50 Years Ago
A spate of fatal car accidents in the district continued with the tragic death of Colin Speers on the Midland Highway west of Stanhope, outside his home. Colin was aged just seven, and there was great sympathy for his family and for the local driver of the car. Ted Smith,
50 Years Ago
The Chronicle was not travelling well, one November edition reduced to just four pages! One large sheet, folded in half, printed on four sides. How am I supposed to find interesting stuff out of that now? The reason given was paper shortages, but there may have been other factors as
50 Years Ago
Big news of the month was the announcement of commencement of the new plant at Ibis Milk Products at Stanhope to produce dried milk powder, with cheese production to be scaled back. New equipment was reported to have cost $2 million. Police news Police co-ordinated searches for two men reported
50 Years Ago
Another road toll victim in October 1974 The district was shocked by the death of Greg Brown, son of local pharmacist Ernie Brown and wife Joyce. Greg died instantly when his car failed to take the bend from Murchison Road into Wigg Street, and plunged into the gutter behind what
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An already wet year was worsened when heavy spring rain brought more flooding near Corop and a very muddy start to the opening of the Elmore Field Days. Anyone without gumboots might as well have not paid the entry fee, as Ayson’s Reserve had been inundated the weekend prior.
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Bad accident at outlet bridge, September 1974 In light rain, vehicles driven by Mrs Joyce Heily (with passenger son Glen) and Graeme Perry (with passenger Ken Pearce) collided at the outlet bridge, with all four taken to Mooroopna Hospital by Rushworth-based ambulance with injuries less severe than the completely wrecked
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English doctor changes his mind in September 1974 Negotiations from March to September with an English doctor to fill the vacancy at Rushworth collapsed. The stated reason for the change of mind was that the doctor’s wife had heard from an Australian migration official in Birmingham that ‘the Rushworth
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Plans to build a Rushworth sporting complex on Education Department land adjacent to the golf course were officially shelved! Two years of fighting and arguing went down the gurgler after price rises exceeded all previous estimates, and the Public Works Department insisted on involvement of an architect likely to cost
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90 years up for Fire Brigade, August 1974 A banquet for 80 people was held in a packed Fire Brigade hall, to acknowledge the work done since 1984. Attended by the top brass from the CFA, ex-captains Mal Reid and Charlie Boyson were also welcomed. Only two men from the
50 Years Ago
Mrs Denis Downard, new proprietor of Murchison Bakery, displayed extraordinary bravery after a car crashed through the bridge into the flooded Goulburn River. Plunging in, she was able to push the driver, her brother Graham Presswell, to the bank. Others helped rescue Miss Margaret Weaver of Murchison, but the second
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Content and quality were down but there was a 20% rise in the Chronicle’s price, up from 8 cents to 10 cents a copy. Increased cost of paper was the primary reason reported. Advertising rates also rose. Peter Ross-Edwards, MLA, presented a Decentralisation Certificate to Rushworth Printing Company, publisher
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While scrambling down the steep southern wall of Balaclava mine, a Melbourne nurse, 21, had slipped. She was hauled out by Sgt. Geoff Durston, Constable Norman Conway, and ambulance drivers Ron and Graham Hawking, using ropes, cradle and stretcher. The nurse had internal injuries and bruising, her male companion a