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The Local PaperWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016

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●●●●● Police have advised Kinglake West

Fire Brigade of tree damage to an

emergency water tank at National

Park Road.

Urgent repairsneeded at Kinglake

4 cameras couldfilm High St

action overnight■■■■■ INSTALLATION of closed circuit tele-

vision in public areas of Yea could

dramtically reduce crime.

The Department of Justice is offering

to fully pay for the installation of the cam-

eras which would record traffic and

people movements in the township.

But a major sticking point appears to beMurrindindi Shire Council officers’ refusal toback the crime prevention measure because ofthe relatively small costs of maintaining the sys-tem.

King Parrot Ward’s Cr Eric Lording is re-newing his efforts to have the cameras installedin the Yea township.

It is understood that four cameras, installedon light poles, could record traffic and peoplemovements, especially late at night.

The option of another two cameras inSnodgrass St would monitor any undesirablemovement behind the Yea shops.

The cameras would not be monitored live,but would provide data for Police to review aftercrimes were committed and arrests sought.

CCTV footage was important in the arrestsof people alleged to have committed break-insat the Chisholm and Shaw ‘Shell’ garage, andthe Rendezvous Cafe in Yea.

Cameras are regarded by Victoria Police asa powerful deterrent to offenders.

The Department of Justice is said to be pre-pared to provide full funding of the $30,000 forthe wireless cameras in Yea.

A public meeting is being held today (Wed.),4.30pm-7.30pm at the Yea Council Chambers.

●●●●● Cr Eric Lording of Glenburn

■ Yea Community House has started theyear with a wide range of activities and ser-vices.

First term continues until March 24, andactivities include music and drama, health andwell-being, art and credit, as well as accred-ited courses.

Carlie Underhill and Natalie Fulford sharethe C-Ordinator’s role at the CommunityHouse, with the office open from 9am-1pm,Monday-Thursday.

Courses in Term 1 include First Aid, Re-sponsible Serving of Alcohol certificates, andFood Handling.

Community groups promoted by the Com-munity House include ‘Buds and Blossoms’,pottery, Yea Cub Scouts and Scouts, YeaPlaygroup, CWA, Murrindindi-Wood-bourne Community Hub, Yea Country Mar-ket and U3A.

Busy time at Community HouseBusy time at Community HouseBusy time at Community HouseBusy time at Community HouseBusy time at Community HouseMusic and drama courses include piano

lessons, Yea Artistic Performers PresentingEntertainment for Rural Society(YAPPERS), the Alexandra Aoustic MusicClub, the Community Choir, as well as in-struction for guitar, ukelele, harmonica andsinging lessons.

Special interest groups supported by theYea Community House include MurrindindiBird Watcher, Girls Group, plus activities inbasic computers and advanced Mandarin.

The Community House also promotes the‘Power Pals’ strength-based training, Pilates,line dancing, ‘Walkie Talkies’ walking group,yoga and Yea Bible study.

Other activities include the Yea Commu-nity Garden, gardening workshops, workingbees, the yea Community Food Table,composting, and the Glenburn Garden Club.

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●●●●● Pictured (above): Carlie Underhill and Natalie Fulford, who share the

role as Co-Ordinator at the Yea Community House.

Donations to Men’s Shed

●●●●● Alan Cole and Cedric Lloyd were pictured at the Yea Men’s Shed at the

Pioneer Reserve. Cedric recently donated a guillotine and picture framing

underpinner. More pictures from the Men’s Shed are inside The Local Paper.

Shire predicts$2.9 mil deficit

■ Murrindindi Shire Councillors are due tobe told tonight (Wed.) that the municipality willrun at a $2.95 million for the 2015-16 year.

A financial report due to be tabled at theCouncil meeting at the Alexandra Chambersnotes that the original budget deficit figure was$1.6 million. This was reviewed in Septemberlast year to $3.5 million.

A report says the deficit has been impactedby carry forward adjustments, and a pre-pay-ment in June last year Grants Commission fund-ing.

“Operating performance for the December2015 quarter has been largely in line with thetotal budget. Council remains in a favourablecash position despite the challenges that it faces,”the report says.

The Council is due to tonight discuss a 5.4per cent annual rate increase, despite a StateGovernment policy limiting adjustments to 2.5per cent. ●●●●● More on Page 3

■ Kinglake West Fire Brigade has issued achallenge to Murrindindi Shire Council tourgently repair an emergency water tank thatwas damaged by a tree over the past week.

“(On Saturday night) the brigade was no-tified by Kinglake Police of a tree downacross one of our firefighting tanks,” the Bri-gade said in a Facebook post.

“These tanks are strategically placedacross the mountain for CFA appliances tofill from in the event of local fires.

“They are placed, filled and maintainedby Council and we now require a new tank atthe site of the old glass recycling site nearNational Park Rd. We hope the Council un-derstands the community’s need for this vitalasset and replace the tank urgently.”

- The Local Paper - Wednesday, February 24, 2016 www.LocalPaper.com.au

●●●●● Lisa Jacobsen and Kay Granter, at the Yea Pool, welcomed visitors to the

Hume Upper Goulburn District Amateur Swimming Assoc. pennant meeting

●●●●● Steve Bennett and Sheena Smith at the ea Winery, Cidery and Brewery in

Station St, Yea, with a personalised label for the Rodders who exhibit in March.

●●●●● Peg O’Connor and Ruth Hatty make preparations at Yea Bowls Club

●●●●● Heidi Neicho and Elizabeth McQueen at the ‘Nice’ shop, 38 High St, Yea ●●●●● Grant Cocks at ‘Just Good Coffee’, open 6am-1pm, at 38 High St, Yea

●●●●● Elaine Harriden enjoys a coffee at the Yea Emporium

●●●●● Robyn Hood and Sue Hood volunteer at the St Luke’s Op Shop, Yea.

Local People wAround Yea

Photos: Ash Long

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■ Murrindindi ShireCouncil appears set tomove tonight (Wed.) tointroduce a 5.4 percent rates increase -despite a State Gov-ernment preferencefor rises of no morethan 2.5 per cent.

The Council meet-ing agenda suggeststhat Councillors agreethat the Shire preparesan application to theEssential ServicesCommission for avariation to the ratecap for 2016-17.

The rate cappingframework, known asthe Fair Go Rates Sys-tem, was endorsed byState Parliament andbecame law on De-cember 2 last year.

Natalie Hutchins,the Minister for LocalGovernment, an-nounced a rate cap forall local governmentbodies in Victoria of2.5 per cent for 2016-17.

The submission hasto be made to theAndrews Labor StateGovernment byMarch 31.

M u r r i n d i n d iCouncil justifies itsproposed rate in-

creases: “The pro-posed draft budget for2016-17 is conserva-tive in its scope of dis-cretionary spending,providing a respon-sible and viable finan-cial plan for the ensu-ing year.”

Council says that ifit does not gets it waywith the higher rate in-creases, it will lose apotential $22.06 mil-lion in the next 10years.

“Revenue loss ofthis magnitude overthe next decade wouldnot be able to be ab-sorbed by Council’scurrent financial struc-

ture and cash re-serves, and would re-quire extensive reviewand consultation withthe community to de-termine how Councilwould need to adapt tomeet this new finan-cial challenge over thecoming decade,” a re-port, due to be tabledtonight, says.

“To remain sus-tainable into the future,Council will need tofind other revenue op-portunities, eliminate,reduce or vary ser-vices, apply for ratecap variations, in-crease debt levels, ora combination of theabove.

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Barriertalks

■ Plans for safetybarrier projects onthe Eltham-YarraGlen Rd and theKangaroo Ground-St Andrews Rd willbe discussed at twoconsultation ses-sions being organ-ised by Vic Roads.

The sessions willbe held at the StAndrews Commu-nity Centre, 35Caledonia St, StAndrews, at 5pm-8pm on Thursday,February 25, and10aqm-1pm onSunday, February28.

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■ Yea’s own ver-sion of Q&A takesplace at theLibrary’s ‘Tues-day Talks’ man-aged by co-ordinator SteveCutting.

Local people sitaround a smart TV,and talk with im-portant guestspeakers fromaround the world.

Next speaker at11am on Tuesday,March 9, is retiredVictoria Police As-sistant Commis-sioner Bill Robert-son, talking abouthis new book, NoWitness, No Case.

●●●●● Steve Cutting

at Yea Library

●●●●● Six swimmers from Yea Primary School will represent

the Division following last week’s Cluster Swimming Sports.

Photo: Facebook/Yea Primary School

6 Yea swimmers qualify

●●●●● Natalie Hutchins, Victorian

Minister for Local Government


They’re racing at YeaThe Local Paper

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Credit card pay-ments will incur abank merchant fee of0.75 per cent.

program with bookies,TAB and a large videofor those who like abet.

Fashions on thefield - with the threesections of mares, fil-lies and foals - hasvaluable cash prizes.

“Vintage cars,Aston Martins, andthe hot rodders alwaysattract interest,” saysLeonard.

Free entertainmentfor the children in-cludes the popularKelly Sports, ponyrides, animal farm.

St Pats donates tothe Art Carnivale, theY Centre, UGFMcommunity radio, thecommunity meals atYea Emporium, theYea Football/NetballClub and the Men'sShed.

Certificate course■ Carlie Underhill at the Yea CommunityHouse says that a ‘Food Handlers Course’certificate will be offered, starting 6.30pm-9.30pm on Tuesday, March 15.

It is a CEACA accredited course that meetsthe legislative requirements for all membersof the hospitality and food retail industries.

Cost is $85 per person. A minimumof sixpeople are needed for the course to proceed.

More details are available on 5797 3070.

Surprisereunion

■ Some of the greatside benefits of thelaunch of The LocalPaper are the surprisereunions with ‘peoplefrom the past’.

Dale Summers, ofSmith St, Yea, whosefamily also had a long-time connection, withMurrindindi, gaveme a phone call thisweek.

Dale has somehealth challenges in-cluding ParkinsonsDisease, but he is star-ing them downbravely.

Dale reminded methat we first met whenhe was a compositorat Waverley OffsetPublishing Group,and I was a 22-year-old manager of theKnox and MountainDistrict Free Press atBelgrave.

■ This Sunday (Feb.28) sees the annual StPat’s Races at YeaRacecourse.

It promises to be agreat event ... and itbrings back memoriesof some of Yea’s greatracing personalities,including the late PatQuinlan.

Publicity states theYea club is one of thefew remaining StPatrick’s Clubs inVictoria.

The Yea St Pat-rick’s club heritageextends more than 60years, and much sup-port has been givenover the decades byFrank Hargrave.

Best bet■ Countryracing.com.au says: “Thefeature race will be thefourth, the 2100mSkilled St Pat’s Cup,with a strong field setto contest the cup.

“Royal Mail willcarry the top-weightof 68.5kg with rookiehoop Toby Lake onboard.

“Picnic jockeypremiership leaderReece Goodwin isback in action after asuspension, riding

Rod Shop to open

■ The opening of the new Deluxe Rod Shopworkshop will take place from 1pm on Satur-day, March 19.

Members of the public will be able to seethe workmanship on the latest hot rod andstreet machines.

Barbecue food and drinks will be providedwhile the Black Hill Ramblers live band per-forms.

The workshop is located at the corner ofDeepdene Rd and Yea-Whittlesea Rd, sixkilometres south of the Yea township.

Bushrodders will gather from 5pm in HighSt, Yea, for cruising, rock-n-roll, food and anight market. Phone: Steven, 5797 2062.

Picnic at R’course■ Bushrodders will ask for a gold coin do-nation for admission to the picnic to be held atthe Yea Racecourse Reserve on March 19-20.

Garage tours and High St cruising will takeplace on Saturday, March 19. A ‘show andshine’ event is scheduled for Sunday, March20.

More details are available from Tracy,phone 5784 2217.

Short delay■ Alan Thorley advises that there has beena brief delay to the opening next mont h of thenew rooms for the Yea and District Histori-cal Society and Family Research rooms atthe Yea Railway Station building.

“It is still being fitted out and the staff aregoing through a bit of teaching as to researchlook-up,” Alan says.

The opening is now expected to be later inMarch. The centre will be open on Wednes-days and market days.

Amongst the resources at the Centre willbe the St Luke’s Yea burial register, 1926-2005; Scots Presbyterian baptisms, 1922-1970; Anglican marriages in the Yea and Alex-andra areas, 1859-1949; combined Anglicanbaptisms, 1868-1882; Yea Cemetery burialsand headstone inscriptions, 1860-2005;Marysville Cemetery burials and headstones,1868-2005; gold mining sites in the Kilmore,Yea and Alexandra regions; the old Shire ofYea rate assessment books, 1869-1941; pio-neers along the Hume (every town fromTallarook to Albury); pioneers along the Goul-burn (every town from Strath Creek to Mans-field); Yea Volunteer Light Horse, Boer War,World War I lists.

Farewell to Rod■ Rod Wilkinson, Director of Finance andOrganisational Improvement at the City ofWhittlesea, is retiring.

Whittlesea Mayor, Cr Steven Kozmevski,paid tribute to the executive’s work, when theCouncil met at South Morang on February 2.

Council CEO David Turnbull said hestarted working with Mr Wilkinson about 35years ago.

"I personally want to thank Rod, we’vedone a lot of things over the years at worktogether. I do count you not only as a col-league but as a friend."

●●●●● Deluxe Rod Shop

●●●●● Steve Phelan of the Flowerdale Hotel

says there was some Valentines Day

weekend action at the pub, with one pa-

tron going down on his knee to propose.

“She’ said ‘Yes!’”

Do me thehonour

Do me thehonour

●●●●● This kangaroo wiped out a family car (not our car) on

Thursday morning between Yarra Glen and, yep, Kangaroo

Ground. He/she just sat by the side of the road for two

hours afterwards. Someone told me that the roo's neck was

broken. Several minutes after this photo was taken, the roo

was 'dispatched' by a local Christmas Hills farmer.

●●●●● Flashback: the late Pat Quinlan

Cavallo Reigns forPaul Kramer, whilehis nearest rivalCourtney Pace is onMick’s Gift for NeilRobb.

“Trevor, SharynTrolove’s hope, is aproven picnic winnercoming back from ahandful of professionalstarts.”

Forward■ Volunteer LeonardSheahan says thecommittee is lookingforward to another suc-cessful meeting.

The focus is onfamily entertainmentand the Yea RaceCourse with shadytrees the ideal setting.

There is a six-race

●●●●● Tom Dignam

(dec.) with Frank

Hargrave in the

early 1990s

PHOTO: FACEBOOK/

FLOWERDALE HOTEL


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Local News Local Briefs

Better thanaverage: Council

■ Murrindindi Shire Council reckons it isbetter than most Victorian municipalities inits management of planning applications.

In a report due to be tabled at tonight’sCouncil meeting at Alexandra, a report saysthat 111 planning applications have been re-ceived for this financial year.

“Although this is less than half of the 2014-15 total of 255, historical trends indicate thatFebruary-May tends to be the most activetime of year for applications and thereforethis total is in line with previous years,” saysthe report.

Some 129 have been determined, includ-ing 18 applications received in the previousyear.

The Council says that 84 per centof allplanning permits have been determined withinthe statutory timeframe of 60 days.

“With the average permit taking only 40days to process, Murrindindi Shire Councilcompares favourably to the State wide aver-age of 76 days.”

The Council says that 218 building per-mits have been issued this financial year with98 per cent of these being issued within 30days.

“Ttotal value of building works for the quar-ter is $7.4 million (year to date value of build-ing works is $11.7 million which is on track toexceed last financial year total of buildingworks of $19.1 million”

Supervisor jobsavailable

■ The Australian Bureau of Statistics is look-ing to recruit project managers to fill up to608 Area Supervisor positions across thestate. These are temporary, casual positionswith flexible hours.

Data collected provides a statistical snap-shot that supports planning, policy and fund-ing decisions for a range of local servicesand infrastructure – from health and educa-tion to housing and transport.

Area Supervisors will recruit, train, leadand supervise a small team of temporary fieldstaff. Roles and responsibilities of field staffwill reflect the 2016 Census digital-first ap-proach, so if you are tech-savvy and a greatcommunicator, the ABS wants to hear fromyou.

www.abs.gov.au/careers

4 replies from 56■ Only four responses were received from56 surveys distributed late last year byMurrindindi Shire Council.

A self-congratulatory report is due to bepresented to the Council meeting tonight(Wed.) at Alexandra, mentioning that all fourresponses regarded the professionalism of theShire team was “excellent”.

Saleyards works■ Murrindindi Shire Council is due to re-ceive a report at its meeting tonight (Wed.)that tells of ongoing works at the Yea Sale-yards.

The report says that projects underway in‘Stage 2’ of improvements at Flat Lead Laneare:■ Construction of 36 holding pens■ Construction of roofing over new holdingpens■ Construction of scale house and livestockscales and;■ Installation of height adjustable loadingramp.

Paperwork signed■ Murrindindi Shire Council has this monthsigned a release and indemnity agreementwith John Charles Stewart and KathleenMary Stewart. of 3226 Healesville KinglakeRd, Kinglake .■ On Tuesday last week (Feb. 16),Murrindindi Shire Council signed arecyclables acceptance and sorting contractwith Visy Paper Pty Ltd. Contracts weresigned by CEO Abbey and Mayor Rae.

Kinglake News

Concerns about servoBlack Saturday anniversary

●●●●● Kinglake residents had a butterfly release this month

as part of the Black Saturday anniversary observances.

Photo: Ashley Geelan

■ You wake up knowing whattoday is and say to yourself "it'sjust another day" with the aim oftreating it as such.

It doesn't last long.One walks to the shops and

sees all the flags in town are athalf-mast, everyone is wearingyellow ribbons and everyone isasking each other "Are you OK?"

Although everyday inKinglake is "Are you OK" day,with most locals no longer asking"How's it going?" but rather, "Areyou OK?"

Logging on to Facebook,many locals have changed theirprofile pictures to fire pictures,yellow ribbons and Black Satur-day memes.

People are thanking eachother, remembering those we lost.

It is noticed that no-one is judg-ing other people.

Some people are going to theMemorial Service, some aren'tand most are saying that we allhave our own way of dealing withtoday and to respect each other'sdecisions about how they are deal-ing with the day.

The CFA Chief, Joe Buffoneis visiting the Kinglake CFA in themorning and a photo of Joe atKinglake CFA is posted by theCaptain, Steve Bell, to Facebook.

The local CFA is handing outyellow ribbons during Sunday

morning training.Throughout the day, even with-

out media in town, you can notescape reminders of that fatefulday.

By lunchtime many localshave begun to gather at theKinglake Hotel for drinks, toshare memories and support eachother through what is a very toughday.

Locals come and go through-out the afternoon, each with astory to tell.

Everyone recognising thatwhatever each of us did or didnot do, everyone tried their beston Black Saturday , no matterwhat decisions one made.

There were no right or wrongdecisions, just everyone doingwhat they thought was best at thetime.

Without exception, everyonein Kinglake stood up and didsomething that day.

A positive to come of BlackSaturday is that all of us thatwent through it are much closerthan we were before the fires.

Every year, Kinglake resi-dents try to live the day like anyother, but it is really difficult, ifnot impossible to do.

It always has been and alwayswill be for all survivors.

- Ashley Geelan

●●●●● Victorian’s Emergency Management Commissioner

Criag Lapsley spoke with Kinglake locals on the Black

Saturday anniversary day on February 7.

Photo: Ashley Geelan

I wish to raise myconcerns regarding thechange in zoning of1274 Whittlesea-YeaRoad, Kinglake West.

At the Murrin-dindi Shire Councilmeeting on January 27,councillors unani-mously passed a reso-lution to rezone landfrom Low DensityResidential to Town-ship Zone. PlanningAmendment and Per-mit C57.■ The shire is yet tonotify any adjoininglandholders.■ The zoning of landonly changed twoyears ago for subdivi-sion and now the ab-sentee owner wants torezone this 2 Ha (5acres) once again. Ibelieve it should remainLow Density Residen-tial.■ Bushfire overlayshave been removedfrom the property.■ A planning permitfor a shopping com-plex, including servicestation is also includedin the minutes for shireto rubber stamp oncezoning is changed.■ The impact onneighbouring proper-ties, with traffic, noiseetc. has not been con-sidered by the shire.■ The complex is notin keeping withneighbourhood char-acter.■ The last petrol sta-tion at Kinglake Westclosed 20 years ago asit was not viable.■ There are other un-used sites which arecommercial and indus-trial which are moresuitable for this com-plex and do not adjoinpeople's homes.■ The KinglakeFlowerdale ToolangiPlanning which wascompleted after the2009 fires to correctplanning anomalies inthe area.

This has neverbeen adopted by theshire therefore allowsthe shire to pass inap-propriate develop-ment.

The proposed de-velopment can beviewed on the councilwebsite in the meetingminutes.

I believe it is timethe shire consideredresidents and notifiedthem before voting onthese types of propos-als.

I encourage otherconcerned residents toexpress their view bycontacting RichardWynne, Planning Min-ister, Level 20, 1Spring St, Melbourne.

- M. Bateman,

Kinglake West

Letter tothe Editor

Reported to Police

■ Murrindindi Shire Council CEO Marga-ret Abbey has expressed her concern about anumber of incidents of vandalism at the Rec-reational Vehicle Discharge Point in Alex-andra.

"The discharge unit at Leckie Park hasbeen deliberately vandalised on several sepa-rate occasions in recent months.

“In December the unit was found to havebeen blocked up twice, when someone re-ported its malfunction.

“Someone had deliberated filled it withpine bark to prevent its use. Since then, theunit has again been blocked up twice withrubbish. "Contractors who inspected the unit afterthese incidents are confident that these aredeliberate acts.

“The unit is fully enclosed so it is not pos-sible for things to accidentally fall in.

"Council is taking this matter very seri-ously. Each time, contractors have to becalled out to investigate and fix these block-ages, which is not always a quick or easyprocess. Nor is it a cheap thing to fix.”

Ms Abbey said the repeated acts of van-dalism have been reported to Police.

Witness calls■ Last week’s call for witnesses (The LocalPaper, Feb. 17) to a high-speed pursuit fromYea to Yarra Glen has brought forward a num-ber of witnesses.

Yea Police Sgt Trevor Connell last weekappealed for witnesses to the chase, whichhad started after an Albury petrol drive-off.

The Police helicopter hovered over Yea asthe Air Wing monitored the car;s progress,including a stint down the Melba Hwy wherea speed of 193-kmh was reached by the roguevehicle.

Sgt Connell and Leading Sen. Const.Simon Eaton concluded their monitoring ofthe car at the Lilydale Airfield at Coldstream.

Police made arrests at Koo-Wee-Rup, andit will be alleged that drugs and firearms werefound in the car.

Emergency relief■ Yea Community House is the location forpeople seeking material or financial assis-tance. All appointments are held on Wednes-days, 10am-12 Noon.

The situations of people in crisis will beassessed by Salvation Army ‘Salvocare’ staffat the appointments.

Once appointments have been success-fully completed, applicants can collect theirapproved material assistance.

“We want to assist you with any under-lying long-term issues to prevent you fromfalling deeper into the poverty cycle,” said aSalvocare spokesman.

Elections in Oct.■ Nearby, Mansfield Council voted lastweek to declare its Election Period Policywill apply from 12 Noon on September 20(candidate nominations close at this time) andends at 6pm on October 22 (Election Day).

●●●●● Margaret Abbey

■ An amendment of the KinglakeRanges, Flowerdale and ToolangiStreetscape Design Framework,prepared by Richard Wynne, StateMinister is still awaiting ‘Gazettal’.

A report to tonight’sMurrindindi Shire Council meet-

ing says that the framework planhas been adopted by Council butthat an amendment has not yet takenplace.

Councillors are due to hearabout the stalled progress, in theDevelopment Services report.


Local People

They Say . . .

★That the Glenburn Roadhouse still hasa shuttered front entrance after a break-

in attempt over the past month. Bad guys havebeen chasing the contents of automatic tellermachines in the north-east. Charges have beenlaid in relation to break-ins at Shell Yea andRendezvous cafe.

★That the Whittlesea Council’s VisualArt Collection currently comprises more

than 320 artworks recently valued at nearly$630,000.

★That the annual collection for the RoyalChildren’s Hospital Good Friday Ap-

peal is due to go ahead in Yea next month(March 25) after Sgt Trevor Connell lent hissupport to the roadside charity tradition. BothTrevor and long-time organiser CherylO’Halloran deserved accolades for their ef-forts.

★That Mansfield Shire Council haslaunched a professionally-prepared so-

cial media campaign to boost tourism to LakeEildon. The theme promotes the fact thatthere is three times the amount of water inEildon than Sydney Harbour.

★That the Roycroft family have an an-tique auction scheduled to be held this

Sunday (Feb. 28) at the Flowerdale Hall. An-other auction is lined-up to be held in the com-ing months. Details will appear in due coursein The Local Paper.

Local People Local News

At Yarra Glen■ The Yarra Glen Racecourse Market willbe held from 9am-2pm on Sunday, March 6,at the Yarra Glen Racecourse, entry offArmstrong Ave, off Healesville-Yarra GlenRd. Parking is $4. craftmarkets.com.au

Food Table actionSacred Heart bell

●●●●● Gerhard Braun of Flowerdale

■ Sacred Heart Catholic Parish, Yea, isto receive a new donated bell.

Members of the Yea’s Men Shed havebeen performing engineering works on thebell, which delivers a healthy sound.

Gerard Braun of Flowerdale is pic-tured with the artefact.

■ Excess fruit onpeople’s trees, and toomany home-grownvegetables ripening atthe same time, are nolonger a problem forhouseholders.

The Yea Commu-nity Foord Tableshares the excessfood, encouraging thecommunity to valuefood-producing treesand plants.

The group is an ini-tiative of the Yea andDistrict MemorialHospital, SacredHeart Parish, StLukes, Yea Commu-nity House, Yea Com-munity Garden andvolunteers.

Familytrees

■ The Yea U3A Ge-nealogy meets 9am-1pm on first and thirdFridays at the Yea Li-brary to researchfamily roots.

Enquiries: JoanCanning, 5797 2327.

Pet rego fees due

●●●●● Cr Margaret Rae, Murrindindi Mayor

■ A $40,000 eventsstrategy is due to bediscussed at theMurrindindi ShireCouncil meetingscheduled to be heldtonight (Wed.).

Mayor Cr Marga-ret Rae is set to over-see discussion of theMurrindindi RegionalEvents Strategy 2015-2020.

The history of thestrategy seems to havefavoured events in theeastern part of themunicpality, includingAlexandra, Eildon andMarysville.

“As part of theMarysville and Sur-rounds Tourism andEvents Marketing(MSTEP) project,Yarra Ranges Tour-ism commissionedDig + Fish to developa five-year event strat-

egy on behalf ofMurrindindi ShireCouncil and the YarraRanges Shire Coun-cil,” says a report toCouncillors.

“A project groupwas formed to guidethe development ofthe Strategy.

The project groupwas made up of JulieSampson, Yarra Ran-ges Tourism CEO;Trudi Ackerman,MSTEP Project Man-ager; Sarah Light,Murrindindi ShireCouncil Events Co-Ordinator; and TanyaAsper, Yarra RangesShire Council ActingExecutive OfficerEconomic Develop-ment.

M u r r i n d i n d iCouncil says it aims tofoster a growing tour-ism sector.

On thecouch

■ Murrindindi Li-brary staff will pre-view latest books,overseas titles and bi-ographies at On TheCouch at 7pm-8.30pmon Wednesday, March9 at the GlenburnCommunity Centre.

Discussions willalso centre aroundaward winners, DVDsand e-books. Therewill nibbles and wine.

Phone: 0429 978210 or 5772 0349.

★Bridie Hayes was the Highlands Pri-mary School ‘Student of the Week’ in

the Granite News. She was recognised forthe because of the “enthusiastic way she al-ways approaches her learning”.

★Howard Purcell, ex-Yea, suffered a fallwhen visiting the Etihad Stadium in

Melbourne for this month’s performance ofthe Military Tattoo. Howard has recently re-covered from knee surgery.

★Yea & District Children's Centre willbe participating in its first fundraising

event of the year, the Yea Market BBQ Stall.Parents and friends are being asked to sign onfor the fund-raiser, selling sausages, and eggand bacon rolls, while raising money for thecentre.

★Ashley Geelan shares news that hisKinglake township weather ‘transmit-

ter’ facility is soon to be back in action. Theelectronic system communicates tempera-ture, humidity, rainfall, wind speeds and ba-rometer readings. Half-hourly readings canbe accessed. Ashley is a ham radio operator,and has ambitions to link his system with oth-ers in the region.

★Sacred Heart Parish Yea combined theidea of an Indonesian dinner, a games

night and a family Mass for one of its latestafter-school activities for school families.

★Yea Arts Carnavale organisers haveorganised an online survey, so that

people’s thoughts on the 2016 event can becollated, and used in the planning of the 2017fixture. The survey, administered by the ‘Sur-vey Monkey’ application, can be accessedthrough the Carnavale’s Facebook page.

★Natalie Fulford, one of the organisersat the Yea Community House, advises

of a card-making session to be held from11am-1pm this Sunday (Feb. 28). A minimumof four attendees, eacj paying $20, are re-quired for the ‘Birthday Cards with Sue’ ses-sion to proceed. Phone: 5797 4070.

★Junior Choclatier Classes will be heldat 9am and 10am this Saturday (Feb.

27) at the Yarra Glen Chocolaterie and IceCreamery, 35 Old Healesville Rd, Yarra Glen.

★Paul Bryant, son-in-law of The LocalPaper’s Fleur and Ash Long, returned

on Friday after a week’s volunteering on theTasmanian firefields. Paul, formerly ofEildon and an ex-Alexandra High Schoolcaptain, lives with wife Kristi (nee Long) atUpper Colo in the Hawkesbury region, NSW,where ‘Crunch’(Paul) is a RFS captain.

Talks at Yea RSL■ Students, accompanied by parents andteachers, are expected to attend the Commit-tee meeting of the Yea-Kinglake RSL Sub-Branch to be held this Friday (Feb. 26) at theclubrooms in Snodgrass St, Yea.

Secretary Ken Howson says it is hopedthat the guests will talk about their experi-ences at the Portsea Camp, and how it hasbenefitted them.

A low-cost dinner and refreshments willfollow the meeting.

Scrapbooking■ An Easter Scrapbooking session is beingplanned at Yea Community House.

The session needs a minimum of fourenroplments to proceed.

The session is planned to take place from11am-1pm on Saturday, March 12 at the YeaCommunity House Lounge, at a cost of $25per person. Phone 5797 3070.

Ben at Rotary

■ Ben Carpenter, a graduate of the RotaryYouth Leadership Awards, has spoken toRotary Club of Yea members about his ex-perience.

“Vulnerability, comfort zone, energy,choices, decsion-making were all words Benused to describe his challenging week fromwhich he emerged a more confident person,”said a Club spokesman.

Snakes on the air

●●●●● Ben Carpenter

PHOTO: FACEBOOK/

YEA ROTARY

●●●●● Allan Burnett drapes a python

around radio presenter Tim.

Visit by CFA chief

$40,000 for events plan

■ Pet registration fees for dogs and cats willsoon be due with the Murrindindi Shire.

Elaine Wyatt, the Council’s General Man-ager Infrastructure and Development Services,says that residents who currently have animalsregistered with Council should receive their2016/17 renewal notices in the coming weeks.

"Pet owners who do not yet have their ani-mals registered with Council are encouraged todo so now.

“The process to register your pet is simple.Animal registration forms are available onCouncil's website or at any of our Council of-fices in Alexandra, Yea and Kinglake.

“We offer a range of payment methods andany future changes to your animal's registrationdetails can be done over the phone.

"Discounted fees apply to cats and dogs thatare desexed, registered with an approved asso-ciation (the Victorian Canine Association orequivalent), dogs that have undergone obedi-ence training with an approved organisation oranimals over 10 years of age.

"Dogs on rural properties that fall into thecategory of working stock dogs can also be reg-istered at a discounted rate.

“Concession rates also apply for owners whohold an appropriate pension concession card.

“"While it is a legal requirement to have yourdogs and cats registered, doing so also givesyou the peace of mind that your pet can be iden-tified and returned to you should it become lost,"Ms Wyatt said.

Enquiries: phone Council on 5772 0333.

■ The visit by CFA Chief Officer JoeBuffone was appreciated by Kinglake’s unit.

■ Neighbouring town community radio sta-tion Seymour FM 103.9 late last week had asnake in the studio when Allan Burnett fromReptile Awareness Displays of Australia vis-ited, with ‘Boofhead’, the black-headed py-thon. Allan was in town for the Seymour Al-ternative Farming Expo which had its finalday on Sunday (Feb. 21).

At Ruffy■ Creative CelticCo-Cheol will per-form at the RuffyHall at 8pm on Sat-urday, March 5.

The a cappellacrew also accom-pany themselves onthe harp, flute, pi-ano accordion,ukulele and bodypercussion. Phone:0409 172 595.


Council WatchShire Briefs Shire Briefs

Shire talks on pokies

●●●●● Murrindindi Council is assembing a policy on ‘pokies’

■ Murrindindi ShireCouncil is due to noteits policy about gam-ing machines.

The Council meet-ing to be held tonight(Wed,.) is due to be toldthat a gaming policywas prepared by RobMilner, 10 Consulting.

This informationwas gathered fromwork conducted be-tween April and Au-gust last year.

“A final gamingpolicy will be includedin the MurrindindiPlanning Scheme

‘Fair and honest’■ Murrindindi Shire Council’s procure-ment policy should ensure “all participantswill be treated fairly in an open, transparentand consistent manner without any bias orthe perception of bias”.

Tonight’s meeting of Councillors is ex-pected to be told that “where participants areselected to take part in a procurement pro-cess, the selection decision will be impartial,based on value for money considerations anddocumented”.

A report on the policy says “procurementprocesses will be reasonable. The time andcost of participating will be minimised to re-move barriers to participation and increaseaccessibility, particularly for small and me-dium-sized companies.”

Yea Station works■ The cost of improvement works at the YeaRailway Station, completed just beforeChristmas, were $74,000, says a report toCouncillors, due to be tabled at the Murrin-dindi Shire meeting tonight (Wed.).

$109,500 spend■ Multi-purpose court works at the Yea Rec-reation Reserve are scheduled to be com-pleted by April, according to a Council re-port. Total cost of the works is $109,500.

Power purchase■ The bill for generators at the four librarysites in the Murrindindi Shire is $139,900.The works are not expected to be completeduntil September this year.

Target of 66%■ Murrindindi Shire Council achieved anaverage index score of 69 for customer satis-faction with its customer service, which isthree points higher than 2014 and exceedsthe target set of "66 or more"

Hall works on hold■ Yea Shire Hall “current proposed” worksbeing conducted by the Murrindindi ShireCouncil have been placed “on hold” as theyare “not cost efective”, a report to Council-lors say. The report, due to be tabled at theCouncil meeting tonight (Wed.) says the costof the proposed works is $27,500.

Due next month■ Costs of signage works at the KinglakeCommunity Centre are expected to total$9900, and to be completed next month, saysa report to Murrindindi Shire Councillors.

Spending a penny■ Murrindindi Shire says the refurbishmentof public toilets in Yea is expected to cost$65,000. Funding from the Yea Station carpark toilets has been diverted to the main HighSt toilet block, says a finance report to Coun-cillors, due to be considered tonight (Wed.).

History walk soon■ Works on the ‘Kinglake Art History Walk’are nearing completition, and expected to becompleted next month, says a MurrindindiCouncil finance report. Total cost of theproject, commenced last November, is ex-pected to be $244,837.

Project at Yea■ Works on the ‘Yea Civic Centre Precinct’should be finished by June this year, accord-ing to a report to Murrindindi Council. Abudget of $258,965 has been allocated for theworks.

Missing links■ Footpaths including the Kinglake PathExtension have a cost totalling $183,485, saysa report to Murrindindi Shire Council. Theproject has been completed.

through a planningscheme amendmentto guide any futureproposals for gamingmachines.

“Consultation hasbeen conducted withinternal staff, key in-dustry contacts andthrough public meet-ings held at Alexandraand Yea on May 21last year.

“Following aCouncil briefing fromthe consultant in Sep-tember, an amend-ment to the planningscheme will be draftedfor Council consider-ation and exhibition.

“The MurrindindiShire Gaming PolicyReview was adoptedby Council on Oct. 28.”

Kinglakerangerhonour

■ Local Kinglakeresidents have beenhonouring the mem-ory of the first Rangerof the Kinglake Na-tional Park, WilliamShelly Harris.

There is a ShellyHarris Ct in King-lake in his memory.His photo has ap-peared on the ‘LostKinglake’ page onFacebook.

M’dindi Mayor’s column


Local News

In the chair and on the air

●●●●● Indi’s independent Federal Parliamentarian Cathy McGowan met last week with community radio station represen-

tatives including those from Upper Goulburn FM. The group discussed media reform and Government advertising.

Back row, from left: Tess Lawley SYN Media (and Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Board); Susan

Maw Radio Upper Murray; Ray Hazen Southern Community Media Association; Annie Heness, RUM’ Neil Barassi, OAK-

FM; Jocelyn Scherf, Alpine Radio; and Joel Pringle, CBAA. Front row: Peter Rice, Upper Goulburn FM; Nick Brown,

Alpine Radio; Cathy McGowan; Peter Weeks, UGFM; and Mike Culley, OAK-FM.

Unclaimed Money

■ Firstly, correcting a mistake: CouncillorHealy and I calculated and published a pro-jected decrease of $8 million in rates to bepaid by residents, businesses and landownersover the next 10 years if Council acceptedthe government-mandated rate cap of 2.5 percent. In fact, it will cost ratepayers an ex-tra $22 million over 10 years in rates withoutthe rate cap.

Notwithstanding, your rates will be signifi-cantly cheaper for the next decade if the 2.5per cent rate cap is applied.

That is what we two councillors, and theState Government, have been trying to bringabout. My apologies for our mathematicalerror.

Council voted 5-2 in favour of applying fora rate cap variation to raise the rates, closer tothe originally proposed 5.5 per cent for thenext three years at least, as detailed in theStrategic Resource Plan.

The actual yearly percentage rise has yetto be decided by Council.

The State Government requires a consul-tation process to be undertaken withratepayers, so be sure that your voice is heardwhen Council asks for your view.

I am pleased to report that the Infrastruc-ture Assets Department has done a great jobin bundling a number of road and bridgeprojects into just two tenders.

This innovative approach has resulted in avery substantial saving, allowing Council toundertake substantially more road and bridgerepair and upgrade projects this financial year.

Reviews of plant assets have also beenundertaken which has resulted in decreasingthe number of specialised vehicles and plantneeded to undertake the work, once againsaving substantial funds.

Managers and officers need to be con-gratulated on the excellent work that they aredoing to stretch the available funding evenfurther. I have confidence that the innovativenature of this cost saving process will con-tinue. I will work closely with them on thiseffort.

The Public Safety Infrastructure Fund isa State Government initiative supporting in-frastructure grants of up to $250,000.

The funds aim to improve communitysafety, security and confidence in publicplaces.

Funds can be accessed by the communityvia its local council. Council is looking to con-sult broadly with communities acrossMurrindindi Shire in order to assess projectsuitability and the potential for submitting afunding application in 2016.

I am encouraging anyone interested in sub-mitting an application or those who would likemore information to attend the communityforum being held about this project. The fo-rum will take place from 4.30pm - 7.30pm onWednesday February 24 at the Yea CouncilChambers, Semi Circle, Yea. For more infor-mation on the project call the CommunityServices Department on 5772 0365.

As I have mentioned in previous commentsI would like to see these grants be used for theinstallation of cameras to deter ‘would be’thieves and opportunists.

It should be noted that our Shire is not ahotbed of crime like some other areas, but Ido believe that we should do all we can todeter such attacks.

I am pleased to hear the news that policehave had more success in apprehending someof the alleged offenders of recent break insand thefts in our Shire, again proving that tech-nology has a place as both a deterrent and anapprehension tool.

For the next couple of months you maynotice some Cleanaway waste collectiontrucks with Mansfield Shire logos travellingour roads.

We have been asked to accept some oftheir landfill waste as their contracted dump-ing point has become temporarily unavailable.

Council will be charging for this wastewhich will be a welcome source of extra fund-ing. Projected volumes will be well within ourhandling ability. We are always happy to as-sist our neighbors in times of need, as I amsure will be reciprocated if ever needed.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if youfeel that I can help you in any way.

- Cr Eric Lording

■ Forgotten fortunes worth thousands of dol-lars are waiting to be claimed. Amongst thepeople and organisations who have moneyjust waiting to be claimed are;

KINGLAKEKinglake Community Centre, Kinglake Cen-tral. $1305.68. (State Revenue Office)Kinglake Cricket Club. $76.85. (State Rev-enue Office)Kinglake Hardware and Produce. $34.97.(State Revenue Office)Kinglake Kindergarten Inc., Kinglake Cen-tral. $326.50. (State Revenue Office)Kinglake West Primary. Kinglake West.$247.50. (State Revenue Office)Kinglake West Primary School. KinglakeWest. $379.21. (State Revenue Office)Lions Ladies Club of Kinglake Inc. MountSlide Rd, Kinglake. $1383.33. (WestpacBanking Group)

SEYMOURSeymour & District Community Group

Kindergarten . 32 Redbank Rd, Seymour.$1732.17. (Commonwealth Bank of Austra-lia).

Seymour Agricultural & Pastoral Soci-ety Inc. Level 1, Shop 9 Vervo Chambers,78 Station St, Seymour. $919.02. (WestpacBanking Corp.)

Seymour Assembly of God. Seymour.$32.57. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour Building Supplies Vic Pty Ltd.145 Wimble St, Seymour. $1388.37. (Com-monwealth Bank of Australia)

Seymour Car Rentals. Ballarat East.$73.00. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour Caravans. Seymour. $34.81.(State Revenue Office)

Seymour Christian School. Seymour.$70.37. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour Cycles Pty Ltd . Seymour.$70.96. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour District Locksmiths. Seymour.$39.64. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour Inline Hockey Club. RMB 3080Seymour. $523.32. (Commonwealth Bank OfAusrralia).

Seymour Medical Imaging. Seymour.$92.75. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour Primary School. Seymour.$211.29. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour Puckapunyal Community Ra-dio Inc. Seymour. $24.10. (State RevenueOffice)

Seymour Technical High School.Seymour. $56.11. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour Technical High School.Seymour. $384.07. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour Model Dairy. Seymour. $21.35.(State Revenue Office)

Seymour Motor Cycles. Seymour.$276.05. (State Revenue Office)

Seymour Rafting Festival Committee Inc.30 High St, Seymour. $548.82. (Common-wealth Bank of Australia).

Seymour Tyre Service. Seymour. $468.03.(State Revenue Office)

Councillor’s Column

■ In discussions recently with one of my regu-lar correspondents, it became clear to me thatwhile a number of things are frequently referredto by Council – and by me – such as cost shiftingand core/non core services, they are probablynot as well explained or understood as theyshould be.

I wrote about cost shifting and its impact re-cently but haven’t talked about core/non coreservices in any detail.

So I thought I would take the opportunity togive at least a brief overview today.

The delivery of services really falls into twoidentifiable areas: core, that is statutory serviceswhich Council is obligated to fulfil, and non core,ie discretionary services, which are not neces-sarily directly legislated for but which neverthe-less have traditionally been delivered by coun-cils and which the community expects to be pro-vided.

In broad terms, the two areas cover the fol-lowing services.

Statutory (core): Business Services (Ratesand valuations, Finance, Governance, IT, Infor-mation management, Procurement); Commu-nity Services (Admin, Maternal and child health,Emergency recovery); Communications, Li-brary and Customer Services (Customer service,Media); Human Resources (Industrial relations,Workplace safety/risk, Human resource man-agement); Infrastructure Assets and Infrastruc-ture Operations (extensive list); Planning andDevelopment (Statutory planning, Planningscheme amendments, Municipal Building Sur-veyor, Building enforcement, compliance andinspections, Environmental health regulation,Local law regulation, Emergency management);Other (Council).

Discretionary (non core): Community ser-vices (Family day care, Community bus,Children's services, Youth, Recreation, Commu-nity grants program, Swimming pools, LeisureCentre support, Culture, HACC/disability andaged programs); Communications, Library andCustomer Services (Library services, Public re-lations); Economic development (Business sup-port, Tourism, Event coordination); Infrastruc-ture Assets and Infrastructure Operations (somecomponents of Capital Works and of AssetManagement, Parks and gardens, Environmen-tal programs, Recycling); Planning and devel-opment (Strategic planning policies and projects,Building services); Other (Public Halls and meet-ing places).

Some important observations emerge fromthis very succinct list.

Firstly, the huge range of services that aredelivered across a very large geographic areaand to a very small population.

Secondly, the statutory services are not the

ones that necessarily have ‘appeal’ as it were.The list of discretionary services contain thethings that are seen as adding to our quality oflife, such as libraries, swimming pools, and parksand gardens and are valued by the community.

Whilst some of these attract funding, this hasnever been 100 per cent and, over the years,external funding support has declined substan-tially which means the demand on rate revenuecontinues to grow, as do community expecta-tions.

And, thirdly, there are significant areas ofoverlap. This adds to the difficulty of makingsavings because they do not fall into discrete,easily identifiable components.

In order to maximise staffing resources andskills, staff work across various areas, so re-ducing services may not result in a significantreduction of costs as skilled staff will still berequired.

For example, the discretionary componentsof Community Services alone cost over $900,000pa to deliver.

As a small rural shire, we do not have theeconomies of scale experienced by larger coun-cils, so we are reliant on multi-skilled staffwhose skills can be used flexibly across theorganisation.

It therefore begs the question: what Councilservices do you see as providing the most value?

What services do you think could be dropped?And, most importantly, what services are youwilling to support from rates revenue?

- Cr Margaret Rae

●●●●● Grant Oppy is pictured serving

cakes and ice cream this week in the

cafe section of Country Woman in Sta-

tion St, Yea.


130 Years of Local Press

Dignam brothers in business■ Raised on farmland that now in-corporates the Yea Golf Course,Thomas Michael Dignam was Yea’smost enduring newspaper editor.

Tom was son of William andMary Dignam. His older brother wasWillie; younger brother was Eddie;and he had a sister, Margaret.

Tom was a student at Yea StateSchool, then attended the ‘Convent’School (Sacred Heart) from its be-ginnings, as a first-day pupil.

His first connection with The YeaChronicle was under its proprietor-ship of the family of Major FrederickGeorge Purcell.

Tom was employed as a printer’sdevil, and he continued his employ-ment under the proprietorshop ofWilliam Henry Tomkins, ElizabethJane Goodwin Thorley, GeorgePhilip Armstrong and JamesVincent Gannon. The Dignambrothers took over on July 1, 1936.

Type was first set by hand, thenlinotype machinery was introduced.The weekly newspaper was pro-duced in Yea on the giant WharfedaleW. Dawson & Sons flat bed press.

They were tough post-Depressionyears.

On October 5, 1940, the Dignambrothers announced that they hadalso taken over the leasehold of theHealesville and Yarra Glen Guard-ian newspaper from Norman W.Gill, with Eddie becoming the localmanager at offices in Nicholson St,Healesville. He became one of thevalued players in the Healesville foot-ball side.

Importantly, he portrayed himselfas a Healesville ‘local’. On January4, 1941, The Guardian noted: “MrE.L. Dignam returned this week froma vacation in Yea. He was one ofHealesville’s representatives at theYea sports.”

The paper also noted that TomDignam had holidayed in Healesville.

They were busy times. The Yeapaper noted on April 23, 1941, thatTom had married Dorothy MaryJohnson of Homewood, quietly cel-ebrated with Nuptial Mass at OurLady Help of Christians Church,Broadford.

“The bride wore a softly-fallinggown of white lace made with a trainof panels of satin bows on the bodiceand sleeves.

“Her full tuille veil was held inplace with a top knot of orangeblossomm and she carried a bouquetof mixed flowers.

“A small reception was held atthe Commercial Hotel, Broadford,with Rev. Fr. McHugh presiding.

“The happy couple left by trainfor the honeymoon in the Ballarat

and Western districts.”Two weeks later, the Yea paper

published a contributed article on a‘welcome home social’ to Mr andMrs T. Dignam.

“The large number of peoplepresent at the ‘Welcome Home’ so-cial in the Parish Hall on Mondaynight bore testimony to the esteemfelt for the recently married editor ofThe Yea Chronicle and his bride,”said the report.

“The Rev. Father Sowersby pre-sided, and was the first speaker. Hespoke mainly of the work Mr Dignam

●●●●● Thomas Michael Dignam, OAM, pictured at Government

House, Melbourne, after he was named in the Queen’s Birth-

day Honours in June 1989.

●●●●● Thomas Michael Dignam was Yea’s most enduring Editor, with

48 years service in that role from 1936 to 1984. One of his first

forays into journalism was this letter to The Advocate on July 5,

1923. Tom started work at the Yea paper as a Printer's Devil, aged

12, in 1927.

●●●●● The Dignam brothers had a vision of running several news-

papers, with them taking out the lease on the Healesville Guard-

ian newspaper from Norman W. Gill in October 1940. They relin-

quished the lease 12 months later, after Eddie had enlisted in

the Australian Army on August 25, 1941.

●●●●● A letter to ‘Aunty Patsy’ at

The Advocate, Melbourne, from

Eddie Dignam of Yea, published

on March 11, 1926.

had done in connection with theChurch, and said he was possessedwith a thirst for hard work in connec-tion with the Church, and muchorganising ability; he was a youngman who had not wasted his talents.

“During the last few years his wifehad been in Yea and had endearedherself to all.

“Dr Costigan spoke for theCricket Association of which he wasSecretary.

“Mr Coonan added thoughts forthe Boundary Creek Cricket Club,

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130 Years of Local Pressteam, and mention was made for thelong and happy association with that

“Another speaker was Mr C.Tratford on behalf of the CatholicSocial Club. He traced the couple’sinvolvement in plays, tennis club,social functions and as far back asTom’s part in the debating team in1935.”

The brothers carried on businessat Yea and Healesville throughout1941, with the October 4 Guardianannouncing that they had relinquishedthe leasehold after 12 months,as Edhad enlisted in the Australian Armyand was “in camp”.

Private Edward Leo Dignam,VX62391, had enlisted at Royal Parkon August 25, 1941. He was dis-charged on November 9, 1945, whenhe was a member of the 2/46 Trans-port Platoon.

In later years, it was reflected thatfrom the time Eddie served in theArmy “that the period of hard workstarted which it would be fair to saythat Tom has not be relieved to thistime”.

In 1984, Ash Long wrote: “Sincethen the paper has been carried onunder a certain amount of difficulty.”

Ed Dignam had passed away atage 51, on July 29, 1968, followingan illness which extended over some21 months.

“Apart from a short spell in aHealesville office and 4½-years inthe Army as a member of the 2/108Australian General Transport Co.,Ed. spent of all his life in Yea,” saidan obituary.

“He served in the Northern Ter-ritory, then the Dutch Indies, and hewas at Balik Papan when the warended.

“As a Yea citizen, he held manyimportant posts, being President ofthe Yea Football Club in 1960 and1961, and a life member.

“He was President of the Yea RSLsub-branch for a two-year term, amember of both Yea and St Patrick’sRacing Clubs, and for many yearsan officer of the Hibernian BenefitSociety, assisting in Church and in-stitutional activities.

The Chronicle had an issue pub-lished on an d dated August 1, 1968,as a mark of respect to the late Ed-ward L. Dignam, co-proprietor.

It recorded that Ed. had a goodsporting record having played withBoundary Creek Cricket Club, andcaptaining the first premiership teamin 1936.

“He was one of the top footballersto don the black and yellow,” thepaper noted. He had also tried hishand at golf and tennis.

He held life membership of theYea Rifle Club and the RoyalChildren’s Hospital. He was a stal-wart of the old Yea Athletic Club,and for many years announcer withthe Yea A.P. & H. Association.

“Since members of the Dignamfamily took over The Yea Chronicle(in 1936), it has not been our wont toconduct a competition to see who hadthe longest funeral in Yea, or flirt se-rious happenings in a light-heartedmanner,” the editor reflected.

“However, we beg to be excusedfor quoting a number of reliable lo-cal residents who aver that they hadnot seen a bigger congregation ofpeople at a funeral that that attendedthe one in Yea on Tuesday afternoon.

“As a man, let it be said that Ed.Dignam knocked about as most mendo.

“He was scrupulously honest andcouldn’t be bothered with anythingsordid, obscene or calumnious.

“His elder brother lives at Sun-bury, and the other will continue toconduct this paper, not wishing tobask in someone else’s popularity,but content that one who put some-

thing into the community was paid asplendid tribute.”

Tom Dignam carried on the busi-ness for a further 16 years, with thefinal edition with his imprint appear-ing in March 1984.

He continued his association, pen-ning Yea Football Club weekly re-ports, and occasional history fea-tures, until his passing at age 85 onOctober 23, 1999.

Following his birth on January 15,1914, Tom had a 72-year associa-tion with Yea’s press.

Reflecting with new editor AshLong in 1984, Tom Dignam lookedback at running the newspaper from1936, at age 22.

“In retrospect, it was not a goodtime to start.

“The Second World War, logis-tic problems associated with thepost-war boom, and a calling inwhich a third of the time went in non-productive, community-assisting du-ties, made the task of any small coun-try newspaper a difficult one.

“My brother died in 1968 and timeseemed to drag by until retirementstatus was too close to launch out onthe new technological aids whichwould have provided the modern typeof production common today.

“Another problem was the ‘twojob’ aspect of country printing offices- producing a paper every week anddoing commercial printing,” Tomsaid.

Tom certainly kept to the SacredHeart School motto: “In all things,faithfulness.”

He said, in 1984: “Dorothy Mary,my good wife, and members of ourfamily could confirm that keepinggoing a paper in Yea was no easymatter.

“Our partnership was blessed witha mixture of employees - some verygood and some not so good.

“Heading the list would be theservice given by Neil Garlick and attwo different periods, by the lateAndy Jameson.

“We had some fine office staff,Cathy Morris (Cunningham) andJoan Byrne being employed formany years.

“Among others Beryl Ryan(Wentworth) and Wendy Gates(Forster) were prominent.”

Tom Dignam was an active pa-rishioner at Sacred Heart, often as-sisting the parish priest of the day

with onerous chores. He was Secre-tary of St Patrick’s Gymkhana for17 years, and assisted Yea RacingClub and St Patrick’s Racing Club.

He was made a Life Member ofthe Yea Football Netball Club, andauthored its history in the mid-1990s.

Other authoriships included his-tory books for the Yea District CricketAssociation, Boundary CreekCricket Club, Sacred Heart Parish... and his own Seventy-Five Years InYea.

Tom Dignam was made a LifeMember of the Yea A.P. & H. Asso-ciation (Show Society) in 1984.

He was made a Life Governor ofthe Yea and Royal Children’s Hos-pitals.

He was made Yea Shire Citizenof the Year in 1984, and named inthe 1989 Queen’s BirthdayHonours as a recipient of the Orderof Australia Medal.

Upon Tom’s retriement in 1984,leading Yea businessman Gary Pol-lard said: “Tom is a journalist of theold school. He was obviously taughtas a young man that if you can’t saysomething nice about someone don’tsay anything at all.”

Then-Shire President, PeterBeales, said at the time of Tom’sdeath in 1999: “Tom Dignam was areal gentleman. He was held in sucha position of trust, that when confi-dential business was discussed at theYea Council meeting, that he simplyput his pen down, and the Shire meet-ing continued.”

It was a long journey from Tom’sstart as a 12-year-old in 1927, andtaking over the business in 1936, withthe announcement that “T.M. andE.L. Dignam become proprietors ofthis well-known journal.

“The former will act as manager,has been connected with The YeaChronicle for 10 years, and duringthat time has learnt the requirementsof readers, advertisers and the pub-lic, and it will be he and his partner’sintention to meet these requirementsin every way possible.

“The township and districts of Yeahave been well looked after by na-ture, and local residents have main-tained this excellence by the forma-tion of various clubs and societieswhich are a credit to those associ-ated with them. To be of assistanceto these organisations, the proprietorsmust have their co-operation.”

●●●●● Thomas Michael Dignam, OAM

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■ The Yea Telephone and Upper Goulburn Advocate set up as an oppo-sition newspaper on January 29, 1908, with its final issue (No 337) onMarch 6, 1912.

The enterprise was established from the Temperance Hall in StationSt, Yea, from premises shared with Mr Forbes, a grocer. The Telephonelater moved to shared premises in High St, Yea

Proprietors of The Yea Telephone were O’Brien Bros and Co. - Denisand Frank. In 1909, the business was sold to John Peter Murphy, whosebrother Francis J. Murphy was proprietor of The Ararat Chronicle, andanother brother was teacher at a Catholic school.

The Murphy family’s father was a business partner of Mr M.C. Mottat Hamilton, then later at the Tatiara Mail at Border Town. In 1889, MrMurphy Snr founded the Nhill Mail, and re-joined his business partnerat Moonee Ponds prior to retiring.

Murphy’s forebears had been natives of Clare, Ireland, moving tocountry Victoria. His mother, Mrs H.M. Murphy had four sons, and sixdaughters, three of whom became nuns, said the Kilmore Free Press.

The O’Brien Bros. and Murphy business was assertive in chasingbusiness, using its columns to promote itself.

The Yea Telephone, a two-penny broadsheet, released on Wednesday,pitched itself against the established Yea Chronicle, which had been inprint for 22 years. It preceded its competitor by a day each week.

Whereas The Chronicle carried its volume of advertising, spillinglargely to the front-page (a common practice), The Yea Telephone pub-lished serials such as Lady Gwendoline’s Secret and The Wisdom Of AHard-Headed Scotsman.

Filler articles included A Scheme To Defraud The Customs and a WitAnd Humour column.

Advertisements included those for M.E. Pease; dental technician, MrC.L. McNeill; stock and station agents, Charles Hamilton and Co.; Wil-liam Redpath’s Caledonian Hotel; Knights and Co. (‘The Busy Store’);E.F. Lubeck (‘The Crown Draper’); and Empire Stores (T. Woolcock,Manager).

Mrs G. Oliver was licensee of the Railway Hotel, Mr Lee Gow wasconductor of the Yea Brass Band, and R.A. Wall was Secretary of the Yeaand Mansfield Dairy Co.

News of the day was that R. Vining had opened a hay and corn storeoin The Crescent, Yea; W.R. Saunders wrote a letter thanking MissQuinlan for the sum of L7 ps 6d (obviously no £ type was spare) for theschool’s fund as profit from the pupil’s concert; and that a “splendid” fallof six inches was recorded at Strath Creek.

The competitor newspaper in February 1911 published a report of themeeting of the Yea Racing Club where The Telephone found it convenientto tout for commercial printing business.

It published: “Mr J.P. Murphy of The Yea Telephone wrote asking thatthe club’s printing be thrown open to competition in view of the fact that asaving had been effected by the Shire Council, Dairy Co., and Agricul-tural Society, through following this course.

“Mr Templeton: “How much do we owe The Chronicle?” The infor-mation not being forthcoming, he moved that the matter be referred to thecommittee.

“Mr Davoren proposed that the matter should be dealt with by thegeneral meeting and that a ballot be taken.

“A vote was taken, and Mr Templeton’s motion was carried.“On the following evening, the committee and decided not to throw

the printing open to competition. It appears that the club has not paid lastyear’s account, for which the president’s bill (Mr Purcell) is between £12and £13. The bill for the previous year was £10 1s.

“One or two favoured the tendering system, as they probably felt the£12 odd for printing is too cumbersome a burden for a body like the YeaRacing Club to carry annually.

“Mr Redpath, however, asked we understand that if any gentlemanwould guarantee the amount owing. On receiving no reply in the affirma-tive, he contended that there was nothing but to give the printing to MrPurcell’s paper again. Well, we consider that a barren argument in viewof the facts of the case.

“The club has a credit balance of £8 in the bank, and may it not beasked why this money was not availed of to pay most of the printing bill?

“At any rate, surely the club is not such a tottering organisation that anoverdraft could not be secured for a paltry few pounds. Furthermore, whyis that Mr Purcell was the only person left unpaid last year?

“Doesn’t an action like this leave room for some people to insinuatethat it looks like the insertion of the thin edge of the wedge to create amonopoly of almost carte blanche prices.

“It is strange these aspects of the case did not appeal to Mr Redpath,who professes to be fearless and outspoken in public life. Surely therewas ample scope to put these professions into practice.”

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Council Watch

Patron, funding plan for Yea Carnavale■ The notions of public fund-ing and appointing a patron forthe Yea Arts Carnavale are setto be considered at the meet-ing tonight (Wed.) of theMurrindindi Shire Council.

The suggestions are in-cluded in a report on a regionalarts strategy compiled by con-sultants Dig + Fish in conjunc-tion with the Council.

The report also suggests thatthe Foggy Mountain Blue-grass Music Festival also bepermanently established withinthe municipality.

“Throughout the strategyprocess key regional strengthsfor the Murrindindi Shirehave been identified which canbe leveraged for event devel-opment,” says the report.

“Overall, the MurrindindiShire is strongly associatedwith outdoor recreationalevents, particularly in relationto fishing, cycling, and waterbased activity.

“Music and the arts are alsodevelopment areas.”

The report looks at eventsstrategy and planning over the2015-2020 period.

“The strategy is intended toprovide intelligence to Coun-cils, Yarra Ranges Tourismand Industry including analy-sis of current events, pastevents and identification ofgaps in the market and poten-tial opportunities,” the reportstates.

“The strategy provides aframework for event evalua-tion with the strategic priorities

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YEA ARTS CARNAVALE

●●●●● The Australia Day celebrations held in the High St plantation as part of the Yea Arts Carnvale.

and insights for the sustain-ability of event operations intothe future.

“Event coordination andfunding have been consideredin the project scope.”

Five global trends are estab-lished in identifying ‘drivers:‘Feel Good’; Fusion, SocialResponsibility; Brand Power;‘Masstige’.

“There is an overall lack ofprofessional event manage-ment knowledge and expertisewith many events organised bycommittees and volunteerswho are busy running their day-to-day business operations,”says the report, due to betabl;ed to Councillors tonight.

“This results in a recognised

need for more eventworkshops, briefings and long-term planning to enable morestreamlined event operationsand help prevent volunteerburnout.”

The report describes the YeaArts Carnavale as an “inte-grated regional festival withdiverse events to attract thebroadest cross section ofguests.”

The report suggests there isan opportunity to “build on ex-isting paid event co-ordinatorresources to help sustaingreater growth, developmentand assistance with sponsor-ship and corporate funding.”

The report recommends thatthere be “a review of the event

name, as it is so much morethan “Arts”, needs to better re-flect what the event is about.This could also be achieved bythe addition of an events taglinethat broadens the appeal.”

The report notes there is ahard-working committee al-ready in place.

“The committee andorganisers are all volunteersworking on an ambitious pro-gram requiring significant lo-cal co-ordination and arts com-munity support.

“There is opportunity togrow the event, similar toWoodford, extending the car-nival into new areas includingbuilding on the food and winecomponent for example.”

The document points to “theability to leverage the successof the event to attract greatercorporate sponsorship” and“build on existing paid eventco-ordinator resources to helpsustain greater growth.”

The report recommends totonight’s meeting “that theevent is acknowledged by theMurrindindi Shire Council asa key driver of regional event-based economic activity”.

Councillors are told “thatguidance be provided for thedevelopment of a funding pro-posal that can be used to at-tract greater corporate spon-sorship.”

The report also looks atevents elsewhere in the Shire.

Weaknesses■ The regional eventsstrategy report identifies area number of weaknessesthat Murrindindi Shirefaces:■ No overarching eventframework■ Lack of a clear identityfor Murrindindi which is“caught” between severalmarketing areas (GoulburnRiver Valley Tourism, HighCountry and Yarra Ranges)■ Lack of clarity on whatthe Shire can “hang its haton”■ Fragmented views fromlocal business on the role ofevents and the economicvalue they deliver to the en-tire region■ Fragmentation in eventcoordination, marketing andsales with events operatingindependently and not cross-promoting to each other’saudiences■ Many small websitescompeting for traffic andshare of voice■ Accessibility (transport)for major events■ Current events are nothighly differentiated and arereplicated in other regions■ Events are largely oper-ated by ‘volunteers’ andcommittees, not profes-sional event managers■ Existing event planningtends to focus more on whatthe operators want■ Lack of funding

■ Yea's Under 14 cricket team travelled toAlexandra on Saturday to challenge the minorpremiers on their home turf for the SeymourDistrict Cricket Association premiership.

Both teams took strong form into the finalfollowing convincing wins last week.

The Alexandra showgrounds oval was in mintcondition and the warm summer morning en-sured dew would not influence the match.

Yea captain Jack Christie won the toss,elected to bat and padded up alongside goodmate Nathan Beattie. Jack and Nathan werethe league's premier batsmen this season andthe quality combination looked solid earlyagainst good bowling from Alexandra's open-ers.

Both boys batted sensibly taking the team to28 without loss from the first 8 overs.

Nathan then lifted the run rate with consecu-tive boundaries and retired undefeated on 30.

Recruit of the year Johnny Turvey thenjoined Jack and by drinks Yea was in good shapeat 0-61 with 12 overs remaining.

The skipper came out swinging in the14thover, unfortunately Jack’s quality inningscame to an end on 17 whilst unselfishly hittingout.

Johnny was joined by Ethan Aldous and thepair pushed the score to 75 before Johnny wascaught in the 17th over for 17. Youngster RileySlevin joined Ethan with seven overs left.

Ethan muscled the ball to all corners of theground in a game changing innings and was wellsupported by Riley who was hitting boundariesalso.

Ethan was eventually dismissed in the 22ndover for 29, the partnership of 35 had boostedthe Tigers score to 110.

Riley fell to a sharp catch in the followingover for 12. Coach's Dan's top five batsmen haddone their job handling the pressure of the biggame with confidence and skill.

Yea's Lawson boys and Luke ‘Usman’

Local Sport Extra

McMaster smacked it around late and the in-nings closed at 7/118 from 25 overs.

The Tigers took the field wary of the qualityof their opponents. Opening bowlers Jack andEthan bowled well. Alexandra's batsmenlooked dangerous until the skipper broke throughwith a wicket in his second over.

Ethan overcame a slight stumble to backhis mate up by bowling the talented HenryMeggit in the fourth over and all of a suddenAlexandra looked to be in strife at 2-17.

Christie and O'Dwyer bowled quick andtroubled the batsmen at times, howeverAlexandra to their credit, fought their way backinto the match to be 2/59 at drinks courtesy ofan excellent partnership between McKinnonand Malcolm.

Monty Lawson tested the batsmen out afterdrinks with his leg-spin and Nathan followedup with his outswingers.

The Alexandra pair batted brilliantly and hadthe crowd anxious for much of the game.

Yea's fielding was excellent, the Hargreavesboys and Monty Lawson were particularly good.

The turning point in the match came whenLuke McMaster snared the key wicket ofMalcolm who unfortunately struck the ball neararguably Yea's best fieldsman Johnny Turvey,the score 3/74 after 16 overs.

Jack Christie smelt blood and immediatelythrew himself back into the attack.

Jack and Nathan produced four devastatingovers of almost unplayable swing bowling thathad stumps flying all over the place.

Jack’s spell included an unsuccessful hat-trick attempt which appeared to shave leg stump.Alexandra was all out in the 20th over for 82.

Jack finished the match with figures of 4/8off five overs and Nathan 3/9 off four overs.

Nathan Beattie was awarded Man of theMatch. Congratulations to both teams for pro-ducing a high quality contest.

- Donna Slevin

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Regional News

Visit Parliament

●●●●● Rotary Club of Yea has farewelled

11 members from Long Island, New

York, pictured at Nagambie. The group

visited Healesville Santuary, Marys-

ville, Eildon, played golf, enjoyed an

Aussie pub meal and made a presen-

tation. This week the Yea Rotarians

welcome a team of 12 from Sweden.

Books at Glenburn■ The Book Nook at Glenburn has re-opened after the summer break. Openingtime are 10am-12 noon, Tuesdays and Fri-days. Enquiries can be made with Jenny,0429 978 210.

Fight against tax

■ Independent MHR for Indi, Cathy Mc-Gowan , is urging the Government to reversea decision to introduce of a higher tax rate forbackpackers.

Ms McGowan is representing constituentsconcerned with the negative impact of a pro-posed increased tax rate for temporary work-ers.

Changes to buses■ Murrindindi Shire Council has reviewedthe operations of the municipality’s commu-nity buses.

Changes to how the buses operate cameinto effect from February 1.

“Following a trial period during whichmanagement of community buses wasoutsourced to an external agency, Councilhas decided to bring this function back withinCouncil,” a statement said.

Hire fees are now $115 per full day hireand $70 per half day hire. Users will continueto pay for any petrol usage.

Bookings can now be made by calling5772 0333 or visiting any of Council’s ser-vice centres in Alexandra, Yea or Kinglake.

Enquiries regarding the change in hiringprocedure should be directed to CarrenHedger on 5772 0365 or via email [email protected]

Go for Arts funds■ Applications for this year’s first round of Aus-tralian Government’s Regional Arts Fundsclose on Tuesday, March 15.

Funding is targeted at activities that will havelong-term cultural, economic and social ben-efits for individuals and communities throughthe development of partnerships and culturalnetworks.

Artists can also apply for Regional Arts FundQuick Response Grants at any time throughoutthe year.

The Regional Arts Fund is managed inVictoria by Regional Arts Victoria.

Art Show at C’burn■ Craigieburn Art Group is holding its 28thart show at the Craigieburn Leisure Centre, 127Craigieburn Rd West, from 10am-5pm on Sat-urday and Sunday (Feb. 27-28). Opening nightinvitations are available from Betty, 9308 1657.

■ Local MLA CindyMcLeish has invitedpeople from theEildon electorate tovisit ParliamentHouse for its annualOpen Day on Sunday,March 6.

“The annual openday presents a terrificopportunity for Victo-rians to get a behindthe scenes look at howour democratic sys-

Fires question■ Hurstbridge Fire Brigade has challenged itslocal community on Facebook with a tough ques-tion: “What are your thoughts Hurstbridge, itwas more luck than preparedness on Black Sat-urday that we weren't impacted by bushfire?”

●●●●● Cindy McLeish,

MLA for Eildon

tem works,” Ms McLeish said.The day offers visitors the chance to explore

areas of Parliament House not usually open tothe public.

“There will also be a special opportunity toenjoy morning or afternoon tea in the Member'sDining Room, something few people exceptMPs are allowed to do.”

Entry is free and there will be exhibits fromall departments.

Whittlesea works■ Whittlesea City Council says that construc-tion of a car park is underway at Laurimar Es-tate

Footpath maintenance works are proceedingat The Lakes Boulevard in South Morang, andTopcliffe Rd in Wollert.

Installation of pedestrian operated sigals aretaking place at Bridge Inn Rd, Mernda.

Platypus count■ The Yea Wetlands, in association with theAustralian Platypus Conservancy, will hold theinaugural platypus/rakali count on Wednesday,March 9.

Wetlands organisers are putting out a chal-lenge to volunteers - who can stay still for anhour.

A bring-your-own picnic will take place at5.30pm on the day, and the count starts at 6.15pm.

[email protected]

●●●●● An on-site sign advertises that the freeholds for Doreen General Store and an

adjoining building are to be sold by auction next month by ABI Real Estate. ●●●●● Cathy McGowan, MHR (Indi)

Visit to TahbilkVisit to Tahbilk

●●●●● Rick Rundell of Glenburn with Les Edwards of Flowerdale,

with mynah traps available for $45 each from the Yea Men’s Shed ●●●●● Gerhard Braun of Flowerdale and Robert Martini of Flowerdale

●●●●● Gerhard Ludtke of Yea, and Ron Boyce, of Mulqueeny Lane, Yea

●●●●● Members of the Men’s Shed enjoying a meal hosted by St Pats Race Club. Left

row, from wall outwards, Ron Boyce, Doug Elliott, Alan Luckman. Next row: Rich-

ard Ford (St Pats), Jack Mahon, Frank Mussett, Leonard Sheahan (St Pats). Third

row: Lawrie, Kevin Mills, Rod Parton. Next row: Rick Rundell, Trevor Parton, Ian

Purcell, Les Edwards Photo: Alan Cole

Local People Yea Men’s Shed

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I hope you may consider supporting Treasure House

and SWIRL in Fiji. These are 5 ways I recommend to support:

1. Financial support for SWIRL’s remote literacy pro-

gram.

2. Sponsoring on-site local teachers, $155FJ per week.

3. Sponsoring a child’s school tuition, $1000-$3000

FJ per annum

4. Financial donations to Treasure House to fund

their new facility. Target: $450,000 FJ

5. Adopting a Fijian children.

SWIRL (Story Writing In Remote Locations)

SWIRL is a Victoria University program that has been

running for 20 years; the brain child of Lawry Mahon.

It uses teacher students ‘placement’ requirements

to provide remote Australian communities with pri-

mary school education programs that focus on im-

proving literacy skills.

A major strength of the program is how it focuses

on embracing local cultures and helping to preserve

and document

Victoria Uni and Lawry Mahon have been rolling

out this program internationally.

They have a great opportunity to test pilot the

project at Treasure House and then roll the program

out in Fiji nationally.

The Fiji government is focusing on education adn

now is a great time to capitalise on the current gov-

ernment motivation.

Once tested and adopted it can be used to increase

the literacy rate in Fiji, especially targeting the more

remote locations.

There are 330 islands in Fiji and the schools that

are found in outlying islands and regions need a

boost to their literacy programs. SWIRL is a great

program that has been very effective at improving

How To Act: If you would like any more information about SWIRL or Treasure House,

please contact Dave Gilmour, 0409 022 969 [email protected]

Treasure House Orphange

For those who don’t know Treasure House is an

orphanage in Nadi, Fiji, directed by Ulamila Cakau.

It has been providing an excellent service to the

children of Fiji in need.

The current facility, while old, is kept immacu-

late and has a capacity of 20 children.

Please google Treasure House Nadi and you will

find numerous YouTube clips showing the facility,

staff, volunteers and some of the kids.

They provide for many children with special

needs. On my recent visit I met one of their ‘spe-

cial needs; babies who was shaken as a baby and

now sufers serious physical and mental disabili-

ties.

The current staff are volunteers and some paid

carers. The team works to provide a stable, safe,

clean and loving environment.

While I was there they had just been able to re-

turn a little boy to his own family after they had

provided temporary respite during a dificult fam-

ily period.

Projects

On Site Teachers. The current team of carers at

Treasure House are not teachers. So far they have

been unable to source volunteer local teachers at

the facility.

It is envisaged the VU students will take up this

role. They would be on site for 2 hours in the after-

noon Monday to Friday to help the kids with home-

work and three hours on Saturday. There are how-

ever retired local teachers available but each teacher

would cost $155 FJ per week for the above roster.

Ongoing financial support for SWIRL would be

very helpful. Please note that SWIRL does receive

funds from VU and government grants when avail-

able but obviously those funds are not always avail-

able.

School Sponsorship. Education is very important

at Treasure House and they actively seek sponsors

for their children’s education.

As many of the children are not ‘up to speed’ with

their education, they prefer to place the children in

private schools that have special programs like phon-

ics centres to get the kids on track for the future.

For younger kids it costs $1040 FJ per annum per

child and for older kids (14 and up) it costs $3040 FJ

per annum

Relocation - As the current facility is rather old

and has grown incrementally over the years it has

its limitations. It is also leased but paid for by a local

real estate agent.

Furthermore, there is a growing need for more ‘ca-

pacity’. Ulamila is currently working towards a goal

of $450,000 FJ to finance a fully equipped facility

the would be owned by Treasure House and fully

equipped to handle aproximately 50 children and

more special needs facilities.

They currentyly have a sinking fund with $20,000

FJ but are looking for more funds to enable this plan.

literacy and developing a better learning culture

in Australian regional areas and it is a fabulous ‘fit’

for Fiji.

We have the funds to run the pilot program.

Lawry will pilot the program with VU and while he

is there we hope to get Fiji and Australian Minis-

ters to meet and improve the ongoing project.


Local HistoryPages From The Past

30 Years Ago:St Pats dead heat Pictures from Yea’s past

■ “It was nearly a triple dead-heat at Yea StPatrick’s Club race meeting,” we reportedon February 19, 1986.

“Only a horse’s nostril separated MurrayValley (inside), Mighty Murray (centre) andBuena (outside) in the 1200-metre handicap.

“Punters waited anxiously as judges calledfor a second photograph and further whencourse announcer Ron Hawkeswell an-nounced ‘A further print required’.

“There were cheers at 2.20pm when clubsteward Pat Quinlan placed the number two(evens favourite Murray Valley) in the view-ers’ number frame. But this turned todisappointmentr when he also placed the num-ber four (6-1 Buena ) in the same frame tosignify a dead heat.”

Editor shuts up■ Yea editor Ash Long declined to name thesource of an article regarding Council restruc-ture in 1986, 30 years ago.

Shire Secretary Jim Elvey delivered a ver-bal report to the Council on the local news-paper’s report on local government restruc-ture.

An article ‘The End of Yea Shire’ had ap-peared. Cr Dougal Drysdale suggested thearticle be forwarded to Premier John Cain,seeking assurances

“It will be handed down to (Stuart)Morris’s and (Russell) Badham’s in-tray,”said Cr Ian Sharp.■ Ash Long’s prediction on a merged mu-nicipality came to fruition in 1994 with theformation of the Shire of Murrindindi.

People Pars■ Yea’s Natasha Ward achieved a ‘personalbest’ in 100 metres freestyle.■ Media personalities Evan Green andYolanta Novak moved to live in Ti-Tree Rd.■ Devlin’s Bridge residents Con and HeatherHildebrand thanked Glenburn residentRussell Miller for noticing smoke from theirwoolshed, as he made his way to a Yea Apexmeeting.

100 Years Ago:Early morn train

■ “The number of passengers who availedthemselves of the morning train on Mondaylast totalled the largest number who have trav-elled by it since its restoration on the 1st Janu-ary,” it was reported in Yea on February 24,1916.

“There were four first-class and 16 sec-ond-class passengers. Four truck loads ofgoods was also attached.”

Schools excursion■ “A large number of school children andtheir parents and friends all left by train thismorning on their annual excursion to the StKilda beach,” it was reported in 1916.

“The train was made up with 12 carriages,all of which were packed.The day had beenproclaimed a holiday at the schools, whichwill remain closed until Monday next.”

Sad death ofex-Councillor

■ “Word was received by Senior-ConstableCasey on Monday, from Broadford, that whilston his round at King Parrot Creek that day,the mail man had found the dead body of exOuncillor E. K. Carver in a room at his farm," Boisdale," Flowerdale.

●●●●● Punters who had a bet on either of

the dead heat winners at the Yea St

Patrick’s 1986 race meeting had their

wager return cut in half.

●●●●● Yea Gardens, towards Post Office, with Rotunda ●●●●● Gardens with view towards High St, Yea

●●●●● High St, Yea looking east ●●●●● Yea River

●●●●● Soldiers’ memorial ●●●●● Grand Central (Caledonian Hotel), High St, Yea, looking west

●●●●● From The Crescent, Yea ●●●●● Yea camping ground


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Christ Church, Whittlesea: 150-Year Anniversary

Opened by Bishop on Feb. 25, 1866■ F'rom the wonderfully preservedand neat books of record of thechurch, commenced in theearly1860s, the full history of thechurch may be traced.

Many interesting facts have beengleaned from this source. Names stillfamiliar in the district, and quaintnames are made use of for differentparts of the district.

Collectors of funds for the churchbuilding fund were given 10 per centof their collections.

A record of all Vicars is availableas well as particulars relating to thehistory of the old building.

The Committee formed to buildthe church were amply rewarded fortheir troubles and difficult task by thepretty little house of worship whichnow stands as a monument to theirwork in those far-off, interesting, andhistorical days.

(The Church) celebrated its Sev-entieth Anniversary, stands as a per-manent reminder of those fine oldpioneers who were responsible forthe erection of such a noble edifice,standing in such a pic turesque set-ting.

The records of .the church revealthe difficulties which had to be sur-mounted before the foundation stonewas laid in 1864, exactly one yearafter the first meeting in connectionwith the forming of an Anglicanchurch in the district.

The church, which .stands in, aprominent position at the entrance tothe township of Whittlesea from theMelbourne road, is modelled ontypical picturesque English villagechurch, with the exception of thebelfry, which differs from the gen-eral architecture of these period build-ings.

Looking back into the past recordsof the church, it is revealed that onthe "thirteenth day of June, 1863" ameeting took place in the schoolhouse for the purpose of electingtrustees for the .land, which wasgranted by Thomas Wills, Esq., fora church; and the appointment of abuilding committee and official col -lectors.

The chairman of this far-off meeting was George Sherwin, .Esq., J.P.,who explained the objects of themeeting and named two conditionsnecessary for gentlemen to be appointed as trustees. The conditionswere that they must be members andcommunicants of the Church ofEngland

Mention of the trustees, subsequently elected may revive thememories of many old residents.

They were: John Wilson, J.P.,Anthony Nicholson, Thomas A. L.Hughes, Henry Wordsworth,Charles Cookson.

The following were elected as theBuilding Committee: Messrs G.Sherwin, J.P., Henry Gibbs, J.P., D.Johnston, D. McAuley, Henry C. Wordsworth, C. Cookson, T. A. L.Hughes, W'illiam Jolley and JamesHardy. Mr R. Onslow was appointedtreasurer of the Building Fund.

The following were appointed off-icial collectors, they obtaining 10 percent of their collections.

Those appointed were allotedcertain areas, and the descriptionsof those districts according to thebooks seem strange to-day.

Messrs Johnston and McAuIcywere alloted the area from the town

to the Gap (near Wallan), whileMessrs Hughes and Nicholson wereappointed to that tract which reachedfrom Whittlesea (then Upper Plenty,near the Yan Yean reservoir) to town.

Just what town this refers to isvague, but it is apparent that it re-lates to Preston, which was a thriv-ing village in those days.

Messrs Cunningham and Jolleywere given "the back" (which evi-dently indicates Kinglake and theother then trackless country roundthe ranges).

A Mr Wightman's name has thename of Deep Creek after it.

The Architect's PlanAt a meeting some months later

at Forbes' Whittlesea. Hotel, it wasagreed to request Mr Alfred Smith,architect, to furnish plans for achurch, the cost not to exceed £600,an amount which included interiorfittings, blue stone foundations, brickwalls and a slate roof.

It was also decided to call ten-ders for not less than 40,000 bricks.

Apparently the committee de-sired to share the business betweenthe two hotels, because the nextmeeting of .the committee was heldat Cocker's Royal Mail Hotel.

The tenders: for the brick mak-ing varied from £2/5/ per thousand,down to as low as £1/3/6, which lat-ter tender was accepted, subject tovery stringent conditions.

Through some alteration in the.committee's plans, the original ar-chitect, Mr. A. Smith, was replacedby a Mr Turner; of Yarra Vale. :

Tenders were subsequentlycalled, and in 1864 the contract: forthe erection of Christ Church of En-gland was let to a Mr Nelson.

Laying the Foundation StoneOn July 8 we find a meeting mak-

ing arrangements for laying the founar dation stone of the new church.

The meeting resolved to providea lunch eon, and what a lunch!

The secretary was instructed topurchase 10 gallons of ale as part ofthe rations.

From this point descriptions of thebuilding being erected are vague tillthe records show that a :motion wasmoved and carried, stating that oneof each of the current coins of therealm, including 2/6 and. 5/ pieceswas to, be placed in a bottle underthe stone.

The secretary, also received in-structions to. procure a trowel at, thelowest price possible.

Apparently the most rigideconomy was the order of the day,except as regarded liquid refresh-ments!

The stone was subsequently laidon July 14, 1864.

Some Tnteresting FactsFrom the records, it can be seen

that correspondence was addressedto : the secretary, his postal addressbeing Upper Plenty, near the YanYean Reservoir.

The guarantors for the overdraftat the Colonial ,Bank, Melbourne,in 1864 were Messrs G. Sherwin,David Johnston, AnthonyNicholson, James Hardy, Thomas:A. L. Hughes, Charles Cookson,David McAuley and Henry Words-worth.

At a meeting'on September 1,1865, it was resolved that the costfor six sittings on each side of theaisle be £5 per annum. The next fourto be £4 per annum, and the remain-der, £3 per annum.

Single sittings could be purchasedat "5/ per quarter."

The bell which was hung in thebelfry weighed 208 lb. and cost £20/15/.

The bell 'had a beautiful tone, butwas removed lately because of thedamage it .was thought to cause tothe building when it was rung.

It now occupies another posi tionin. the grounds.

On September' 20, 1864, the com-mittee decided to seek a residentminister.

The committee would guarantee£150 cash, and this in addition to the15 acres of land which went withthe residence was thought to beequivalent to the required £180.

A deputation later, waited uponthe Archbishop on this matter.

The church books, from whichmost of this article has been gleaned,are in a remarkably fine state ofpreservatlon, and are in themselvesa tribute to the secretaries who hand-led them, especially the first, H.Wordsworth.

The handwriting is something tobe admired, and the balance sheetswould defy any improvement to-day.

These books are indeed 'modelsof' efficiency and neatness.

In.April, 1866, tenders werecalled for' the erection of a frontfence for the church.

It was also decided. to call ten-ders for the sale and :removal of thelog fence which then did service.

Funds were short when the churchwas erected, and an overdraft wasobtained from the Colonial' Bank,the interest rate being 10 p.c.!

The banking account, which wasopened originally in 1866 with theColonialBank, has remained withthe same bank hroughout the years,the Nationl Bank some time ago ab-sorbing the Colonial Bank

The official account is still at theNational. Bank.

In the church there is n;a brassmemorial' tablet to the memory of

Private Claude Clark Hiughes, whowas klled in the Great War.

He was a grandson of the T. A. L.Hughes, one of the original trusteesin 1853.

Land Values In Those DaysAn interesting letter dated

Novembeer:14, 1865, to the Bishopof Mel bourne furthering the ChurchCommitte's efforts to obtain a spe-cial buildlng grant: gives some ideaof land values at Whittlesea in thosedays:

My Lord - Absence from homehas prevented me forwarding beforefor your. Lordship's inspection cop-ies of the letters received from Mra'Beckett , with reference to the spe-cial grant.for the Whittlesea Church.

With reference to the valuation, Imay inform youi Lordship that landhas been sold within the last: twomonths not a' stone's throw from thechurch at £150 per acre, and that£250 has been refused for an acreright opposite.

Trusting to hear from your Lord-ship on 'the subject, I have thehonour to be your Lordship's mostobedient servant,

-H. C. Wordsworth, Hon. Sec.The Big .Day

Records then proceed to inform,to the reader, that after much tirouble,the secretary eventually madearangementis for Bishop Perry, thefirst Bishop of Melbourne, to openthe church and subsequently conductib the first service.

Sunday, February 25, 1866, wasthe chosen ̀ date for this importantceremony, which was to take placeat .3 p.m. Travel n those days was not asit is to-day, and although opinionsmay differ, the roads were not whatthey are today.

It is recorded that the service wasduly held, and that the collectionamounted to £16/4/9.

On the following Monday night,.atea meeting was have been held inthe school house, but such a largegathering attended that the functionwas transferred to the newly-openedchurch as The Bishop was in atten-dance, having stayed the week-endat ,'Braemore’,the home of theSherwins.

(It is interesting to note that thename "Braemore" still applies to theproperty, which is still in the handsof the Sherwin family.)

His Lordship, as the records state,opened the proceedings with aprayer, after which the treasurerdelivered his financial statement.

Then followed a lo ng speech bythe Bishop.

After the speech, Mr J. Sherwinproposed, and Mr D. Johnston sec-onded, that steps be taken to erect aplain tablet to the memory of the lateRev W. Copeland. This was subse-quently carried out.

The charge for the tea meetingwas 2/6; children half price.

List, of VicarsThe 'first minister appointed by

the Bishop was the Rev W.McGennett rom Buninyong, hisappointment dating ffrom March 1,1866, however, his services wereterminated in the same year.

Previousto this, the Rev W.,Cope-land was ministering in the parish,and according to the memorial mar-ble tablet mentioned above, he wasaccidentally drowned in a swampnear Harrow, four years prior to theopening of the church at Whittlesea.

●●●●● Christ Church, Whittlesea

●●●●● Christ Church, Whittlesea. 1943.

From the Eltham and

Whittlesea Shires Advertiser

March 6, 1936


Christ Church, Whittlesea: 150-Year Anniversary

The following is a list of vicars tothe present day: Rev McGennett,1866; to Rev W. E. Morris , 1867;Rev. R. C. Neville, 1871; Rev. B. N.White, 1888; Rev B. Sparling, 1889;Rev. J. A. Priestley, 1893; Rev W. St.John Chase, 1894; Rev H.:F. Miller,1898; Rev E. C,. Knox, 1898; Rev E.C. Thompson, 1903; Rev G. D.Chapman, 1906; Rev W. D. James,1916; Rev L. R. Crocker, 1919; RevL. Merideth, 1925; Rev A.T. Pearce,1927; Rev .T. Rowell, 1931; Rev A.E. Freeman, 1932; Rev H. E. Hayes(temporary charge), 1933; Rev A. D.Page, 1935.

The Present VestryMr R. J.Higgs, vicar's warden;

Messrs A.F. Jessop and J. C. Gibbs,people's wardens; Messrs W.Gibson, J. N. Higgs and E. Winward.

Finance the Big WorryLooking through these interesting

records covering the ministry ofthese vicars provides some very in-teresting reading, and shows manyups and downs in the church's his-tory.

One fact is- ever to the fore - fi-nance. As now, it is evident that ves-tries in those days had serious troubleover their financial questions.

Pew RentsFollowing is the first list of pew-

holders, and on scanning the namesit is seen that several are still repre-sented in the district by their descend-ants.

Miss Hardy, a resident ofWhittlesea, is a. daughter of'the MrHardy who was connected with thechurch from the outset:

Cr J,.R. Smith, of Mernda, 'is agrandson of J. R. Smitharorementioned; Mr P. W. Clark, of"Coodardy;" Whittlesea, is eithera son or graindison of Mr Clark; CrT.. Hurrey , of Yan Yean, is a de-scendant of Mr Hurrey; the Steers, oof Arthur's Creek, are related to theMr Steer ementioned; the MissesClements, who now live at Reser-voir, and were present at the recenttea imeeting, are daughters of the MrClements whose name appears.-

List of pew rents paid for half yearending February 28, 1887:

Messrs T. Bear, £5; J. Wilson,£3/10; ):Mills, £1; Rice, £3/10; Payne,£1/15; Sheffield, £1/15; Hardy, £4/5; T. Wilson, £2/10/; D Johnston,£2/.10/; J.R. Smith, £2/10; Croswell,£2/10; Timms, £1/5/; Clements, £2;Patton, £2; Clark, £2; J. Johnston,£1/15/; Andrews, £1/15/; Hurrey, £1/15; Steers, £1/5/; Mrs Marshall, £1.

Who Laid theFoundation Stone?

The minutes are not quite clearas to who laid the foundation stoneof the.church, but it aippears that MrsJohn Sherwin was the lady respon-sible for, performing this historicevent.

Descendants of the late Mr andMrs John Sherwin in the persons ofMr and Mrs John Sherwin and fam-ily, are still residents of the district,their home being at Beveridge.

So. concludes the colorful and in-teresting history of one of the district'soldest churches, one which standsas a fitting tribute to those early set-tlers of the Whittlesea district whointerested themselves in this work,great not only for themselves, but forgenerations yet to come.

The choir rendered the anthem,What are These Arrayed in WhiteRobes? by Stainer.

The Archbishop's address wasfull of interest, as he briefly describedsome of the changes that had oc-curred during the past seventy years(the life of the church), both in mat-ters ecclesiastical and temporal, andurged all present to rally round theirnew pastor.

After the service the vicar invitedall present to assemble in the vicar-age grounds for a cup of tea and tomeet the Archbishop.

More than 180 attended this de-lightfully in formal gathering.

The Social AspectThe social side of the celebra-

tions took the form of a monster tea,followed by a concert in the parishhall.

For a day, the ladies of the' churchworked. hard in , preparing the tea,which consisted of sausage rolls,ham and beef sandwiches, a largevariety of cakes and pastry, and de-licious fruit salad and cream.

Brightly colored jellies were inmuch demand.

At the tea were Mrs A. Snell, MrsHall and Mr Coulthard, who werepresent at the consecration of thechurch in 1866.

A concert given by Mr Sage andparty followed the tea, the hall beingpacked to the doors for the latterevent. The programme consisted ofvocal and elocutionary items and aconjuring act which was thoroughlyenjoyed.

The Birthlday CakeDuring the interval, the cutting of

the birtnday cake by the oldest pa-rishioner, Mr J. Coulthard, was theevening's main feature.

The cake, which was a tribute toits makers and donors (Mr and MrsA. Mitchell), was conveyed into thecrowded hall on an auto-tray, drawnby five tiny tots of the Sunday School,suitably attired.

The cake stood three feet inheight and was surmounted by a min-iature belfry containing a silver tin-kling bell.

The decorations were artistic,-and when the seventy candles wereilluminated the cake, made a color-ful sight.

The vicar thanked all for their gen-erous support, and especially mentioned.the donors of the cake.

He next called on Mr Coulthardto cut the cake. Tiie Church's oldestmember (now in his 96th year) com-plied amidst loud and prolonged' ap-plause, followed by the lusty render-ing of For He's A Jolly Good Fellow.

Mr Coulthard responded in a ge-nial manner, after which the cake:was distributed and each member oftheassemblage received a slice.Function An Outstanding Success

The Celebrations were markedthroughout by enthusiam and suc-cess.

Many former parishioners tookthe opportunity to renew old acquain-tances, and a happy time was spentby all.

Some former residents travelledgreat distances, as was evidencedby the visitors' book, which wassigned by more than 250, includ inga visitor from Barham, N.S.W.

The organisers, headed by anenergetic committee, are especiallypleased with the result of the week'scelebrations, which passed off insuch a highly successful manner.

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Week-long celebrationsFrom the Eltham and

Whittlesea Shires Advertiser

March 6, 1936

OUTSTANDING SUCCESS OFWEEK'S CELEBRATIONS

Leading AnglicanClergymen Attend

MANY 'SOCIAL EVENTS:ORGANISERS PLEASED

WITH RESULT■ One of the State's oldest:churches, Christ Church of En-gland, Whittlesea, recently cel-ebrated its 70th Anniversary in, amost fitting and successful .manner.

A week of spiritual and social ac-tivities marked the auspicious occa-sion, which attracted 300 former andpresent residents to services andother functions during the week.

Leading Anglican Clergymen,including Archbishop Head, con-ducted services, which were at-tended by record congregations.

The climax of the week, a' mon-ster tea party, drew a particularlylarge attendance.

A feature was the cutting of thebirthday cake by the oldest :parish-ioner; Mr J. Coulthard.

The celebrations commenced onTuesday, February 18, with a spe-cial service, at which the Ven. Arch-deacon Lamble, assisted by the Revs.H. Burridge and A. Falconer andmembers' of St James' Church choirtook part.

The Archdeacon took the Para bleof the Labourers in the Vineyard asthe basis of his address, and exhorted all to carry out their tasksfaithfully, and well. if success wasto be achieved.

The visitors were entertained atalight supper at the vicarage by theRev and M rs A. D. Page.

Mr J. C. Gibbs thanked the visit-ing clergy and choir for their valu-able help. Mr R. Higgs supported MrGibbs' remarks.

Community SingingCommunity singing took place in

the parish hall on the following even-ing, a number of items tbeing contri-buted to the.programme by Mes-dames Austin, Gibson and Booth,and Messrs J. Reedey and G. Allchin.

Archdeacon HerringOn Thursday, February 20, a

large congregation, was present atchoral evensong, the preacher be-ing the Ven. Archdeacon J. G. Her-ring. The Archdeacon brought withhim thirty members of his choir. fromSt Columb’s, Hawthorn, and theirrendering of the anthems Sun of MySoul and The Heavens Are Tellingwas greatly appreciated.

The Archdeacon gave .a foricefuladdress based on the Building of theWalls of Jerusalem in Nehemiah'sday, and pointed out in astriking,manner the ready responsemade by the people, who helped inthis task.

Some of the tasks were very me-nial, but all alike were important andwere carried out faithfully and well.

The preacher drove home the factthat a call had come to church folkof Whittlesea to arise and biild.

The past had been great, but thefuture would be as great if not greater,if all would work in the same spiritas their forefathers had done in erect-ing such a noble edifice in which theworship of God could be carried out.,

Following, the service, the visi-tors were entertained at supper atWhittlesea.House by members of thevestry.

Mr J. C. Gibbs voiced the thanksof the vestiy for the assistance givenby .the Archdeacon and his choir,

Mr N. Higgs supporting the re-marks:Spiritual: Cltnucx of Celebrations

The .climax of the celebrationsfrom the spiritual aspect was reachedon Sunday, .February 23, the daycommencing with a celebration ofHoly Communion at 8 a.m., whichwas followed by a similar seivice at11.

The vicar (Rev. A. D; Page). offi-ciated on both occasions.

Young People's ServiceA Young People's Service was

held in the afternoon, the attendancebeing excellent.

The Rev M. Britten gave a most

●●●●● The Advertiser’s souvenir issue on March 3, 1936

interesting address, describing thevarious characteristics of the fourcreatures mentioned in the Book ofProverbs - the coney, the ant, the liz-ard and the locust - and drew fromeach a practical and thoughtful les-son.

The evening service saw thechurch packed to capacity, extra seat-ing having to be provided for the hugegathering which attended the specialthanksgiving service at which theArchbishop of Melbourne (Dr..Head) occupied the pulpit.

The choir was augmented by vis-iting choristers, and the singing wasparticularly bright and hearty.

Two solos rendered by Mrs T.Hurley and Mr T. Sage respectivelywere special features.

●●●●● Church St, Whittlesea, circa 1900-10. Photo: Albert Jones


130 Years of Local Press

Newspaper pioneers moved on■ Three men are credited with thestart of local newspapers in Yea:Michael Lawrence Hickey, RichardRoland Cramer and AndrewRobinson.

They started The Yea Telegraphon October 22, 1885, with the officesbelieved to be in Station St, Yea, abouttwo or three doors west of Lee Gow’s(Anne Street).

Their partnership seemed to dis-solve when The Yea Telegraph pub-lished its final issue on April 17, 1890.

Hickey and Robinson wereshown on the Yea Shire rates noticesover those five years. Hickey wouldhave been aged about 25 when theenterprise started; Robinson wasabout 23. They appear to have beenrelated by marriage.

(The Station St premises werevariously shown as Allotments 5, 3and 2 of ‘Section 9’ of Yea township.)

The newspaper was published thefollowing week “phoenix-like” asThe Yea Chronicle, with the lease-hold held by Patrick Galvin, from1890-1896.

So what became of the pioneer-ing newspaper trio of Hickey,Cramer and Robinson?

Yea historian Alan Thorley hasbeen at work. He discovered thatHickey continued an association withprint, and was part-winner of a lot-tery; Cramer went on to become apublican, then back to printing; andRobinson chanced it with mining.

MichaelHickey

■ After the demise of The Yea Tele-graph, Hickey went on severalmonths later to create a newspaperby the same name at Seymour.

The first issue of the SeymourTelegraph was published by Hickeyon July 31, 1890, from premises inWallis St. in that town.

In July 1892, a company wasformed to buy that newspaper busi-ness and £1500 was paid to Hickey.

Hickey is noted as farming on theTallarook Flats at the time, still main-taining an interest in the Seymourpaper with partners including ColinMcKenzie, Thomas Guild (ofGuild’s Store) and Shire PresidentJohn Carnie.

In 1895, The Sydney MorningHerald reported that Hickey andGuild were “winners” of the StAlbans Estate (a lottery).

“Thomas Guild, William Guild,

Harris Guild, James Jones, JosephJordan, James Buchanan, andSidney Longland (of Seymour), andMichael Hickey, Jnr (of Tallarook)are the winners of the St Albans Es-tate .

“With the exception of Hickey,all the others are employees of MrThomas Guild , who is one of theoldest and best respected residentsof Seymour.”

The Kilmore Free Press (Febru-ary 20, 1920) reported of Hickey:“Mr Michael Lawrence Hickey, anold Kilmore boy, visited the districtlast week.

“He is a son of the late Mr P.Hickey, J.P., a highly respected pio-neer; and is now engaged in the Gov-ernment printing office inAdelaide.”

In the following year (Nov. 17,1921), The Free Press reported onhis death.

“Mr Michael Lawrence Hickey,who had been ailing for somemonths, died on Saturday atAdelaide.

“He was a native of Kilmore,being a son of the late Mr PatrickHickey, J.P., one of our most highlyesteemed pioneer citizens.

“The deceased learned his busi-ness at the Free Press office, andlater had newspapers at Yea andSeymour, subsequently spending atime in Western Australia, beforetaking employment in the Govern-

ment printing ofice at Adelaide.“He leaves a family, with whom

there is deep sympathy, his widowbeing the daughter of MrsMcDougall, now of Kilmore, and forabout half a century located atGreen’s Pinch, about three milesnorth of this town.”

Michael Hickey was son ofPatrick Hickey, and Beatrice (neePhemister).

They had two daughters whilst atThe Yea Telegraph: Stella CarrHickey (1887), and May Yeo Hickey(1890).

Michael Hickey had marriedAnnabella Mary Adeline McDougallin 1882.

RichardCramer

■ Richard Roland Cramer wasrunning the Commercial Hotel atGobur by 1886.

He appeared before theAlexandra Licensing Court in De-cember of that year, reported theAlexandra and Yea Standard (Dec.17, 1886).

By February 11, 1887, Cramerwrote a letter to the Alexandra andYea Standard newspaper, complain-ing about the road at Gobur. He later submitted a tender to theCouncil to provide a culvert.

Cramer was active, with his ho-tel catering for the Gobur races, andinaugurating athletic sports meetings.

In 1889, R.R. Cramer performedat a concert in Alexandra, with TheStandard reporting: "Mr R. R.Cramer gave a Dutch impersonationin inimitable style, and was deserv-edly re-called, when he gave an Irishrecitation with as rich a brogue andas comical a rendering as though tothe manner born.

“As an impersonator of comicalcharacter we have seen few ama-teurs to beat Mr Cramer, who shouldbe heard oftener.”

Later, he was a linotype operatoron The Advertiser at Bendigo.

The Bendigonian (Jan. 4, 1917)published a report on the death ofCramer’s son, Private ClarenceCramer:

“On Thursday last (Dec. 28, 1916)the Rev. Father Rooney, whilst gen-tly, breaking the sad news of PrivateClarence Cramer's death to his par-ents in Bendigo, left the following

telegraphic message:--"Officiallyreported No. 1182-1127, Private C.Cramer, died 15/12/16, fracturedspine -from gunshot wound at 38thcasualty clearing station.

“Kindly inform parents of sadnews, and convey sympathy of Kingand Queen and Commonwealth.-Colonel Hawker."

“The late Private Cramer enlistedin August, 1914, at which time hewas an employee on TheBendigonian, in this office.

“He left Melbourne on the 22ndDecember, 1914, arriving in Egyptin January, 1915.

“He went into action in Gallipolion the 27th April, and spent his 19thbirthday in the trenches.

“On the 17th June he was re-ported, missing.

“On the 24th June he was re-ported to have been traced, he hav-ing been wounded.

“Private Cramer was in a badway owing to his having been with-out food and attention so long.

“A lengthy spell in England, andother places was necessary in orderto enable him to recuperate.

“On the 29th September, 1915,being then back on duty, PrivateCramer and two others were cut offfrom their companions for two days,and were compelled to disguise them-selves in Turks' clothing, so as toget back to their lines, the trionarrowlyescaping being mistakenfor the enemy and shot.

“The deceased soldier, who hadscarcely recovered from his previ-ous trials, then became ill, and aftera long spell, he was discharged fromhospital as fit for duty.

“This was on the 26th January last.His parents received several lettersfrom him since he went to France, inwhich he expressed, himself as be-ing quite satisfied with his lot.

“Mr. and Mrs. Cramer have an-other son at the front.

“The last heard from the late Pri-vate Cramer was a field card dated28/7/16.

“The late soldier was born atInglewood road in May, 1896, andwas educated at the Roman Catho-lic School, Myers' Flat.

“Deep sympathy is felt for Mr.and Mrs. Cramer in the sad loss oftheir heroic son.

“Mr R. R. Cramer is well and fa-vorably known as a linotype opera-tor in the Advertiser office for manyyears.”

AndrewRobinson

■ Yea rates notices list AndrewRobinson as a ‘labourer’ in 1892,several years after the demise of TheYea Telegraph.

Robinson owned most shares inthe Target Reef mine at MountTarrengower (Maldon) in 1891along with his brothers.

A Yea press clipping (Sept. 3,1891) says a crushing of 16 tons pro-duced 58oz 10dwt of amalgam.

The Kilmore Free Press (Jan. 10,1935) reported on AndrewRobinson’s death.

“Mr. Andrew Robinson died athis residence at Parkdale last week.

“Deceased was born at Maldon,and had reached the age of 73 years.

“Mr Robinson was all his life en-gaged in the printing and publishingindustry.

“For some years he was em-ployed on the Yea Chronicle, andlater at Seymour.

“In 1899, in partnership with thelate Mr. W. A. P. Hickey, he acquiredthe St Arnaud Times, a bi-weeklynewspaper, and under the imprint ofRobinson and Hickey, carried on thejournal up to the time of Mr Hickey'sdeath, after which he alone con-ducted the business for some time.

“About four years ago MrRobinson retired from active busi-ness pursuits and lived privately, re-moving to Parkdale.

“Since that period his son, Frank,has carried on the newspaper.

“Mr. Andrew Robinson's widowwas born at Kilmore, being MissAnnie Hickey, daughter of the lateMr and Mrs Patrick Hickey, veryearly settlers at Kilmore.

“A son of Mr Andrew Robinson(Cyril) was resident of Kilmore forsome time, being managing clerk forMr. J. P. Minogue, who was then inprofessional business at Kilmore asbarrister and solicitor.

“The business was later acquiredby Mr. J. Mulvey. Mr. CyrilRobinson is now located at Donald,where he bears the cognomen of "theMaxwell of the north." Mr. W. A. P.Hickey was also a native of Kilmore,and for many years was a memberof the Free Press staff, prior to em-barking in business at St. Arnaud.

“Mr. Hickey's widow is a nativeof Bylands, being daughter of thelate Mr and Mrs Johnstone.

“Mrs. Hickey returned from St.Arnaud to reside at Bylands afterher husband's death.

“Mr Andrew Robinson's re-mains were interred in Cheltenhamcemetery.”

●●●●● High Street, Yea, circa 1890, with the single-storey Shire Hall, and Commercial Bank, in

the foreground. Some of the bank building stick exists Carter’s milk bar. It is possible that

The Yea Telegraph (weatherboard) newspaper office in Station St is shown by the arrow.

Photo source: George Drysdale

●●●●● Newspaper partner Richard Roland Cramer appears to have

been running a pub at Gobur in January 1889.

Source: Alexandra and Yea Standard, Jan. 11, 1889

➞

➙➙➙➙ ➙

YEA SHIRE HALL

with picket fence

➙➙➙➙ ➙COMMERCIAL BANK

later Carter’s

➙➙➙➙ ➙

McLEISH’S

Butcher Shop

Possibly THE YEA

TELEGRAPH works

ST LUKE’S

Anglican Church➙➙ ➙➙➙

●●●●● Yea Telegraph partner R.R.

Cramer sold his interest in the

Gobur store about 1890-91.


Secret talks on Park

What The Papers Say

Banana protest

Whittlesea News

New centre at Doreen■ The owner of 46Cookes Road, Doreen,has requested aWhittlesea Councilplanning schemeamendment to facili-tate the developmentof a local conveniencecentre.

This month’sCouncil meeting wastold this would be inaccordance with theMernda Strategy Planand Bassetts RoadDevelopment Plan.

The Council willseek to advertise torezone part of the landfrom the General Resi-dential Zone to theMixed Use Zone.

■ Whittlesea Councilis developing a North-ern Regional Trailsstrategy with othermunicipalities includ-ing Banyule, Darebin,Hume, Moreland,

●●●●● Whittlesea CEO David Turnbull

Nillumbik and Yarrain partnership with theVictorian Govern-ment and with fundingfrom Sport and Rec-reation Victoria.

The Strategy iden-tifies 120 existing off-road regional trails and

■ A petition has beenassembled by SouthMorang residentsasking for the the re-moval of the existing

gum trees on the na-ture strips in High-point Drive, SouthMorang, and that theirreplacement with thesame trees as those inthe neigh-bouringstreets.

■ Whittlesea Councilhas received a petitionfrom residents tochange the name ofClutha Drive, Merndato Wisteria Lane.

“There are no validgrounds under theGuidelines for the roadname to be changed,”the February 2 meet-ing was told.

■ Whittlesea Councilis to receive a$150,000 State Gov-ernment grant for theThomastown Libraryrefurbishment. Coun-cil will contribute anadditional $100,000.

Council News

■ Confidential talksabout the lease at theYea Caravan Parkare due to be dis-cussed in closed ses-sion at tonight’sMurrindindi Councilmeeting.

The meeting is dueto be held at the Alex-andra Council cham-bers.

Murrindindi ShireCouncil attractedwide spread criticismlate last year when itrefused to renew thelease of its long-termoperators, Errol andEmily Donnelly.

A public meetingwas held in Yea withlocal residents ex-pressing their protestabout the Council’sdecision.

“I am aware ofconcern that has beenexpressed by resi-dents and visitors tothe Yea Caravan Parkabout their future and

●●●●● Yea Caravan Park. Photo: tourisminternet.com.au

the future of the Cara-van Park itself,” saidMargaret Abbey,Murrindindi CouncilChief Executive Of-ficer.

“I appreciate thatthe change of leaseholder at the CaravanPark raises questionsfor current residents of

the Caravan Park andthose who holidaythere on a regular ba-sis.

“It might also raiseconcerns for localbusinesses which ben-efit from the increasedtrade that comes fromthe users of the Cara-van Park.

“Let me assure youthat the Caravan Parkwill continue to oper-ate after the currentlease expires. Coun-cil will employ care-takers to manage thepark during the transi-tion to a new leaseholder,” Ms Abbeysaid last November.

Yea News

Raglan St works axed■ Planned ‘traffic treatments’in Raglan St, Yea, have beenaxed by Murrindindi ShireCouncil, after most residentsopposed the works.

“Letters have been distrib-uted to residents who reside inthis street advising them of theintended works and requestingfeedback,” says a report due tobe tabled at the MurrindindiShire Council to be held tonight(Wed.) at Alexandra.

“A majority of residents ob-

supported by local Police whowill monitor traffic speeds in thearea,” Councillors will be told.

■ The Mitchell Shire Council meeting lastweek had to be reconvened until Monday thisweek (Feb. 22) after a person dressed as abanana disrupted proceedings.

The ‘banana’ theme was linked to MayorCr Sue Marstaellar’s use of a Council car ona private holiday to Coffs Harbour, home ofthe ‘Big Banana’.

“The banana entered the chamber just asthe council’s councillor expenses policy wasabout to be discussed,” said reporter AndrewJefferson.

- Herald Sun

Railway fine line■ Whittlesea Council will start fining com-muters who park on footpaths surrounding thetemporary carpark at South Morang railwaystation. The temporary carpark opened in De-cember but it regularly reaches capacity.

- Whittlesea Leader

Phoenix rises■ Healesville Rotary has big plans for theirinaugural Dogs Day Out community fund-raiser on Sunday, March 6, reports KathGannaway.

They have set the pace with the choice ofPhoenix, a Leonberger, as not only their mas-cot, but as parade leader … and a judge.

- Mountain Views Mail

1000 rabbits gone■ The Sporting Shooters Association ofAustralia’s Field Hunters Club has beenworking around Longwood, Avenel, Ruffy,Gobur, Alexandra and Euroa in an areagreater than 65,000 acres over the past twoyears on a Feral Animal Control Program.

This program aims to reduce feral and pestanimals for property owners at no cost andhas now removed more than 1000 rabbits and80 foxes.

- Granite News

Priest retires■ Monsignor Anthony K. Toms retired onSunday (Feb. 21) after 20 years at St Mary’sParish, Seymour.

His duties have included more than 500baptisms and 300 funerals.

Formerly Principal Chaplain of the Aus-tralian Army, Mon. Toms was given a fare-well luncheon attended by 156 local parishio-ners.

- Seymour Telegraph

●●●●● A person dressed as a banana

disrupted last week’s Mitchell Shire

Council meeting at Broadford.

■ The euthanisation of a free-roaming pea-cock at Gough’s Bay has brought uproar byresidents and has gone ‘viral’ on Facebook.

Goughs Bay resident, Caral Burrell, wasso aggrieved by the act she took out a ‘deathnotice’ in the Mansfield Courier farewellingher beloved bird.

- Mansfield Courier

●●●●● Peacock. File photo

Peacock scandal

80 Years AgoFrom the Eltham & Whittlesea Shires

Advertiser. February 28, 1936

Diamond Creekman charged withtheft of beehives

■ The intracices of beekeeping were ex-plained in the Eltham Court of Petty Ses-sions on Wednesday when a Diamond Creekman was charged with the theft of two bee-hives.

Antonio Maribito, Diamond Creek, wascharged that between.February 1 and Febru-ary 28, 1934, he did steal a beehive, the prop-erty of Kenneth Noel Woodhouse, Plenty,and a beehive from a paddock owned by MrI. Bradley, Diamond Creek..

Serious bushfireat Research

■ The district's first serious bush fire brokeout at Research on Wednesday aftetnoon, andbefore it was quelled by more than 50 firefighters, including, the Eltham.Brigade, theflames ihad travelled over fifty acres of grassand bushland.

Smart Police workat Donnybrook

■ Recently, the Donnybrook Hotel was thescene of a robbeiy of certain articles belong-ing to Major Crawford.

It is alleged the robbers battered the lampsof a car at the hotel to avoid pursuit, and .leftjust after midnight.

The matter was reported to Const.Waldron, of Epping at 1pm the followingday, and at 2.30 two men had been arrestedand the goods recovered at Preston. Later athird man was arrested.

Later at the Preston Police Court, thethree men received a sentence of onemonth's imprisonment on each of twocharges.

This investigation reflects credit uponConst.Waldron of Epping who was assistedby First Const. Gleeson, of Preston.

Panton Hill Hotelchanges hands

■ The Panton. Hill Hotel will change handswithin a fortnight. Mrs Kuhwold, who hasbeen licensee for some time, is leaving thedistrict, and a licensee from St Kilda. willtake over.

Annual Show atYarra Glen

■ The 36th Annual Show of the Yarra GlenAgricultural Society will be held at the pic-turesque show grounds on Saturday, March28.

Over £200 has been allotted in prizemoney, distributed over a large n umher ofsections, and there is every indication thatthe coming show will edlipse all previousrecords.

The. entries are coming to hand freely,and will continue to do so until the closingdate (Saturday, March 21).

The show secretary is Mr E. A. Cary, fromwhom catalogues and all other informationpertaining to the show may be obtained.

Whittlesea deathMRS. L. CALLENDER (nee McKENDRICK)A gloom was cast over Whittlesea recently

when news of the death of Mrs LeoCallender, of Clauscen street, Fitzroy, wasreceived. Prior to her marriage, deceasedwas Miss Elizabeth (Betty) McKendrick,daughter of Mr and Mrs McKendrick, ofWhittlesea House, Whittlesea.

Deceased until her marriage lived with-her parents at Whittlesea and was an ex-tremely popular and well known fi gurethroughout the township.

A tragic feature of Mrs Callender's death,at the age of 27, was the fact that her, sister'swedding was celebrated on the day prior to

96 proposed trails (con-sisting of 121 indi-vidual projects).

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Shed. Every Tues. and

Thurs. Phone: 5780

1459. ★

6.30pm for 7pm. Ro-


At Alexandra Golf

Club, Gordon St,

Alexandra. ★

10am-12 Noon. Yea

Pottery Studio.

Phone: 0408 401

458. ★

CLEANERWANTED

CLEANER WANTED. 3

hours per week, per-

manent. Farm, Glen-

burn end of Flower-

dale. Police check

required. Contact:

Linda, 0407 040

800.

Wed., Feb. 24

Thu., Feb. 25

6.30pm. Rotary Club of

Eltham. At The Com-

mon, 26 Commercial

Place, Eltham. Con-

tact: Ann Lynch,

0419 008 759. ★

Thu., Feb. 25

8.30am. Communion.

St Peter’s Memorial

Anglican Church,

Kinglake. Cnr Bald

Spur Rd and King-

lake-Whittlesea Rd.,

Kinglake. Phone: Rev.

Stephen Holmes,

9716 2042. ★

9am. Sunday Service.

Scots Presbyterian

Church, Yea. Station

St, Yea. Phone: Val

Borrie, Secretary.

5792 2286. ★

8.30am. Service. St

Mary’s Catholic Par-

ish, Kinglake. Phone:

Fr Martin Ashe, Par-

ish Priest, 9717

6482. ★

Fri., Feb. 26

8pm-10pm. Bingo. At

Yea Bowls Club. Ph:

5797 2770.★

Sun., Feb. 28

9.15am. Eucharist. St

Luke’s Memorial An-

glican Church, Yea.

Lyons St, Yea. Phone:

5792 2281. ★10.30am. Sacred

Heart Catholic Parish,

Yea. The Parade, Yea.

Phone Fr Longinus

Onyechesi: 5772

1167. ★

Sun., Feb. 21

11am-6pm. Yea St

Patrick’s Race Club

Picnic Meeting. Six-

race program, fash-

ions on the field. Yea

Race-course, Race-

course Rd, Yea.

www.countryracing.

com.au/yea-st-pats-

racing-club ★12 Noon-4pm. Pizza

Sunday. At Philip

Lobley Wines, 1084

Kinglake-Glenburn

Rd, Glenburn. Phone:

Phil, 0408 669 109.

WHAT’S ON

5.30pm. Secret Men’s

Business. Have a ca-

sual chat with other

blokes. BBQ tea pro-

vided. BYO drinks. At

Old Caveat Church,

Caveat-Dropmore Rd,

Caveat

Tues., Mar. 1

6.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,

25 Ferres Blvd, South

Morang

6pm. Murrindindi

Shire Council. Month-

ly meeting. At Alex-

andra Chambers.

WHAT’S ON

7pm. Rotary Club of

Diamond Creek. At

Ashton Manor, 49

Main St, Diamond

Creek. . ★

10am-12 Noon. Yea

Playgroup. Phone:

0400 270 681. . ★



Thurs. Phone: 5780

1459. . ★

1.30pm. Yea CWA. At

Yea RSL Hall, Snod-

grass St, Yea. Phone:

5797 2998.

8am-onwards. Alex-

andra and Eildon Dis-

trict Lapidary Club.

Annual Gem Fair.

Thornton Football

Ground. 5774 2908.

Mon., Feb. 29Leap Day. Once every

four years.

Wed., Mar. 2(1st Wed.)

7.30pm. Freemasons:

Whittlesea Lodge No

256. At Whittlesea

Masonic Centre,

Beech St, Whittlesea.

Contact: Ian Urqu-

hart, 9802 5386 and

0419 383 303. E-

Mail: ianu@bigpond.

net.au

6.30pm. Author Gideo

Haigh, Guest Speaker.

Author of Certain Ad-

missions (bok on John

Bryan Kerr). At Kil-

more Library. Phone:

5782 1322.

10am-12 Noon. Yea

Pottery Studio.

Phone: 0408 401

458. ★6.30pm for 7pm. Ro-


At Alexandra Golf

Club, Gordon St,

Alexandra. ★6.30pm for 7pm. Ro-

tary Club of Kinglake

Ranges. At Rosewood

Cottage, 101 Whittle-

sea-Kinglake Rd,

Kinglake. Phone:

5786 2005 for cater-

ing only. ★6.30pm for 7pm. Ro-


At Alexandra Golf

Club, Gordon St,

Alexandra. ★

Thu., Mar. 3

6.30pm for 7pm. Ro-

tary Club of Yea. At Yea

Golf Club, Racecourse

Rd, Yea. Attendance

Officer: John Hand-

saker, 0419 152

007. handyhandsaker

@ bigpond.com ★



Thurs. Phone: 5780

1459. ★

6pm-8pm. TOWN Club.

At Yea RSL Hall,

Snodgrass St, Yea.

Phone: 57972 2179.

Fri., Mar. 410.30am-4.30pm. ‘Au-

tumn Below The

Ranges’ Exhibition.

Open garden of Aus-

tralian natives. Sale

of native plants, bush

food plants, mari-

nated olives. Local art

and craft for viewing

and sale. Free entry.

Until May 2. King Par-

rot Banksia Gallery

and Gardens, 26-50

Wentworths Rd,

Strath Creek. Phone:

5797 0207.

Sun., Mar. 6

1st Thursday2pm. Yea Hospital/

Rosebank Auxiliary

Meeting. Phone:

5797 3057.

Sat., Mar. 5On This Day: March 5,

1916. The honour

boards were unveiled,

100 years ago, at Yea

Shire Hall.

12 Noon onwards.

Alexandra Cup. Music

by Pans On Fire,

Marysvil le’s steel

band. Alexandra

Racecourse. 1 Gordon

St, Alexandra. Phone:

5773 4304. www.

alexandraraceclub.com.

au

1st Saturday8pm. Yea Dance Group.

At Yea Shire Hall.

Sun., Mar. 6

12 Noon. Mernda

Community Fair. Low

cost family day with

lots of free entertain-

ment. Multicultural

performances and

food. Pony rides, mo-

bile skate park, ani-

mal farm, reptiles,

street performers.

Mernda Village Dr.

8pm-10pm. Bingo. At

Yea Bowls Club. Ph:

5797 2770.★

8.30am. Communion.

St Peter’s Memorial

Anglican Church,

Kinglake. Cnr Bald

Spur Rd and King-

lake-Whittlesea Rd.,

Kinglake. Phone: Rev.

Stephen Holmes,

9716 2042. ★

8.30am. Service. St

Mary’s Catholic Par-

ish, Kinglake. Phone:

Fr Martin Ashe, Par-

ish Priest, 9717

6482. ★

9am. Sunday Service.

Scots Presbyterian

Church, Yea. Station

St, Yea. Phone: Val

Borrie, Secretary.

5792 2286. ★

9.15am. Eucharist. St

Luke’s Memorial An-

glican Church, Yea.

Lyons St, Yea. Phone:

5792 2281. ★10.30am. Sacred

Heart Catholic Parish,

Yea. The Parade, Yea.

Phone Fr Longinus

Onyechesi: 5772

1167. ★

Sat., Mar. 194pm-10pm. Twilight

Market. At High St,

Yea. Run by Rotary

Club of Yea in con-

junction with the

Bunshrodders. Market

stalls; wine, beer and

cider stalls; food

stalls; rafle prizes;

bushrodders main

street cruising and

display; trade stalls;

kids face painting.

Live band: Blackhills

Ramblers.

Sat., Mar. 129.30am-5pm. Alex-

andra Lifestyle and

Leisure Expo. At

Alexandra Community

Centre, Cnr Hall St &

Maroon-dah Hwy,

Alexandra. Phone:

0404 882 042. Site

Bookings: 0408 109

707. www.alexandra

expo.com.au

Sun., Mar. 139.30am-5pm. Alex-

andra Lifestyle and

Leisure Expo. At

Alexandra Community

Centre, Cnr Hall St &

Maroon-dah Hwy,

Alexandra. Phone:

0404 882 042. Site

Bookings: 0408 109

707. www.alexandra

expo.com.au

Fri., Mar. 186pm. Opening. ‘Cuts

Like A Knife’ Exhibi-

tion. Then open

10am-4pm daily. Free

entry. ‘Rustic Sim-

plicity’ at The Shear

N Sheds, 74 Grant

St, Alexandra. www.

r u s t i c s i m p l i c i t y

blog.wordpress.com

Mon., Mar. 14Labor Day. Public holi-

day in Victoria.

Tues., Mar. 156.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

6.30pm for 7pm. Ro-

tary Club of Yea. At Yea

Golf Club, Racecourse

Rd, Yea. Attendance

Officer: John Hand-

saker, 0419 152

007. handyhandsaker

@ bigpond.com ★

12.30pm. Yea-King-

lake RSL Sub-Branch

Committee Meeting.

Students, parents,

teachers will discuss

their Portsea Camp

experiences. Followed

by low cost lunch, re-

freshments. Phone:

Ken Howson, Secre-

tary, 5797 3305,

0439 973 305.

8.30am-1pm. Hurst-

bridge Farmers’ Mar-

ket. At Fergusons Pad-

dock, Arthurs Creek

Rd, Hurstbridge.

Phone: 9433 3315,

0414 703 186.

www.hurstbridgefarmers

market.com.au

9am. Service. At Unit-

ing Church, Kinglake

West. 1050 Main Rd.

1st and 3rd Sundays.

Phone: 9716 2330.

Wed., Mar. 97pm. Yea Camera Club

Inc. Meeting. ‘Back To

Basics’. At Yea RSL,

Snodgrass St, Yea.

Phone: 0439 852

375.

2nd Sunday10am-2pm. Bollygum

Community Market.

Sept.-May. At Bolly-

gum Park, Kinglake.

Phone: Cheryl Phillips,

5786 1696.

Northern Football

League. Opening

Round special match.

(Good Friday): Eltham

v Greensborough.

Fri., Mar. 25‘Good Friday’. Holiday

weekend.

Wed., Mar. 236pm. Murrindindi

Shire Council. Month-

ly meeting. At Strath

Creek Hall.

Royal Children’s Hos-

pital Good Friday Ap-

peal. Donate.

10am. Rotary Club of

Alexandra Easter Art

Show. At Alexandra

Community and Lei-

sure Centre. Open

until March 28.

Sat., Mar. 26

‘Easter Saturday’.

Holiday weekend.

8am-2pm. Eildon Lions

Easter Market. 100+

stalls. Fashion, cloth-

ing, fresh produce,

preserves, plants,

toys, arts and crafts,

secondhand goods,

badges, paintings,

food, amusements.

At Moore Park, Main

St, Eildon. Phone:

5774 2674.

9am-1pm. Taggerty 4

Seasons Market. Lo-

cal produce. At

Taggerty Hall, Tagg-

erty-Thornton Rd,

Taggerty. Phone:

0421 351 571.


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Sat., Mar. 269am-5pm. Molesworth

Easter Bazaar and

Clearing Sale. Two

auctions running ad-

jacent to each other:

farm machinery,

tools, household and

garden items, bric-a-

brac. Food and

drinks. At Moles-

worth Hall and Rec-

reation Reserve.

Phone: Les Ridd,

5797 6252. www.

molesworth.info

9.30am-5pm. Hurst-

bridge Model Train Ex-

hibition. Adults, $8.

Children, $5. Family,

$20. At Hurstbridge

Hall, 974 Hurst-

bridge-Kinglake Rd,

Hurstbridge.

Sun., Mar. 27

10am-4pm. Alexandra

Easter Fair. Entertain-

ment, l ive music,

food and wine, arts

and craft, children’s

rides. At Rotary Park,

Alexandra. Phone:

0418 266 038. E-

Mail: andrew.

embling@landmark.

com.au

Easter Sunday. Holi-

day weekend.

Mon., Mar. 28Easter Monday. Holi-

day weekend.

Water Fun at Yea Wet-

lands. Activities ap-

propriate for primary

school-aged children.

Gold coin donation

appreciated. At Y Wa-

ter Centre. Phone:

5797 3394. www.

ywatercentre.com.au

10am-4pm. Hurst-

bridge Model Train Ex-

hibition. Adults, $8.

Children, $5. Family,

$20. At Hurstbridge

Hall, 974 Hurst-

bridge-Kinglake Rd,

Hurstbridge.

Tues., Apr. 56.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Tues., Apr. 266.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Mon., Apr. 25Dawn Service. ANZAC

Day. More details to

come.

Tues., May 176.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Tues., June 76.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Mon., June 13Queen’s Birthday Holi-

day. Public holiday.

Tues., June 216pm. City of Whittle-

sea Council special

meeting. To consider

proposed budget for

2016-17. At Coun-

cil Chambers, 25

Ferres Blvd, South

Morang

Tues., June 286.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Tues., July 196.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Tues., Aug. 96.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Tues., Aug. 306.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Tues., Sep. 20

6.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Tues., Oct. 116.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. Dur-

ing Council election

period. At Council

Chambers, 25 Ferres

Blvd, South Morang

Tues., Oct. 277pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting.

Statutory meetiong to

swear in new Council-

lors and elect Mayor.

At Council Cham-

bers, 25 Ferres Blvd,

South Morang

Tues., Nov. 156.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Tues., Dec. 136.30pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting. At

Council Chambers,


Morang

Sat., Oct. 1AFL Grand Final Day.

Fri., Sep. 30Grand Final Eve. Pub-

lic Holiday.

Tues., Nov. 1

7pm. City of

Whittlesea Council

monthly meeting.

Statutory meetiong to

swear in new Council-

lors and elect Mayor.

At Council Cham-

bers, 25 Ferres Blvd,

South Morang

Sat., Apr. 2Cycle Dindi. Family

friendly bicycle event

on the Great Victo-

rian Rail Trail in

Murrindindi Shire, in-

cluding Yea and Alex-

andra townships. Wel-

come pack, lunch at

Cathkin, bush dance.

Run by Rotary Clubs

of Alexandra and Yea.

To raise funds for The

Community Boys Jour-

ney. Contact: Me-

linda, 0418 378

806, or Julie, 0447

767 557. www.yea

rotary.org.au

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Public Holiday. First

Tuesday in November.

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Off to Wangaratta■ Former members of the Homewood CricketClub reunited on Saturday to travel from Yea toWangaratta for the St Kilda-North MelbourneAFL match in the first week of the NAB Chal-lenge. North Melbourne 0.19.9 (117) d St Kilda1.9.10 (73).

Swimming pennant■ Yea hosted Seymour, Mansfield and Kilmoreon Saturday for the final pennant meeting in the2015-16 season for the Hume Upper GoulburnDistrict Amateur Swimming Association, un-der the presidency of Lynton Pyle and secre-taryship of Lisa Bess. There were 72 events ofthe program.

The remaining fixture for the season is a pro-ficiency meeting on March 20 at the SeymourIndoor Pool.

Yea Golf event■ Yea Golf Club will host a ‘9 and Dine’ eventat ‘Royal Yea’ on Friday, March 4. Cost for golfis $5, with dinner at $15 per person. Contact DiHoldsworth, 5780 2927.

NFL player hunt■ A number of Northern Football League clubsare seeking new players. Bundoora Park Thun-derbolts are looking for Under 17 and Under 15teans. Darebin Women’s Sports Club havethree ‘come and kick like a girl’ Auskick Under18 youth girls sessions. Epping is loking for play-ers for the Under 16 boys and Under 18 girlsteams. Eltham Junior Football Club has va-cancies for girls aged 8-17. Lalor Junior Foot-ball Club welcomes all new players of any abil-ity. Northcote Junior Football Club is lookingfor Under 15 players and wants to establish anUnder 10 girls team. North Heidelberg wantsadditional Under 19 players. Research JuniorFootball Club wants girls for Under 12, 14 and16 age groups. Reservoir Colts seek junior play-ers aged 7-17. St Mary’s Football Club wantsUnder 19 players for 2016. Wallan Junior Foot-ball Club has a range of vacancies for boys andgirls. There are spaces at Watsonia, WestPreston-Lakeside and West Ivanhoe.

W’sea openings■ Whittlesea Football and Netball Club islooking for new players. The Under 19 footballteam has vacancies. Phone Jamie Russell, Foot-ball Manager, 0419 356 767.

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Seymour Magistrates’ Court -Criminal Case ListingsThursday, February 25

Plaintiff / Informant / Applicantvs Defendant / Accused / Respon-dent. Information Division.

Victoria Police v Banabakis,Pantelis. Office Of The ChiefCommissioner

Victoria Police v Searle, DarrenJohn. Office Of The Chief Com-missioner

Victoria Police v Grech, Jade.Uni-Shepparton

Traffic Camera Office v Turner,Robert David. Melbourne

Victoria Police - Toll Enforce-ment v Turner, Robert David.Melbourne

Victoria Police v Toomey, Car-rie. Embona Task Force-Frankston

Victoria Police v Toomey, Car-rie. Uni-Kilmore

Victoria Police v Kandus,Frank. Uni-Yea

Vic Roads v Frederickson,Joshua Michael. Vic Roads

Victoria Police v Byers, Darren.Uni-Wallan

Victoria Police v Campbell,Nicholas. Uni-Seymour

Victoria Police v Hay, Aaron.State Hwy Patrol-North

Victoria Police v Greenaway,Brendan. Highway Patrol-Seymour

Victoria Police v Serban,James. Solo Unit

Victoria Police v Hall, NeilRussell. Uni-Alexandra

Victoria Police v Rocke, Aaron.Socit-Seymour

Victoria Police v Coombs,Steven. Psa Mitchell-Ed3

Department Of Human Ser-vices v Macdonald, SheraleeYvonne. Department Of HumanServices

Victoria Police v Gray, RobertAlexander. Highway Patrol-Seymour

Victoria Police v Bono, Antonio.Uni-Seymour

Victoria Police v Ruan, Jia-Hua.Highway Patrol-Seymour

Victoria Police v Stoove, MarkJohn. Highway Patrol-Seymour

Victoria Police v Northeast, Ian.Highway Patrol-Seymour

Victoria Police v Thomas,Ricky. Highway Patrol-Seymour

Victoria Police v Lawry,Belinda. Uni-Seymour

Victoria Police v ManasiBanyakwa. Luhobola Highway Pa-trol-Wallan

Victoria Police v Mclean,Tyson. Solo Unit

Victoria Police - Toll Enforce-ment v Bredanle Enterprises P/L.

MelbourneVictoria Police - Toll Enforce-

ment v Bredanle Enterprises P/L.Melbourne

Victoria Police v Raiti, Beau.Uni-Pyalong

Victoria Police v Henry, Nathan.Uni-Pyalong

Victoria Police v Schiemann,Peter. Traffic Camera Office

Victoria Police v Bombardieri,Stephen Graham. Uni-Kilmore

Victoria Police v Noble, PeterKenneth. Highway Patrol-SeymourVictoria Police v Hall, Neil. Uni-Seymour

Victoria Police v Thorgood,Trisjan. Psa Mitchell-Ed3

Victoria Police v Rocke, Arron.Operations Response Unit

Victoria Police v Rocke, Arron.Uni-Wallan

Victoria Police v Comber,Tania. Uni-Wallan

Victoria Police v Sterling, JohnLeslie. Dtu-Seymour

Victoria Police v Dihm, Peter.Heavy Vehicle Unit

Victoria Police v Gowley, Timo-thy. Uni-Seymour

Victoria Police v Toomey, Car-rie. Uni-Kilmore

Victoria Police v Gazzara,Kane. Uni-Seymour

Vic Roads v Ivanic NomineesPty Ltd. Vic Roads

Victoria Police v Mcdonald,Frank. Ciu-Mitchell

Victoria Police v Peacock,Aaron Hunter. Dtu-Seymour

Victoria Police v Randhawa,Gurpartap. Traffic Camera Office

Victoria Police v Wintle, Mat-thew James. Uni-Sunbury

Victoria Police v Brereton,Dalton. Uni-Euroa

Victoria Police v Papageorgiou,George. Uni-Kilmore

Victoria Police v Nash, AshleighNicole. Uni-Kinglake

Victoria Police v Wilson, JeffHoward. Ciu-Alexandra

Victoria Police v Masierowski,Kye. Uni-Yea

Victoria Police v Edwards, SamMitchell. Uni-Nagambie

Victoria Police v Monsant,Heidi. Uni-Yea

Victoria Police v Fitzgerald,Michelle Sunita. Uni-Yea

Victoria Police v Johnson, JackKeith. Uni-Yea

Victoria Police v Walters, Rob-ert Jeffrey. Uni-Kilmore

Victoria Police v Macfarlane,Heather Mary. Uni-Bayside

Victoria Police v O'connor,Rochelle. Uni-Eildon

Victoria Police v Croskell,Lachlan. Uni-Preston

Victoria Police v Toomey, Car-rie Jean. Uni-Pyalong

Victoria Police v Garratt, Jake.Office Of The Chief Commis-sioner

Friday, February 26Victoria Police v Kallinderidis,

Anastasios. Uni-Melbourne EastVictoria Police v Crozier ,

Michael Dallas. Dtu-SeymourVictoria Police v Kallinderidis,

Anastasios. Highway Patrol-Seymour

Victoria Police v Gibbons,George. Office Of The Chief Com-missioner

Victoria Police v Gobbett,Bevan Brett. Uni-Seymour

Victoria Police v Bryant, NoahCharles. Uni-Yea

Victoria Police v Casey, Ken-neth. Heavy Vehicle Unit

Victoria Police v Chung, Aaron.Uni-Seymour

Murrindindi Shire Council vHall, Derek Macdonald.Murrindindi Shire Council

Civil ListTuesday, March 1

Shire Of Strathbogie v Adams,Dean Lindsay

Murrindindi Shire CouncilvSmith, Paul Andrew

Goulburn Valley Water vHutchins, Damien

Mitchell Shire Councilv Smith,Philip Robert

Mitchell Shire Council vHoskin, Julie Ann

Friday, March 4Empire Stallions Corporation

Pty Ltd v Brisbane Pastoral Com-pany Pty Ltd

Mansfield Magistrates’ Court -Criminal Case Listings

Wednesday, February 24Victoria Police v Perrin, Lois

Mary. Uni-MansfieldVictoria Police v Dash, Duane.

Uni-MansfieldVictoria Police v Mcmaster,

Chloe. Uni-MansfieldVictoria Police v Mclachlan,

Peta. Uni-MansfieldVictoria Police v Miller,

Michael John. Ciu-AlexandraVictoria Police v Mcleod, Ben-

jamin James. Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Longhurst,Stewart. Uni-Alexandra

Victoria Police v Macdonald,Gordon Stewart. Uni-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Gorgievski,Stefan. Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Mcgauran,Paula Jayne. Uni-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Craig, Katie.Uni-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Vanikiotis,

Timothy. Highway Patrol-MansfieldVictoria Police v Revell, RachelleLouise. Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Hearps, Chris-topher. Uni-Alexandra

Victoria Police v Ischovits, JakeRama. Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Warnock,Jacob. Uni-Alexandra

Victoria Police v Smith, DanielPeter. Uni-Alexandra

Victoria Police v Riddell, DavidJohn. Uni-Alexandra

Victoria Police v Clarke, Beau.Uni-Alexandra

Victoria Police v James, DafyddEdward. Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Follacchio,Daniel. Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Cosgrave,Zachary James. Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Pulitano, Alex.Uni-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Williams,Samuel Thomas. Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Perrin, Lois.Uni-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Keating, Tho-mas. Uni-Eildon

Victoria Police v Hadfield, Ben-jamin Troy. Uni-Alexandra


Victoria Police v Thomas,Jaime Morgan. State Hwy Patrol-South

Victoria Police v Mallett,Michael. Highway Patrol-YarraRanges


Victoria Police v Clarke, BeauAlexander. Uni-Alexandra

Victoria Police v Turczyn,Michael. Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Sargiannidis,Arthur. Uni-Woods Point

Victoria Police v Bray, David.Uni-Mansfield

Victoria Police v Bray, David.Highway Patrol-Mansfield

Thursday, February 25Victoria Police v Seuntjens,

Adam Lawrence. Highway Patrol-MansfieldMansfield Magistrates’ Court -

Civil Case ListingsWednesday, February 17

Mansfield Shire Council vKarfam Holdings Pty Ltd

Wednesday, March 2Accounts Control Management

Services Pty v Matern, Diane


Grandstander

Laurie does the ‘5’

■ Australian swimming identity Laurie Law-rence was in the region on Monday (Feb. 22)with a visit to the Seymour Sports and AquaticCentre.

He conducted a special on-site training ses-sion followed by a brief question and answersession.

Lawrence was accompanied by his daugh-ter Emma and grand-daughter Harper .

Laurie’s mascot, ‘Lifeguard Lily’, alsomade an appearance during the event to helpengage the crowd.

Chlorine troubles?■ Have there been chlorination problems atthe Yea Swimming Pool? One local residentsays their daily swimming routine had to becancelled when they were advised that thechlorine health procedure had not been com-pleted satisfactorily, and that the pool wasclosed on that day.

Soccer facilities■ Soccer is the fastest growing sport in Aus-tralia? Buying flares to ignite at major soccerseems to be the second fastest growing sport.

Soccer is the most popular organised sportin the City of Whittlesea.

The municipality has the seventh highestnumber of soccer registrations in Victoria,with 10 clubs operating in the community.

Whittlesea is developing a strategy that willlook into current and future needs of the sport.

Fans are being asked how the Council cansupport soccer in the community, with a sur-vey to be completed by Wednesday, March16.

Trainers’ course■ AFL Yarra Ranges is organising a Level 1Sports Trainers’ course next month.

The sessions will be held from 6.30pm-10pmon Tuesdays, March 15 and 22 at theWandin North Fire Brigade, Cnr Clegg Rdand Warburton Hwy, Wandin North.

Cost is $120 per participant, which includesVictor Sports Tape Box for use in course.

Registration should take place by Tuesday,March 8. Participants require a current FirstAid Certificate although this can be underaftercourse completion.

The course looks at safety, injury preven-tion, injury management, rules and regulationspertaining to trainers.

Sports Briefs■ The Seymour District Cricket AssociationPresentation Night will be held on on FridayMarch 18 at Seymour Cricket Club, ChittickPark Seymour■ The Central Goulburn Murray BowlsRegion will hold its Womens Champion ofChampion Pairs and Mens Champion ofChampion Pairs at Yea on Sunday, March 6.■ The CGM Bowls Region will conduct itsMens and Womens Region Sides Trials atShepparton Park this Sunday (Feb. 28).■ The Yea St Pat’s race meeting will be heldat the Yea Racecourse this Sunday (Feb. 28).Organisers deserve every success.

Local Sport

Yea’s 2-day match with Seymour

●●●●● Laurie Lawrence

●●●●● Pictured at the Spring Valley Reserve, Flowerdale, on Saturday were com-

petitors in the Mitchell District Tennis Section 3 match. From left: Jeanette

Williams (Flowerdale), Sarah Chapman (Seymour), Noel Roberts (Seymour) and

Rein Kamar (Flowerdale).

Saturday afternoon tennis at F’dale

●●●●● Yea Tigers cricketers pictured at The Rec on Saturday, from left, are Andrew

Chisholm, Daniel Evans, Brad Clements, Patrick Evans and James Clavarino.

●●●●● Just prior to last Saturday’s first day of the Yea Tigers-Seymour match are, from

left, Kane Smith, Jacob Harward, Dave Pelosi, Dan O’Dwyer and Ryan Akers.

■ Yea Tigers’ A-Grade team resumes play forthe second day of the final home-and-away roundof the 2015-16 season this Saturday (Feb. 27) atthe Yea Recreation Reserve.

Yea 4-108 (dec.) (R. Akers 59, D. Evans 29,M. Hunter 3-24) v Seymour 67 and 1/31 (A.Chisholm 4-12, D. Evans 3-4, C. Armstrong 2-15).

Other Seymour District Cricket AssociationA-Grede matches continuing are Nagambie vAvenel (at Nagambie); Alexandra v Kilmore (atLeckie Park); Broadfor v Tallarook (at theHarley Hammond Reserve). Eastern Hill havethe bye.

Alexandra 1/56 (J Kidd 30) resume againstKilmore 177 (J Purcell 4/27 CA Malcolm 3/38J Kidd 2/34). Broadford continue againstTallarook 10/137 (B Tarran 33 JP Bradshaw 4/32 KD Hippisley 3/30).

The B-Grade match at Spring Valley Re-serve saw Flowerdale claim victory against Yea.

Broadford 246 (RW Neilson 107 JC Martin63 PJ Candy 28 M Clayton 27) d Pyalong 127 (CNolan 4/20 J Connell 2/27 T Bradshaw 2/27)

Other B-Grade matches were Avenel v East-ern Hill, Kilmore v Alexandra, Seymour vNagambie, Merton v Tallarook.

In C-Grade, Flowerdale 5/208 (cc) defeatedBroadford Black 9/207 B Hooper 54 B Hooper40 LS Withers 36 AB Brennan 35). The matchwas played at the Broadford High School.

Eastern Hill 4/144 (BM Toman 57* C White33* A Cocks 32) d Kilmore White 8/142 (cc).

Broadford Red defeated Avenel.Puckapunyal played Pyalong at the Pucka backoval; Kilmore Blue had the bye.

U14 premiers■ Yea Tigers Under 14 cricket side wontheir premiership for the SDCA Grand Finalat the Alexandra Showgrounds on Saturday.

Yea 7/118 (cc), from 25 overs, defeatedAlexandra 82 (20.2 overs) in the first innings,in the match umpired by Wayne Tarran.

J. Christie was powerful in the bowling,with Alexandra batsmen J. Bourke, J. Lerch-McKinnon and B. Jack each losing their wick-ets to him. Best player: Nathan Beattie.

Yea Bowls team wins 26-19■ The Saturday Yea Bowls Pennant teamplayed Seymour at home and enjoyed a com-fortable win

J. Branch, D. Sharman T. Mc Grath, andC. Hildebrand established an early lead to beeight shots up at the half way mark.

The game evened out from there on with Yeawinning by seven shots 26 - 19.

P. West, B. Sier, A. Sier and J Green wereinvolved in a close game all day with the leadfluctuating until with just one end to go the scoreswere level.

Yea won this end by a massive six shots towin the game by this margin. Result 23 - 17.

Ruth Hatty, J. Levee B. Hentschel and B.Loughman started well to lead 10 - 4 after 10

ends. However Seymour adjusted to the Yearink and won ten of the remaining 15 ends toscore an over all victory by two shots. Final score17 -- 19

R. Branch, M. Barnes, J Clements and R.Hall were able to maintain the lead through outthe entire game to win 24 - 17. Congratulationsto Raelene Hall on playing her first division pen-nant game.■ Division Two Pennant Team playedSeymour at Seymour. Yea were competitive intwo of the rinks but overall lost by 29 shots.

Twilight bowls concludes this Wednesdayafter a successful competition where manybowlers were introduced to the sport with itschallenges and enjoyment.■ Mid week pennant was against Alexandraand a home game for Yea.

Although Yea lost two of the three rinks, eachby just one shot, Yea were able to score a com-fortable win to ensure they will have a place inthe finals after the completion of the home andaway games next week.

J. Branch and team lost 22 - 23.. R. Branchand team had a convincing win 33 --14 and RHatty and team lost 24 -25 This resulted in a 17shot win for Yea.■ Remember Lawn Bowls is for people of allages.

- Leonard Sheahan

Murrindindi Masters■ The fourth and final round of theMurrindindi Masters golf competition is tobe held at Alexandra on Saturday (Feb. 27).Yea players in past rounds include MalcolmBett, Ian Morris and Terence Chaplin; VickiClements, Adrianna Anglin, Di Elliot, DianneHoldsworth, Jan Wealands and Vicky But-ler.

Murrindindi clubs to participate in thecompetition include Yea, Alexandra, Eildon,Marysville and Mansfield.


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RUBBISH REMOVAL

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Ph Ron 5790 4010

RUBBISH REMOVALS

• House blocks cleared

• Trenching

• Cattle yards cleaned

• Old fence lines removed

• Ride on mower and wood splitter available

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TREE REMOVALS

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WINDOWS

Quality Timber DoubleGlazed Windows and Doors

Ph: 5962 5777. Fax: 5962 5222

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16B Hunter Rd, Healesville 3777

www.sunergywindows.com.au

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ROOFING

Phone Matt 0409 546 532Office 5775 1246

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