Warrnambool and District Base Hospital achieved a record for patient and activity levels, setting a new record in the Western District. 

An engineers report found half south-west ambulance vehicles were faulty. 

Warrnambool City shoppers, business owners and council members were divided on extended Saturday shopping hours. 

Western District mobile squad police booked 88 speedsters with its new amphometer, since it’s arrival in Warrnambool eight days earlier. 

Warrnambool and District Base Hospital, the largest in the Western District, was losing $8000 a month. A committee meeting intended to find ways to save money. 

Fishermen’s organisations across the state were advocating an open season on seals, which were said to be damaging nets and eating too many fish. 

The Palais skating rink was open in Warrnambool and packed out for it’s first night. 

Hamilton police were trying to catch ‘a ghost’ which was frightening women and children in the city at night. The figure was reportedly dressed in a white robe with eye holes cut into the hood. 

Two motorists escaped injury on the same night when their cars struck cows wandering on the road near Koroit. 

A muster parade of all people likely to service in the Commonwealth Military was organised to take place in Koroit street. 

The Warrnambool potato market was unusually quiet. Deliveries were small and farmers weren’t inclined to operate at a mere 45 shillings per ton. 

Imperial and Port Fairy Football clubs escaped disqualification after not paying the league’s competition entrance fees.