THE SOUTH-WEST’S WEEK IN HISTORY
25 YEARS AGO:
BRITISH glam rock band The Sweet drew a mixed reaction from fans during a Warrnambool concert. A number of fans walked out of the Lady Bay Hotel event due to the performance of lead singer Brian Connelly. The band were noted for 1970s hits such as Fox on the Run and Ballroom Blitz.
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SOUTH WEST union leaders gave the green light to Saturday afternoon trading across the region but remained opposed to Sunday opening hours.
BUTCHERS across the region gave extended trading hours the thumbs down with only two out of 10 operators set to alter their schedules.
FORMER Goanna frontman Shane Howard returned to Warrnambool to perform with his new rock group, the Big Heart Band, at the Lady Bay Hotel.
A NEW faculty of aquatic science was set to be established at Deakin University’s Warrnambool campus in the 1991 academic year.
TEACHERS reacted angrily to plans by the Kirner Government to raise average class size numbers across secondary schools statewide.
STATE Education Minister Barry Pullen signed off on Deakin University’s merger with Victoria College. The amalgamation means Deakin’s Waurn Ponds and Warrnambool campuses would link in with Burwood and Rusden colleges.
A POTENTIAL merger of the State Bank of Victoria and the Commonwealth Bank would result in the loss of some Western District branches, a specialist committee has suggested.
A TELEVISION broadcast of The Sound of Music was interrupted by 3WAY FM’s radio signal with audio from the community radio station interrupting the Julie Andrews film.
50 YEARS AGO:
POLICE fired shots at two youths running from a stolen car in Port Fairy after an 80-mile-an-hour chase through the town. The two men were later captured on South Beach.
TWO Warrnambool men were killed in a high-speed collision near Dennington.
100 YEARS AGO:
SEVERAL Port Fairy fishermen reported they saw a kitten with eight legs and two tails on the banks of the Moyne River.
