Compiled by Cameron McCullough
The first storey of the brick structure is almost complete, and is easily picked out from Young and Wells streets, as it appears above the railway coal stage.
Such fine progress is being made that the bulk of the work will be completed by Xmas time.
The wooden building for manual and domestic arts has had a mushroom growth, the frame work and outer walls are now finished and the roof will go on in a day or two.
There has been very little lost time through bad weather, the last heavy rains causing the men to knock off for a few hours only.
The oval is now much improved on account of the cutting and rolling that has been done. If the council do the necessary top-dressing and continue the cutting and rolling, this playing field will be a credit to the district.
Several working bees have cleared a fair area for the junior oval. Mr. Sorrell had a group of boys from the Elementary school working there on Friday, October 1, and Mr. Bishop supervised a team of High school boys on the following Wednesday.
When the timber is cleared it will be seen that the amount of levelling to be done is not very considerable, and it would be a decided advantage to proceed with it straight away.
The boys and girls are getting into training for their annual sports meetings which will take place before the end of this month. The school athletic meeting will be held on Wednesday, 20th inst., in the Frankston park when there will be keen competition between the three “houses” for supremacy in athletics.
The “houses” are named after three creeks of the district “Kananook”, “Narrangalling” and “Eumemering” and their colors are navy, brown and gold. The sports meeting is important, as it decides the points in athletics to be added to the total to date in all sports.
The house with the highest aggregate in December has the privilege of holding the “Maxwell” cup for a year.
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At the sitting of the local Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, a lengthy list of cases was dealt with.
The Bench was occupied by Mr. McNamara, P.M., and Messrs. Brown, Gray, Marsh and Grant, J.’sP.
Wm. Higgs was charged with having on August 15 driven an unregistered motor car on Mornington road.
Constable Anderson said that the car had no number in front. The number 70 was on the rear of the car.
Defendant told him that he had applied for registration, but he (Constable Anderson) had since ascertained that the car was not registered on August 15, and had not been registered since.
A fine of £2 was imposed.
J. Lee, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having driven a car without a rear light, explained that the light was on when he went out and was also alight when he reached home.
When the constable interviewed him next day he examined the rear light and found that a defective connection was causing a make and break in the circuit.
A penalty of 10/- was recorded.
P. J. Hatwell, Chas. Jones, Robt. Collo, Arthur Perrier, Arthur Rugden and Geo. Towers, all charged with having driven on the wrong side of Bay street, were each fined £2 or fourteen days’ imprisonment.
Three charges were preferred against Frank Townsend. For driving on the wrong side of Bay street a penalty of £2 was imposed, in default 14 days’ imprisonment.
A similar penalty for driving an unregistered motor cycle, and a like amount for having ridden a motor cycle without a licence.
In the case of Beatrice Mary Garrood v. Henry Jesse Garrood, defendant was ordered to pay 35/- per week for the maintenance of plaintiff.
Geo. Bennett, inspector under the Health Act, proceeded against J. R. Sawyer for having exposed for sale “frys” affected by hydatids.
Mr. Utber, who appeared for the defendant, who did not attend, explained that owing to the unavoidable absence of defendant and the only witness for the defence, he had no case to present.
The case for the prosecution was that on August 17, Inspector Bennett, accompanied by Senior-Constable Elliott, entered defendant’s butcher’s shop in Playne street and asked the shop attendant if he had any “frys” for sale.
On a reply in the affirmative being given, he examined several “frys” hanging in the shop and found them to be affected by hydatids.
Another also affected was found in the cool chamber.
It was explained that the, “frys”, although for sale, were not intended for human consumption, but were sold as dogs’ meat.
A fine of £5 with 15/- costs was inflicted.
A good deal of interest centered in the case of Chitty v. Mason, in which dispute regarding the commission charged on the sale of a house and land by Mr. W. P. Mason on behalf of Mr. P. Chitty, was aired.
The case for plaintiff rested on whether defendant was entitled to the £50 which he had retained from the sale as commission, it being contended that the land and dwelling was suburban and not a country property.
Under the former scale the commission would have been only £31/5/-.
After hearing a large number of witnesses, a majority of the Bench found for defendant, the P.M. disagreeing with the verdict. £3/3/ costs were allowed.
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Fruitgrowers Jubilant – News packing case. No bruised fruit
A new fruit packing case has been designed, patented, and made available to Australian fruitgrowers and exporters.
Captain Hannan, who is attached to the shipping department of Dalgety & Co. Ltd., Melbourne, has furnished us with particulars of the patent Hannian-Cloke “Air Free Case”.
This case has been constructed to prevent fruit – particularly apples and oranges – from being bruised in transit during its many handlings at the packing shed, cool store, loading and unloading by rail, loading, stowing, and unloading from ship, and then all this handling over again from ship to buyer; to ensure proper ventilation and distribution of air right through the fruit wherever stacked, in shed, cool store, wharf or ship.
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Hastings Roads
To the Editor
Sir, I would crave a little space in your journal to point out the disgraceful condition of some of the roads at Hastings, particularly that of the Cemetery road.
Quite recently I attended a funeral there, and the road from where the funeral started to the nearest metal road, though only a few chains in length, and almost in the township area, was simply appalling.
Further on towards the cemetery, it was, if possible, worse.
It is a great shame that people suffering under the pain of bereavement should have their feelings further harrowed by the dread of the cortege being unable to get through.
I do not know who is responsible for the disgraceful state of the cemetery, but whoever is should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
Hence my question: How long is the advancement of the town to be retarded, by conditions such as the foregoing?
S Yours, etc., “PROGRESS.”
Hastings, 8/10/26.
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Personal
Mr. C. J. Pope, of Playne street, this week received a letter front Mr. C. Apthorpe in which the writer states that he expects to be returning from England about the middle of November.
Mrs. Bowes, senr., has returned to Frankston after several months sojourn in Sydney.
Constable Edwards, who was seriously injured in the police patrol smash and is still in hospital, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Edwards, Frankston road.
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From the Pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 15 October 1926