ON Monday afternoon at 2pm a wood-cutter, named William Singleton, aged 43, single, who was felling trees for Mr. Holland, at Flinders, met with a fearful accident.
At 7pm Mr. Holland became alarmed at the non-appearance of Singleton.
He went in search and found the missing man pinned beneath a fallen tree.
Jacks were necessary to release him, and after five hours of agony and inability to move, Mr. Holland conveyed the man in his own car to Dr. Maxwell’s surgery at Frankston.
Dr. Maxwell found the injuries to be of so severe a nature that he ordered his immediate removal to the Melbourne Hospital, where he was admitted at midnight in a critical condition, owing to the crushing of his spine and pelvis,
Singleton died early yesterday morning.
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On Friday, October 5, a social evening will be held in the Hastings Public Hall, in aid of the Holy Trinity bazaar funds.
There will be various attractions, including Mrs. Jarley’s Waxworks and a good programme of dancing.
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LIEUT.–COLONEL Lazarus, shire engineer; who has been confined to his room during the past week, owing to an attack of influenza, is now progressing favorably.
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THE Bittern Progress Association held a very successful meeting on September 24, the attendance being a record.
The site of the recreation reserve still hangs in the balance as the land in view is a bit small, but a satisfactory way out of the difficulty is nearly certain.
Cr. Jack addressed the meeting as a fully fledged councillor and was warmly received.
He put forward several propositions for doing Watson’s road and the association decided to call a special meeting of the ratepayers concerned in the completion of Watson’s road.
It was decided to apply for a Government grant to put the road in order to get to the beautiful beach and scenery near Golden Point, Crib Point.
The next meeting of the association is to be held on October 31.
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A SPECIAL meeting of the council of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings was held on Thursday afternoon last to hear Professor Neilson explain the Montgomerie-Neilson system of sanitation.
The shire president, Cr. C. Jones, occupied the chair, and other councillors present were Crs. Alden, Unthank, Longmuir, McLean, Mason, Wells, Gray, May, Walker, Armstrong and Howell.
After addressing the meeting on general health principles, Mr. Neilson explained his scheme in detail, and promised to provide estimates of cost of a sewerage system for Frankston.
He was accorded a hearty vote of thanks on the motion of Cr. Gray, seconded by Cr. Wells.
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Frankston Police Court
Monday, 24th September.
Before Messrs. C. W. Grant (chairman), and P. Wheeler, J.sP.
Elizabeth A. Symes was fined 10/- for failing to have her child vaccinated.
Senior-Constable Culhane proceeded against three men named W. Liddell, Grey and L. Sharlock for being drunk and disorderly on Sunday night last.
They pleaded guilty and were fined 5/- each.
In future the Frankston Court will be held on Tuesdays instead of Mondays.
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ROY Mott, a Cheltenham railway employee, gives every evidence of becoming a champion wrestler and weight-lifter.
Twenty years old, his elementary tuition was aided by the practice of Sandown series of exercises; following these he became a pupil of Mr. S. P. England, and latterly was taken in hand by Billy Meeske.
Young Mott, who weighs 11st. 4lb., has taken part in five wrestling matches, proving victorious in three, the last one, in the Railway Institute, against H. Kroon, whose greater experience gave him victory.
We feel confident that this young athlete will make a great name for himself in Australian wrestling.
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VERY few are too poor nowadays to take their country paper, and it is false economy to try to get along without it.
Hardly a week passes that something or other does not appear in its columns that will be of financial interest to the subscriber, and by the end of the year he has made or saved or won twenty times the subscription paid for.
The city papers don’t take the place of the country ones, though some people appear to think they do.
The city papers are alright in their way, but they do not give you that in which you are most interested – your country news.
You cannot learn from them when or where your country meetings are to be held, who are dying or who are marrying, who are moving in or who are moving out, court proceedings, who wants to buy or sell land or produce, in fact hundreds of things of which it might be of particular importance for you to know.
If you can afford to take only one paper, by all means take the one that is printed in the town or district where you live.
It will cost you less, and thereby you will be assisting yourself and keeping the money in the district.
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SEVERAL local orchardists are now carting their fruit direct to the Melbourne market by motor wagon.
Cr. A. J. Alden, of “Little London” orchard, Tyabb, and Mr. F. C. Renouf, of “Bay View” orchard, Tyabb, are recent additions to the already large list of Peninsula fruitgrowers, who are using this means of safe, sure, and swift means of fruit transport.
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LAST night a public meeting was held in the Shire Hall, Frankston to consider the statement which Mr. Hansen, of the Education Department, alleged to have made over the phone to the shire secretary to the effect that on his return from Sydney in about 3 weeks time, he intended to oppose to the fullest extent the decision of the Minister of Education to erect the High School at Frankston on 3 acres of land.
Mr. Jones states that Mr. Hansen expressed this intention when informing him that the money for the High School had been placed on the estimates.
Cr. W. P. Mason, chairman of the Council High School Committee, occupied the chair last night.
Cr. Oates said he was at a loss to understand Mr. Hansen’s attitude in view of the fact that he had recommended the area in question.
Cr. Wells, Messrs. Bradbury, Lind, Quartermain, J. Jolly and Mesdames James and Rogersen also spoke.
The following resolution, moved by Mr W. C. Young and seconded by Cr. Wells was carried unanimously:
“That this public meeting, representative of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings, strongly resents the statement made to the shire secretary and appearing in the public Press to the effect that Mr. Hansen of the Education Department, intends to oppose to the fullest extent in his power the proposal of the Minister of Education to establish a High School at Frankston, the money for which has been placed on the estimates, and this meeting requests the council to bring Mr. Hanson’s statement under the notice of Sir Alexander Peacock.
Mr. Hansen’s statement is considered all the more extraordinary as it was on his recommendation that the movement to erect a High School as proposed, was initiated.”
Carried unanimously.
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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 26 & 28 Sep 1923
First published in the Mornington News – 26 September 2023
