This week in history:
25 years ago:
Warrnambool’s St John of God Hospital purchased a new operating table for $40,000. The new equipment allowed the hospital to broaden the range of general specialised surgery performed there.
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A large pine tree limb crashed in the Warrnambool Botanic Gardens only metres from children at play. Residents opposite the gardens heard the noise of the upper bough splitting. Eyewitnesses said it was fortunate no one was hurt.
Money and a small amount of drugs were stolen from a Warrnambool doctor’s surgery. Thieves escaped with $80 cash and drugs worth about $30.
50 years ago:
The Standard was printing advertisements from the Commonwealth Government calling all male British subjects – Australian residents. whether natural born or naturalised – to register for national service if their 20th birthday fell in the first six months of 1966.
A grey-headed fruit bat, more commonly known as a flying fox, was found at Nullaware. The bat was hanging dead from an electric wire and had been electrocuted. Naturalist Fred Shirrefs said the species was rarely found this far south.
The price of The Standard was to be four cents when decimal currency was introduced on February 14.
100 years ago:
Because of the injury they may inflict, women’s hatpins were causing concern. It was estimated that two of every three hatpins had an unguarded point.
A film version of the well-know drama, Within the Law, was being shown in the Warrnambool Town Hall.
Despite wet weather, district school children made their annual excursion to Port Fairy. Five special trains ran to carry an estimated crowd of 2000.
Two soldiers had been arrested after cigarettes and confectionery had been stolen from a restaurant in Liebig Street, Warrnambool.
Singer John Kinahan decided to stay longer at Koroit due to success of his appearances. He said he would have stayed in the district longer if he had not been due to start a season in Brisbane.