Compiled by Cameron McCulloughAFTER a residence of about five years in Frankston, as mechanic in charge of the telephone system on the Peninsula, Mr. R. E. Fairnie will take his departure on the 17th inst. for Ararat, to which district he has been transferred to take up a similar position to which he filled here.During Mr. Fairnie’s stay in this district he has made himself very popular with those with whom he came in contact, and has taken a leading part in most of the amusements of the town and district.He was secretary of the Frankston Football Club for two…
Author: Cameron McCullough
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a 36-year-old man this morning following the death of another man on Frankston Pier yesterday. The man, of no fixed address, has been charged with murder. The charge follows an incident where officers were called to the pier, which runs off Pier Promenade, following reports of an alleged assault just after 6am on Saturday 29 June. Officers found a man injured and unresponsive on the pier. A 45-year-old Cranbourne North man died at the scene. Shortly after, another man was arrested by police on the foreshore nearby. The man will appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court…
A man has been arrested by police following the death of another man on Frankston Pier this morning. Officers were called to the pier, which runs off Pier Promenade, following reports of an assault halfway down the pier just after 6am. Attending officers found a man injured and unresponsive on the pier. The man sadly died at the scene. Another man was arrested by responding police on the foreshore nearby shortly after the incident. He is currently assisting police with their enquiries. The area has been cordoned off and a crime scene established. Homicide Squad detectives are investigating and at…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughYESTERDAY afternoon a little event which in years to come will assume historical importance, took place on the old Cranbourne road reserve, when a working-bee, under the direction of Cr. F. H. Wells, commenced the clearing of the site to be occupied by the Frankston High School.Despite the short notice given, there was a fair muster of people, the ladies, as usual, predominating. The men will have the opportunity of remedying this state of affairs, as many other “bees” are to be held on the same spot.The next gathering will take place on Saturday afternoon, 16th March,…
ON Monday evening; while driving along the Point Nepean Road, near Martin’s Road, Seaford, Mr. Alexander Waddell Fergusson, draper, of Main Street, Mordialloc, saw some children in the road. He sounded his horn, and the children moved to the side of the road. One poor little fellow, however, who appeared to get confused, ran back again, and as a result was struck by the car driven by Mr. Fergusson, and run over. He was at once conveyed to Dr. Maxwell’s surgery, at Frankston, where upon arrival life was found to be extinct. The little boy, who proved to be Alexander…