A FIRE damaged a building on Station Street in Aspendale on Monday, 22 April.The fire broke out just before 8.45pm. Nobody was hurt but a shop sustained extensive damage.Firefighters, police, and Chelsea SES attended the scene. A statement on the Chelsea SES Facebook page on 22 April read “the shop was badly damaged by the fire, but luckily nobody was injured.”“The fire is now under control, but the road will probably remain closed for the next hour or two,” the SES said. Station Street Aspendale closed in both directions between the Aspendale Station level crossing and Lawrence Avenue while clean-up…
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POLICE have been called in to investigate after a man presented to Frankston Hospital with serious head injuries last weekend.The man presented to Frankston Hospital with head injuries at around 4.30pm on 20 April. On 21 April, 7 News reported that the man was supposed to board a Frankston line train at Frankston Station to attend an AFL match when he was injured. The man may have been hurt somewhere along the Frankston line. After presenting at Frankston the man was taken to the Alfred Hospital, where he is in a serious but stable condition.In a statement Victoria Police said…
GEORGE MORBY INGRAM was born in Bendigo in 1889, but lived much of his life in Hastings. He died in 1961 and is buried in Frankston cemetery.On 4 October 1918, the 24th Battalion took part in the attack that captured the Beaurevoir sector in France, and was, therefore, expecting to have a rest the following day when the unit was unexpectedly ordered to take part in another attack. The assault was to starts at 6.05am from the village of Remicourt, and lead to the capture of Montbrehain by the 21st and 24th Battalions with tanks to provide support. The action…
VICTORIA Police says it is focused on arresting family violence offenders as statewide incidents rise. The number of family incidents in the Frankston municipality rose by a shocking 17.1 percent in 2023. Crime Statistics Agency figures show that there were 2940 family incidents recorded in the Frankston LGA in 2023, up from 2511 in 2022. The family incident rate per 100,000 people was its highest in at least five years. Women are disproportionately the victims of family violence. Women were recorded as the affected parties in family incidents in Frankston almost three times more than men were.In a statement, Victoria…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughTHE recent “Standard” article, entitled “A District in Fetters,” has attracted considerable attention throughout the Peninsula, and a movement is being spoken of amongst fruit growers to establish a local fruit-canning industry, as suggested by “The Standard.”The following particulars relating to the canning industry at Shepparton will be read with interest.Despite the temporary setbacks of fly pests, the fruit-canning season in Victoria which has just closed has been most successful.Shepparton Co-operative Cannery has beaten all records, having processed no fewer than 4,500,000 tins for the season, which is 1,000,000 tins more than in the previous year, and…