25 YEARS AGO
Port Fairy Hospital bid for a new 30-bed nursing home which was expected to cost $2 million.
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Youth homelessness was getting worse in Warrnambool with private housing too expensive for district youth.
The picket line at Camperdown’s abattoir was draining police resources.
Fluctuating commodity prices and drought were concerning south-west rural industries and leaders.
Warrnambool Town Hall celebrated its centenary.
Warrnambool City Council was challenged over its controversial plan to seek a levy from traders.
50 YEARS AGO
The body of Private Graham Warburton was returned to his family in Warrnambool. The Vietnam War victim was buried with full military honours.
Warrnambool’s Olympic Pool was predicted to open in November.
A grant of $20,000 was gratefully received by the Warrnambool and District Base Hospital.
Cobden’s cheese and butter factory made a profit of more than $1 million.
75 YEARS AGO
Thieves broke into a book stall at the Warrnambool railway station, stealing papers and magazines.
Warrnambool and District Post Offices were to remain open on several nights during the first week of November to assist country subscribers to the war loan.
The state government approved recommendations that the Western District Hospital should be erected at Warrnambool.
Warrnambool and other municipalities decided to ensure that wax matches were not sold during summer to prevent fires.
100 YEARS AGO
Conscription was dividing the south-west.
An elderly man was recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg when out shooting rabbits.
Reports the temperature of Tower Hill Lake was rising were found to be false.
125 YEARS AGO
Fifty members of the Warrnambool and District Gun Club competed in a live pigeon shoot.
Influenza was sweeping the country but Warrnambool had avoided the worst of the epidemic.