Compiled by Brodie Cowburn CR MASON drew attention to the disturbance that had occurred at Frankston on the previous Saturday,…
Browsing: 100 Years Ago This Week
Compiled by Brodie Cowburn AMONGST the names in the last list of returning wounded soldiers we are pleased to see…
Compiled by Brodie Cowburn THE State Elections were held on Thursday and resulted in the defeat of the Ministrial Party.…
Compiled by Brodie Cowburn THE following cases were disposed of at the Frankston Court of Petty Sessions on Monday last,…
Compiled by Brodie Cowburn “PLEASE keep on sending us all the cigarettes you can”, was the message received the other…
ON Monday last Mr A. G. Wilcox returned to his home in Frankston. After being on active service for fifteen…
OWNERS of hackney carriages are reminded that they must renew their licences forthwith for the year ending 30th September 1918.…
THE sad news was conveyed to Mr. G Upton last week that his son Gunner H. G. Upton had been…
MR R. Clark, engineer on one of the dredges at Naval Base, has the unique distinction of having experienced two…
IT is with extreme regret we have to record the death of Mr John Reynolds, which took place at St…
A CASE of snakebite occurred at Frankston on Wednesday afternoon, the victim being a school boy named Alexander Nicholson. It…
THE pig, kindly donated to the Wattle Club by Mr Reeves of “The Grange” Mornington Road, has proved to be…
Unveiling of Alfred E. Bates Memorial. In July last, at the suggestion of Mr Jas. Noble, who had the approval…
THE sad news was received Mrs Westaway, of Somerville, last week, that her son, Sergeant Leslie W. Westaway, had died…
NEXT Saturday, September 1st is to be a “Red Letter Day” for Frankston, and thousands of people will be given…
A FATAL motor accident occurred at Mornington on Wednesday afternoon, (says the “Age”.) As Mr Albert Dawson, of Two Bay’s…
LAST Wednesday a band of “tin kettlers” went down to give the new bride and bridegroom, Mr and Mrs Hanton,…
“IN some undefined way a good many people here seem to think an Australian is an uncivilised sort of being,…
MR C. J. Leadbetter notifies in another column that he intends opening a fish shop in Frankston on Saturday next…
OWING to his professional duties necessitating his constant absence from the district, especially on the dates of meetings of the…
A VERY pleasant evening was spent on June 30th, at the residence of Mr and Mrs Dean “The Grove,” Frankston,…
ON Monday last three schoolboys (James and Cyril Hodgkinson and William Walker) when crossing the railway line, near the local…
A DEPUTATION from the residents of Frankston waited on Mr Adamson, Minister of Public Works on Thursday morning. The deputation…
THE friends of Miss W Scarborough will be pleased to know that she is improving after her second operation which…
WE regret to have to record that the accident which occurred to Mr J. Holley, of Mornington Junction on Tuesday…
WE note that Mr and Mrs Masterton, have donated another £100 to the Red Cross Funds. *** MR Percy Fuller,…
MR and Mrs W. C. Pentland have been advised by cable that their son, Lieutenant W. C. Pentland, of Port…
ECHOES from the Front. WHERE ARE THE BOYS WE KNOW ! Private Dick Donohue, in a recent letter, writes :–…
LETTERS from the Front. The following letter has been received by Miss W. Scarborough from Pte Dent:– Just a line…
A DEPUTATION from Tyabb waited on Mr H. S. W. Lawson, Minister for Education on Tuesday for the purpose of…