Anzac on the screen
ANZAC Day and its lead-up will see television viewers bombarded from every angle with commemorative programs.
The centenary of the Gallipoli landings has seen an...
Last looks at wonder garden
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
A BEACONSFIELD garden will open its gates to the public next month, in what will be one of the last...
Brazen Beau a real stud
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
BRAZEN Beau, three-year-old colt and soon-to-be multi-million dollar stud, is a household name among punters but to one of his...
Veteran’s journey just beginning
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
SELF-described ‘young veteran’ Lance-Corporal Scott May will think beyond Gallipoli this Anzac Day.
The Pakenham physiotherapist will ponder his comrades while he was...
MP was a true veteran
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
LESLIE James Cochrane lived an extraordinary life in many ways.
Born in Bentleigh in 1894, Leslie was the son of David...
It’s charity on wheels
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
MEMBERS and supporters of Casey Rotary Club will raise a glass for the benefit of children in need later this...
Averting wild weather dangers
By DANNY BUTTLER
WITH wild weather lashing the district lately, it’s a good time for drivers to remind themselves of how to act...
Car burnt at station
A CAR was found burnt out at the Pakenham railway station over the weekend. Police believe the fire started in the front passenger seat...
From the Mother country, to a mother
THE letter received from Southampton by Mrs Roberts of Berwick, which was published in the Shire News on 26 April 1916.
FROM ENGLAND
Dear Mrs Roberts,
We...
Mobile-driven crashes
NEW Transport Accident Commission research shows illegal mobile phone use while driving is falling but more than half of Victorian drivers still admit to...
Men were ‘nine-pins in a hurricane’
By GARRY HOWE
JULY 19, 1916, was a day that never left Sergeant Clair Whiteside.
The Reverend’s son from Officer spent a large part of that...
’With God’s help, I got out of it’
Dear Mother,
On the morning of the 19th plans were given out to the NCOs, who in turn had to get their sections and grenade...
Community farewells Warwick
Family, friends and community members gathered at Tobin Brothers Chapel in Berwick on January 12 to celebrate the life of Warwick Keith Glendenning.
He is...
