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■ The State of Emergency in Victoria is being extended for another four weeks to give the Victorian Government the powers it needs to keep slowing the spread of coronavirus and save lives.

Premier Daniel Andrews announced that the State of Emergency declared last month would be extended until midnight, May 11, to continue the measures designed to ‘flatten the curve’ of coronavirus and give our health system the best chance of managing the virus. The State of Emergency was originally due to expire on April 13.

■ Communities of Warburton and Yarra Junction can now access a defibrillator any time of the day or night on their main streets thanks to the Upper Yarra Community Enterprise, and the Warburton and Yarra Junction Community Bank branches.

A public access defibrillator has been installed adjacent to the ATM at the front of each of the branches in an initiative to give back to the community as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of community banking in the Upper Yarra region.

Power for officers

■ Local artists Mary-Lou and Chris Pittard last week installed the Welcome Walk artwork at Eltham North Adventure Playground.

Welcome Walk

■ Under a State of Emergency, Authorised Officers, at the direction of the Chief Health Officer, can act to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health by detaining people, restricting movement, preventing entry to premises, or providing any other direction anAO considers reasonable to protect public health.

There are only four reasons to leave your home: food and supplies, medical care and caregiving, exercise, and work or education.

Police can act

■ Police have strong powers to enforce directions and can issue on the spot fines, including up to $1652 for individuals and up to $9913 for businesses.

Under the State of Emergency people who don’t comply could also be taken to court and receive a fine of up to $20,000. Companies face fines of up to $100,000.

Since March 28 Victoria Police have conducted 19,303 spot checks at homes, businesses and non-essential services across the state and issued more than 900 fines.

Politicians speak

■ Dan Andrews, Victorian Premier, said: ““There are positive signs our efforts are working – but if we relax now, our hard-won gains will evaporate and people will die.

“This is an unprecedented crisis – we need to extend the State of Emergency to help slow the spread of the virus, protect our health system and save lives,” MrAndrews said.

“This is the biggest public health challenge we’ve faced in our lifetimes, that’s why it’s so important that these measures remain in place – without them our health system will be overwhelmed," said Jenny Mikakos, Minister for Health.

No boating

Windrows burn

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● Marysville SES attended a highway incident on Sunday (Apr. 12).

“If you are experiencing financial hardship, ■ A Marysville SES crew of four turned out to clear this large gum tree from the Maroondah please call our rates team on 9433 3285 for a confidential discussion.

Hwy in Buxton on Sunday (Apr. 12).

“I encourage you to look out for one another, A local residen helped by bringing along a check on family, neighbours, the elderly and small tractor to help clear the debris.

Traffic control was put in place to allow one anyone who might be alone or doing it tough lane to stay open while Unit members worked. during this time.”

Nillumbik Council’s Economic Development team is offering support for local businesses. Council’s Visit Nillumbik Facebook ■ Rania Maxwell, MLC for Northern Victoria, page @visitnillumbik is getting behind issued a statement after Catholic Cardinal Nillumbik businesses with a Stay Home, Shop George Pell’s conviction for alleged child sex Local campaign.

Chief Executive Officer Carl Cowie said offences was overturned by the High Court.

“I will not speak directly to the decision of while many staff were working from home, it the High Court, but want to acknowledge that was business as usual behind the scenes.

“Our teams are committed to providing our many survivors of sexual abuse will be feeling community with the best possible service durvery distressed,” Ms Maxwell said.

“To all survivors, I say thank you for having ing these difficult times,” he said.

Council’s essential services such as kerbside the strength and courage to come forward and allowing yourselves to be brave and vulnerable. landfill, recycling and green waste collections “Your courage will help others to come for- as well as booked kerbside hard waste collecward and expose the abuse they have experi- tions are continuing as normal. Council maintenance services and call-out services are also enced.

“No abuse can ever be excused, and nor continuing.

Services for older and vulnerable residents should it. The suffering that victims endure is for many a life sentence, secretly held within including delivered meals, domestic assistance, personal care, social support, and respite care the confines of the trauma they experienced.

“No survivor of sexual abuse should ever are operating as usual.

“Through a partnership with Woolworths, our have to go through the agonising pain of not bedelivered meals clients are also receiving toilet ing believed, or validated.

“To all victims I urge you to continue to speak paper supplies with their meals delivery. ”Our teams are staying in touch with Social out against those who abuse you. This is the only way it can help to stop abuse and prevent it Connections groups and Community Transport clients and volunteers to provide support and from happening to others.

“I want to send my heartfelt sympathy to all keep them connected.

“Our Maternal and Child Health team are who were awaiting a different outcome from continuing critical appointments for babies as today’s appeal,” Ms Maxwell said. well as using Skype to provide breastfeeding and parenting support.

“Our customer service team is available to ■ Nillumbik Shire Council says it is continu- answer any queries on 9433 3111, Monday to ing its efforts to help limit the spread of the Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.

For the latest information on Council facilicoronavirus disease, while supporting the comties, services and programs go munity during this difficult time.

In an important update, to support the safety nillumbik.vic.gov.au and follow Council’s of the community in accordance with the cur- Facebook page @nillumbikcouncil rent health and safety guidelines, many of Council’s non-essential facilities, services and programs are closed and Council-run events cancelled until at least the end of May, with the ■ Eastern Volunteers has commenced a Volunteer Bank to redeploy paid and volunteer likelihood that this will be extended.

Mayor Cr Karen Egan said the health and workforces and interested individuals as volunwellbeing of the community and Council staff teers in response to COVID. Working with local government from Yarra was a priority.

“Council is committed to reducing the risk of Ranges to Manningham, Eastern Volunteers is the coronavirus spreading and we urge residents amassing volunteers who can contribute to emerto stay home and follow the recommendations gency strategies through Council’s COVID of the state and federal governments,” Cr Egan Emergency planning.

These volunteers are also able to fill the volsaid.

“Council is aware of the devastating impacts unteer workforce gaps for not for profit agenthis pandemic is having on families, individuals cies during this period.

Eastern Volunteers has utilised this and businesses. In response, we have in place relief measures to help alleviate some of the workforce in its own community transport services as it re-engineers its transport to take food stress many of you are experiencing.

“We have temporarily suspended debt col- and medicines to people who cannot leave their lection activities and interest will not be charged homes.

Phone Eastern Volunteers on 0419 092 155 for overdue rates or other payments through to September 30, with a further review at that point. or email lee.barker@easternvolunteers.org.au

Pell decision

Nillumbik efforts

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● Signs were erected around region waterways to declare that boating had been banned because of the pandemic.

■ Buxton CFA responded to a large column of smoke in the vicinity of Cook Track, off Mill Creek Rd and below the Black Range Rd on Good Friday (Apr. 10).

VicFire advised there was no registered burn-offs southwest of the township.

Buxton Tanker 2 located the fire on a property at the end of Passings Lane where a large parcel of private land had been cleared for grazing and numerous windrows had been ignited.

The burns were being managed by a local contractor who had been advised by the property owner, not on site, that the owner had registered the burn.

Yea Angling Club

■ All YeaAngling Club meetings and comps are also cancelled until further notice An extra chain and padlock has been put onto the Club’s gate to make sure no one is entering the club grounds.

$14,232 tally

■ The Yea total for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal exceeded $14,000. Some $12,500 was raised prior to the event, and a further $1732.46 was collected from the donations to the Virtual Tin shake, led by Lyndal Tait and the O’Halloran family and their supporters.

Black Spur works

■ Works continue this week on the Maroondah Hwy on the Black Spur between Narbethong and Healesville. Closures are daily, Monday to Thursday, for tree removal works from 9.30am to 3.30pm.

Detour: Use the Melba Hwy to Yea, Goulburn Valley Hwy to Alexandra and the Maroondah Hwy to Narbethong. Note this detour could add up to 90 minutes to your journey.

Vale Ricky Sills

■ Ricky Sills passed away at 2.40am on Saturday. Helena was with him as he went peacefully. He was Foundation Master of the Plenty Valley No 703 Lodge. He was aged 74.

Beyond Blue

■ The Victorian Government’s mental health package includes extra funding to a range of existing mental health services and organisations experiencing surging demand, including Lifeline, Kids Helpline and Beyond Blue.

Beyond Blue Chair Julia Gillard said the package was a thoughtful response that recognised the needs of the whole Victorian community and those of people facing particular disadvantage.

S. Morang moves

■ Intermittent long-term lane closures are in place outside of peak times between Bush Boulevard and Bridge Inn Road at South Morangt until mid-2021, says the Department of Transport.

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The McEwen electorate is to lose a hardworker. Renee PopeMunro, part of MHR Rob Mitchell’s office at Wallan, is moving to be part of Bill Shorten’s team. Jeni Emmins, Hailey Emmins and Will Clancy will continue to oper● Renee ate Mr Mitchell’s ofPope-Munro fice.

Helen Haines, Indi MHR, has pro posed a motion that would establish a Joint Select Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic Health Response. The Committee would be made up politicians from all sides with expertise or experience in health and health-related fields. The Committee would have the power to conduct public inquiries and compel the production of documents. It would look specifically into the National Cabinet, the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee and the Chief Medical Officer.

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Geoff Pope has voiced ideas for Marysville tourism operators to promote themselves to Melbourne visitors after the pandemic travel restrictions have been lifted: “So Marysville, where art thou, and are we preparing and thinking creatively for this new scene and opportunities? The current Royal Auto, a very large readership of cashed up readers and seniors with time to spare, had around 20 regional towns declaring their special reasons for visiting them. – alas no mention of Marysville or its attractions (and that would have been free promotion).

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Kinglake SES Unit members have thanksed local residents for their understanding during the pandemic restrictions. “We'd like to thank those who have called on us for help for their patients. Because of Covid-19 we have had to break the unit up into smaller teams to ensure the longevity of us being able to continue providing the service we do. The less members potentially exposed at any one time will help us to continue providing that service. We also want to thank all the people we have attended for sticking to the Social Distancing rules and giving us plenty of space, helping us to stay safe and protecting yourself also. We do want to also assure the community that our vehicles and all equipment used at jobs is completely wiped down and disinfected after every call.”

Diggings Rd in Willowmavin is closed between Coopers Rd (Tomlinson Track) and Mchargs Rd due to major culvert damage during the recent storms. Residents located east of the road closure can access Diggings Rd via Mchargs Rd. Residents located west of the road closure can access Diggings Road via Coopers Road (Tomlinson Track). omlinson Track is an unformed track and may not be suitable for all types of vehicles.

It should be used for local traffic only.

Mitchell Shire Council has performed surface works to temporarily improve the surface condition of Tomlinson Track to provide resident access. Residents are reminded to drive to the conditions of the track and assess their own suitability for the vehicle type. Council is working to undertake repairs as soon as possible, but it is likely this may take several weeks.

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Send your contribution to: editor@LocalMedia.com.au Contributions will be published at the sole discretion of the Editor.

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4000 trees assessed ■ Murrindindi Shire Council Mayor Cr Leigh Dunscombe says that the three storms which hit locally in as many weeks resulted in a huge amount of work, both for residents on their properties and for Council on its land and roadsides.

“There is the immediate danger caused by storms - and there is the cleanup,’ Cr Dunscombe said.

"Of course we know storms can cause trees to fall over or lose branches during the storm itself.

“But there are quite a few ways a storm can affect a tree after the storm has passed.

“Storms can weaken trees, including their root systems.

“They sometimes fall over after the event, or branches could be weakened or could drop but still be suspended within the tree canopy.

“In a lot of cases, the damage isn't always obvious to the untrained eye.

“So Council has been hard

● Cr Leigh Dunscombe at work assessing the condiions of over 4000 trees on Council's land and roadsides for damage and to do tree 'health checks' since the beginning of this year alone.

“Council's arborist has

been working with specialised contractors to assess trees in public spaces, such as roadside reserves, parkland and Council-maintained bushland.

“So far, this assessment has resulted in over 2000 jobs to either treat the trees (which would involve removing potential hazards such as weak limbs) or to remove the tree completely if the damage is too severe to treat. “'It's safe to say we've been very busy over the past few months but the work won't stop there.

“We will continue to be proactive and keep a close eye on the trees in our public spaces.

“If anyone in the community is concerned about the health of a particular tree in a public space, please call Council on 5772 0333 and tell us about it.

“We'll make sure we take a look and see if it unsafe and needs attention', Cr Dunscombe said..

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W’sea helps with hardship ■ The City of Whittlesea has provided financial support to Whittlesea Community Connections, developed a COVID-19 Financial Hardship Policy for all residents, and released initiatives to help businesses during this pandemic.

Administrator Lydia Wilson said this was the first stage of support from the City of Whittlesea to its residential and business communities, with more announcements expected in due course.

“We understand that COVID-19 has caused significant emotional and financial stress across our community,” she said.

“It is our commitment to all residents and businesses in the City of Whittlesea to provide assistance during this unprecedented time.

“As a first step, we have provided $50,000 to Whittlesea Community Connections, which is at the front line, helping our community with practical needs like home delivered food along with information and advice.

“This is in addition to our 10-year commitment to support WCC in delivering services to improve the health, wellbeing and connectedness of residents across the municipality, which was announced in 2018.”

The COVID-19 Financial Hardship Policy is available to all individuals and businesses experiencing financial hardship due to COVID19.

It removes penalties and costs that would otherwise be incurred under normal conditions, via an application process.

“All City of Whittlesea ratepayers who have been financially affected by COVID-19 will be able to apply for a payment plan or, in serious cases, we will consider deferral of rates during the pandemic without incurring interest until June 30, 2021,” Ms Wilson said.

Rates, fees and charges from residents and businesses allow the City of Whittlesea to deliver critical services and other programs to the

■ Murrindindi Shire Councillors Leigh Dunscombe, JackieAshe, Sandice McAulay, Bec Bowles and Eric Lording made appearances in a special 100th birthday greeting for Eildon’s Jeannie Gribble on Sunday (Apr. 12). Council CEO Craig Lloyd added his best wishes.

At Eildon, the CFA and other community members - observing pandemic ‘physical distancing’ - completed a ‘drive-past’ Jeannie’s home to show the community’s respect and best wishes.

Online learning

■ Ivanhoe Grammar School is continuing with online learning for all students from the start of Term 2, beginning yesterday (Tues., Apr. 14).

There will be a small number of families and students where exceptional circumstances will require students to conduct their online learning from the School.

Kellock shutdown

■ The Kellock Lodge Fundraising Committee has cancelled all activities planned for this year until better times come.

The Fundraising Committee earlier this year and reviewed the activities that might be contemplated. These include a Trivia Night, a Concert and wood raffles, with a possible Open Garden at Fallons.

Kellock Lodge is in lockdown, with no visitors and most residents are sheltering, in isolation, in their own homes.

The ‘We Care Appeal’has some 160 individual or family contributors with a total raised of $ 404,938 in sash, and further promises of $ 180,649. The target of $500,000 cash is well in sight.

Melba Hwy closures

■ There are lane closures on the Melba Hwy at Dixons Creek, near Hargreaves Rd for resurfacing works until mid-April, from 7am to 6pm. One lane will remain open with traffic management on site.

Special meeting

● Lydia Wilson, Whittlesea City Council Administrator community.

“We can help those in our community who are struggling to meet the costs of day-to-day life now, without creating additional financial stress when the pandemic is over, and still deliver the services we are here to provide,” Ms Wilson said.

The City of Whittlesea has tripled the number of business mentoring sessions to help local businesses navigate the constantly evolving landscape created by COVID-19 and will implement a range of initiatives to stimulate the local economy.

Dindi surveys businesses ■ Shivaun Brown, Director Community Engagement at Murrindindi Shire Council, is asking business owners and operators to participate in a survey.

“As a registered business owner in Murrindindi Shire, I'd like to ask you to complete a short, eight question survey, to help us understand the challenges your business is currently facing,” Ms Brown said.

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● Shivaun Brown

“To date, our advocacy to both State and Federal governments has been highly effective.

“The information you provide us will be used to further those efforts and make sure our businesses get the support they need and deserve.

“It will also help us design our local support and recovery activities,” Ms Brown told the business people.

■ A Special Council Meeting of Whittlesea City Council was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday, March 17, to adopt the 2020-2021 Budget Initiatives.

This meeting has been rescheduled for 3pm tomorrow (Thurs., Apor. 16).

The closed confidential meeting will be held in the Council Chamber 25 Ferres Boulevard, South Morang.

As the meeting relates to confidential matters, in accordance with the Local Government Act 1989 this meeting will be closed to the public, said Joe Carbone, Acting Chief Executive Officer.

More time to pay

■ Yarra Ranges Shire residents will have more time to pay their rates, says Mayor Cr Richard Higgins.

“For our residents, those with overdue rates for this year will now have until June to pay them, while any land owner can now access payment plans or rates deferral through our Hardship Policy.

“There will also be no penalty interest applied to overdue rates for those that applied through our Hardship Policy.

“We’ve also provided some lease relief for community organisations renting council buildings, with many having their rental fees waived,” Cr Higgins said.

Manager wanted

■ Yarra Ranges Council is seeking an experienced and qualified not-for-profit organisation to occupy, manage and deliver a range of community, and children and family services from its Chirnside Park Community Hub facility, located at 33 Kimberley Drive, Chirnside Park.

The successful submitter would be offered a five-year lease to occupy and manage the premises.

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■ Exactly 100 years ago (Apr. 15, 1920), the Yea newspaper carried comments from the ‘Cantankerous Crank’ calling for prison for spreaders of the common cold.

With ‘phsyical distancing’ in 2020 because of the Coronavirus Pandemic, there are some parallels: “Someone ought to start a campaign against colds.

“Why should a person who is in the grip of a cold or of influenza be allowed to go about and infect others?

“Why shouldn't it be compulsory for people with colds or mild attacks of influenza to be isolated, just as it Is compulsory for people suffering from scarlet fever or smallpox to be isolated?

“I am quite unable to answer these questions; I can only suggest that it should be compulsory. I'm not sure that people who spread colds shouldn't be sent to prison.

“If employers of labor of all kinds seriously combined together, I believe they could almost stamp out the plague of colds which attacks the country, every year.

“If I were an employer I would not allow a worker of mine with even the symptoms of a cold or Influenza in my place of business for an instant; “I would make it a hard and fast rule that no employe should dare to risk infecting the rest of my staff by his or her presence.

“On the first sign of a sneeze or other cold symptom the culprit would be bundled off home at once, with strict injunctions not to return without a doctor's certificate of

● Press clipping from April 15, 1920. freedom from infec“Why should I risk tion. having myself and the

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rest of my staff given colds for the sake of one person? I would gladly pay the sufferer full wages to keep away. To do so would be to my advantage.

“I would rather pay for non-productive services before any damage was done than after infection had been spread.

“That is where most employers are so short-sighted, I think.

“Most people who catch bad colds are compelled to stay away from work one or two days in the end, but before they do stay away they have given other peopie colds.

“It ought to be a rule that they stay away directly they feel a cold coming on, not after it has completely bowled them out for the time being.

“That's all very well, but what about malingering? you ask.

Insist upon having a doctor's certificate, I reply.

“Besides the monetary side of the cold question, there Is also the equally serious one of danger to life.

“Colds, directly or indirectly, help to kill off thousands of people annually, yet people suffering from them are permitted to go about menacing the health of all whom they come in contact with, Why should you who shop or I who visit a theatre have no State protec tion against the malignant germs of a shop assistant or a fellow-stallholder with a cold or incipient influenza?

“People with colds ought to stay in their rooms or else be sent to special isolation hospitals,” the 1920 article concluded.

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From Our Files - 30 Years Ago Wednesday, April 18, 1990

Tribute to Neville

■ Scots Presbyterian Church was the venue for the funeral service for Neville Heaton Young who died in 1990.

After war service, he settled at ‘Mornmoot’, Whittlesea, originally settled by Russell Chirnside.

In 1964, he moved to ‘Paringa’ at Murrindindi, near Yea, improving the property.

He settled there with second wife, Dorothy Plowright.

Footrot fines

■ Two local farmers were fined $500 for putting footrot sheep in a saleyard. It is illegal to sell sheep with footrot through public yarding. In both cases, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said the farmers were repeat offenders.

$6000 result

■ Organisers of the 1990 Molesworth Easter Bazaar expected $6000 to be raised from the second largest event in 12 years. Turnover from the 1143 items was $28,682.50.

Tarcombe sale

■ District farmer Maurice Bridgland, ‘Yilgaren’, paid $4500 for the top bull at the Tarcombe annual sale. The Bridgland 486hectare property between Caveat and Molesworth on the Dropmore Rd.

Split loyalties

■ Our sister newspaper, The Nagambie Chronicle, was covering both Lakers and Tigers (Yea) matches in the Kyabram and District Football League. Tom Dignam covered the Yea-Murchison match, with Ash Long and Gary Fitzgerald being invited guests at the Nagambie-Ardmona clash.

The newspaper group also covered the Whittlesea Northern Eagles in the RDFL, Kinglake in the YVMDFL, and Longwood in the Benalla league.

Elders shut: S&L

■ Stock & Land newspaper had it badly wrong when it reported that the Yea office of Elders Pastoral had already shut, after reforms at the rural company. The company had closed 22 branches, but not the busy one at 3717.

At Kinglake Pub

■ The weekly quarter-page ad for Kinglake Hotel advertised Steve Lonesome and The Invisible Cowboy as entertainers at Lawson’s Restaurant.

Schnitzel Night, with a full meal at $9.50 each, was held on Fridays in the Tap Room.

Apex’s $3250

■ Members of the Apex Club of Yea collected $3250 for the Royal Children’s Hospital on Good Friday 1990.

Eagles trounced

Independently Owned and Operated

■ Northern Eagles’ three teams were “trounced’ by Sunbury. The Whittlesea team’s best players were named as Warren, Morris, Draperand Abbott

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SES’s new truck

● Yea railway gatehouse. Lyons and Pelissier Sts pictured to the left.

Photo courtesy: Yea and District Historical Pages.

■ Kinglake State Emergency Service purchased a new truck, a 1981 Diahatsu, reported Bev Bateman. It was being fitted out, and had been purchased through Yea Shire Council. The old International truck had become impossible to repair.

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TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 3-1-1-2 Lotto Numbers: 3-13-14-27-30-42 A financial windfall may come your way. Be very careful when on the road; traffic can be very hazardous. Be tactful at home.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Purple Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 7-1-9-3 Lotto Numbers: 4-12-13-21-37-43 Some consideration towards loved ones is needed. Travel is indicated and some financial luck is showing up. The social scene could get very hectic.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Red Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 4-1-2-4 Lotto Numbers: 4-17-23-24-31-36 The financial situation is on the improve. Some good news is coming your way. At home the scene will be more peaceful and romantic.

LEO: (July 23-August 22) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 7-9-4-1 Lotto Numbers: 7-16-21-28-30-34 A new romantic interlude may change your lifestyle.

Some good luck is indicated. This may come through the intervention of someone you hadn't seen for a while.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Beige Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 4-7-8-3 Lotto Numbers: 7-14-17-21-22-42 Something you thought you had lost may show up during a spring cleaning. For some there is a promotion indicated. Also the romantic scene is livening up.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Brown Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 7-4-1-2 Lotto Numbers: 2-12-18-24-34-45 There will be quite a few changes coming up in your life.

Some may be changing their address, some may be changing their loved ones. The interest in the opposite sex is heightened.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 2-3-1-4 Lotto Numbers: 11-12-21-29-32-42 Offers of a promotion at work are indicated. The domestic scene is looking very good. Travel could bring people into your life who may benefit your career.

SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December20) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 8-1-4-9 Lotto Numbers: 8-14-19-34-35-41 Many will be feeling very confident about anything they try. People of importance will be willing to further their career. New ventures will be successful. .

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Rose Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 9-7-4-1 Lotto Numbers: 9-12-13-27-28-43 New ventures would pay off if tried at the moment. Your confidence and energy levels are pretty high at present.

The social scene will be very hectic.

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Hwy speed limit row ■ Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish called on the Minister for Roads to consult with the community before dropping the speed limit along Maroondah Highway.

Ms McLeish raised the matter in Parliament after being contacted by many people in the community who voiced their anger about not being involved in the decision-making process to lower the speed limit between Coldstream and Healesville.

"The community should be consulted before a decision like this is made,” Ms McLeish said.

"The local community were not consulted about the change and they did not have an opportunity to voice how it would affect them."

“VicRoads announced road works were taking place beginning on March 1, including adding turning lanes and left-hand side barriers in high risk locations, centreline rumble strips and wide centre line treatment.

“Although a number of these changes are welcome, it is the speed limit alteration and lack of communication that has locals concerned.

"Some locals believe lowering the speed limit may actually make the road more dangerous, increase driver's frustration with those going well below the speed limit and encourage overtaking," Ms McLeish said.

A petition on change.org has been signed by around 1500 people whichs sends a message to VicRoads that many locals want to be included in decisions that affect them.

“The minister needs to ensure proper consultation takes place prior to changes being made.

“Obviously, the limits imposed on gatherings by coronavirus now makes face to face contact difficult.

“There are of course other options such as online town hall meetings which should be considered,” Ms McLeish said.

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Update on capital works

● Cindy McLeish MLA

Virtual wedding fair ■ More than 85 premium wedding suppliers from the Yarra Valley will be joining forces this Sunday (Apr. 19) in creating an interactive virtual wedding fair for thousands of Melbourne bridal couples.

Bridal couples can stroll through online exhibits, asking questions and taking advantage of the exclusive special offers only available at the fair.

Exhibitors will produce a series of online videos, guiding brides through a myriad of possibilities for their wedding day.

From bridal couture, celebrants, florists, to photographers and cake makers, The Valley Loves Virtual Wedding Fair will be an online bustling wedding hub, complete with more than $15,000 in prizes to be won and an array of inventive and creative options for their big day.

According to Valley Loves Wedding Fair Founder and wedding photographer, Sharne Perrett, as an Australian first, this go-to online wedding fair is ideal for couples who want to connect to quality suppliers and still be able to plan their big day during these challenging times.

“The income of wedding vendors has simply come to an abrupt halt due to COVID-19,” Sharne said.

“That is why, it is fundamental that we are creative and innovative in the ways we join our suppliers with our couples, who are super keen in continuing their wedding plans in the months and weeks ahead.

“We are very particular on the vendors who present at our online fair, as modern couples

Murrindindi Matters

● Anneke Odendaal and Andrew Harris. demand premium quality in all we provide at our physical wedproducts and services they in- ding fairs.” Sharne said.

“The Yarra Valley has alvest in on their wedding day.

“For all those involved in the ways been a celebration hub, virtual wedding fair, we are ex- including weddings. The Valtremely proud of the Yarra ley Loves Virtual Wedding Valley and surrounding regions. Fair allows us to highlight the “We are able to provide wonderful businesses who amazing diversity and through transform ideas into reality for our vendor community next our couples. It is also through level service to couples getting the virtual wedding fair that we can celebrate the quality and married.

“We are so passionate talent on offer in the region.”

Date: Sunday, April 19 about what we do, celebrating Time: 9am - 5pm with couples on their days, and To register: www.valley creating those memories.

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■ Murrindindi Shire Council is delivering several important projects over the coming months that will provide significant improvements to roads, main streets and recreational reserves.

Infrastructure and Waste Portfolio Councillor Eric Lording said it was important to keep advancing these projects despite the current situation and the effects Coronavirus is having on the community.

“Not only are these projects providing valuable infrastructure for our community, they are keeping people in jobs and providing some much-needed normality during this difficult time,” Cr Lording said.

“There are some important road upgrades we are very excited to complete. This includes the Rubicon Road Route Upgrade Project which is jointly funded by Council and the Victorian Government through Regional Roads Victoria's 'Fixing Country Roads' Program.

“We have nearly finished the initial improvement works on Wilhelmina Falls Road in Murrindindi. This includes the removal and replacement of the existing major culvert. We are working closely with both DELWP and VicForests to complete this project and it wouldn't be possible without their support and funding.

“The works at the Murchison Street carpark project in Marysville are also nearing completion, and will provide much needed off-street parking for the community.

“Some other Council-funded projects include the renewal of the Kinglake Memorial Netball Courts, including a new playing surface that will last well into the future - which I'm sure our netballers will be very happy about.

“Together with Sport and Recreation Victoria, we are upgrading the Yea Recreation Reserve's sporting facilities and introducing female-friendly change rooms.

“This is a fantastic project. Not only will it cater for the needs of women and girls who are already involved in sports and recreational activities, it will encourage even greater participation.

“With all this work currently underway, we can't forget some exciting major works projects that will begin shortly.

“The Yea Streetscape Safety Upgrade is one project we can't wait to get cracking on.

“The main aim for this one, as the name suggests, is improving the safety of pedestrians crossing the road and of vehicles reversing out of the angle parking on High Street.

“And last but not least, Back Eildon Road is set to undergo safety improvement works.

It's a popular route for those heading to Lake Eildon with their boats in tow so we're pretty excited to get started and help make the road safer to drive.

“It's all systems go for our engineers and project delivery team. We've had to change the way we operate over the past few weeks due to COVID-19 but we've risen to the challenge.

“We are also ensuring our teams adhere to the new restrictions regarding social distancing while undertaking works and follow the Victorian Government's best practice guidelines for managing construction sites,” Cr Lording said.

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Local Briefs Program halted

■ The City of Whittlesea’s grants programs are on hold and are being reviewed for 202021. “We have made this difficult decision in order to work on how we best support the community in a rapidly changing environment and to give community groups time to develop activities, projects and events that will be successful post-pandemic,” a Council spokesman aid.

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What The Papers Say Boy airlifted

■ A primary school-aged boy was airlifted to hospital on Wednesday (Apr.8) after being struck by a falling tree in Healesville.

Paramedics were called to the scene about 2.30pm and the boy was airlifted to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a stable condition with lower body injuries.

According to the Royal Children’s Hospital the boy was still in a stable condition, as of April 9.

- Mountain Views Star Mail

National carnival

■ Northern Knights talent manager Rhy Gieschen hopes the NAB League season can be extended past September to give draft prospects the chance to showcase their ability.

The under-18 competition has been postponed until at least May 31 because of the coronavirus crisis and uncertainty remains over whether the 2020 campaign will start.

Gieschen was confident the AFLwill do what’s best to ensure the best young talent in Australia has an opportunity to realise their dreams of reaching the top level.

- Diamond Valley Leader

Crimes jump

■ A sharp spike in crime occurring in houses has driven up the latest figures for Whittlesea and Nillumbik.

The latest data released by the Crime Statistics Agency showed Whittlesea recorded a 2.7 per cent increase in overall criminal incidents – from 11,778 to 12,096 – for the year ending December 2019.

In Nillumbik, total crime was up 0.5 per cent on the previous 12 months, from 1647 to 1656 offences, while across Victoria there was an increase of 4.6 per cent to 403,807.

In Whittlesea, criminal incidents occurring in the home were up 4 per cent to 3919, while street crimes also rose from 1649 to 1674.

- Whittlesea Leader

Cash for roads

■ Mitchell Shire Council is advocating for greater financial assistance from the Federal Government to support local councils’ road maintenance efforts.

A notice of motion from Deputy Mayor David Atkinson calling for council to write to Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government Mark Coulton requesting increased funding through the Financial Assistance Grants was unanimously approved at the March council meeting.

Council will also put forward a notice of motion at the Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly – which will be attended by Cr Atkinson and Mayor David Lowe – requesting increased funding to support delivery of a range of services, including road maintenance.

- North Central Review

On the cards

■ State Member for Euroa, Steph Ryan, has launched a new initiative to encourage people to look out for older and vulnerable community members during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ms Ryan has developed a neighbourhood assistance card which she is encouraging people to fill out and drop in the letterbox of someone who might need help.

The assistance card asks people to write their contact details and a list of jobs they can assist someone in the neighbourhood with while they are in self-isolation, like picking up urgent supplies or posting mail.

- Seymour Telegraph

Indi MHR message

■ Helen Haines, Indi MHR, sent this Easter message: “Right around Indi I know many of you will be missing your Easter traditions too as religious services have altered, camping trips cancelled and travel stopped. But what I also know is that if we stick with it, we will halt this virus and we will come together again.

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100 Years Ago

Haines pushes for help ■ Indi MHR Dr Helen Haines last week gave a speech in Federal Parliament about the Job Keeper plan introduced as part of the measures surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic.

“I rise to support the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020,” Dr Haines said.

“I've always seen my role as an Independent as one of being a constructive critic, congratulating the government on good work where it is done or calling for more where it is needed.

“I see my job as being to help the government succeed, because the people of Indi and Australia need the government to succeed in this crisis.

“But in turn it's important not to succumb to the temptation to silence, to wave through whatever the government proposes with no questions asked.

“That's why last week I wrote to the Prime Minister outlining 11 specific and practical recommendations to help enhance the local economic and health response to this twin crisis.

“I am pleased that the Government has picked up on a number of those recommendations, including supporting our regional newspapers, which are so important outside metropolitan areas.

“That spirit of practical and constructive criticism and of wanting the government to succeed is what I bring to the legislation before us today.

“When I rose to speak about the previous Coronavirus economic response package I noted that it did not go far enough in supporting businesses to retain their staff.

“The package before us now with the JobKeeper payment as its centrepiece is a giant leap forward.

“This legislation should go down as a marker of what this Parliament can achieve when all voices are listened to-businesses, unions, government, opposition and crossbench.

“Since the JobKeeper payment was announced I've been inundated by constituents saying, 'Yes, this is what we need.' However, I've also heard equally from many people telling me where it falls short.

“It has been widely pointed out the JobKeeper payment doesn't go far enough to support casuals who have been employed for less than 12 months.

“In Indi, 20 per cent of workers are casuals; many of these people will miss out on this payment. Many of the people who will miss out are the lifeblood of the hospitality and tourism sector-chefs, cleaners, waiting staff and cellar door workers-some are artists, musicians, film makers and event planners.

“The last time I spoke in this place I called on the Government to support these people. I do that again today.

“The second part of the government's latest economic response is the early childhood education and care relief package, and I welcome the Government's committing to providing free child care to all Australian parents.

“High-quality child care and early childhood education accessible to all is one of the most important inputs for long-term educational outcomes and wellbeing, and it's crucial that these stay open for essential workers at this time.

“However, I have some real concerns about the design of this package and what it means for the viability of childcare providers, especially in rural and regional Australia, where in-home care, family day care and local-council run services are common.

“The system was announced last Thursday and came into effect on Monday. I understand that haste was required, but with that haste came considerable confusion.

“Since the announcement, I have been flooded by extremely concerned providers from across the sector in Indi.

“Many childcare centres in my electorate hadn't been severely affected by the coronavirus-some still had 100 per cent attendance-yet this announcement throws their finances into disarray, with fears their revenue will halve and their staff will be forced on to JobKeeper.

Many local governments run childcare centres. The rural city of Wangaratta and Alpine and Murrindindi shires have all contacted me, alarmed at the change.

“They report that the policy change will have an immediate negative impact on their capacity to maintain services, unintended consequences of a policy intended to keep childcare centres open. Further, councils aren't eligible for the JobKeeper payment.

“The new policy does have provision for providers to be given additional funding if they can demonstrate exceptional circumstances, but applications for that funding don't open until tomorrow and so far the government has published no advice as to what qualifies for exceptional circumstances, who will receive additional funding and how much they will receive.

“As a constructive critic I am laying out these concerns because I want the Government's package to succeed, and I fear it will not.

“The Government must immediately remedy the fears of small providers, and it could do so by offering two simple guarantees.

“Firstly, guarantee that all childcare providers will be eligible for the JobKeeper payment and, secondly, guarantee that through the exceptional circumstances funding no provider will be worse off than they were prior to the onset of the crisis.

“If the Government could provide these two guarantees they would plug these holes in the policy and achieve the objectives which we are all seeking.

“Finally, governance: the issues of the childcare package underscore important questions about the governance of our Coronavirus response.

“Yes, we need the government to move fast, but moving fast in an environment where Parliament is adjourned till August 11 needs a robust mechanism to ask questions and to scrutinise.

“The government cannot be expected to have all the answers to every issue inAustralia, but unless they invite diverse voices into the room when they're making and scrutinising these decisions they're setting themselves an impossible challenge.

“We need to establish a mechanism for this Parliament to scrutinise the measures.

“We need this because it's the best way to ensure the government can succeed, and we all want the government to succeed.

“That's why, along with my crossbench colleagues, I drafted two motions for two joint select committees to look into the Government's health response and into their economic response.

“These were supported by the entire crossbench and 10 Senate crossbenchers. The crossbench offered them in good faith.

“The Labor Party and the Government have instead decided that a Senate select committee be established to perform the critical role of scrutinising the government's pandemic response.

“However, I believe this proposal is insufficient for the task at hand.

“Joint committees provide a way for all parliamentarians to assist in enhancing our response.

“The Senate select committee is a lesser outcome for three reasons.

“Firstly, only a joint committee is able to compel ministers to both houses.

“Secondly, in this difficult time we should draw on the expertise of all our parliamentarians, of members of the House on all sides with deep experience in both health and economic policy representing all the diversity of our electorates.

“Thirdly and most importantly, creating joint committees of both houses supported by the government, opposition and crossbench would have been a powerful act of unity and leadership to build trust in the government's response.

“The greatest disservice any Parliamentarian could do right now would be to sit silently and fail to offer information to the government that could help them respond to the crisis, so I will continue to play my part, as all Australians have been called on to play theirs, and constructively work to achieve the best possible outcomes for all of us in this time of health and economic crises,” Dr Haines said.

From Our 1920 Files

Store robbery

■ Housebreaking is an occupation very sel dom entered upon in Kilmore, but during Friday night last the good record of the place was broken by a clumsy operation in that line, the grocery establishment of Mr E. J Tew, Sydney street, being the objective.

Mr Tew locked up the premises as usual on Victoria street, where he resides with his family. On Saturday morning when about to open the shop for business Mr Tew found that the place had been already opened, but by some unauthorised person. It did not take MrTew long to realise that burglars had been at work, and the matter was at once reported to Mounted-constable W. Byrne, who made an inspection of the place, which bore evidence of an amateur cracksman's work.

83 divorces

■ There are 83 cases of divorce before the Victorian courts for hearing during this month.

Australia must be reaching within measurable distance of hell if not already on its brink.

Mr M. Saltau

■ It is with .deep regret that we have to record the death of a well known resident of the district, in the person of Mr.. M. Saltau, of “Mount Welcome," Christmas Hills.

Mr. Saltau, who had' been ailing for some time past, became very rapidly worse during the latter part of the week before last, and passed away on the night of the 6th instant.

The funeral, which was largely attended, took place on the 7th inst. at Yarra Glen Cemetery, and wais conducted by the Presbyterian minister.

Mr Saltau had been a resident on the Hills for over 22 years. He was well liked by all who knew him, his cheery manner and his intense love for little children making him a favorite with all. He leaves a widow and two daughters and a son - i.e., Mrs Shaw, Mrs McCready, and Mr. George Saltau, lateA.I.F.

Arthur’s Creek

■ Aunique ceremony was held in the Arthur's Creek Hall - Saturday evening, 10th inst., when Miss Christian (Queen of.

Arthur's. Creek), was crowned.. The stage was artistically decorated,:and converted into a Throne Room, andi n the centre was a throne for the reception.of, the Queen. The Queen,,who was attired in a beautiful gown and was attended by two maids of honour (Misses Vera Murphy and Mary Lodge) and train-bearers (Carmel Green and Hazel Brown) walked gracefully up the centre of the.Hall to the throne room and was.preceded

by Mr J. Cantwell as Lord Chancellor, and Masters B. Murphyand J Anderson as court jesters.

Standard sold

■ Mrs E. Fox, proprietress of the journal, wishes to notify subscribers and advertisers that she has sold her interest in the paper to Mr. J. T. Guthridge, of Seymnour, and takes this opportunity of thanking all who by their patronage and support have helped her suceetsfully to carry it on. She hopes the same assistance will be extended to her successor as she has received during the last 20 years.

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Charity concert

■ The concert arranged by the members of the Broadford Branch of the A.N.A., with a view of rendering some piactical assistance to their unfortunate fellow.member - Mr: L. Foster - took place last Saturday evening.

Fancy Dress Ball

■ A grand plain and fancy dross ball will be held in the shire hall, Alexandra, on Wednesday, 5th May, 1920, The proceeds will be devoted to the Courts Improvement Fund of the Alexandra Tennis Club. The Alexandra Orchestra, comprising eight players has been engaged so patrons may be satisfied that, the music will be excellent.

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■ There have been 159 cases of Coronavirus reported in the North-East region, as at Tuesday (Apr. 14), according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Cases, by municipality, are: ■ Banyule - 79 ■ Nillumbik - 22 ■ Whittlesea - 22 ■ Yarra Ranges - 21 ■ Mitchell - 9 ■ Mansfield - 3 ■ Strathbogie - 2 ■ Murrindindi - 1 Total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Victoria is 1291 – an increase of 10 from the previous day (Mon.), as testing for the virus expands across the state.

There were no new deaths reported on Monday (Apr. 13). To date, 14 people have died from Coronavirus in Victoria.

The total number of cases is made up of 672 men and 619 women, with people aged from babies to their early nineties.

There are 122 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Victoria that may have been acquired through community transmission.

Currently 40 people are in hospital, including 15 patients in intensive care. 1118 people have recovered. More than 71,000 Victorians have been tested to date.

Of the total 1291 cases, there have been 1029 in metropolitan Melbourne and 236 in regional Victoria. Several cases remain under investigation.

To better track the spread of the virus in the community, Victoria is once again expanding the testing for COVID-19.

Testing will now be based only on the clinical symptoms of COVID-19, regardless of age or occupation – making Victoria’s testing criteria the widest inAustralia.

These symptoms include any new fever, chills or breathing problems, specifically cough, sore throat or shortness of breath.

Only people in the general community with these symptoms will be eligible for testing.

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Observations Cracked Actors Theatre

■ Albert Park’s Cracked Actors Theatre (CAT) is under threat, claiming that State and Federal assistance packages fail to assist their struggle to survive the COVID–19 pandemic.

Opened by Josh Burns MP, on December 15, the company has already featured the work of 16 writers and 50 performers, but has postponed all scheduled performance for at least the next six months.

Cracked Actors Theatre is not a venue for hire. They subsidise theatre makers through their production programs through the provision of rehearsal space, publicity, photography and a host of other services without any government assistance.

They rely on a percentage of the box office to survive, and now there is none.

The company has launched “Feed The CAT – Keep Cracked Actors Theatre Alive” in an attempt to fight their way through the crisis and continue to support performing artists now and into the future.

They have also announced ‘Comic Relief 2020’ to help comedians devastated by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Those who had to cancel MICF shows will have a chance to perform at the CAT and recover some of their financial losses through ticket sales.

Artistic Director Matthew Richard Walsh says: “We are fiercely independent. We are not asking for a hand out. We are asking people to stay healthy and take care of each other. If people buy a ticket to Feed The CAT’ we will honour it at one of our shows either in Comic Relief 2020 or in one of our shows once regular programming resumes.

“We feel a great responsibility for the artists we have committed to and want to keep creating jobs for them into the future”.

The company is hoping that the groundswell of community support they experienced at their opening and throughout their Summer Reading 2020 season will prove strong enough to get them through this turbulent time.

“Despite slipping through the cracks we are determined to survive this. We are concerned for the mental, physical and financial health of all our artists.

“We have proven that there is a strong demand for what we’re doing at the CAT and want to continue to support writers and performers achieve their dreams,” says Sarah Yeung, Company Manager.

Greg Fleet, a regular performer at the venue, offered his support to the CAT in a Facebook message: “Seriously, get behind these cats.They actually care. I look forward to working more with them in the future” www.facebook.com/events/ 2572981416363887 or www.trybooking.com/BJGUZ Cracked Actors Theatre are located at Power House on the Lake, Level 1, 34 Lakeside Drive, Albert Park, Telephone 9521 2571 www.facebook.com/ crackedactorstheatre/ - Cheryl Threadgold

Yellow spire

■ Arts Centre Melbourne’s iconic spire is illuminated in yellow, a colour of hope and health, in a show of solidarity with our community and all Victorians during the COVID19 crisis.

The move reflects the long-held theatre tradition of leaving on a single light inside theatres when they are dark, or closed, to provide safety and security.

“The days seem dark for all of us right now, so our spire will be illuminated in yellow in a show of optimism for Victoria until such a time when our state emerges from this crisis - which it will - and Arts Centre Melbourne re-opens,”said Claire Spencer, CEO, said in announcing the move.

“Over the years our spire has brightened Melbourne’s skyline in support of many communities around the world in times of tragedy, or in support of causes.

“Now it shines yellow as a ‘ghost light’ for Victoria in support of our own community pointing to a positive post COVID-19 future.”

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Best Books The Adversary

by Ronnie Scott

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WHAT IS AN EISTEDDFOD? ■ Eisteddfod by the Bay is currently in its 65th year. Based in the City of Kingston, it was formerly the Mordialloc Eisteddfod, established in 1955.

Jill Page, President and Senior Vocal Convenor of Eisteddfod by the Bay, has shared a little history about the origin of eisteddfods or eisteddfodau.

The eisteddfod story begins in Wales and "in medieval times Welsh bands and minstrels would gather together for an eisteddfod (the Welsh word for 'session') of poetry and music competition.

Over time participation and interest in these competitions lessened ... and was revived in the 19th century … to showcase Wales’ artistic culture.” (per www.Merriam-Webster.com) Jill explains the Eisteddfod is a member of AESA (Australian Eisteddfod Society Association), the national body.

"It is supported by the City of Kingston, Creative Victoria, the Bendigo Bank (Parkdale, Mentone East branches) and generous patrons and sponsors.”

The Eisteddfod is held annually and five sections are offered: Speech and Drama, Choral Festival, Junior Vocal, Senior Vocal and Pianoforte.

Each section is administered by a Convener, who is responsible for working with adjudicators, accompanists, entries, entrants, programs, schedules, timetables.

Each section has a fully qualified professional adjudicator who judges, issues a critique to each performer and selects prize winners. Within each large section there are between ten and thirty related sections.

The Eisteddfod offers young talented actors, singers, musicians and schools a platform to perform for an adjudicator and audience in a professional space, which will assist them in their performing arts journeys to future careers.

Jill says many past winners have progressed to professional engagements in Australia and overseas.

A classically trained singer with a back-

● Jill Page ground in performing, directing and teaching, Jill has been a member of the Eisteddfod committee for 19 years. The committee comprises enthusiastic, qualified volunteers who, Jill says, are grateful to the many volunteers who assist "on the day" or "on the night". "Without these keen, loyal helpers we could not run the eisteddfod.

Jill says her committee is extremely proud of the record of holding an Eisteddfod annually for 65 years, "run entirely by the goodwill of passionate, hard-working volunteers".

Cenarth Fox's 12th novel ■ Melbourne writer Cenarth Fox has just released his 12th novel titled Almost Agatha Christie.

Cenarth's most popular play (drama or comedy) is now Agatha Crispie, with seasons in Australia, Canada, theUK, theUS, New Zealand and Spain.

According to Cenarth, the play works because it’s a story about someone struggling to succeed and getting hammered by others, in this case, her family. Will she make it?

"Adding a touch of Agatha Christie and some of her famous characters helps as the great writer is the world’s most popular after the Bible and the Bard,” explains Cenarth.

"It’s 100 years since her first yarn was published, so there are a few reasons to turn Agatha Crispie into a novel called Almost Agatha Christie.”

The play starts with Agatha married to husband number two. The novel starts with Agatha all of 12 years old and living with her folks in Teddington around the corner from Noel Coward.

The novel is either an eBook (about $4) on Amazon or a paperback ($20) from local book stores who will order it from the publisher

● Ronnie Scott ■ The impact of the Corona Virus crisis has meant that many of us are reading more, instead of racing out to social engagements.

And it's the perfect time to read something that might expand our minds and take us out of our usual comfortable lives and discover more of humanity.

That's where debut novel by Ronnie Scott, RMIT lecturer in Creative Writing can help.

His novel The Adversary is a story about queer Melbourne, ambiguous relationships and the excitement and terror of being young.

It's set in the Australia following the yes vote to gay marriage and after the stigma of the AIDS crisis.

And he has been given the seal of approval by acclaimed author Christos Tsiolkas (author of The Slap), who has described The Adversary as "sad and elegant and funny… and quietly, unexpectedly moving."

Author Scott said that his motivation for writing the novel was to investigate best friendships because he finds them personally interesting.

"I think there is a vibe in the air where people are exploring friendships between women in the same spirit that I'm exploring friendships between gay men," he said.

Scott said he has been told that The Adversary is a relatable coming-of-age story, but he sees it as much more than that.

"I also think it's specific to its own place, subculture and time. I think we sometimes make the mistake of thinking that writing needs to be universal," he explained.

The Adversary has also struck a chord with Benjamin Law, writer and creator of the television series The Family Law, who says that The Adversary "delivers something wryly funny, very endearing and - in the best possible way - too real."

The Adversary by Ronnie Scott is out now and published by Penguin Random House.

- Julie Houghton

ANZAC Day Choir

● A signed copy of Almost Agatha Christie is available from Cenarth Fox. The website www.cenfoxbooks.com has all the details.

■ The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra invites choral singers of all ages from around the world to join an almighty virtual choir performance of Waltzing Matilda for ANZAC Day. MSO Managing Director Sophie Galaise said this global online community event is an opportunity for music-lovers at home to become a part of this major chorus initiative.

“The MSO Chorus is known for regularly participating in Melbourne’s ANZAC Day dawn service. While we cannot perform live this year, it is more important than ever to bring people together online through the power of music, and a shared experience.

“We encourage everyone from around the world to get involved in performing one of Australia’s most well-known musical works.

“This is a wonderful moment to get together in a virtual space and sing our hearts out,’’ said Ms Galaise.

MSO’s ANZAC Day Virtual Choir will premiere on the MSO’s YouTube channel at 7.30pm on Friday, April 24.

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Observations La Mama appeal

■ Iconic La Mama Theatre is determined to continue, and has appealed for public support due to their no longer receiving funding from the Australia Council for the Arts.

They ask for the theatre-loving public to use a personal voice to speak up and reach out to various networks.

They also request a survey be completed which will take about four minutes. This impact data will be used to form a petition which La Mama will deliver to the government. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ LaMamasImpac Another way of helping is for supporters of La Mama to contact their local MP. A list of members can be found here: https:// www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/ Members "When doing so, tell your local MP why it's important that the government provides Australia Council with a recovery package for the survival of La Mama,” says a theatre spokesman.

“Tell them what La Mama means to you.

The most important thing is that it's personal.

If you have the time and inclination, a handwritten letter will have the most impact, but a quick email or phone call will be wonderful too. The more local MPs that we can reach, the greater our chance of being heard".

La Mama Theatre is also working with Theatre Network Australia and Live Performance Australia on further advocacy plans.

The La Mama team concludes their appeal with: "Together, we will get through this and La Mama will continue to be the wonderful place so precious to our hearts".

If wishing to donate to La Mama, here is the link: https://lamama.com.au/support-lamama/ - Cheryl Threadgold

Vale Norma Guthrie

■ Norma Guthrie, who was involved in theatre for many years, passed away last October.

Norma was a trained tap dancer, pianist, actress, singer and choreographer, who worked mainly with The Viaduct Theatre, The 57 Club, Marillac Theatre, Elwood Theatre and Encore Theatre.

She loved to travel overseas, especially to Scotland with her husband Syd. Norma was also a member of many of the local theatrical societies such as the Melbourne Dickens Fellowship, The Richard Wagner Society and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Society, and was a keen Essendon supporter.

In 1999, Norma directed a wonderful production of Gallipoli Revisited at Encore Theatre, based on the diary of a WWI soldier.

Her husband Syd was also involved in theatre and designed and built sets.

Norma Guthrie was a fine actress and performed in many plays and musicals.

She also appeared in television shows and was featured in a video music clip with English singer Elvis Costello.

Norma Guthrie was a great member and supporter of Encore Theatre and her funeral was well attended by theatrical friends.

Our sympathy is extended to Syd Guthrie.

- Kevin Trask

Visual arts

■ The National Association for the Visual Arts welcomes the announcement by Paul Fletcher, Minister for the Arts; Ken Wyatt, Minister for Indigenous Affairs; and Michael McCormack, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, of $7 million to be delivered via the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program, $10m to be delivered via Regional Arts Fund, and $20m in mental health relief to be delivered via Support Act. “This is a targeted start to the Australian Government’s urgently needed COVID19 work for the arts industry, which focuses on the most vulnerable in our community,” said Esther Anatolitis, Executive Director of NAVA. “The $7m for the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program responds to some gravely serious problems that the sector had been raising for years.”

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The Beautiful Mother ■ With Mother's Day coming up in a few weeks, you might need to start thinking about what you can give Mum, because you might not be able to take her out and celebrate in the current restricted era of COVID-19.

But a good book is always welcome, and international best-selling author Katherine Scholes has just released The Beautiful Mother, the story of what it really means to be a mother, and the deep need we all have to find our own tribe.

Set in a remote archaeologists' camp in Tanzania, it's the tale of Essie Lawrence, a young Australian woman in a family of famous archeologists, and the bond Essie forms with an African baby.

The idea for The Beautiful Mother came from Scholes's own experience of becoming a mother.

"The moment I held my tiny baby in my arms I was overwhelmed by love," she said.

"But there was fear as well - human babies are so extraordinarily helpless. I knew I'd do almost anything to protect my child, so I wondered where these powerful emotions came from."

Scholes has always been fascinated by families of archaeologists like the famous Leakey family who studied human evolution the 1930s Tanzania, so Scholes travelled to the Leakey's remote African base to do some firsthand research, and visit an orphanage that cared for babies whose mothers had died in childbirth.

Scholes hopes that readers will recognize that humans are incredibly resilient and have always risen to the challenge of change, and that adaptability has made us who we are.

"This is so important to remember now as we face the challenges of a pandemic. My main character, Essie, becomes closely involved with the Hadza people, who have an extraordinarily

● Katherine Scholes inspiring lifestyle in which everything is shared and everyone is equal, Scholes explained.

"Possessions are minimal and there is no culture of storing food. All humans lived this way for 99 per cent of our evolution - we can't go back to it, but there are still lessons to be learned that might help guide us now."

Katherine Scholes sounds like exactly the right author to be reading in the current climate.

The Beautiful Woman is published by Penguin Random House and sounds like a most welcome present for Mother's Day 2020.

- Julie Houghton

Ballarat Art Gallery ■ Founded in 1884, the Art Gallery of Ballarat is the oldest and largest regional gallery in Australia, housed in a heritage-listed purpose-built gallery building which was opened by Alfred Deakin on Friday June 13, 1890, having taken three years to construct.

In Ballarat the 1880s witnessed building on a grand scale in the centre of the city.

It was home to many citizens whose background and inclinations led them to the view that an art gallery was an essential element of a civilised and modern city.

Of these the most important was undoubtedly James Oddie.

Having come to Ballarat as a digger, Oddie made a fortune as a real estate agent and subsequently as a banker.

He had liberal attitudes both in terms of politics and culture and was a firm believer in the potential of people to lift themselves up through hard work and education.

He saw an art gallery as a way for his fellow citizens to look beyond their everyday lives and be inspired and edified by the Fine Arts.

In 1885 Oddie gave the new Gallery a painting he had commissioned from noted artist Eugene von Guerardm showing Ballarat in its early days as a tent city.

This painting, Old Ballarat,

● James Oddie as it was in the Summer of 1853-54 is still at the heart of the Gallery's collection.

In 1979 the Association gave the building and collection to the Ballarat City Council, which undertook to operate the Gallery for the benefit of the Ballarat community and visitors.

The Association kept a stake in the ownership of the collection and has continued to have close involvement in many aspects of the life of the Gallery.

The period of the early 1970s also saw the gallery start to take seriously its custodianship of the original flag from the 1854 Eureka Stockade. This unique and beautiful relic, which had been held by the Gallery since 1895, underwent conservation works and

was put on permanent display in 1973.

Serious attention has been given to the acquisition of works that help to interpret the story of Eureka.

The focus of the collection is to present the history of Australian Art to the current time through paintings and works on paper with selections of sculpture and decorative arts, also looking closely at the work of regional artists and works depicting the growth of Ballarat.

The Gallery building has changed evolved in response over the years to the expansion of the collection and reflecting the place that the gallery has had in Ballarat's cultural life.

The first addition to the 1890 building came in the 1920s, with the addition of two large gallery rooms on the upper level.

In 1987 the City of Ballarat expanded the Gallery into the Bones Building, a group of shops adjoining hr existing building in Lydiard Street.

The latest expansion came as part of the 2001 Centenary of Federation, when the Gallery building was extended through to Camp Street as part of the arts precinct which also includes the University of Ballarat Arts Academy and Alfred Deakin Place.

Ballarat Art Gallery 40 Lydiard St N, Ballarat - Peter Kemp

● The Basin Theatre.

Photo: Peter Dalwood ■ In the Dandenong Ranges in 1954, Edna and Fergus Chandler and a group of their friends got together to produce a play under the banner of ‘The Basin Dramatics Group’.

Their initial production of Quiet Weekend in The Basin Progress Hall on October 22, 1954, was such a success that they did it again at the Boronia Progress Hall a week later.

This led to two productions in 1955, and then three per year for the next few years. In 1958 the group was formalised with a committee of management and constitution, under the name of ‘The Basin Theatre Group’.

By 1966, the demands of set construction, storage of props and rehearsals meant they outgrew the Chandlers’ home, so they built an A-frame structure known as ‘The Hut’to be used as a clubhouse and rehearsal space.

In 1984 the group became an incorporated association, rehearsing and constructing sets at the Chandlers’ home ‘Noweenth’ and performing at The Basin Progress Hall The group has a long-standing tradition of taking one-act plays to festivals around Victoria and interstate.

A $500 cheque received as prize money for a performance of The Farce of M Pierre Pathelin in Launceston was used to set up a building fund for creating their own performance space on land donated by the Chandlers.

The members worked hard at fundraising and pitched in to build the current theatre without any assistance from local, state or federal government funding sources.

Set in a beautiful bushland environment at the foot of Mt Dandenong, the theatre opened in 1973 with a grand production of The Royal Hunt of the Sun. The initial construction included the stage, auditorium a small foyer and storage room.

Over the years, these facilities have been extended with extensive props/wardrobe storage, a rehearsal space, and occasional modernisation of the kitchen and foyer facilities for patrons’ comfort.

After settling into their new home during 1973, the group expanded in 1974 from three to four seasons per year in their own theatre, as well as continuing to take one-act plays to festivals from time to time.

From the early days, The Basin Theatre Group has regarded its members as an extended family.

The theatre is an intimate space, with seating for 126 patrons. Seasons run for fourteen performances over four weeks, including matinees on Sundays, which gives a total of approximately 1750 seats per season. The catchment area for audiences at The Basin Theatre covers Boronia, The Basin and surrounding suburbs, with a list of about 2000 loyal subscribers.

■ Excerpts from a story written by Peter Dalwood for the book In the Name of Theatre: the history, culture and voices of amateur theatre in Victoria. Published by Cheryl Threadgold for release in September) - Peter Dalwood

Media Flashes

■ Nick O’Malley is now National Environment and Climate Editor at The Age. ■ Nathanael Cooper has recently changed rounds and is now Senior Culture Writer at The Age. He will be focusing on music.

■ Andie Hamblin has commenced a new role at The New Daily as Deputy Editor.

■ Peter Tuskan has started a new role as Assistant Commercial Editor at Australian Geographic.

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

Aussie Lambassador turns 70 ■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Out and About

Sam Kekovich hits milestone

Can’t change a lightbulb

■ Sam Kekovich is an Australian media personality, sports commentator, Australian Lambassadorand former champion Aussie Rules player for North Melbourne, and only four games with Collingwood in the VFL. He was included in the North Melbourne team of the century.

After a colourful career playing football, Sam became a multimedia performer. A whole new world opened up for this incredible entertaining after dinner speaker, MC and television on-air host.

He has carried on his flamboyant style into the media sector, being most notable for his 'rants' on the ABC show The Fat, a breakfast show on Melbourne radio station 3AK, as a radio presenter on Melbourne sports radio station SEN 1116, pre-match AFL coverage on Triple M, and on ESPN. Kekovich's direct-to-camera TV monologues are done deadpan and use wide-ranging cultural references.

Created by the writers of The Fat, the monologues were first piloted with AFL player John Platten and boxer Spike Cheney before the ABC asked Kekovich to perform.

The 'rants' normally place in contrast many disparate or incongruous verbal images and ideas, ending with the trademark, "You know it makes sense. I'm Sam Kekovich."

The ABC released a spoken word album, You Know It Makes Sense, which was nominated in the 'Best Comedy' category of the ARIA Music Awards of 2002.

Kekovich has performed these 'rants' in commercials for North Melbourne Football Club membership drives and Dan Murphy's bottle shops.

From 2005 to 2014, Kekovich headed a well-known annual advertising campaign for Meat and Livestock Australia in the lead-up to Australia Day encouraging people to eat more Australian lamb.

The advertisements were delivered in the style of Kekovich's deadpan rants, and often made satirically outlandish statements un-Australian.

The first such advertisements drew particular controversy, when he labelled vegetarians as being un-Australian for not eating lamb on Australia Day, provoking outrage from animal rights activists and groups such as the Australian Vegetarian Society but the Australian Advertising Standards Bureau allowed the ads to remain on the air, ruling them to be satirical, despite viewers' complaints.

Many of the subsequent ads have also drawn complaints from viewers, but all have been dismissed by the Bureau.

In the Australia Day commercial promoting lamb for the barbecue, which featured Richie Benaud, Kekovich made an appearance along with Captain Cook, Ned Kelly and Burke and Wills.

● Alan Johnson (former Director of North Melbourne Football Club, and Managing Director of Ramaza Plaza Hotels, West Hollywood) presented Sam Kekovich with his Oscar alongside the Yarra River at a barbecue. Happy 70th Birthday Slammin' Sam.

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■ More people stuck at home has led to a higher demand for cannabis, and Aphria Inc. is one of the best-positioned companies to take advantage of that trend, an analyst at Bank of America said.

"Our checks across North America were consistent: regardless of region, cannabis purchases have accelerated," analyst Christopher Carey said in a note.

"While likely on pantry loading, it's not unreasonable to think there will be some boost to per capita consumption as people stay at home longer." This implies that pot is a defensive category, like alcohol and tobacco. Carey upgraded Aphria to buy from neutral, although he cut his price target to C$5 from C$8 to reflect the impact of market turbulence on cannabis shares. The company "could increasingly take a disproportionate share of increased demand" as its peers' struggle.

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Pedestrian deaths spike ■ US pedestrian deaths have hit their highest level in 30 years with an estimated 6590 pedestrians being killed in motor-vehicle crashes last year, according to a new report. That's a nearly 5 per cent increase from 2018, according to the figures released by the non-profit Governors Highway Safety Association. The rise in pedestrian deaths comes as overall fatalities from road crashes keep declining.

Safety researcher Richard Retting explained: "Cars are much safer today. That doesn't help pedestrians a whole lot."

Experts offered a number of reasons for the spike, including drivers and pedestrians becoming more and more distracted by smartphones, more SUVs on the roads, and alcohol or other drug impairment. The report states that the number of annual pedestrian fatalities has risen by more than 50 per cent since 2009.

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■ Has the quintessential handyman become a thing of the past? Homeowners used to take pride in repairing and maintaining their homes all by themselves, but a recent survey of 2000 young adults finds that many still need assistance with the simplest of tasks like changing a light bulb.

Unbelievably, some respondents even admitted to simply leaving a dead light bulb in place for more than three weeks before finally mustering up the courage to ask for some help.

Other simple fixes that respondents said they can't accomplish alone included putting up wallpaper, draining a radiator, painting, tightening up a loose cabinet door, and fixing a loose screw. Less than 25 per cent of survey participants would call themselves "good" at DIY skills, and 13 per cent (about 1-in8) flat out said their skills are "poor."

The research, which was commissioned by Plusnet, also noted that a full third of millennials seek out help on the easiest of household chores mostly because they're sure they'll mess things up if they attempt it themselves. Another 25 per cent don't even try such tasks alone because they know someone else would be far better suited for the job, 10 per cent don't have the patience for home improvement, and 14 per cent just don't have the time apparently. So, who do most young adults look to for help? You guessed it, dear old dad (40 per cent). Meanwhile, 16 per cent usually ask their mother or brother for help first. Besides actual people, though, there's "someone" else that the vast majority (87 per cent) of millennials flock to in the event of house trouble: Google.

Meanwhile, 41 per centusually just call up a professional repairman. If one thing is clear from this survey, it's this: modern young adults just don't feel the need to learn these skills. A full 25 per cent would much rather just pay someone to perform a maintenance job than get their hands dirty themselves. As such, the average millennial spends $409.76 annually on home repairs. On that note, respondents were asked what plays into their decision when choosing a tradesman; 15 per cent go for the best price, but 25 per cent seek out the best online reviews. Another third won't hire a handyman if their website looks cheap and 40 per cent will avoid a repair business if their website is non-functional. Many (30 per cent) even turn to social media for repair help, with most looking over Facebook before other platforms. Electricians are the most commonly called repair services used (42 per cent), followed by plumbers (37 per cent). Also, 17 per cent regularly call an interior decorator, and 11 per cent call a blinds fitter frequently.

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■ Amazon has reportedly removed more than one million products from its digital store that are fraudulently branded as coronavirus cures or safeguards, the Mercury News reports.

The online giant in recent weeks has cracked down on thousands of users charging unreasonably high prices for protective gear as the virus spreads-the company referred to the problem as "price gouging." "Amazon has always required sellers to provide accurate information on product detail pages and we remove those that violate our policies," a company spokesperson said in a statement. As of Friday, the virus has infected more than 80,000 people globally and has killed almost 3000 people.

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■ Ethel Merman made her debut on Broadway in the stage musical Girl Crazy in 1930 at the age of 22.

She never had a singing lesson in her life, never had a major hit song and although Ethel made several films, she was not regarded as a major film star – so why was Ethel Merman so popular?

I guess it was because she had star quality and was a showbusiness ‘legend’ in every sense of the word.

Ethel Agnes Zimmermann was born in Astoria, Queens in New York City in 1908. After graduating from High School, Ethel worked as a stenographer and then started singing in New York nightclubs. In 1924 she changed her name to Ethel Merman.

At this time she met Jimmy Durante and they became lifelong friends. During a season at The Palace in 1930 Ethel was invited to audition for the role of Kate Fothergill in the new George and Ira Gershwin musical Girl Crazy.

She got the role and this was a turning point in her career. Ethel got standing ovations when she sang the song I Got Rhythm holding a high C note for 16 bars.

Ethel Merman was signed to a film contract with Warner Brothers Studios and her first onscreen appearance was in Follow The Leader playing opposite Ed Wynn and Ginger Rogers.

Her film roles improved over the years and she made We’re Not Dressing (with Bing

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Crosby), Kid Millions (with Eddie Cantor) and Alexander’s Ragtime Band (with Tyrone Power).

In 1946 she played Annie Oakley in the stage musical Annie Get Your Gun which ran for 1147 performances at The Imperial Theatre on Broadway.

Ethel was not cast in the film version and when Judy Garland dropped out due to illness Betty Hutton was cast in the role of Annie Oakley. In 1950 Ethel played the lead role in Call Me Madamon Broadway and won the Tony award for her performance.

This time she was cast in the film version playing opposite Donald O’Connor, VeraAllen and George Sanders. In 1954 she starred in one of my favourite films There’s No Business Like

● Ethel Merman Showbusiness and her co stars included Donald O’Connor, Dan Dailey, Mitzi Gaynor and Marilyn Monroe. Ethel continued to dominate Broadway and created the role of Mama Rose in Gypsy in 1959.

A friend of mine slipped into a matinee of Gypsy and sat in the end seat in the back row of the theatre. As the lights dimmed he was vaguely aware of this woman in the darkness standing beside him in the isle.

Then the marvellous Miss Merman let go at the top of her voice with “Sing out Louise!” and my friend nearly went through the roof.

I thought Ethel was wonderful in the film It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as the “mother from hell.”

Dorothy Provine, who played her daughter in the film, once told me that she was a “formidable lady.”

In the early 1960s Ethel came to Australia to do television work and performed at venues such as Chequers Nightclub in Sydney.

Ethel was married four times and had two children. Her marriage to Ernest Borgnine in 1964 lasted for a month and in her autobiography Ethel devoted a chapter to the marriage in the form of a blank page.

Her final on-screen performance was in the comedy Flying High in 1980. Ethel Merman passed away on the February 15, 1984.

She had the nickname of ‘leather lungs’ bu there is no doubt that Ethel Merman was a marvellous singer and a true showbusiness legend – sadly missed.

Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW The Time Tunnel - Remember When Sundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady and Simon Owens.

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Sanctuary Retreat’s river offerings ■ John Rozentals looks at the Nile, and previews Sanctuary Retreat's offerings on a river that speaks of the past like no other.

What is it about rivers and stories of adventure and intrigue? From The African Queen to Fitzcarraldo and The Long Good Friday, every river has a tale to tell.

There is one river, however, that speaks of the past like no other. The Nile.

This October, film-goers will be whisked to Egypt for the remake of Death on the Nile, starring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot. But the real star will be the river itself.

Indeed, with the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum scheduled to open this year, enticing new itineraries, plus plenty of new and refurbished ships, later this year is looking like a serendipitous time for Egypt to find its feet again.

"Egypt is the world's fastest-growing travel destination according to the World Tourism Organisation," said Pieter van der Schee, Global Director of Sales and Marketing for travel company, Sanctuary Retreats, which has been operating luxury river cruises on the Nile River for almost two decades.

"The country has experienced an extraordinary level of renewed interest from both consumers and agents over the past couple of years."

Now is definitely the time to plan ahead if you are contemplating a visit.

River ships aren't huge and the dahabiyas, intimate, characterful sailing vessels that are unique to the Nile, are smaller still.

At the luxury end, Sanctuary Retreats offers a choice of four vessels: Sanctuary Sun Boat IV and Sanctuary Nile Adventurer, both of which have enjoyed extensive makeovers over the past two years; Sanctuary Sun Boat III, currently undergoing a multi-million dollar refurbishment and relaunching later this year; and the bespoke, exclusive-use dahabiya, Sanctuary Zein Nile Chateau, accommodating just 12 guests.

All feature a range of cruise itineraries and bespoke charters, which are perfect for testing the river in style. with John Rozentals Following the river from Aswan to Luxor right through the heart of Egypt, known highlights, including the Valley cruises take in some of the best- of the Kings and Queens, the Un-

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■ An Aussie casting agent is appealing for individuals and families prepared to fill in a daily diary of their experiences in isolation during the current shutdown. Comments will become content for a feature doco to be shown on international TV, plus copies placed into vaults of libraries housing historic documents.

Man of many voices

■ ABC’s Coodabeens member Ian Cover (aka Stan , the stuttering statistician) is also the Oracle from Barwon Heads heard infrequently with Ross and John on their 3AW breakfast show.

Covey is a talented, quick thinking comedian who once had a fling at State politics before concentrating to write funnies for radio. Love your work, Covey.

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finished Obelisk, Philae and Luxor.

Sanctuary Retreats also provides ample opportunity for its guests to explore the more remote, but equally spectacular Denderah, Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples along this section of the river, with expert Egyptologists on hand to bring history to life on all shore excursions.

With prices starting from just USD1307 per person twin-share for a four-night cruise aboard the Sanctuary Sun Boat IV and the Sanctuary Nile Adventurer, and with affordable flights from Australia daily via a range of airlines including Emirates and Qantas, Egypt offers up an easily accessible - and truly unforgettable holiday destination for Australians.

- John Rozentals ■ Potential travellers should check the status of individual events and establishments with regard to the coronavirus outbreak.

■ Over recent times life has been pretty good for screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker Tyler Perry. Last year he stumped up $ 250 million to buy and build a film studio on the 330-acre lot that was the base of the Confederate Military in Atlanta.

Known for his generosity he recently got an attack of the munchies and rocked up to his favourite restaurant. After observing social distancing he left a tip of $21,000 to be split between the 42 members of staff who on same day had been dismissed due to COVID-19.

It wasn’t all that long ago Tyler was an out-of-work actor sleeping in his car in the back streets of Atlanta.

Memo Ita

■ Boss of ABC TV, Ita Buttrose, needs to take responsibility for failing to screen the direct telecast of the Queen’s speech on Monday, April 6 . Although it was 5am.all three commercial channels broke into programming to screen the historic speech – ABC ignored it, and chose to repeat an old episode of Oz comedy Frontline.

The Queen’s speech was pitch perfect, tastefully delivered and produced. Cameraman dressed in full protective suit stood at stipulated social distance .

Back to work

■ You will recall the headlines about Mr and Mrs Tom Hanks and their enforced isolation on the Gold Coast. They no sooner served out their two weeks and hopped on a plane to return home in the US. First job off the rack was for Rita Wilson – Tom’s wife – to perform a virtual version of the National Anthem. The pre-recorded version was played at the opening of NASCAR’s pro-invitation virtual series. There is a pile of unfinished film and TV projects on hold on the Gold Coast with no finish date in sight.

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs FILM: 1917: Genre: War / Dr ama.

Cast: George Mackay, Dean-Charles Chapman Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Richard Madden, Daniel Mays, Teresa Mahoney.

Year: 2019.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 119 Minutes.

Stars: **** Verdict: Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission, to deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldier's brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap.

Hugely ambitious and significantly powerful World-War-1 drama unfolds in real time in an almost seamless "one-take" thread, unfolding with the intensity of a ticking time bomb that remains well balanced throughout as both a gripping thrill ride as much as a passionately personal character driven drama, all brought vividly and realistically to life for the most part to well grounded and compassionate performances by George Mackay and Dean-Charles Chapman as the two British soldiers tasked with an almost impossible mission.

Supporting performances by British veterans Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and Daniel Mays, and along with period detail, costume and production design, they all excel, however, special and well deserved kudos must go to Oscar winner Roger Deakins for his breathtaking and seamless cinematography, his previous credits include "Barton Fink" (1991), "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994), "Fargo" (1996), "Kundun" (1997), "The Big Lebowski" (1998), "O Brother, Where Art Thou" (2000), "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), "No Country For Old Men" (2007), "Skyfall" (2012), "Sicario" (2015), "Blade Runner 2049" (2017), to name a few, and this latest edition is yet another extraordinary Oscar winning achievement that keeps all emotions high, relevant and in balance as the story unfolds.

Co-written and directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes, whose previous credits include "American Beauty" (1999), "Road To Perdition" (2002), "Jarhead" (2005) and "Skyfall" (2012), among others, he has created both an epic and intimate tale of men and the futility of war reflective of such classics as Lewis Milestone's "All Quiet On The Western Front" (1930), Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" (1957) and Peter Weir's "Gallipoli" (1981), a heartfelt, passionate and audacious journey that is also a testament to exemplary filmmaking and cinematic achievements.

FILM: LITTLE WOMEN Genre: Drama/Romance.

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothee Chalamet, Laura Dern, Florence Pugh, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk.

Year: 2019.

Rating: G. Length: 134 Minutes.

Stars: **** Verdict: The classic coming-of-age story of four sisters in the aftermath of the American Civil War, based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, has been filmed (approximately) 8 times for the big screen beginning in 1917, and for the small screen with 3 TV movies, along with 7 television series and 3 mini-series, and this latest incarnation is a beautifully beguiling and sumptuously skilful adaptation that brings a uniquely rich tapestry to the oft told tale that remains respectful, yet surpasses its predecessors on every level.

The outstanding cast as the famed sisters includes Saoirse Ronan as Jo March, Emma Watson as Meg, Florence Pugh as Amy and Eliza Scanlen as Bet, and along with a stand-out supporting featuring Timothee Chalamet, Laura Dern, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk and Meryl Streep, they all equally excel in their respective roles, driven by an illuminating screenplay and sensitive yet intensely focused direction by Oscar nominated writer-director Greta Gerwig.

Filled with breathtaking cinematography and awe-inspiring 19th century period detail and production design, this is a thought provoking, haunting, atmospheric and bewitching multi-layered and supremely crafted portrait void of cliché and manipulation, a poetic tale and journey of four young women that breathes a new and vibrant life into a story for the ages that is as relevant today as it is timeless.

However, it must be noted that Gillan Armstrong's 1998 adaption of "Little Women" starring Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon and Christian Bale is of equal status.

Rourke’s Reviews The Platform ■ (R). 94 minutes. Now streaming on Netflix.

Highly relevant and depressing in equal measure, this unexpectedly visceral thriller provides much food for thought, as it largely presents humanity at its absolute worst, while that small sliver of hope has to fight long and hard to make an impact.

Set in the near future, the story takes place in a uniquely designed underground prison, where the cells are placed one on top of the other, descending hundreds of floors.

Each cell contains two prisoners, and in the centre is a rectangleshaped hole, where a platform is lowered from floor to floor.

On this platform is a bounty of food of the highest quality, cooked to perfection by a carefully chosen group of chefs.

Those who run the prison treat the whole set-up as an elaborate experiment; there is enough food for everyone, but only if each level eats what they need.

Of course, this isn't the case, as the upper floors stuff their faces, leaving nothing for those relegated to the lower levels.

The latest addition is Goreng (Ivan Massague), a bookworm who is about to witness the awful savagery that man is capable of.

Though it could never be described as subtle, debutant director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia delivers his message powerfully and confidently (and uses the limited budget to striking effect), and its examination of class structure and dog-eatdog mentality are unnervingly prescient (the later made all-the-more chilling by all the recent news footage showing people ruthlessly hoarding during the COVID-19 crisis).

For a complete experience, The Platform should be doubled up with Denis Villeneuve'soutstanding 2008 short film, Next Floor.

RATING - ****

Followers ■ Series 1 (M). 9 episodes. Now streaming on Netflix.

After a lengthy, seven year gap since her last feature, Helter Skelter (2012), photographer-turned-filmmaker Mika Ninagawa has returned with a vengeance, releasing two films and this TV series in the last 12 months, and it's terrific to see her skilful visual stylings on the screen again.

The multi-strand plot follows a number of people, all of whom work in Tokyo, and are affected to varying degrees by social media, a medium that can propel or crush a person's career in a heartbeat.

The main protagonists are Limi

Nara (Miki Nakatani), a renowned fashion photographer who is enjoying great success; Natsume Hyakuta (Elaiza Ikeda), an aspiring actress who can only get work playing either suicide victims or corpses; Akane Gunjyo (Yuka Itaya), an experienced music agent who is currently having issues with her star client, Sayo (Mika Nakashima), and Eriko Tajima (Mari Natsuki), who runs a fashion agency, and feels like she's getting old until she meets the younger Sueo (Sho Kasamatsu).

Also in the mix are Yuruco (Nobuaki Kaneko), Limi's gay assistant, Sunny (Kom I), Natsume's artist friend who is trying to start a career of her own, Tamio (Tadanobu Asano), an old flame of Limi's, and Nori (Yutaro), who offers support to both Natsume and Sunny.

Over the course of nine episodes, we see how many of these characters allow a sea of online comments (which can all-too-easily turn into abuse) push and mould them into something they don't won't to be, or even worse, make them feel worthless.

Co-writer/director Ninagawa, obviously drawing on her own experiences in the industry (Nakatani even resembles the director), uses her photographic eye to superb effect, using potent imagery to show how we are all trying to find ourselves in a growingly chaotic, attention-deficient world, and how much harder it is for women to be taken seriously in various industries, particularly if they want to have children.

One could easily dismiss the show as a superficial display of garish costumes, production design, and pop culture references (there are a slew of celebrity cameos), but Ninagawa smartly fuses all these elements into something more compelling, using the camera to find layers amongst the multicoloured gloss, and even how imagery we've encountered ourselves (whether it be film, TV, art, etc) has helped shape us as individuals over time.

The entire cast are all excellent (it's great to see Nakatani on screen again, who hasn't appeared in a film since 2015), and bring real charm to the material. Like Ninagawa's feature films (Sakuran, Helter Skelter, Not Quite Human, and Diner, the last which screened at this year's inaugural Fantastic Film Festival Australia), this is a feast for the eyes, and if one wanted to, could be enjoyed on the visuals alone. However, Ninagawa wants to achieve so much more, and by tapping into what appear to be more personal aspects, has created her most emotionally resonant work to date, and finishing on a well-chosen Perfume song is just the icing on the cake. RATING - ****

Top 10 Lists APRIL 12-18 THE DVD AND BLU-RAY TOP RENTALS & SALES: 1. JUMANJI: The Next Level [Action/ Fantasy/Adventure/Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan].

2. STAR WARS: The Rise of Skywalker 4K + Blu-Ray [Sci-Fi/Action/Adventure].

3. JOJO RABBIT [War/Comedy/Drama/ Rebel Wilson, Roman Griffith Davis, Taika Waititi].

4. KNIVES OUT [Crime/Comedy/Mystery/ Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ana de Armas].

5. SPIES IN DISGUISE [Animated/Action/ Adventure/Comedy/Will Smith].

6. PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE [Drama/Romance/Valeria Golino].

7. THE GOOD LIAR [Crime/Drama/ Mystery/Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen].

8. THE ADDAMS FAMILY [Animated/ Family/Comedy/Charleze Theron, Oscar Isaac].

9. THE DEAD DON'T DIE [Horror/Comedy/ Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton].

NEW HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: MY SPY [Family/Action/Comedy/Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman].

THE INFORMER [Crime/Thriller/Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Ana de Armas].

DVD AND/OR BLU-RAY NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSIC MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS: INSIDE OUT [Crime/Thriller/Telly Savalas, James Mason].

KOJAK: THE BELARUS FILE [Thriller/Telly Savalas, Max Von Sydow].

NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS: THE OUTER LIMITS: The Complete Original Series.

SAILOR MOON SUPER s: Season 4.

OCCUPIED: Series 3.

ENDEAVOUR: Series 7.

INSATIABLE: Season 1.

DOOM PATROL: Season 1.

HAILEY DEAN MYSTERIES: Collection 3.

DUBLIN MURDERS. THE COLBYS: The Complete Series. in all the right places.

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Shaun The Sheep

FILM: A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON Genre: Animated/Adventure/Comedy.

Cast: Justine Fletcher, John Sparkes, Chris Morell, David Holt.

Year: 2019.

Rating: G. Length: 86 Minutes.

Stars: *** Verdict: When an alien with amazing powers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep goes on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home before a sinister organization can capture her.

Delightfully entertaining British Aardman Studios claymation stop-motion animated feature is yet another hugely engaging family fun-fare fun-filled addition that pushes all the right buttons in all the right places.

- James Sherlock

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Crossroads

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Grand Wazoo

■ In July, the mighty 13-piece Grand Wazoo - Kings of Soul, reaches 39 years of Soul Music entertainment, bringin the iconic 60s-70s songs that were the soundtrack across generations, along with rare gems and band tunes.

The band are planning a ‘Soul Party’ in November (all going well) at the Memo Music Hall in St Kilda, says their media release.Good Friday Appeal.

Facebook shows ■ A number of high profile artists are keeping active in the current lockdown and at the same time entertaining their fans by doing live acoustic performances via Facebook.

Jimmy Barnes, Keith Potger and Peter Cupples are just a few to name.

Jimmy says: “During this Isolation period I've been doing a lot of lookin' out my back door and I've been lookin' out my front door too, haven't seen anybody so I'll just keep sending snippets to entertain you.”

- Rob Foenander

Radio Briefs

■ The commercial radio industry has urged the Federal Government to put in place a crisis relief package to support broadcasters struggling with falling ad revenues.

■ The Community BroadvcastingAssociation of Australia is launching a new Australian music radio show across the Community Radio Network. Australian Music is Bloody Great will showcase a range of Aussie acts

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Vale whites with special flavour ■ John ozentals looks at a couple ofMcLaren Vale whites with a definite Mediterranean flavour.

Hastwell & Lightfoot have released three new vintage wines from SouthAustralia's McLaren Vale - the Hastwell & Lightfoot 2019 Fiano, Hastwell & Lightfoot 2019 Vermentino and the Hastwell & Lightfoot 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon.

Fiano, a variety that hails from southern Italy, performs particularly well in McLaren Vale.

"There is a noticeable move by many winegrowers to white varieties more suited to the region's Mediterranean climate," said Hastwell & Lightfoot family member and General Manager, Kishan Sidhu.

"This innovation and vision stem from the strong collaborative nature of our winemakers and grape growers.

"There is a lot of support and sharing of knowledge and experiences within the McLaren Vale wine community.

"It has been a relatively recent move to these emerging varieties.

Only 20 years ago McLaren Vale was producing white varieties such as chardonnay and sauvignon blanc which weren't too enticing.

"In 2000, we have moved on and let the cooler regions grow those traditional white wines. The Vale's warmer, Mediterranean climate is perfect for these Italian and Spanish varieties, and the results are showing.

"We produce wines that are made to accompany food.

"We have four separate vineyard blocks that all contribute to the finished blend," said Kishan about the new cabernet.

"And there is also a small component of cabernet franc which adds another dimension and 'lift' to the wine.

"We are aiming to make the fruit the focus of this wine while ensuring it has longevity and, as with all of our wines, is one that is made to complement food."

WINE REVIEWS Hastwell & Lightfoot 2019 Vermentino ($25): The variety hails from southern Italy and is ideally suited to the warmth of McLaren Vale's Mediterranean climate.

In this case it has produced a bright, fresh dry white that combines the crispness of nectarines on the cusp of ripeness with zesty citrus flavours.

Drink as you would riesling, ideally with fresh, firm, simply grilled white-fleshed fish.

Hastwell & Lightfoot 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon ($25): This dry red sports the new H&L livery and is one of the winery's foundation wines, a variety that has been grown and made for over 30 years.

It shows the Vale doing what it does best: making full-bodied dry reds that are uncompromising in their flavour. Drink with lamb while seeking out flavours of dark berry fruits.

I NG CA RE E R G T A NDEM HA RB I NG N L E A P X H Y E NA U MA Z E U M A T A E T ROP H Y N ME N T I S ME CCA L E NONO O M E E N T H I S HAGGA R S R A N T S E A V E S E A S E S N EWE R HE A P HE A DMA S T E RS DO T E S OA A T GODS O T C Y S T B A OW L CK L E S R P RE F E RS E HA I R I E R L I S T E NCH B E T E S T E R N N I MB V E D Y A NA EM I A R S E R I F L S RE V E A L L S A L A DS S D I L A E T N A E S T OW AW A Y S L P A S T C C OMA N C O S M T L A Y S RE E K J A R GOGO HO T UP I CON T UB A S E T E RM I T E S I S H R EWD E R R I N D A T H O V M NCO E L R OW E D Y E N E NUME R A T E WH I R L POO L E E S A N S N WO N F S L O D AWD L B S I DE MA RS E K E D F L AGS B E E T C FOO T MA D RO L L GYM R K E L F E F B E NE US S R I N A RA B I C R S C I F I I NA P T MA CHO L C T H R I CK C L I P A L I K S A L S A C E A L I B I P E T T Y T RE A T A D HA I N T E SOY A OS SO R I RE A DE R D I E NOE L R I B T RE E CAM B N I S T R U T D I OR AWA Y D I S C S R E E E P C V I OC N H L A MA J E S R M I GRA T I ON CUDGE L L E D E L A R I R F E GOO I L U E DAM L E S S T A F F E RS P UNC L E S AM NOS E E T I DE E R MA U L S L ONE I N TO J NE E D O O L E O A D Z E NA V A YOGA U D I GRE S S E S C I S P Y D Z V T I P P E D N S E X T E T R AMA Z DE S R I NS T E P S O CORG I I R F I A S CO E X E B B I NG M ORA N T A T E S M T E NS I ON O S E E P AGE G L M M I N I I L CA S H N T ROU L E A K T A CHOME T E R S M I L E A OP E S L I GH T B RA S S MA R I A RA NUP P ME S H K O Y E R I D L Y MOB S T I GO SOD I UM D TOE I NG A L ONE A C P I E S N B RA T S S GE RM U N X S E S S T AGE S Y E F T POS S HRE DD I

● Winemaker James Hastwell: a changing acid balance with new white varieties.

This is a dry white that has reWINE OF THE WEEK Hastwell & Lightfoot 2019 tained its natural acidity and texFiano ($25): I'm with the people at ture and suits a range of lighter Hastwell & Lightfoot in saying that dishes.

"It's a taut wine made to get the McLaren Vale has largely been wasting its time chasing varieties taste buds working," says the mesuch as chardonnay which quickly dia release. I whole heartedly agree. over-ripen in its heat.

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Crossword Solution No 16 MA RK E T A E L I P V I M I S S I V R T S A MA NE N I NE P T N W HA N I CK E L O A RA W I S HE S S T I E L A ND E A A M I M F RA U P E T CA S T E R U E E F S A V E H E NGU Y A RD R K P B MA I L I A RA I S POK Y H L E E E NDORS A R DRAG S K Y A K A Y AMP L E S U O P US H I N I T I O RUNNE R R G RO A T L A S NA Y S S C I S L WO R S H I A O AM R A W MOR A L I

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THE T OP 5 C OMMENT S HEARD TOP COMMENT OMMENTS AT A US TR ALIA ’S FIRS T AUS USTR TRALIA ALIA’S FIRST DRIVETHRU WEDDING VENUE. DRIVE-THRU 5.“Do you want fries with that?”

4.“With this dipstick I thee wed.”

3. Any chance of an oil-change while we’re at it?”

2.“If we decide to divoice, can we drive through backwards?”

1.“The mother-in-law? She’s in the boot.”

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Bleak House - by Charles Dickens So Charley and I, without saying anything to any one, went out.

It was a cold, wild night, and the trees shuddered in the wind. The rain had been thick and heavy all day, and with little intermission for many days. None was falling just then, however. The sky had partly cleared, but was very gloomy--even above us, where a few stars were shining. In the north and north-west, where the sun had set three hours before, there was a pale dead light both beautiful and awful; and into it long sullen lines of cloud waved up like a sea stricken immovable as it was heaving.

Towards London a lurid glare overhung the whole dark waste, and the contrast between these two lights, and the fancy which the redder light engendered of an unearthly fire, gleaming on all the unseen buildings of the city and on all the faces of its many thousands of wondering inhabitants, was as solemn as might be.

I had no thought that night--none, I am quite sure--of what was soon to happen to me. But I have always remembered since that when we had stopped at the garden-gate to look up at the sky, and when we went upon our way, I had for a moment an undefinable impression of myself as being something different from what I then was. I know it was then and there that I had it. I have ever since connected the feeling with that spot and time and with everything associated with that spot and time, to the distant voices in the town, the barking of a dog, and the sound of wheels coming down the miry hill.

It was Saturday night, and most of the people belonging to the place where we were going were drinking elsewhere. We found it quieter than I had previously seen it, though quite as miserable. The kilns were burning, and a stifling vapour set towards us with a pale-blue glare.

We came to the cottage, where there was a feeble candle in the patched window. We tapped at the door and went in. The mother of the little child who had died was sitting in a chair on one side of the poor fire by the bed; and opposite to her, a wretched boy, supported by the chimneypiece, was cowering on the floor. He held under his arm, like a little bundle, a fragment of a fur cap; and as he tried to warm himself, he shook until the crazy door and window shook. The place was closer than before and had an unhealthy and a very peculiar smell.

I had not lifted my veil when I first spoke to the woman, which was at the moment of our going in. The boy staggered up instantly and stared at me with a remarkable expression of surprise and terror.

His action was so quick and my being the cause of it was so evident that I stood still instead of advancing nearer.

"I won't go no more to the berryin ground," muttered the boy; "I ain't a-going there, so I tell you!"

I lifted my veil and spoke to the woman. She said to me in a low voice, "Don't mind him, ma'am. He'll soon come back to his head," and said to him, "Jo, Jo, what's the matter?"

"I know wot she's come for!" cried the boy.

"Who?" "The lady there. She's come to get me to go along with her to the berryin ground. I won't go to the berryin ground. I don't like the name on it.

She might go a-berryin ME." His shivering came on again, and as he leaned against the wall, he shook the hovel.

"He has been talking off and on about such like all day, ma'am," said Jenny softly. "Why, how you stare! This is MY lady, Jo." "Is it?" returned the boy doubtfully, and surveying me with his arm held out above his burning eyes. "She looks to me the t'other one. It ain't the bonnet, nor yet it ain't the gownd, but she looks to me the t'other one."

My little Charley, with her premature experience of illness and trouble, had pulled off her bonnet and shawl and now went quietly up to him with a chair and sat him down in it like an old sick nurse.

Except that no such attendant could have shown him Charley's youthful face, which seemed to engage his confidence.

"I say!" said the boy. "YOU tell me. Ain't the lady the t'other ady?"

Charles Dickens Charley shook her head as she methodically drew his rags about him and made him as warm as she could.

"Oh!" the boy muttered. "Then I s'pose she ain't."

"I came to see if I could do you any good," said I. "What is the matter with you?"

"I'm a-being froze," returned the boy hoarsely, with his haggard gaze wandering about me, "and then burnt up, and then froze, and then burnt up, ever so many times in a hour. And my head's all sleepy, and all a-going mad-like--and I'm so dry-and my bones isn't half so much bones as pain.

"When did he come here?" I asked the woman.

"This morning, ma'am, I found him at the corner of the town. I had known him up in London yonder. Hadn't I, Jo?" "Tom-all-Alone's," the boy replied.

Whenever he fixed his attention or his eyes, it was only for a very little while. He soon began to droop his head again, and roll it heavily, and speak as if he were half awake.

"When did he come from London?" I asked.

"I come from London yes'day," said the boy himself, now flushed andhot. "I'm a-going somewheres."

"Where is he going?" I asked.

"Somewheres," repeated the boy in a louder tone. "I have been moved on, and moved on, more nor ever I was afore, since the t'other one give me the sov'ring. Mrs. Snagsby, she's always a-watching, and a-driving of me--what have I done to her?--and they're all a-watching and a-driving of me. Every one of 'em's doing of it, from the time when I don't get up, to the time when I don't go to bed. And I'm a-going somewheres. That's where I'm a-going. She told me, down in Tom-all-Alone's, as she came from

Stolbuns, and so I took the Stolbuns Road. It's as good as another."

He always concluded by addressing Charley.

"What is to be done with him?" said I, taking the woman aside. "He could not travel in this state even if he had a purpose and knew where he was going!"

"I know no more, ma'am, than the dead," she replied, glancing compassionately at him. "Perhaps the dead know better, if they could only tell us. I've kept him here all day for pity's sake, and I've given him broth and physic, and Liz has gone to try if any one will take him in (here's my pretty in the bed--her child, but I call it mine); but I can't keep him long, for if my husband was to come home and find him here, he'd be rough in putting him out and might do him a hurt. Hark!

Here comes Liz back!"

The other woman came hurriedly in as she spoke, and the boy got up with a half-obscured sense that he was expected to be going. When the little child awoke, and when and how Charley got at it, took it out of bed, and began to walk about hushing it, I don't know. There she was, doing all this in a quiet motherly manner as if she were living in Mrs. Blinder's attic with Tom and Emma again.

The friend had been here and there, and had been played about from hand to hand, and had come back as she went. At first it was too early for the boy to be received into the proper refuge, and at last it was too late. One official sent her to another, and the other sent her back again to the first, and so backward and forward, until it appeared to me as if both must have been appointed for their skill in evading their duties instead of performing them. And now, after all, she said, breathing quickly, for she had been

running and was frightened too, "Jenny, your master's on the road home, and mine's not far behind, and the Lord help the boy, for we can do no more for him!" They put a few halfpence together and hurried them into his hand, and so, in an oblivious, half-thankful, half-insensible way, he shuffled out of the house.

"Give me the child, my dear," said its mother to Charley, "and thank you kindly too! Jenny, woman dear, good night! Young lady, if my master don't fall out with me, I'll look down by the kiln by and by, where the boy will be most like, and again in the morning!" She hurried off, and presently we passed her hushing and singing to her child at her own door and looking anxiously along the road for her drunken husband.

I was afraid of staying then to speak to either woman, lest I should bring her into trouble. But I said to Charley that we must not leave the boy to die. Charley, who knew what to do much better than I did, and whose quickness equalled her presence of mind, glided on before me, and presently we came up with Jo, just short of the brickkiln.

I think he must have begun his journey with some small bundle under his arm and must have had it stolen or lost it. For he still carried his wretched fragment of fur cap like a bundle, though he went bare-headed through the rain, which now fell fast. He stopped when we called to him and again showed a dread of me when I came up, standing with his lustrous eyes fixed upon me, and even arrested in his shivering fit.

I asked him to come with us, and we would take care that he had some shelter for the night.

"I don't want no shelter," he said; "I can lay amongst the warm bricks."

"But don't you know that people die there?" replied Charley.

"They dies everywheres," said the boy. "They dies in their odgings--she knows where; I showed her--and they dies down in Tom-all-Alone's in heaps. They dies more than they lives, according to what I see." Then he hoarsely whispered Charley, "If she ain't the t'other one, she ain't the forrenner. Is there THREE of 'em then?" Charley looked at me a little frightened. I felt half frightened at myself when the boy glared on me so.

But he turned and followed when I beckoned to him, and finding that he acknowledged that influence in me, I led the way straight home. It was not far, only at the summit of the hill. We passed but one man. I doubted if we should have got home without assistance, the boy's steps were so uncertain and tremulous. He made no complaint, however, and was strangely unconcerned about himself, if I may say so strange a thing.

Leaving him in the hall for a moment, shrunk into the corner of the window-seat and staring with an indifference that scarcely could be called wonder at the comfort and brightness about him, I went into the drawing-room to speak to my guardian. There I found Mr. Skimpole, who had come down by the coach, as he frequently did without notice, and never bringing any clothes with him, but always borrowing everything he wanted.

They came out with me directly to look at the boy. The servants had gathered in the hall too, and he shivered in the window-seat with Charley standing by him, like some wounded animal that had been found in a ditch.

"This is a sorrowful case," said my guardian after asking him a question or two and touching him and examining his eyes. "What do you say, Harold?"

"You had better turn him out," said Mr. Skimpole.

"What do you mean?" inquired my guardian, almost sternly.

"My dear Jarndyce," said Mr. Skimpole, "you know what I am: I am a child. Be cross to me if I deserve it. But I have a constitutional objection to this sort of thing. I always had, when I was a medical man. He's not safe, you know. There's a very bad sort of fever about him."

Mr. Skimpole had retreated from the hall to the drawing-room again and said this in his airy way, seated on the music-stool as we stood by.

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From Previous Page "You'll say it's childish," observed Mr. Skimpole, looking gaily at us. "Well, I dare say it may be; but I AM a child, and I never pretend to be anything else. If you put him out in the road, you only put him where he was before. He will be no worse off than he was, you know. Even make him better off, if you like. Give him sixpence, or five shillings, or five pound ten--you are arithmeticians, and I am not--and get rid of him!"

"And what is he to do then?" asked my guardian.

"Upon my life," said Mr. Skimpole, shrugging his shoulders with his engaging smile, "I have not the least idea what he is to do then. But I have no doubt he'll do it."

"Now, is it not a horrible reflection," said my guardian, to whom I had hastily explained the unavailing efforts of the two women, "is it not a horrible reflection," walking up and down and rumpling his hair, "that if this wretched creature were a convicted prisoner, his hospital would be wide open to him, and he would be as well taken care of as any sick boy in the kingdom?"

"My dear Jarndyce," returned Mr. Skimpole, "you'll pardon the simplicity of the question, coming as it does from a creature who is perfectly simple in worldly matters, but why ISN'T he a prisoner then?"

My guardian stopped and looked at him with a whimsical mixture of amusement and indignation in his face.

"Our young friend is not to be suspected of any delicacy, I should imagine," said Mr. Skimpole, unabashed and candid. "It seems to me that it would be wiser, as well as in a certain kind of way more respectable, if he showed some misdirected energy that got him into prison. There would be more of an adventurous spirit in it, and consequently more of a certain sort of poetry."

"I believe," returned my guardian, resuming his uneasy walk, "that there is not such another child on earth as yourself."

"Do you really?" said Mr. Skimpole. "I dare say!

But I confess I don't see why our young friend, in his degree, should not seek to invest himself with such poetry as is open to him. He is no doubt born with an appetite--probably, when he is in a safer state of health, he has an excellent appetite. Very well. At our young friend's natural dinner hour, most likely about noon, our young friend says in effect to society, 'I am hungry; will you have the goodness to produce your spoon and feed me?' Society, which has taken upon itself the general arrangement of the whole system of spoons and professes to have a spoon for our young friend, does NOT produce that spoon; and our young friend, therefore, says 'You really must excuse me if I seize it.' Now, this appears to me a case of misdirected energy, which has a certain amount of reason in it and a certain amount of romance; and I don't know but what I should be more interested in our young friend, as an illustration of such a case, than merely as a poor vagabond--which any one can be."

"In the meantime," I ventured to observe, "he is getting worse."

"In the meantime," said Mr. Skimpole cheerfully, "as Miss Summerson, with her practical good sense, observes, he is getting worse. Therefore I recommend your turning him out before he gets still worse."

The amiable face with which he said it, I think I shall never forget.

"Of course, little woman," observed my guardian, turning to me, "I can ensure his admission into the proper place by merely going there to enforce it, though it's a bad state of things when, in his condition, that is necessary. But it's growing late, and is a very bad night, and the boy is worn out already. There is a bed in the wholesome loft-room by the stable; we had better keep him there till morning, when he can be wrapped up and removed. We'll do that."

"Oh!" said Mr. Skimpole, with his hands upon the keys of the piano as we moved away. "Are you going back to our young friend?"

"Yes," said my guardian.

"How I envy you your constitution, Jarndyce!" returned Mr. Skimpole with playful admiration.

"You don't mind these things; neither does Miss Summerson. You are ready at all times to go anywhere, and do anything. Such is will! I have no will at all--and no won't--simply can't."

"You can't recommend anything for the boy, I suppose?" said my guardian, looking back over his shoulder half angrily; only half angrily, for he never seemed to consider Mr. Skimpole an accountable being.

Magazine "My dear Jarndyce, I observed a bottle of cooling medicine in his pocket, and it's impossible for him to do better than take it. You can tell them to sprinkle a little vinegar about the place where he sleeps and to keep it moderately cool and him moderately warm. But it is mere impertinence in me to offer any recommendation.

Miss Summerson has such a knowledge of detail and such a capacity for the administration of detail that she knows all about it."

We went back into the hall and explained to Jo what we proposed to do, which Charley explained to him again and which he received with the languid unconcern I had already noticed, wearily looking on at what was done as if it were for somebody else. The servants compassionating his miserable state and being very anxious to help, we soon got the loft-room ready; and some of the men about the house carried him across the wet yard, well wrapped up. It was pleasant to observe how kind they were to him and how there appeared to be a general impression among them that frequently calling him "Old Chap" was likely to revive his spirits. Charley directed the operations and went to and fro between the loft-room and the house with such little stimulants and comforts as we thought it safe to give him. My guardian himself saw him before he was left for the night and reported to me when he returned to the growlery to write a letter on the boy's behalf, which a messenger was charged to deliver at day-light in the morning, that he seemed easier and inclined to sleep. They had fastened his door on the outside, he said, in case of his being delirious, but had so arranged that he could not make any noise without being heard.

Ada being in our room with a cold, Mr. Skimpole was left alone all this time and entertained himself by playing snatches of pathetic airs and sometimes singing to them (as we heard at a distance) with great expression and feeling.

When we rejoined him in the drawing-room he said he would give us a little ballad which had come into his head "apropos of our young friend," and he sang one about a peasant boy, "Thrown on the wide world, doomed to wander and roam, Bereft of his parents, bereft of a home." quite exquisitely. It was a song that always made him cry, he told us.

He was extremely gay all the rest of the evening, for he absolutely chirped--those were his delighted words--when he thought by what a happy talent for business he was surrounded. He gave us, in his glass of negus, "Better health to our young friend!" and supposed and gaily pursued the case of his being reserved like Whittington to become Lord Mayor of London. In that event, no doubt, he would establish the Jarndyce Institution and the Summerson Almshouses, and a little annual Corporation Pilgrimage to St. Albans. He had no doubt, he said, that our young friend was an excellent boy in his way, but his way was not the Harold Skimpole way; what Harold Skimpole was, Harold Skimpole had found himself, to his considerable surprise, when he first made his own acquaintance; he had accepted himself with all his failings and had thought it sound philosophy to make the best of the bargain; and he hoped we would do the same.

Charley's last report was that the boy was quiet.

I could see, from my window, the lantern they had left him burning quietly; and I went to bed very happy to think that he was sheltered.

There was more movement and more talking than usual a little before daybreak, and it awoke me. As I was dressing, I looked out of my window and asked one of our men who had been among the active sympathizers last night whether there was anything wrong about the house. The lantern was still burning in the loftwindow.

"It's the boy, miss," said he.

"Is he worse?" I inquired.

"Gone, miss.

"Dead!"

"Dead, miss? No. Gone clean off."

At what time of the night he had gone, or how, or why, it seemed hopeless ever to divine. The door remaining as it had been left, and the lantern standing in the window, it could only be supposed that he had got out by a trap in the floor which communicated with an empty cart-house below. But he had shut it down again, if that were so; and it looked as if it had not been raised.

Nothing of any kind was missing. On this fact being clearly ascertained, we all yielded to the painful belief that delirium had come upon him in the night and that, allured by some imaginary

object or pursued by some imaginary horror, he had strayed away in that worse than helpless state; all of us, that is to say, but Mr. Skimpole, who repeatedly suggested, in his usual easy light style, that it had occurred to our young friend that he was not a safe inmate, having a bad kind of fever upon him, and that he had with great natural politeness taken himself off.

Every possible inquiry was made, and every place was searched. The brick-kilns were examined, the cottages were visited, the two women were particularly questioned, but they knew nothing of him, and nobody could doubt that their wonder was genuine. The weather had for some time been too wet and the night itself had been too wet to admit of any tracing by footsteps. Hedge and ditch, and wall, and rick and stack, were examined by our men for a long distance round, lest the boy should be lying in such a place insensible or dead; but nothing was seen to indicate that he had ever been near. From the time when he was left in the loft-room, he vanished.

The search continued for five days. I do not mean that it ceased even then, but that my attention was then diverted into a current very memorable to me.

As Charley was at her writing again in my room in the evening, and as I sat opposite to her at work, I felt the table tremble. Looking up, I saw my little maid shivering from head to foot.

"Charley," said I, "are you so cold?"

"I think I am, miss," she replied. "I don't know what it is. I can't hold myself still. I felt so yesterday at about this same time, miss. Don't be uneasy, I think I'm ill."

I heard Ada's voice outside, and I hurried to the door of communication between my room and our pretty sitting-room, and locked it. Just in time, for she tapped at it while my hand was yet upon the key.

Ada called to me to let her in, but I said, "Not now, my dearest. Go away. There's nothing the matter; I will come to you presently." Ah! It was a long, long time before my darling girl and I were companions again.

Charley fell ill. In twelve hours she was very ill.

I moved her to my room, and laid her in my bed, and sat down quietly to nurse her. I told my guardian all about it, and why I felt it was necessary that I should seclude myself, and my reason for not seeing my darling above all. At first she came very often to the door, and called to me, and even reproached me with sobs and tears; but I wrote her a long letter saying that she made me anxious and unhappy and imploring her, as she loved me and wished my mind to be at peace, to come no nearer than the garden.

After that she came beneath the window even oftener than she had come to the door, and if I had learnt to love her dear sweet voice before when we were hardly ever apart, how did I learn to love it then, when I stood behind the windowcurtain listening and replying, but not so much as looking out! How did I learn to love it afterwards, when the harder time came!

They put a bed for me in our sitting-room; and by keeping the door wide open, I turned the two rooms into one, now that Ada had vacated that part of the house, and kept them always fresh and airy. There was not a servant in or about the house but was so good that they would all most gladly have come to me at any hour of the day or night without the least fear or unwillingness, but I thought it best to choose one worthy woman who was never to see Ada and whom I could trust to come and go with all precaution. Through her means I got out to take the air with my guardian when there was no fear of meeting Ada, and wanted for nothing in the way of attendance, any more than in any other respect.

And thus poor Charley sickened and grew worse, and fell into heavy danger of death, and lay severely ill for many a long round of day and night.

So patient she was, so uncomplaining, and inspired by such a gentle fortitude that very often as I sat by Charley holding her head in my arms-repose would come to her, so, when it would come to her in no other attitude--I silently prayed to our Father in heaven that I might not forget the lesson which this little sister taught me.

I was very sorrowful to think that Charley's pretty looks would change and be disfigured, even if she recovered--she was such a child with her dimpled face--but that thought was, for the greater part, lost in her greater peril. When she was at the worst, and her mind rambled again to the cares of her father's sick bed and the little

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would be quiet in my arms when she could lie quiet nowhere else, and murmur out the wanderings of her mind less restlessly. At those times I used to think, how should I ever tell the two remaining babies that the baby who had learned of her faithful heart to be a mother to them in their need was dead!

There were other times when Charley knew me well and talked to me, telling me that she sent her love to Tom and Emma and that she was sure Tom would grow up to be a good man. At those times Charley would speak to me of what she had read to her father as well as she could to comfort him, of that young man carried out to be buried who was the only son of his mother and she was a widow, of the ruler's daughter raised up by the gracious hand upon her bed of death. And Charley told me that when her father died she had kneeled down and prayed in her first sorrow that he likewise might be raised up and given back to his poor children, and that if she should never get better and should die too, she thought it likely that it might come into Tom's mind to offer the same prayer for her. Then would I show Tom how these people of old days had been brought back to life on earth, only that we might know our hope to be restored to heaven!

But of all the various times there were in Charley's illness, there was not one when she lost the gentle qualities I have spoken of. And there were many, many when I thought in the night of the last high belief in the watching angel, and the last higher trust in God, on the part of her poor despised father.

And Charley did not die. She flutteringly and slowly turned the dangerous point, after long lingering there, and then began to mend.

The hope that never had been given, from the first, of Charley being in outward appearance Charley any more soon began to be encouraged; and even that prospered, and I saw her growing into her old childish likeness again.

It was a great morning when I could tell Ada all this as she stood out in the garden; and it was a great evening when Charley and I at last took tea together in the next room. But on that same evening, I felt that I was stricken cold.

Happily for both of us, it was not until Charley was safe in bed again and placidly asleep that I began to think the contagion of her illness was upon me. I had been able easily to hide what I felt at tea-time, but I was past that already now, and I knew that I was rapidly following in Charley's steps.

I was well enough, however, to be up early in the morning, and to return my darling's cheerful blessing from the garden, and to talk with her as long as usual. But I was not free from an impression that I had been walking about the two rooms in the night, a little beside myself, though knowing where I was; and I felt confused at times--with a curious sense of fullness, as if I were becoming too large altogether.

In the evening I was so much worse that I resolved to prepare Charley, with which view I said, "You're getting quite strong, Charley, are you not?'

"Oh, quite!" said Charley.

"Strong enough to be told a secret, I think, Charley?"

"Quite strong enough for that, miss!" cried Charley. But Charley's face fell in the height of her delight, for she saw the secret in MY face; and she came out of the great chair, and fell upon my bosom, and said "Oh, miss, it's my doing!

It's my doing!" and a great deal more out of the fullness of her grateful heart.

"Now, Charley," said I after letting her go on for a little while, "if I am to be ill, my great trust, humanly speaking, is in you. And unless you are as quiet and composed for me as you always were for yourself, you can never fulfil it, Charley."

"If you'll let me cry a little longer, miss," said Charley. "Oh, my dear, my dear! If you'll only let me cry a little longer. Oh, my dear!"--how affectionately and devotedly she poured this out as she clung to my neck, I never can remember without tears--"I'll be good."

So I let Charley cry a little longer, and it did us both good.

"Trust in me now, if you please, miss," said Charley quietly. "I am istening to everything you say."

"It's very little at present, Charley. I shall tell your doctor to-night that I don't think I am well and that you are going to nurse me."

To Be Continued Next Issue

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Sport

All Aged Stakes attracts best ■ Like all of Sydney's top races recently, noms for the classics, have been first-class.

The time-honoured All Aged Stakes, to be run over 1400 metres at Randwick on Saturday (Apr. 18) has attracted some classy performers.

Over the years the All Aged Stakes has been won by some of our best gallopers such as All Too Hard, Atlantic Jewel, Hot Danish, Racing Top Win, Private Steer and the great mare, Sunline, plus this year's opening favoUrite, Pierata.

Pierata, if they decide to run him, will be cherry ripe for the 1400 metres, after competing at his two runs back over 1100 in the Galaxy finishing a close fifth, after being checked athe 200 metre mark.

He then backed that run up with a close fourth in the T.J.Smith Classic over 1200 metres, behind the flying machine, Nature Strip.

Now he is out to 1400 metres, and at his third run back, he is all class, and hard to beat here.

Another if he runs, the Victorian, Santa Ana Lane, who chased home Nature Strip, in the T.J.Smith is all class, and although well off the winner in the T.J., will be better suited here.

In the powerful camp of Anthony Freedman, he will be finishing fast over this trip, and one of the big chances.

Mystic Journey, who won the inaugural All Star Mile at Flemington ran a creditable fifth in the Cox Plate to Lys Gracieux, the star Japanese mare, and wasn't disgraced.

Her trainer, Adam Trinder, is itching to get her up and going in the mainland states, but is stranded in her home State of Tasmania, and can't get here, due to the Virus.

Next on the list like a lot of the others may not go around, and that is the good three-year old, Bivouac.

He was found wanting when the pace was clapped on in the T.J.Smith, and was beaten for pace like most of the others by the flying Nature Strip.

Plus he has had a couple of hard runs of racing lately, winning the Newmarket at Flemington on March 7, up the straight at Flemington in good style, then was beaten into third placing by Loving Gaby in the William Reid Stakes at the Valley on March 20.

On the next line is the John Thompsontrained, Dream Force, a powerful front runner, who won in great style taking out the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill back on March 21 over 1500 metres, on a soft track.

He accounted for some smart horses including Te Akau Shark, The Bostonian, Alizee, Super Seth, Spend and the third placegetter in the Doncaster, Brandenberg.

If the seven year-old gets his own way in front, he is hard to beat.

One of the powerful James Cummings team, Kementari, esumed with an unplaced run in the Star Kingdom Stakes with an unplaced run behind Vegadaze and stablemate, Manicure.

Former top jockey, Darren Beadman, now foreman for the Cummings camp, has a high opinion of the five year-old, who has now won four of his 20starts, with eight placings.

I would like him to show a bit more, before I put him in calculations here.

One horse you cannot leave out is the good New Zealand mare, Melody Belle, a great fourth in the Doncaster, after drawing awkwardly in a field of 20 runners.

She gets the ‘giggle’s when it rains and is a winner of several Group One Races in her native New Zealand.

If she draws reasonably and it's a wet track, have something on her, you will get a great run for your money.

Last, but not least, is the Mathew Smith trained, Japanese bred, Fierce Impact, who ran a terrific third behind the Western Australian, Regal Power, in the All Star Mile at Caulfield on March 14.

Before that the six-year-old ran second in the C.F.Orr Stakes at Caulfield, behind Alabama Express, and then followed that up with another good third behind, Te Akau Shark and Verry Elleegant, in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick on February 29. ● Jamie Mott. Racing Photos Since winning the Epsom, he failed to flatter with a fourth in the Expressway at Randwick, then Chris Waller took him to Melbourne, but he showed nothing in two runs here.

Excuses could be made for him in the Doncaster, as he drew 17, and was off the course most of the way, a race where many of the fancied horses failed to fire.

Could he surprise here, if he runs?

The Bostonian, the New Zealander, who has raced here in Melbourne, in Sydney, was a reasonable second behind Dream Force, in the George Ryder, in front of Ta Akau Shark, and is top notch on his day.

By outstanding sire and racehorse, Jimmy Choux, The Bostonian, is a winner of over a million and a half dollars, and recently won the Canterbury Stakes at Randwick, beating Savatiano and Mister Sea Wolf.

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■ Top Jockey, Jamie Mott, who had a shocking fall at a night meeting at Cranbourne earlier this year, is ready to resume his career, after sustaining a broken leg and ankle.

Jamie told me that he has a new physio, which is working well, and he hoped to resume track riding this week.

He had to have a second operation on his leg, to insert a longer rod into the bad break.

Most likely he will kick off track work at Mornington, riding some for his main backer, trainer John Mc Ardle, who he rides for on a regular basis.

Welcome back, Jamie and best of luck.

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Sport

Big day for Avenel’s Ailken ■ Shepparton commenced the week on Monday April 6 and Avenel reinsman Josh Aiken was the hero of the afternoon after piloting half of the winners on the eight event card.

Driving smart Art Major-Lombo Cloud Nine filly Cloudlet trained by local trainer David Moran in the Hicks Transport Group 3Y0 Pace, Aiken's day started on a high when she coasted to victory off a one/two passage to register a 4.2 metre margin over Esterna (one/one) and the leader High Flux in a mile rate of 1-57.7.

■ The DeMaria Misubishi Cobram Pace over 1690 metres was next to come along when the Amanda Turnbull trained Major Vinnie, a 5Y0 Art Major-Vixen Hanover gelding was too strong for his rivals in a rate of 1-56.7.

Given a sweet trip one/one after starting from the extreme draw, Major Vinnie after easing three wide on the final bend scored by 7.2 metres in advance of Nomorelying which raced in the open, with Major Wish third 1.2 metres away from four back in the moving line.

■ Joining forces with father David aboard speedy Art Major- Mendelico 4Y0 gelding Major Delico in the 2190 metre Cobram Hotel Bottleshop Pace and ex-Sydneysider Leonidas (Mach Three-Rogers Joy) in the AAA Woolbuyers Pace over the same trip, Aiken snared the last two races on the program. Major Delico led throughout, accounting for Ajay Breezy Rose (one/one) and Wayonbye which went forward to park in the open.

The margins a head x 1.8 metres in 1-58.1, while 4Y0 gelding Leonidas did the same to defeat Shoshone Brave by a half neck which raced outside him from the bell, with Blingittothemax third 3.3 metres back after trailing the winner. The mile rate an identical 158.1.

Feature winner

■ Lemnos trainer Russell Jack's most consistant 5Y0 Majestic Son-Shezoneoftheboyz gelding Gunning was victorious in the feature of the day - a good quality $12,000 Jim Canny Memorial Trotters Handicap over 2190 metres.

Driven by nephew Cameron Maggs, Gunning began very fast from 10 metres to make a failed attempt to cross polemarker Valley Ess Jay before easing to trail, before again going forward when Moonshine Linda (three back the markers from 20 metres) was set alight to try and lead which this time proved successful.

■ Rated to perfection at the head of affairs, Gunning defied all challengers to reach the judge 1.3 metres clear of Moonshine Linda along the sprint lane in a rate of 2-04. Red hot $1.40 favourite Big Jack Hammer appeared thrown into the race from 40 metres, but found the task of racing without cover for the last lap too much, finishing a disappointing 7.9 metres away.

■ Local Arcadia trainer Clive Dalton combined with Damian Wilson to snare the 2190 metre Easter Trotters Handicap with 4Y0 Majestic Son-Sunbeam Song gelding Allwoods Sunbeam in a mile rate of 2-06.1.

Starting outside the 10 metre mark, Wilson was content to stay at the tail of the field with the exception of favourite Barhoon which galloped wildly shortly after the start and Cmon Carl Lee which began badly.

Going forward in the last lap, Allwoods Sunbeam finished too well for his rivals to gain the day by a half neck from a game Caprioska which raced exposed, with first starter Bella Contessa (one/one) a creditable third.

Morning run

■ Shepparton raced again on Tuesday in a morning timeslot (not the first time this has occurred as many years back some Saturday morning meetings were held) and one winner worth a mention was 4Y0 Falcon Seelser-Phyl Crocker mare Bella Mystique for Benalla trainer/driver Matthew Berger in the Central Tyre Service Pace over 1690 metres.

Beginning best from gate five to lead, Bella Mystique was well rated and although inclined to run in towards the finish, scored by 1.7 metres in a rate of 1-57.4 from Wilma which weaved in-between runners from three back the markers on turning, with Lombo Idle Belief a nose away third after racing exposed.

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with Len Baker ■ Gillieston owner/trainer/driver Wayne Hayes was another who was successful after leading when 7Y0 Gotta Go Cullect-Babi Cassie mare Cassiopeia landed the 1690 metre Cottrell Electricians Pace. Always travelling sweetly, Cassiopeia just lasted by a head from Lagom one/ one - three wide home turn) in a rate of 2-00.6.

Roll The Seven which raced uncovered was third 1.8 metres away.

■ Euroa reinsman Cameron Maggs combined to land a double at the meeting with Mach Three-Hi Life Franco 6Y0 mare Miss Fandango trained at Chiltern by Peter Romero leading for most of the way in the JDC Contractors Pace over 2190 metres to account for Hayjoshandco (one/two) by 4.4 metres in a rate of two minutes even, with Village Encounter third 1.4 metres back after trailing the winner., then combining with Rochester's Mark Thompson aboard 5Y0 Jet Laag-Orta Be Ruthless mare Weeks End in the Neatline Homes Pace over the same trip.

Afforded the lead off stablemate Dunrobbin at the judge on the first occasion, Weeks End defied all challengers to defeat Drive The Dream and Lochinver in a mile rate of 1-57.2. The margins being a head by a half neck.

Terrific Terang

■ Two terrific $12,000 races were held at Terang on Tuesday - the Terang Co-Op Rural Store Pace over 2180 metres and the Terang Home Hardware Trotters Handicap over the same distance.

Local trainer/driver Mattie Craven's very smart Rock N Roll Heaven-Localize gelding Fides notched up his 8th success in 25 outings when victorious in the Terang Co-Op. Showing his usual speed from gate two, Fides led easily under a tight rein before giving his supporters heart murmurs at the bell when handing over to Goodtime Heaven.

Using the sprint lane on turning, Fides dashed home to gain the day by 2 metres on the wire over Pat Stanley which joined him on the home turn off a three wide trail last lap. The in-form Im Shadow Boxer (four back the markers at bell) flashed home late for third 4.4 metres away.

The rate 1-56.8.

■ Local Kolora part-owner/trainer Barry Beasley's 4Y0 Wishing Stone-Le Chabanais gelding Archleo has returned to racing in dynamic style, making it three from three this time in with a solid victory in the Home Hardware.

Driven once again by Michael Bellman, Archleo began safely from 10 metres, not being bussled to possie three back along the markers as two of the roughies Eoghan Omaille and My Darling Beware occupied the first two placings.

Coming away from the inside to face the breeze at the bell, Archleo cruised to the front on the home turn with Travel Bug which had followed him throughout poised to pounce in the straight. Giving plenty, Archleo safely held Travel Bug at bay to register a neck margin, with King Denny making a long run from midfield for third 11.3 metres back. The mile rate 204.5.

Kilmore victory

■ Kilmore's Charlene Gusman was successful at her home track on Wednesday April 8 following the victory of 4Y0 American Ideal--=

Shes Norma Jeane mare Lola Montez in the Buds & Branches Pace over 2180 metres. Starting from the pole, Lola Montez was crossed by older stablemate Shesalwaysdreaming a half sister, with Julie Mifsud's Wonderforce flying out from gate five to cross easily leaving her buried three back along the markers.

When Ears Ponder took over at the bell putting Lola Montez four back before being taken away from the inside into clear air allowing her to go forward three wide in the last lap, Lola Montez despite making the home turn four wide, rattled home to register her first success in four starts to date, scoring by 2.7 metres in a mile rate of 2-03.6 over Ears Ponder, with Wonderforce third 8.2 metres away. Charlene received all the spoils for the race as apart from owning, training and driving the winner, she also bred her.

■ Drouin co-trainers Gary and Deb Quinlan's 7YO Art Major-Petes Dream gelding Professor Tom looked to have a mortgage on the 2150 metre C & M Build Group Pace and that's the way it panned out.

Driven by Chris Alford, Professor Tom ($1.20) went forward from outside the front line, not being pushed to assume control from old timer All I Can Be which led from inside him.

Crossing over in the back straight on the first occasion, Professor Tom had nothing more than a "stroll in the park", winning unextended by 4.5 metres in a rate of 2-01 from All I Can Be which held down second, with Peter Perfect (three back the markers) third 3.6 metres back.

■ It was a stable double for the Quinlan pair when almost unbackable 6Y0 Art Major-Magic Music entire Scruffy Marshall ($1.20) scored in the Kilmore Trackside Pace over 2180 metres.

With Alford in the sulky, Scruffy Marshall was restrained from gate four at the start as polemarker Cullens Legend led, before whizzing forward when the speed slackened to take over.

From there the race became a procession with Scruffy Marshall coasting to the wire untouched 2.5 metres in advance of Cullens Legend which easily held down second. Tre Cool (three back the markers) was third 8.3 metres back. The mile rate 2-02.6.

■ The CUB Pace saw very honest 6Y0 gelding Villareal going one better than his second behind Louis Sedgwick the previous Friday.

Trained and driven by Lisa Miles, Villareal starting inside the second line settled three back the markers as Madame Annie was driven hard to lead from the pole before surrendering to Rockabella Starz at the bell.

Immediately coming away from the inside to race in the open for the final circuit, Villareal was too strong at the finish for Rockabella Starz in what was another Bolinda quinella. Blissful Mind (one/one at bell) ran home late for third 1.1 metres back. Raced by Mick and Terry Lingard, Villareal returned a mile rate of 1-57.1 and has recorded seven wins from 65 race appearances.

Sent forward

■ Mildura also raced on Wednesday and Irymple trainer Boris Devcic's 5Y0 Art MajorIma Happy Girl gelding Augustus Jack made amends for a second to local champ Murranji Track the week before with a deserved victory in the $12,000 Tenderprint Australia Pace over 1790 metres.

Driven by Dwayne Locke, Augustus Jack was quickly sent forward after starting solo on the second line to cross the poleline pacemaker Smynanna Mickey.

Not knowing himself at the head of affairs, Augustus Jack coasted to the wire 11.6 metres ahead of Smynanna Mickey and a death-seating Carload who was third 2.4 metres away. The mile rate 1-58.1.

Thursday runs

■ Racing was plentiful all through the week and Thursday was no exception with both Tabcorp Park Melton and Bendigo racing during the day and night.

At Melton, Daylesford's Mick Barby and Anne-Maree Conroy were successful with highly promising 6Y0 Julius Caesar-Blooming Marvel

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday - Melton/Bendigo, Thursday - Shepparton/Kilmore, Friday - Ballarat/ Terang, Saturday - Melton, Sunday Cranbourne, Monday - Bendigo/Mildura, Tuesday - Shepparton.

Horses to follow

■ Silent Major, Caprioska, Surbiton Heartbreak, King Denny, Nomorelying, Goodtime Heaven, Moonshine Linda.

lous gelding Teetreetommy in the 2240 metre DNR Logistics Trotters Mobile. Still green at the caper, Teetreetommy did show surprising speed as the start was effected, but after being caught four wide from outside the front line Anne-Maree restrained him to possie three back in the moving line.

Easing wide in the final circuit, Teetreetommy although off the track on the final bend had the leaders well covered, racing clear over the concluding stages to score by 8.4 metres from the leader Dream Lover who fought on courageously in a mile rate of 2-02.2. Coco Lombo was third 1.2 metres away after racing exposed Cardigan based trainer Allan McDonough combined with Greg Sugars to take the Alabar Pace over 2240 metres with very smart Shadow PlayStylish Jasper 3Y0 gelding Pradason. Bred and raced by long time stable client Anthony Moody Sugars wasted no time in sending Pradason forward from a solo second line draw to park outside the leader Single Tree Road.

Taking over in the last lap, Pradason held a margin to the wire, reaching the post 1.8 metres clear of Majaliner (one/one) and Rock On Shadow which trailed the weakening pacemaker. The mile rate 1-56.5.

Night of doubles

■ It was a night of doubles at Bendigo with recently area domiciled trainer Justin Brewin landing the Yorkshire Park Standardbreds Pace over 2150 metres with Whata Rockstar and the Santons Of Bendigo Trotters Mobile over the same trip with Armbro Hugh, both driven by local reinsman Alex Ashwood, while Elmore's Keith Cotchin snared both the 1650 metre Northern Rivers Equine Veterinary Clinic Pace with Brackenreid (Haydon Gray) and the 2150 metre Alabar Bloodstock Pace with Betternbetter (Tayla French).

Four year old Sportswriter-Dream Bonus gelding Whata Rockstar broke his maiden status at start number seven by leading throughout in 1-58.7 after beginning brilliantly from outside the front line.

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Six year old Armbro Variable-Derwinda gelding Armbro Hugh trained by the late Col Redwood for the majority of his career, was given a sweet one/one trip on the back of Mumstheword as Vincent Kai was sent forward to lead midrace. Joining the pacemaker on the final bend Armbro Hugh finished best to prevail by 3 metres in a rate of 2-01 from Vincent Kai, with Surbiton Pretender 15.1 metres away in third place after surrendering the lead, Brackenreid a most consistent 5Y0 gelded son of Western Terror and Bebop who is never far away in his races was trapped three wide from gate four, easing to settle one/two as polemarker Wotchawaitingfor retained the fron running. Going forward on the home turn Brackenreid flashed late to blouse Courageous Saint which he followed for most of the race by a half head, with Manassa Sky using the sprint lane for late for third after being held up on straightening.

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Bright & Sunny home on just over half an Acre A bright and sunny 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home on just over half an acre in the heart of Flowerdale.

An inviting wraparound veranda to the front of the house, open plan living with split system and cosy Conara and a lovely private master suite with huge ensuit bathroom to the rear of the house. The garden has lovely established shade trees, a large garage, 2 green houses, raised veggie garden and espalier fruit trees set on 2270 m2 in a quiet street. Flowerdale has many drawcards for all sorts of tree-changers. Hikers, bird watchers and mountain bike riders will love the national park that surrounds Flowerdale. Families and retirees will be interested to note there is a Community house, local fishing club, line dancing classes, fund raising and volunteer groups and good food at the local Flowerdale Hotel. $440,000

49 Moores Road, Castella

$1,100,000

Live happily ever after in this storybook home This enchanting house was built with love. For the first time on offer is this gorgeous 2 story home with open floor plan, beautiful timber & stone finishes and thoughtful touches throughout. Enter through custom made double doors into the formal living room with vaulted ceiling, random limestone flooring, open fireplace with stunning mantle; this area leads directly into a generous kitchen with modern appliances, farmhouse sink, wood fire ager, walk in pantry and stunning timber benchtops. The master suite is on the ground floor plus a formal dining area. Upstairs you will find a 2nd sitting room, 2 queen size bedrooms that open onto a sundeck. The 6.3 acre property also offers a single bedroom cottage with open plan living room/kitchen & a 2nd cottage that is currently used as a commercial kitchen / workshop that could easily be converted to a guest house. Both cottages have the potential to generate a rental or air B & B income. $1,100,000

20 Lyons Street, Yea

$480,000

Inviting home with breathtaking views Inviting home with breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside. Set back on this large block to take in some fantastic views is this charming, well-presented home. The ground floor consists of: open plan living, dining, kitchen all with views through large light filled windows. There is a family bathroom, laundry and one bedroom with robes: Upstairs are two large bedrooms with robes and there is access to a large balcony for relaxing and taking in the magnificent views of the old township & ranges surrounding Yea. Outdoors is a double carport that is partially enclosed, Covered Alfresco area to the back garden, garden shed and a well- loved, established garden which explodes into colour most of the year. $480,000

33 Carey Road, Yea

$498,000

Lifestyle Rural Land ready to build (STCA) on 8 acres Located only 4 minutes to the heart of Yea Township is this absolutely stunning parcel of fertile land with softly undulating hills and tranquil views over Killingworth & the Highland ranges beyond. 8 acres approx. with good fencing, a grand double gated entrance way, power available plus an ideal flat building site to take advantage of uninterrupted views of 280 degrees to enjoy sun up & sun down. Only a short walk to High Street Yea with amenities such as schools, childcare, medical service and world class eateries. $498,000

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