MESSRS Adamson Strettle and Co will hold their second sale at Tanti on Monday, 15th May, when a good yarding is expected.
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THE annual meeting of the Somerville Fruitgrowers’ Ladies’ Guild will be held in the Somerville Hall on Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o’clock.
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MR V. Porter, who has been residing on the Mornington Road, Frankston, for some time is leaving the district, and intends taking up his residence at Beaconsfield, where he has purchased a property.
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MR. W. Membrey, having leased his property in Frankston, left for his new home at Caulfield last week, and the best wishes of the friends he made while residing here goes with him.
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WE have to record the death of Mr Peter Holmes, a late resident of Somerville, which sad event took place in Melbourne on Tuesday last. The deceased was 76 years of age, and had been a colonist for 60 years.
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A CONVERSAZIONE will be held at the Frankston Mechanics’ Hall on Wednesday evening, to bid farewell to Rev G. A. and Mrs Kitchen. All friends and Parishioners of St Paul’s are accorded a hearty welcome.
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THE whole of the day men of the Mirboo Shire, with one exception, have gone into camp. They are all married men. In all sixty men from the Shire of Mirboo North have enlisted since the beginning of this year.
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PRIVATE J. Menbrey, wishes to return his thanks to the residents of Frankston, for the handsome presentation made to him of a gold medal at the 5th send-off to recruits and states that he will treasure the memento as long as he lives.
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IN addressing the young men of his congregation at Ballarat, on Sunday last, and referring to the surrender of Kut el-Amara, the Rev Adam Clarke said “If the Military authorities would take me I would not stay here a day longer. The man who stays at home in the face of the news that has come through is a cur.”
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MESSRS H. J. Looker and Son. will sell by auction on Saturday, 27th May, at noon, under instructions from the mortgagee, at Mr Lambie’s residence, adjacent to the Bittern Railway, a farm containing 81 acres 1 perch, on which is erected house and outbuildings. The title is under the transfer of Land Act 1915, and the terms offered are liberal.
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SPECIAL services were conducted in the local Methodist Church on Easter Sunday when Rev. E Tonkin occupied the pulpit in the morning and Mr Twyford in the evening. Appropriate sermons were preached, and large congregations attended on both sessions. Mr Tonkin junior, who is a fine musician officiated at the organ and sang a solo both morning and evening.
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ZEPHERON, the winner of the Grand National Steeplechase in 1914, after a long spell, has been put into work at Flemington, together with a black mare by Junista (sire of Mynoto and Flash Jack), and she is to be educated to the jumping business. Mr M. J. Farrell, Zepheron’s former trainer, who was well known in Frankston, is now at the front with the Australian Forces.
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AN adjourned meeting of delegates of the Mornington Football Association was held at Somerville on Friday evening, when delegates were present from Mornington, Frankston,Somerville and Tyabb, and as the clubs represented did not intend to compete this year, it was unanimously decided to close down the association for 12 months, the secretary to call the delegates together again in March, 1917, to further consider the position.
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THE following contributions towards purchasing a flag for the Langwarrin Military Camp have been received :— Arthur D. Box Esq., Mrs A. D. Box, Thos. Box,“Dulcie Domum”, Mrs Malcomson, Fred Malcomson, Mr Rimmer, F. Brown, Mrs Dalman, Mrs Jacobs, Miss Myers, Mrs Griffiths, Miss Brockett, Matron and Sister “St Pancras” Hospital.
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MESSRS Brody and Mason will hold their Somerville monthly sale on Wednesday next, when they will offer cattle, horses, pigs, sheep and sundries. On Saturday, 18th inst, they will sell at the Mart, Frankston, on account of vendors, a large quantity
of useful household furnishings, tools and sundries. The sale will commence at two o’clock. On the 31st May they will hold an extensive clearing sale of machinery, farm implements,horses, drays, and other vehicles, tools etc., by order of Mr Michael Clements also 330 acres well improved farm.
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A PUBLIC meeting, called by circular, by Mr Mark Brody, was held in the Mechanics’ Hall, Frankston, on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of discussing ways and means of erecting a monument in Frankston in memory of those who had enlisted for active service from this district. There was a fair attendance, and after the matter had been fully discussed it was resolved, on the motion of Dr Maxwell, “that the meeting considers it desirable to formulate a movement to raise funds for a monument to commemorate those who have gone on active service from the North Riding of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings, and that Cr Oates be asked to act as a delegate to the Shire Council to ask for their support and co-operation.”
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LETTERS From The Front. The following extracts are taken from a letter from Private “Sandy” Bray, to his parents, which was received this week:—
Since writing last we have been transferred from the trenches and I am now in the artillery. It is altogether different from the other work. The weather is now very hot. Australia is nothing to it. We go about in nothing but short pants and a helmet, and are as brown as a copper kettle. Before
we were transferred there was a sports meeting and I won the 100 yards handicap. As this is the second I have won over here I must be pretty fit.
Nearly all the boys from Frankston are here now. Bert Roberts is back from England and looking well. We are having a good time in the artillery and are being fitted out with everything new. I have not seen Roger Burton, but Dick Davies told me he saw him at Zeitoun.
Athol Hague is an orderly in the hospital at Heliopolis, he has grown a lot and looks in the pink of condition. We get well looked after in the provision line and are supplied with bacon, cheese, condensed milk, dried figs etc, so there is nothing to complain about, and I never felt better, I will close now. I can’t say our next move, but think it will be soon.
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From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 6 May, 1916