Police patrol
With Liz Bell
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Unknown: The identity of a woman found in the water at Sorrento 57 years ago (left) remains a mystery, along with the identity of a woman believed to be connected to her whose picture was believed to have been taken in Italy (right).
Sorrento mystery inquiry reopened DETECTIVES have made a fresh appeal to try to identify a woman’s body found on the beach at Sorrento 57 years ago. A digitally generated image has been released of the unknown woman, along with a photograph of a woman believed to be linked to her. The woman’s body was discovered floating in the water off Sorrento beach on the evening of 25 February 1966. She is described as being between 65 and 70 years old, about 164cm tall, with a slight build. She had grey hair, no teeth, brown eyes with a blue periphery in her iris, and a 15cm scar on her left leg. She was wearing a string of pearls, a pink bra, a pink corset, blue bloomers and nylon stockings. The photograph of a second un-
known woman, believed to have been taken in Caserta, Italy, and dated 10 April 1961, was found with the dead woman’s police file from 1966. Police do not know where the photograph came from or its connection to the case. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Off the rack: The Clothes4U monthly public sale on Friday offered clothes from $5 for those wanting some new quality threads at bargain basement prices. Volunteer helpers at the sale, from left, Elaine Taylor, Angela Nugent, Tina Donohughe, Bev Storey and Janny Wilcox outfitting customer Anne. Picture: Yanni
Homes evacuated
Clothes to help in all situations
HOUSES in a Mount Eliza street had to be evacuated on Tuesday 24 October after drainage contractors unearthed an unexploded ordnance. Police and Australian Defence Force special operations personnel attended at Hamersley Court after workmen alerted authorities, who closed the street just after noon and cleared the area. It is unclear what type of device it was, or where the ordnance had come from.
ROSEBUD based charity Clothes4U is taking the stress out of looking professional on a budget, providing students and people looking for work with quality clothes at low or no cost. Prices are low, but quality is not. There are suits, race day wear and hats, dresses, designers brands and clothes for most occasions. Charity president Tina Donahue said buying new clothes that were suitable for employment situations was sometimes out of reach for students or
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people looking to join the workforce. Donahue said clients who come to Clothes4U were given a one-on-one consultation, taking into account their body shape, likes and dislikes and the reason for needing clothing. “We act as their personal stylist, and a lot our work involved providing clothes for people facing disadvantage, going to court, school meetings, special occasions and much more,” she said. “We are a charity and we take the
pressure off people who need to look well dressed but don’t necessarily have the budget. “The majority of our clients also need everyday clothing - many have only the clothes on their back.” The not-for-profit relies on donations and holds monthly clothing sales open to the public to help raise money to cover its overheads, including rent. Clothes4U is at shops 5 and 6, 35 Wanneaue Place, Rosebud. Phone 0490 058 596. Liz Bell
Administrator for land council Continued from Page 1 Stroud said positions on the board of directors had been “vacated”. Financial risk management and governance expert in the financial services sector, Kevin Leighton, has been appointed interim CEO. "I'm looking forward to taking on this interim CEO role and getting to know the remarkable team at Bunurong Land Council," Leighton said. “Professionals” to be appointed next month (November) to a corporation advisory group will, at the end of the special administration, be invited to become non-executive directors on a new board. Applicants to the “not designated/identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander appointments” will be expected to have “professional backgrounds in finance, legal, business or other disciplines”. The Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (BLCAC) is the Traditional Owner organisation and registered Aboriginal Party (RAP) representing the Bunurong people of the south-eastern Kulin Nation on the Mornington Peninsula, Western Port and part of south-west Gippsland. The latest intervention in the affairs of the Bunurong Land Council comes eight years after the Federal Court in Melbourne fined and disqualified from managing an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporations for a set number of years four former directors of the Bunurong Land Council. The fines ranged from $25,000 to $5000 and the managing bans ranged from seven years to three.
The April 2015 case followed the appointment of a special administrator in January 2014 who, due to inadequate records, was unable to properly identify the source and destination of large sums of money. At the time of the administrator’s appointment the land council had not held an annual general meeting for 10 years and there had been one directors’ meeting in five years. A news release issued by the ORIC in July 2014 announcing the end of the special administration said there had been “woeful record keeping, financial irregularities, non-payment of tax and possible insolvency—a number of former members were in fierce denial of any governance problems at the corporation”. “If ever a corporation required external assistance to get back on track it was the Bunurong Land Council (Aboriginal Corporation),” Indigenous Corporations registrar Anthony Beven said. “It is disappointing that some people sought to undermine the special administrator, rather than working constructively with him for the betterment of the corporation.” The news release went on to state that from the outset of their appointment the special administrator and registrar “took the position that poor governance, accountability and transparency would no longer be tolerated at the Bunurong Land Council (Aboriginal Corporation)”. “The corporation is now strong again and well run. Bunurong people who have long been excluded from having a say in the running of their corporation have been warmly welcomed back to the corporation.”
Seniors bike ride THE inaugural Seniors Week bike ride by members of U3A Southern Peninsula saw four cycling groups ride from Safety Beach Yacht Club to Rye pier. All riders are aged over 50. Cycling is one of more than 80 outdoor activities and courses offered by U3A. Visit u3asouthpen.org.au for details. New members welcome. The U3A office is in the former Shire of Flinders office, 359a Pt Nepean Road, Dromana.
Picture: Rosalie Arnold
