THE ketch, Cicada, 80 tons, belonging to the Tootgarook Estate, and trading between Melbourne, Rye and Sorrento,went ashore on Wednesday night off Dromana, as the result of a strong westerly blow.
The crew of three got safely ashore.
The vessel is embedded in the sand, but the sea is moderating and it is believed she can be re-floated.
The Cicada has a cargo of timber and general merchandise.
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EXTENSIVE alterations are in progress to Mornington racecourse.
Important meetings held during the year justify any alteration by the club committee in bringing the course up to metropolitan standard.
Contracts are progressing, laying down new tracks.
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THE fishing industry has been given an impetus by the good catches or schnapper of up to 20lb weight.
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PASSENGER conveyance by motor car is becoming a feature between the railways and outlying districts.
It is proposed to run a service between Merricks and Flinders and Frankston and Sorrento, the good roads and increasing patronage justifying the inauguration.
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A GENEROUS offer by Messrs. Baggot and Campbell, to give a road 61 chains long through their properties will enable residents of the Naval Base and Bittern to have a direct route to Sandy Point.
The Council is to be asked to erect the necessary fencing.
Owners of land are offering to avenue the road with ornamental trees.
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SENIOR–Constable Reeves, of Sorrento, who, for some time had been on sick leave, has resumed duties.
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A CONCERT by a juvenile minstrel troupe, assisted by visiting artists, in aid of the funds of Sorrento Brass Band, is expected to show a profit of £13.
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CONSIDERABLE interest was displayed by a representative meeting of residents of Portsea and Sorrento for the election of one committeeman to Ocean Park Trust.
Dr. Brown secured the position by 12 votes.
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AT the Court of Petty Sessions, Mornington, before Dr. Somers, Messrs. Barrett, Flood and Flannagan, J’sP., Emily Harris, 22 years, was charged with larceny from Mildred Woods, at Mount Martha Hotel, in March last, of a wallet containing £15, and wearing apparel, valued at £20.
Accused, who had been arrested in Sydney, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.
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THE wandering cow nuisance is causing much annoyance and damage to the property of the residents of Sorrento, more particularly in the foreshore plantations.
Rangers have been appointed to specially patrol the district, and have been strongly urged to use every effective means to combat the evil.
AFTER considerable representation efforts to secure telephonic connection from Portsea to Sorrento police station have been successful.
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RESIDENTS of the township of Hastings, with about 700 inhabitants, are endeavouring to resuscitate the progress league.
It is felt more prominence should be given to the possibilities of local resources.
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DIFFICULTIES in connection with the electric lighting of the township of Mornington have been overcome.
Repairs and alterations have been made to the transforming plant, with an assured supply of current, giving every satisfaction.
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A SOLDIERS’ memorial hall and club rooms of imposing design, costing approximately £2000, has been erected in the main street, next to the Mechanics’ Hall.
The membership is already in the vicinity of a hundred.
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IT is anticipated an early start will be made to for the deviation of the main Melbourne Road to Mount Martha.
The present road during winter is very rough.
The proposed deviation will considerably reduce the steep grades at this point, and tend to make the road more popular to tourists and local traffic.
The bridges over creeks on the road between Dromana and Sorrento are considered to be too narrow, as there is hardly room to allow two vehicles to pass.
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HASTINGS Roman Catholic diocese has established a large school, with separate dwellings, on four acres of land, at a cost of £1000.
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“WAY Down East,” one of the great picture releases of the year, will be shown at the Frankston Pictures next Saturday night.
It is a picture of eight reels, and will take the whole evening to show.
A short supporting programme, however, will also be shown.
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CARRUM Progress Association drew attention to ti-tree on Eel-race Road, which obstructs the view of approaching trains.
As the ti-tree is mostly on private property, a copy of letter is to be sent to Mr. Chapman.
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THE jumble fair, under the auspices of the Frankston Fire Brigade, will be held in the Municipal Chambers, Bay Street, tonight.
The fair will be conducted on Saturday afternoon and evening. Plenty of amusement will be provided, and those who have plenty of money to lose can do the lot gracefully by attending this fair and spending it in a good cause.
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Relics of the Past
By the courtesy of Mr. Polglase, of Davey Street, Frankston, we have been shown a copy of the “Port Phillip Patriot,” bearing the date, Aug. 7, 1816.
“The Patriot” was one of Australia’s first newspapers, founded “to show the very age and body of the time, its form and pressure,” and, from a typographical viewpoint, was rather a neat production,
It was published by the late Mr. G. D. Boursiquot.
Sir George Gipps was then Governor of New South Wales, of which Victoria was then a part.
“Mr. A. Aitken, of “The Standard” office, has in his possession a copy of the London “Times” for November 9, 1796, and another bearing the date November 7, 1805.
Despite the fact that one is 126 years old and the other 117 years, they are in a good state of preservation.
The oldest issue is rather amusing, for the letter ‘f” is used a great deal to take the place of the letter “s.”
For instance, an enterprising showman had a rattlesnake on view at the time, and the “Times” tells us “that the reptile is well fecured, that there is not the leaft danger and that he may be cleary impressed with the greateft pleafure.”
In another instance the word “progress” is spelt “progrefs.” its principal news item concerned the resignation of George Washington from his “fituation” as President of the United States.
The 1805 issue is the first one after the Battle of Trafalgar, and contains an interesting eulogy of Lord Nelson by Admiral Collingwood.
Mr. Aitken also posses a copy of the Melbourne “Punch,” September 8, 1859.
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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 11 August 1922