sherwood 3/26 M Hall 2/24 def Eastern Hill 82 B Fleming 3/ 19. Seymour Maroon 6/223(cc) def by Seymour Gold 3/230. Alexandra 1/170(cc) R Malcolm 100* D Burns 40* def Pyalong 7/158(cc) R Fairweather 67 MT Pratt 26* T Polson 2/24 D Burns 2/28.

Ladder: 1. Nagambie, 117.84, 63. 2. Broadford Red, 149.05, 57. 3. Puckapunyal Wanderers, 117.45, 57. 4. Pyalong, 115.66, 57. 5. Broadford Black, 131.13, 54. 6. Eastern Hill, 171.39, 51. 7.

Alexandra, 92.55, 51. 8. Seymour Maroon, 87.33, 9. Kilmore, 76.48, 39. 10. Seymour Gold, 61.84, 27. 11. Puckapunyal Nomads, 47.53, 27. 12.

Royals, 36.43, 0.

UNDER 16 Broadford 0/71 G Sharpe 42* def Eastern Hill 67 C Ball 3/16 J Meek 2/2 T Frazer 2/9 R Guinelly 2/10. Alexandra 9/181(cc) DL Malcolm 75* D Jack 35* H Townsend 3/15 D Kerrigan 2/7 def Kilmore 157 R Cook 52 D Pearson 30 S Partridge 26 D Jack 2/14 DL Malcolm 2/22 J Southam 2/27 J Geldart 2/32.

Ladder: 1. Alexandra, 190.27, 57. 2. Broadford, 99.14, 57. 3. Eastern Hill, 155.20, 54. 4. Kilmore, 43.67, 36. 5. Yea Tigers, 57.68, 30.

UNDER 14 Eastern Hill 4/72 R Gardner 33* P McDonald 2/12 def Kilmore 5/64(cc) S Thomson 2/4.

Broadford 7/81(cc) S Khan 3/4 def by Nagambie 9/102(cc) J Moore 34* R Nolan 2/4.

Ladder: 1. Eastern Hill, 240.69, 63. 2. Broadford, 94.44, 57. 3. Nagambie, 99.37, 48. 4.

Kilmore, 85.48, 36. 5. Avenel, 50.92, 30. 6. Yea Tigers, 0.0, 0. 7. Alexandra, 0.0, 0.

It seemed the Wednesday shoot was an opportunity to clear things out before trying for some good scores on Saturday.

No less than six shooters shot the possible score for their class and one, Graeme Kerr, shot a double possible.

Graeme’s score was 60.9 and 60.8 that is only 0.3 points off the possible score of 120.20 a fantastic effort with the one errant shot being only a few millimetres out of the maximum scoring zone in the 60.9.

Peter Daldy shot a 50.3 in the target rifle division where the maximum score is 50.10.

The other maximum scores in F class were recorded by Rosco Davis 60.4, Neal Hambridge (with his brand new gear) 60.6 and one of our over eighties Norm Linehan 60.3.

All shoots were influenced by that Violet Town wind but it seems the shooters are learning how to effectively judge the influence of the win on their shots by these conditions.

Graeme Kerr has been reviewing the size of the groups shot and 12 of the shoots had a vertical group that were less than 82 mm in elevation with one group less than 32mm in elevation at 500 yards.

The best part of the analysis is that Graeme could add objective comments as to why some of the groups were bigger than desired, information that is critical to improve precision shooting.

The outstanding part of the week was that everyone enjoyed themselves as they applied the learning from previous shoots to good effect.

It also proved that age is no barrier to precision shooting as Norm Linehan and Geoff James came through with good scores and both will celebrate their 82 birthday this year.

Peter Daldy put in extra work over the past couple of weeks to help convert some recycled artificial turf into a very sound and pleasant shooting surface at the 500 yard mound, thanks Pedro and your band of helpers as the work has made a major difference to mound and improved the amenity of the range considerably.

The scores for this week were for Wednesday 14: Target Rifle Peter Daldy 49.4. F Class Standard A grade Graeme Kerr 59.07 and Peter Daldy 51.01. F Class Standard B grade Richard Godden 25, 54.1,54.2 +133.3, Robert Irving 56.4, 53.1 = 109.5 and Brian Houlihan 46.2, 50.2 = 96.4. F Open Neal Hambridge 56.1, 57.1, 56.3, 52 = 221.5.

Saturday February 17. Target Rifle: Peter Daldy 50.3, 47.2 = 97.5. F Standard A class Graeme Kerr 60.9, 60.8 =120.17, F Standard B Grade: Brian Houlihan 57.5, 57.3, 56.5 = 170.13, Rosco Davis 48.2, 60.4, 58.4 = 166.10, Richard Godden 56.5,49.1, 49.1 = 154.7, Rodger King 56, 57.4 = 113.4 and Geoff James 48.12, 53.2 = 101.3. F Open Neal Hambridge 55.2, 60.6, 55.2, 55.4 = 225.14 and Norm Linehan 55.2, 60.3 = 115.5.

A glance across the scores shows considerable improvement by all and for the club a very consistent team score, well done and well done also to everyone who ensured that a day at the range is a day of fun and relaxation while providing a challenge to find those extra couple of points.

New shooters are most welcome to join in and they are encouraged to check the clubs shooting calendar on the ECDRA web site - just type ECDRA into your search engine, for details of the next shoot.

- Robert Chaffe

SATURDAY DIV. 2

■ Scores. Saturday, February 17. Kilmore 82, 16 d Broadford 49, 0. Kilmore: Peter Croft 27, 2. David Taffe 30, 2. Mark Hodgson 25, 2.

Match Total: 82, 6. Side Points: 10. Totals: 82, 16. Broadford: John Fitzgerald 16, 0. Hannah Green 18, 0. Wendy Reardon 15, 0. Totals: 49, 0. Seymour 70, 13 d Wallan 65, 3. Seymour: Dorothy Malin 23, 1. Kenneth Malin 27, 3. Jane Wall 20, 0. Match Tota: 70, 3. Side Points: 10.

Totals: 70, 13. Wallan: Team 1, 23, 1. Team 2, 19, 0. Team 3, 23, 2. Totals: 65, 3.

■ Ladder. Round 15. 1. Kilmore, 147.82, 198.

2. Seymour, 123.76, 156. 3. Wallan, 97.69, 125.

4. Broadford, 100.4, 113. 5. Alexandra, 84.07, 100. 6. Seymour, 1.76, 28.

KINGLAKE CRICKET CLUB REPORT ■ Round 13 for the NMCA was played over two Saturdays on February 10 and 17.

The E-Grade Sault Shield game was contested between Kinglake and Bundoora Park's 3rd XI at the Kinglake Memorial Oval.

Bundoora Park needed an outright win to obtain enough points to get them into a position for the possibility of playing in the finals which are only a couple of weeks away.

On the first day Kinglake won the toss and elected to bat first.

After 32.5 overs of concentrated, accurate bowling Bundoora had dismissed Kinglake for 89 runs.

Kinglake's batmen's scores were as follows: Alex Hybinett 0, James Edwards 10, Jason Gaffee 44, Simon Andrews 8, James Gibbs 0, Nick Stella 10, Ken Aitken 1, Lachlan Martin 1, Declan Walters 2*, Josh Green 0 and Keith Martin 0 with 13 extras.

Bundoora Park then had 37 overs to face which they used to good effect and at stumps were 3/209 giving them a lead of 120 runs.

Come the second day and Bundoora decided to continue their innings.

They batted for 16 overs and proceeded to slap the ball to all parts of the ground before declaring at 4/ 317.

This gave Kinglake a target of 228 in 54 overs to make them bat again - an unlikely prospect this season.

It was the 15th over before Alex Hybinett lost his wicket, bowled by D. Hallyburton for 3 runs having faced 41 balls in a partnership with James Edwards that produced a grand total of 8 runs. James was the next to go, 10 runs from 62 balls. 2 for 23 in the 21st over. Jason and Simon Andrews then helped the total to grow to 63 before Jason was caught in the 40th over for 36 runs from 66 balls faced. Simon was a rock standing against the storm of bowlers and had partners in James Gibbs (3 from 18 balls) Nick Stella (2 from 9) and Ken Aitken (1* from 9).

At the end of the 54 overs of play prior to stumps, Simon remained 16*, having faced 118 balls from Bundoora Park's eight bowlers.

- Bruce Stonehouse

SEYMOUR DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD A-GRADE Avenel 126 H Wheeler 57 v Nagambie 2/44.

Broadford 1/18 v Kilmore 140 M Rose 45 S

EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT RIFLE ASSOC. REPORT ■ This week the East Central District Rifle Association Inc.were able to get two days of shooting due to the kind weather but even then shooting was confined to the cooler part of the day.

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Developers Take Note! :• Rare opportunity to purchase 7.65Acres 3.1HA • Council approved 30 lot sub-division in the township of Eildon • Current plans and planning permits available • Flat allotments ranging from 626 sqm to 1778 sqm $460,000

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Country lifestyle on 30 acres:• Light and bright 3 bedroom brick home plus studio • Magnificent views, wonderful garden with fruit trees • Ample sundry sheds and Lock-up colorbond shed • Water bore, 3 dams and 7 tanks $625,000

Lifestyle Living with Magnificent Views:• Immaculate 3 bedroom home on 3 Parklike Acres • Open plan living with magnificent views • Huge lock-up color bond shed • Town water, 12000lt water tank $550,000

Alexandra

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Investors/first home buyers:• Fantastic first home on a huge block of land • 3 bedrooms, large lounge and kitchen meals area • Huge lock-up shed and double carport • Superb location, walking distance to shops, parks and schools $250,000

Sales Specialists I Belinda Hocking 0418 115 574 Sales and Property Services I Jessica Bates 0437 533 236 Property Management I Sarah Brockhus 0457 537 222

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Entertainers Delight • Solid Brick home on apprx 1432m2 corner block • 3 bedrooms plus study / 4th bedroom • Master with ensuite and walk in robe • Lovely entertaining area with large shed and dbl carport. $385,000

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This 1950s solid brick home is as original as first built with some necessary touches including 3 rev cycle split systems and covered deck at the rear.

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FOR SALE $380,000

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