Mr Leadbetter opens fish shop in Frankston

MR C. J. Leadbetter notifies in another column that he intends opening a fish shop in Frankston on Saturday next and will keep a constant supply of fish, &c. Customers waited on twice a week. ***...

Search for missing woman Tina Rayworth

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing woman Tina Rayworth. It’s believed the 56-year-old was last seen in Frankston and Mornington some time in May. Tina suffers from a nu...

Drug driving double

Somerville Highway Patrol officers experienced a case of double trouble in Frankston South on Thursday evening (13 July). Police intercepted a car on McMahons Road about 5.25pm and spoke to the drive...

Metro rail network grinds to a halt

The entire Melbourne rail network is currently down to to “a computer fault”. All train lines, except for the diesel Stony Point line are currently halted. Trains that were travelling at ...

Councillor Plowman announces his resignation

OWING to his professional duties necessitating his constant absence from the district, especially on the dates of meetings of the Shire Council; Councillor Plowman has definitely announced his intent...

Search for missing Crib Point man

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Gary Scodeller. The 65-year-old Crib Point man last spoke on the phone to a friend on Saturday, 1 July about 4.15pm, but has not been seen or...

Gunner Dean unable to make sending off party

A VERY pleasant evening was spent on June 30th, at the residence of Mr and Mrs Dean “The Grove,” Frankston, to bid farewell to their son, Gunner R. Dean, who is sailing for the front shortly. There w...

Cypress removed ‘for safety’s sake’

IT was during a winter storm last year that one of the cypress trees lining the Mornington racecourse members carpark split. The falling limb took out the nearby power lines, causing a fire, and blac...

Honest boys hand in their Frankston “find”

ON Monday last three schoolboys (James and Cyril Hodgkinson and William Walker) when crossing the railway line, near the local goods sheds, at Frankston, found a purse containing a diamond ring and 1...

Deputation lobbies for Kananook Creek work

A DEPUTATION from the residents  of Frankston waited on Mr Adamson, Minister of Public Works on Thursday morning. The deputation was introduced by Mr Downward M.L.A. and Crs Oates and Plowman, Dr Max...