IT seems incredible, but never-the-less, it is true, that in this great continent of Australia with its scanty population and…
Browsing: 100 Years Ago This Week
Compiled by Cameron McCullough CONTRACTOR Davey is making rapid progress with the construction of the 20 chains of Wells road,…
ANOTHER unseemly episode occurred in the grim tussle betwixt Mornington and Frankston on Saturday last. It occurred in the third…
MR. J. D. Jennings (president of the Frankston Progress Association), and Mr. J. Bradbury, jun., waited on the Council last…
IN last Wednesday’s issue I explained that in future we must get an ambulance of our own or go without…
IN the year 1897, whilst driving to his home at Boneo on the southern part of the Mornington Peninsula, a…
THE marriage of Mr. Roy Calder (a returned soldier) to Miss Mary Wickes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wickes, of…
WHEN Mr. Mark Brody launched his idea of holding a calico ball in aid of the funds of the Women’s…
AT a recent social gathering of members of the Frankston Cricket Club the question cropped up as to why cricketers…
THE rough and squally weather which prevailed along the bayside on Wednesday last caused a considerable amount of damage. Remarkably…
WHEN Charlie O’Brien appeared at the Frankston court two weeks ago on a charge of drunkenness, he promised the Bench…
THE Point Nepean Road is becoming notorious for the number of motor smashes and mishaps occurring on it lately. Another…
LAST Monday evening, Thomas Lyons, motor car driver, called at the Frankston police station and told Senior-Constable Cullaine a sensational…
THE Rev. C. Angwin, of the Mordialloc Methodist church. (late of Frankston) had a thrilling experience and most miraculous escape…
ANZAC Day was observed as a closed holiday in Frankston last Wednesday by many of the business people. It was…
OVER twelve months ago representatives from various organisations in Frankston met and formed a committee to raise funds for the…
THERE was a notable gathering at Mt. Eliza last Saturday afternoon to take part in the ceremony of opening the…
AT the close of last year the school children were promised “the best of picnics and sports,” as a reward…
Four brothers, John Francis Skinner, William Lindsay Skinner, Mark Skinner and Daniel Skinner were charged with offensive behaviour at Frankston…
AT a meeting convened by the Progress Association 18 months ago it was stated that sly-grog selling had become quite…
YESTERDAY afternoon another meeting of Frankston residents was held in the Methodist Sunday school to receive reports in connection with…
THERE was a busy scene at the Frankston railway station last Wednesday morning when Frankston and district residents entrained for…
THE absence of the Minister of Lands from the city last week made it impossible for the Hon. Alfred Downward…
THE race meeting held by the Mornington Racing Club on Tuesday, in glorious weather, was decidedly successful, and the Hastings…
WHILE driving a motor car over a level crossing at Moorooduc on February 8, Mrs. Ellen Firth, of Somerville, became…
ON January 4th last the Council of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings passed a resolution to the effect that…
AT today’s Council meeting of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings, the Secretary of the Musicians’ Association, Melbourne, wrote asking…
A SPECIAL meeting of the Frankston Soldiers’ Memorial Committee was held at the Shire Hall on Tuesday night for the…
ONE day last week, Cr. W. Armstrong, president of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings, noticed a man removing firewood,…
SUPPORTERS of the High School movement received an unpleasant shock at the Council meeting last Friday when Cr. Oates announced…