WHILE walking along the road at Carrum at 7.45 on Sunday night last, John Leslie Atkins, 22, a jockey, who lived at Cherry street, Northcote, was run over by a motor car, which passed across his face, fracturing his skull, nose and jaw. He died at Homeopathic Hospital at 11 p.m. the same evening.
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MESSRS Adamson, Strettle and Co., will hold their next sale at Tanti Yards on Monday next, when they will have a good yarding of stock including milkers, springers and fat cattle, also sheep and pigs.
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THE “Wattles” Club social and dance takes place this evening in the Frankston Mechanics Hall, and a pleasant evening’s amusement is anticipated. The funds are in aid of the Langwarrin Recreation Hall.
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IN order to augment the funds in aid of the proposed Frankston Roll of Honor, the “Australian” Club propose holding a dance on Saturday evening, 1st JuIy, in the Frankston Mechanics’ Hall.
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THE death occurred at St. Pancras’ Hospital, Frankston, on Tuesday evening of Henry V. Clements who has been a patient of that institution for some weeks suffering from hemorrhage of the lungs. His parents are residents of Williamstown.
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AT the City Court on Tuesday, John Patrick Casey, charged with the larceny, at Mordialloc, on 7th June, of drapery valued at £50, the property of the Railway Commissioners, was remanded to appear at Frankston Court on Monday next.
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WE have been shown some excellent samples of paper manufactured at the Australian Paper Mills Company, South Melbourne, from canary seed Millet and the white China Millet, grown by Mr C. E. Liardet, at his oil seed Peanut Farm, Frankston.
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THE Commissioners of the State Savings Bank have decided that depositors who take up war loan debentures for sums from £10 to £100 may lodge such debentures at any branch of the bank for safe custody free of charge, and the interest coupons will be detached half yearly by the bank, the amount being placed to the depositor’s credit. This will be a great convenience to depositors, and will enable them to invest in the war loan and draw their income without any trouble or expense.
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A MEETING of all those interested in the Frankston Mechanics’ Institute is called for Friday afternoon next, at 3 o’clock, for the purpose of discussing ways and means of getting up a bazaar and fair, in aid of its funds. As the trustees went to a big expense last year in building additions to the main building, in the way of a comfortable reading room and library, it now behoves the residents to do their part in defraying the cost.
Since the beginning of the war the committee has been very lenient in the way of remitting rents for the use of the hall for meetings, which have been in any way connected with the various movements for the relief of our soldiers and Allies, at the front, which has led to a considerable decrease in the annual amount raised by this means. Mrs Utber has taken on the onerous duties of honorary secretary to the movement and will be pleased to see a representative gathering of towns people at the meeting next Friday afternoon.
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AMONG the correspondence read at a meeting of the “’Wattles” Club committee, held on Wednesday evening, was a letter from Mr W. M.Pearson, Hon. secretary for trips for wounded soldiers, asking if it would be possible to entertain seventy or eighty returned wounded soldiers at Frankston on July 8th.
The secretary (Miss Gray) was instructed to forward Mr Pearson a reply to the effect that he could depend upon a right royal welcome for the boys, from the residents of Frankston.
As there is plenty of time ahead to arrange matters, there is no reason why everybody should not make it their business to do their very best to provide a couple of hours’ entertainment to brighten the lives, which they have offered for such a noble cause, and many of them will risk again, and help them to forget the horrors and among their own kith and kin bring them back to their rational selves.
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THE estimated exportable surplus of wheat in Russia and Romania is set down at 310 million bushels, but so long as the Dardanelles remain closed this wheat is securely locked up in the Black Sea, and cannot be used to meet the requirements of other countries.
In addition to this Bulgaria has an exportable surplus of 11½ million bushels. On the other hand we must exclude the requirements of enemy countries.
Excluding the Russian, Romanian, and Bulgarian wheat from the list and allowing for supplies which would otherwise have gone to enemy countries, a computation of their surplus wheat available for export in the United States, Canada, Argentina, India and Australia bring the quantity to 1010 million bushels.
Whilst we have this surplus of 1.010 million bushels the effective demand is set down at from 561 to 614 million bushels, so that we have nearly double the supply of wheat on hand to meet the demand.
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ANY Old Bones. Bones are not wasted. The chief product is glue, and among other materials which are obtained from them are soap, glycerine, and fertilisers. After being carefully separated by workmen they are soaked in a weak solution of sulphuric acid.
From the soaking tanks the bones emerge white and perfectly clean. They are then placed in steam tanks, where, after being subjected to a pressure of steam for several hours, a trap door is opened at the bottom of the digester, as it is called and the liquid glue that has been extracted is drawn off.
The liquid glue is partly evaporated and a portion is allowed to harden for commercial use as glue, and a part is refined and sold for gelatine for table use.
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AT the invitation of the Red Cross workers of Mt Eliza, about thirty sick and wounded soldiers came to afternoon tea on Wednesday 14th inst. The tea was given at Glen Shian, which was en fete for the occasion. The drive was gay with bunting and over the gateway a banner was displayed with ‘’Welcome to our Boys”, in red, white and blue. The workers came early, all eager to help, and were waiting to cheer the soldiers when they arrived, in motors, about 3 o’clock.
They were soon comfortably seated on the verandah, enjoying the sunshine, also the cigars and cigarettes provided, and listening with evident pleasure to the songs and gramophone
selections.
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From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 17 June, 1916
First published in the Mornington News – 14 June 2016