A FUNDRAISER for children living with heart disease will take place in Frankston this weekend. The annual Two Feet & A Heartbeat walk takes place at Ballam Park Primary School on Saturday, 25 October. Participants will be walking four kilometres in honour of the four deaths from childhood-onset heart disease each week, or eight kilometres to mark the eight babies born each day in Australia with a heart condition.HeartKids CEO Marcus Sandmann says that money raised through the walks, which take place across the country throughout October, will be used “to increase accessibility to HeartKids support services and programs in…
Author: BaysideNews
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughMR. P. WHEELER, J.P., conducted a magisterial inquiry on Monday last into the circumstances surrounding the death of Percy Evans, aged 49.Raymond Victor Dawson, labourer, deposed that on Saturday, 17th October, at 7pm, he was driving along Hastings road to Somerville, about 3 miles from Frankston, when he saw the body of a man hanging by a rope from a gum tree near the roadside.Witness did not cut the body down, but hurried to Mr. J. Williams’ residence nearby. Mr. Williams was not at home and witness then phoned for the police.Evidence was adduced to show that…
A FRANKSTON-raised pilot has lived out a childhood dream by leading a Royal Australian Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and United States Air Force mission of F-35A Lightning II jets.Flight Lieutenant Patrick Kane led the mission during Exercise Bushido Guardian 25 in Misawa, Japan. He said the experience was a dream come true.“It was always the fast jets – that’s the only flying I was interested in,” Kane said. The F-35A Lightning II is the ADF’s first fifth-generation air combat fighter. It is capable of supersonic flight while retaining stealth, has 9G manoeuvrability, and is also equipped with advanced…
THE car park at 490 Nepean Highway has reopened after upgrade works. The car park offers two free hours of parking, and contains 49 spaces. Frankston Council hopes that the reopening will help nearby businesses.Frankston deputy mayor Steffie Conroy said “the growth in new businesses along Playne Street, Wells Street and Nepean Highway means more and more people are choosing to spend time in our city centre. The upgraded Frankston House car park supports that growth, giving locals and visitors the opportunity to spend more time enjoying everything our city now has to offer.”Cr Nathan Butler said “strategically located car…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughIN the presence of a representative gathering of Peninsula public bodies at the Mornington Shire Hall, on Friday afternoon last, Mr. F. Hansford, president of the Victorian Civil Ambulance, made the presentation to the Peninsula of a Ford ambulance wagon.The wagon has all the necessary inscriptions, also a first-aid kit.It will be stationed at the Mornington fire station, and by any person ringing Mornington 126 or 13, immediate service will be guaranteed.In the absence of the Mornington Shire president, Cr. P. McArthur, who has been ill for some time, Cr. J. G. Barrett occupied the chair.Cr. Barrett…