Compiled by Cameron McCulloughMR. E. P. Davies, the radio expert of Bay street, Frankston is installing a complete wireless set (4-valve) at the popular Pier Hotel for Mr. G. M. Yuill, the new licensee.Yesterday morning, Mr. Davies was busily engaged testing the set at his well-known parlours when a representative of “The Standard” made his appearance on the scene, and the journalist spent a few minutes listening to a violin solo broadcasted by the 3LO station from Buckley & Nunn’s, Melbourne. Frankston Fire Brigade. Tomorrow Night the Bell Will Ring.When the alarm re-sounds at 8.30 o’clock tomorrow (Thursday) night, do…
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Police have charged three teenagers following an aggravated burglary in St Andrews Beach on Sunday morning. It is alleged the residents of the home woke to hear their Genesis being driven out of their driveway on Bass Meadows Boulevard, on 16 February about 12.30am. Responding police spotted the stolen blue Genesis G70 sedan, about 15 minutes later, driving in convoy with a white Kia Cerato along Boneo Road in Rosebud. The cars were followed as they headed towards the Mornington Peninsula Freeway before the Air Wing was called in to assist. Both vehicles headed into Baxter Park in Frankston South…
A multi-vehicle car accident occurred on Baxter-Tooradin Road at Craigs Road in Pearcedale at around 9.30am on Tuesday 11 February. Paramedics responded to a collision at around 9:30am. Six people have been transported to the hospital by road. Two people have been transported to The Alfred Hospital. Three people have been transported to Frankston Hospital. One person has been transported to Dandenong Hospital. More updates to come.
FRANKSTON Council has implemented new measures to avoid perceptions of political bias ahead of the upcoming federal election, the mayor says. Councillors who are nominated to run for higher office may face repercussions if they fail to follow the newly implemented guidelines. Frankston councillors have unanimously agreed to modify council’s candidature policy to clarify the procedure councillors should follow if they choose to run in state or federal elections.The policy now reads that councillors who nominate to run for higher officer must “maintain an appropriate separation between their dual roles, avoid potential and actual conflicts of interest, not misuse their…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough The residents of Mornington and district will be glad to learn that in a few months the route from Mornington to Dromana along the foreshore will be open for traffic.It is already possible for all kinds of vehicles; it is even possible for a motor car to get through if driven slowly.A representative of this paper sampled the road from Dromana to Mornington, and found he could negotiate the worst gradients without dismounting from his push bike.There are many graceful curves which follow the contour of the land as it skirts along the cliffs overhanging the…