LAST week Mr R. W. B. McKenzie of Melbourne Road had the pleasure of welcoming home his soldier son, Lieutenant…
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AT the Mornington police court on Wednesday before Mr J. G. Barrett, Js’P., an elderly woman named Mary Sandles appeared…
MR Brierley, manager of the Frankston Gas and Electric Supply Works, has had a long and varied experience in his…
WHILE returning from the funeral of his father at Hastings, last month, Mr John Ward was thrown from his vehicle…
A SPECIAL meeting of the Frankston and Hastings Shire Council was held on Tuesday night last, when there were present…
DURING the progress of the Gymkhana at Frankston on Monday. Professor Stracey, who was taking part in one of the…
MISS McKenzie, the boys friend, who takes a kindly and practical interest in the waifs and strays of the Boys’…
A GREAT bereavement has been experienced by Mr and Mrs Utber of Mornington road, Frankston, in the death of their…
THE proprietorship of the “Standard” has been transferred to Mr Wm. Crawford Young, son of the retiring owner. Mr Young,…
THE second welcome home to returned soldiers inaugurated by the Welcome Home committee took place, on Friday evening last in…
THE following letter was received by Mrs Meldrum, of Somerville, from her son Edward, on active service in Damascus: I…
A GREAT surprise awaited Private Bob Walker on his arrival, in Mr Norman McDonald’s well decorated car, at the corner…
THE quiet which had been brooding over Frankston, since the outburst on Friday, when it was rumoured that the Allies’…
THE atrocities committed by the Germans in France and Belgium should induce all eligible Australians to enlist, for they show…
ACCORDING to present calculations the naval base at Westernport will be supplied with water by the new year. While the…
RECENT happenings in the working of the Wattle Club make one wonder if a drastic change in the management would…
THE Frankston Progress Association, at its last monthly meeting decided to organise funds for a memorial in Frankston to the…
MR and Mrs J. Scott and family deplore the sad loss of their dearly beloved little son and brother, the…
A PROPOSAL is on foot to inaugurate a weekly picture show at Frankston. The details are being worked out by…
A FOOTBALL match between Frankston and Mornington was played at Mornington on Saturday last, and resulted in a win for…
MR. A. Downward,. M. L. A., is seriously indisposed at his residence, Mornington, and his medical adviser has enjoined complete…
LANCE Corporal Lyle Holland late driver for the Peninsula Motor Garage Pty Ltd Frankston has been wounded (second occasion) in…
DAY by day the good news of fresh Allied victories continues to come through; each day there are fresh stories…
MR A. Patterson has received the following letter from his son George, who has been on active service for some…
A FOOTBALL match between Frankston and Hastings was played at Hastings on Saturday. Frankston, as is usual when they have…
Compiled by Boronica King CAPTAIN Geoffrey Grice, son of Mr James Grice, of Frankston, who was recently awarded the Military…
Compiled by Boronica King QUITE a number of Frankston, Somerville and Mornington residents were present at the Caulfield races on…
Compiled by Boronica King THE bakery business of Mr W. Grant, of Frankston, has changed hands, the new proprietor being…
Compiled by Boronica King WORD has been received that another Peninsula soldier, Private Len Mackie, of Frankston, has made the…
MR A. J Alden, who for some time was a representative of the East riding in the shire of Frankston…