Pictured in October 1975 are members of the Third Echuca Brownie Pack playing a game in the Guide hall. Their leaders are Anne Guascoine and Lena Vicary and they meet every week.
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50 years ago, October 1975
Many tenants of Housing Commission homes in Echuca will have to pay higher rents next year.
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It is expected that the increases announced this week by the Minister for Housing (Mr Dickie) will affect more than half the families renting commission homes in Echuca.
The commission’s representative in Echuca (Mr O. Howell) said yesterday that as yet he had no official notification of the proposed increases.
He said that due to commission policy he was unable to reveal figures relating to the number of homes rented in Echuca or the number affected by the increases.
Mr Dickie said that during the 1974-75 financial year the commission incurred a loss of $1,900,000 on rental operations and for the current year the loss will increase to $5,800,000 unless steps are immediately taken to rectify the position.
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Echuca’s proposed new rubbish tip is slowly getting closer to reality.
A letter indicating a further step towards the realisation of the new tip was received at the meeting of the Echuca City Council.
The Commission of Public Health advised council by letter that it is prepared to recommend to the Governor in Council that approval be granted for the establishment of the tip.
Council is planning to establish a new tip site on an area of land adjacent to the Old Kyabram Rd about three miles south of Echuca.
In its letter to council the commission pointed out that it would recommend the new tip be approved subject to a number of conditions.
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Seven Grade 3 girls from Moama Primary School, who are members of Junior Red Cross, entertained residents of Engelbert Lodge on Saturday.
It was the usual six-weekly coffee party at the lodge, and all present enjoyed themselves.
Seven girls from Moama Primary School, who are members of Junior Red Cross, entertained Engelbert Lodge residents.
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The girls, who looked smart in red skirts and white tops, were Kathy Williams, Michelle Milgate, Lisa Vickers, Kate Preston, Janine Stone, Jane Allison and Sally Minchin.
They sang two songs, Tommy the Termite and Touch the Wood, followed by a percussion item and folk dancing.
Their teacher, Mrs Ferguson, played the piano.
25 years ago, October 2000
Jeannette and Peter Ralph will have their home bulldozed if the western Echuca-Moama Murray River bridge crossing goes ahead.
Mr and Mrs Ralph and their two children, Charlee (10) and Ellie (6), live on the southern end of Merool Lane in Moama.
Jeannette Ralph and her children, Charlee and Ellie, with the sign they made to protest the western bridge option, which will go straight through their home if the western option goes ahead.
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Bridge survey pegs show the bridge passing straight through the middle of their home.
Their next-door neighbours will also lose part of their front yard to make way for a road that forms part of the western bridge option.
The Ralphs are upset at the prospect of losing the home they built only eight years ago.
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Only one cyclist remains from the original Echuca-Moama Herald Sun Tour team following a complete overhaul of the squad.
The Herald Sun Tour begins tomorrow.
Four team MROZ Supradyn cyclists from the original Echuca-Moama squad, which was announced in July, have been replaced.
Three riders from the original squad were left out of the official team, announced at the start of September, while another two riders from the official team have since been dropped for the Herald Sun Tour.
Echuca-Moama's team now consists of Remigius Lupeikis, Eugen Wacker, Pawel Niedzwiecki, Grzegorz Wajs and Dariuz Skoczylas.
Only Lupeikis has survived from the original team.
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The Echuca Ambulance Auxiliary has gone into recess.
A meeting on Wednesday night to encourage more involvement in the auxiliary received a disappointing response, with only six people attending.
Auxiliary president Len Evans said the the auxiliary, whose numbers had dwindled from 25 six years ago to just five today, had reached the desperation stage.
Echuca Ambulance Station officer Phil Herd demonstrates to auxiliary president Len Evans use of the Zoll defibrillator.
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‘’We just don’t have the members to achieve continuity (with the auxiliary’s work) and it’s become hard to achieve a quorum at our meetings,’’ Mr Evans said.
He said the meeting was told the Echuca auxiliary’s predicament was symptomatic of many other auxiliaries operating in larger, or growing, regional centres, which seemed to have lost a strong community focus.
10 years ago, October 2015
An Echuca father is calling on the community to rally behind his humanitarian trip to Cambodia next month.
Anthony Tustain will travel to the impoverished nation to deliver food packs and school supplies to some of its poorest communities.
In a bid to raise money for the cause, Mr Tustain has organised a Melbourne Shopping Tour for Saturday, November 7.
Echuca’s Anthony Tustain will travel to Cambodia as part of a humanitarian tour. To help raise money, he is offering a Melbourne shopping tour, with prizes to give away.
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The tour will depart Echuca train station at 7am and includes a two-course lunch with wine, the offer of various prizes and a visit to six major shopping outlets in Melbourne.
Mr Tustain needs a further $500 to reach his fundraising target.
‘‘I have always had the desire to do something like this (trip to Cambodia),’’ he said.
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ECHUCA’S Jessica O’Reilly has been invited to style at Paris Fashion Week next year, after creating masterpieces for the high-profile runway show Tome recently.
Miss O’Reilly returned from New York on Saturday, from what she said was a “trip of a lifetime” and a “priceless” opportunity.
In New York, she worked alongside award-winning hair director Lauren McCowan at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, as well as Kim Kardashian’s colourist and Justin Timberlake’s hairdresser.
Jessica O’Reilly with award-winning hair director Lauren McCowan.
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‘‘It was the most amazing experience,’’ she said.
‘‘The models were beautiful to deal with.’’
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When Williamstown beat Box Hill in last Saturday’s Victorian Football League grand final by a convincing nine-goal margin at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium, Lockington’s Daniel Butcher was there.
When the competition’s governing body commended its best umpires for season 2015, Butcher was there, too.
And when Australia’s under 17 footy side takes on a combined Allies outfit in tomorrow’s AFL grand final curtain-raiser at the MCG, Butcher will be there as well.
It’s a long journey from umpiring junior district matches but the Rochester and Echuca Umpires’ Association member is still continuing to pursue his ultimate career goal — to officiate at the top flight.
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