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IF ever a a town it’sshopkeeper knows must know the hairdresser. the inside gossip So The populaa lot about Hastin Keith Williamsonof and trimmi r barber who gs. seven monthng beards for has been cutting the past hair Mr Willia s is ready for semi-r 43 years and mson, 67, etirement. prentice began in bought the Main Street, Mornias a 16-year-old apbusiness Moving eight yearsngton, in 1968 and later. shop in to Hastings after the former a few years Arcade he set with partne Half Case and After three r Wolfgang then Ritchie up s’ years an Foine. would do estate Street. “I better if they movedagent suggested they out onto there – andsaid if you can High get The pair he did,” Mr Williaus a shop we’ll move years beforemoved to 26 High mson said. Street and moving ago. Mr to 23 High stayed 34 Foine retired It’s been 12 years Street six years ago. has enjoye a labour of love trusting d the company of sorts. Mr Willia him of mson to go anywh alone with their loyal regulars – travelling ere else. “I’ve locks and refusinmany g even Port overseas from had calls from regula Chicago, Hedland rs Heathrow “Another to book for 43 years customer has haircuts,” he says.and been hair until and, apart from coming to see he was three, me his mothe else.” r cutting has never gone anywh his The Tyabb ere residen the High Street shop t says while he part-tim is closing e from his he will still be cutting slow down pool room hair a bit so said. I’m really at home. “It’s time just relocat to ing,” he Stephen Taylor
Keith Platt keith@mpnew s.com.au Increasing numbers FEAR S cases are of Buruli over the being reporte ulcer of using environment Mornington d, Shire counci and Bellari mainly on the have raisedchemicals to kill al effects but also llors were ne penins that there told last ods being questions about mosquitos coast extending as far ulas, week of Port north confirm is a “paucity of insula to used on the Morni the mething mosqu information” testing at Scientists Phillip to Sandri along the for the use investigate ngton Buruli ulcers. itos were ngham. Buruli ulcer. of chemic to blame the mosquitos the flesh-e Pen- by a bacteri suspect the ulcer The effecti is caused um ating bitten say residen and the study als to kill how The Beatin veness of by a mosquwhich infects human als to ts can choose managers the money efforts to quito Contro g Buruli in Victor volved. ito. announced A scienti s ardisedcontrol mosquitos is being run not to be l Study ia: Mosst not involv spent. the back by Mr Hunt could be triinby “When doubts of a $2.4 was launched On Friday jeoped in the the govern ciding to the number of that its ernment million on the made availab ment money he questio grant announ the govern federal govusual univermethods would study by the opt out of the residents dele it was MP and study was grants now Depart ment norma ned whethe “pass ced comm sity Health Minist called by Flinde research r ittee approv man Servic ment of Health being run Cr it’s more like September rs ethics er Greg a trial,” a study, “witho to other levels lly makes large David Gill al”. es (DHH There are and Hustitute, Barwo Hunt in the of S), the Doher of the causes2017 to “get to ut knowi also His comm said last week. mayor be ng how government n Health ty Inof the ulcer. the bottom” chemicals being growing fears used?” CSIRO, ents it is going , Austin that that Agriculture used to will poison in March followed confirm Health to “I would kill mosqu the versity other find that itos Penins of MelbourneVictoria, The Uni-, in Rye were properties in three ation Gill bees, and very unusua said. creatures insects, includ streets and Morni ula Shire. to kill mosqusprayed with ing l,” Cr that eat ngton He said a chemic More than them. itos. the first councillors al volved of 76 locatioThose streets been added 10,000 signatu were in any decisio were ns selecte res have study. to an online ns connec not ind for the the study “and petition Cr Gill ted with I’m very there has pro- is says the disapp been no federal not keepin proper publicointed government sultation or g a close an enough watch on environmental effort to carry coneffects study” out an Landsc . aping and Continued Page 7
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