A gang of burglars grabbed $48,000 of cigarettes from Warrnambool’s Safeway. 

It was believed that lives would be at risk on beaches across summer following funding cuts to surf patrols.

Warrnambool was facing its worst ever year for European wasps. 

Ninety athletes rose to the testing-teams challenge at the second annual Tower Hill Challenge.

Bore water was on tap in Warrnambool, contributing 10 per cent of the city’s water. 

The television mast at Tower Hill was deemed to be a threat to aircraft flying over the district on dark nights.

Warrnambool Rotary Club held its biggest ever “60 and over” reunion in Warrnambool yesterday. 

Star rower Alison Thorne was named sportsperson of the year. 

Two Framlingham boys were commended for bravery following an attempt to save their family from drowning.

While Ian Vaughan attempted to rescue his father from a car that ran into the Hopkins River, his younger brother William was dragging his sister from the water.

The boys were to receive awards from the Royal Human Society for their efforts. 

Warrnambool author E.D Oakley, who wrote Jimmy of Murrumbar had been informed by the Aboriginal Uplift Society that it was attempting to have the book filmed. 

A quota of 14 men was placed on Warrnambool recruitment drives to boost Royal Australian Air Force numbers. 

Train services were disrupted as a result of coal strikes. 

A farewell social was held in the Koroit Parish Hall for the reverend and his wife, who were leaving. 

A 14-year-old boy who ran away from his Warrnambool home to join the circus was arrested in Hamilton. 

Brisk sales of Warrnambool butter were being sold in Glasgow for 120 shillings per hundredweight, following a visit from a Scottish merchant.