Frankston traders to close for lunch hour?
AT the Frankston Progress Association meeting on Tuesday last, Mr. A. E. Lasslett, J.P., said: – In many towns throughout Victoria and New South Wales, the tradespeople have adopted the system of clo...
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A Langwarrin fire – police prosecution
POLICE V. GRIFFITH, charged that he did unlawfully ignite certain inflammable material whereby the property of one, Jos. Baker, was damaged. Sub-Inspector Trainor conducted the prosecution, and Mr. B...
COVID-19 testing available at Peninsula Health
Peninsula Health Frankston is one of 19 testing sites for COVID-19 around Victoria, but medical experts are urging people to only present for testing if they meet the criteria for COVID-19 infection....
Toorak College parent tests positive to COVID-19
Late last night the Principal of Toorak College, Mrs Kristy Kendall, sent an email out to parents informing them that a parent at the school had received a positive diagnosis for COVID-19. The email,...
Patrons scratched from Mornington Cup
The Mornington Cup will continue on Saturday, but without patrons in attendance. The decision is in line with the Victorian State of Emergency declaration calling for the cancelling of mass gathering...
Walter Leach faces court over alleged indecent assault
WALTER Edward Leach, whose age, was given as 18 years, was charged with unlawful and indecent assault. Sub-Inspector Trainor appeared for the prosecution. The victim of the alleged offence was a litt...
A daring outrage – the criminal caught
LAST Tuesday afternoon, Frankston was thrown into a frenzy of excitement, when it became known that a most diabolical attempt at outrage had been made upon a little girl of ten years. The State schoo...
Frankston Gas Works responds to criticism
To the Editor Sir, Your article on the above matter in your issue of 6th inst. might have been ignored as beneath notice if it had not contained statements some of which were untrue and others very u...
Frankston plantations get Vice-Regal visit
ON Monday, the 16th inst., his Excellency Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor-General, accompanied by the following gentlemen, paid a visit of inspection to the Frankston plantations: Capt. Duncan Hu...
Returned soldier dead after being thrown from horse
A SAD fatality took place on Sunday last, the victim being Mr Angus Sharkey, who was visiting at “Beachleigh,” the residence of Mrs Forster, Mornington Road. Deceased was riding on the road in the vi...