Officers from Southern Metro Region have arrested two people and seized drugs and a handgun in Seaford last night as part of Operation Night Eagle. Police were patrolling when they spotted a vehicle of interest at a car wash near the intersection of Klauer Street and Frankston-Dandenong Road about 11pm. Investigators searched the vehicle and located a high-powered handgun, large quantity of cash and a commercial quantity of drugs. The pair were both arrested and taken back to a police station where they were interviewed. A 30-year-old man from Mornington and a 33-year-old woman from Sandhurst have been charged with…
Author: Cameron McCullough
ON Friday night 17th inst Councillor, W. J. Oates J.P. met with a serious riding accident, in which he sustained a fractured thigh. His condition for several days was serious, but under the care of Dr Maxwell he is said to be progressing favorably, although it will be many weeks before he will be able to get about again. Cr Oates had been attending the usual meeting of the Repatriation Committee at Frankston and was returning home at about 10 o’clock, when the horse he was riding stumbled over a heap of road metal on the pathway, and falling heavily,…
LAST Saturday night there was a “bumper house” to give welcome to the Langwarrin soldier “boys” who recently returned from active service abroad. Seldom has holding capacity of the Recreation Hall been taxed to greater extent and certainly a more successful function has never been held within its walls. Added to the fine audience was a splendid spirit of joyous enthusiasm which seemed to influence all concerned. The Chairman (Mr W. Williams) was never in better form, while Cr Hill (Cranbourne Shire) and Cr Oates (Frankston and Hastings Shire) also delivered inspiring addresses which seemed to add to the buoyancy…
POLICE are appealing for information regarding an alleged hit and run in which a 15-year-old boy was left injured last Friday (4 October). The teenager told police he was skateboarding with friends in Leatherwood Street, Frankston South, at about 4.30pm, when the driver shouted at them for skateboarding on the footpath. A heated exchange took place after which the driver of a blue coloured Chrysler wagon-style car allegedly drove off the road and hit the boy. The Mt Eliza teenager was taken to Frankston Hospital for treatment. Witnesses were unable to get a registration of the vehicle but it is…
AT the Council meeting last week particulars in connection with the Frankston Gas and Electric Supply Coy were laid on the table. The Order-in-Council granting the Company its concessions was made on the 18th April 1916. Under the provision of the order the electric light was to be extended throughout the Frankston Riding 18 month after the date named, and 12 months after that was to be available in Somerville and Hastings. Cr Mason – It should have been in Hastings long ago. Cr Murray said the war probably was partly responsible for the delay. Cr Mason said the company…