Compiled by Cameron McCulloughUNDER very tragic circumstances, the death of Mr. Walter Victor Fitzsimmons, fish merchant, of Bay street, Frankston,…
Browsing: 100 Years Ago This Week
Compiled by Cameron McCullough “HULLO! Earth!” was the startling greeting received by the writer who had established himself with a…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughABOUT 3 o’clock on Sunday afternoon, Mr. John Sloan, J.P., of Orrong Road, Toorak, was driving a…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughON Friday last at about 12.45, W. McTaggart, son of Seaford’s popular butcher, was driving a horse…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough THE other day, a lady was walking along by the dangerous cutting at the top of…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough ON Monday last, Mr. Mark Brody, the well-known land and estate agent, of Frankston, had a…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughAFTER a residence of about five years in Frankston, as mechanic in charge of the telephone system…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough The poll for Mornington was declared at midday today by the Returning Officer, Mr. Jas. Grice.The…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough ABOUT two years ago a Park Improvement Committee was formed, consisting of representatives of the various…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughAT a late hour on Friday night last during the sitting of the council, Cr. Oates moved…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough CR. OATES has given written notice of his intention to move at next Friday’s meeting of…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough A DISGRACEFUL disturbance is alleged to have taken place on Sunday night last, when the congregation…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughSTANLEY Rupert Brett, 23, motor driver, was charged at the City Watchhouse on Wednesday with the manslaughter…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughA SMOKE social was held on Tuesday evening last, in the Frankston Mechanics’ Institute, at which a…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughWITH the passing of the old Bay View Hotel, Frankston, another connecting link of the past will…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough A SHOCKING fatality occurred at the railway crossing, between Baxter and Somerville, on Monday night, when…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughA LARGE deputation waited on the council on Friday last with the request that action be taken…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough THERE is no doubt the autumn of 1924 will be long remembered as the wet autumn.Again…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough AT the Frankston Court yesterday, before Mr. W. G. Smith, P.M.; and Messrs. C. Gray, P.…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough UNDER the above heading an inaccurate and obviously partisan statement regarding the proceedings in the County…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough A DEPUTATION from the Frankston and Hastings Shire Council, consisting of Councillors W. J. Oates, F.…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough IT is with deepest regret we learn that ex-Councillor C. Murray, of Somerville, passed away on…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughYESTERDAY afternoon a little event which in years to come will assume historical importance, took place on…
ON Monday evening; while driving along the Point Nepean Road, near Martin’s Road, Seaford, Mr. Alexander Waddell Fergusson, draper, of…
MR. Cyril Cameron, 38, manager of the Bank of Australasia at Port Melbourne, visited Frankston last Tuesday, and on Thursday…
ON Saturday evening last a number of the public were somewhat inconvenienced by the failure of the electric light. Our…
YET another attempt to alienate Crown lands adjoining the front bench in Sorrento is in progress. The public know well…
“SAFETY first,” is what Mr. M. Jacobs, cab proprietor, believes in. The remark originated owing to the question of cutting…
FRANKSTON is to have its High School after waiting patiently for a number of years. Sir Alexander Peacock, in granting…
AS suggested by a correspondent in the last issue of “The Standard,” a movement has been initiated to give public…