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Portland

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December, 2011

GUNNING FOR TOYS: $28,000 fine or jail for look-alike firearms

30 Dec 2011 @ 4:27 PM

Kristy McDonald  |  IT’S time to clean out the toy box, otherwise your kids’ ‘toy’ guns from Santa could cost you up to $28,000, two years in jail – or worse. As at July 1, this year, any ‘toy’ gun that looks real or could be mistaken for a real gun is, by law, a prohibited weapon and cannot be owned, sold, carried, used or imported. “It has come to the attention of police that a shop in Hamilton has been selling (an [...]  0 Comments

  • Spinal injuries after holiday crash

    30 Dec 2011 @ 4:26 PM

    Kristy McDonald  |  A 38-YEAR-OLD man has facial and spinal injuries after falling off an ag bike at Burunj campsite. Hamilton Highway Patrol Sergeant Scott Williams said the man, believed to be a Hamilton resident on holiday at the site, was not wearing [...]  0 Comments

  • Magic shows, balloons, sweets and sparklers welcome the New Year

    30 Dec 2011 @ 4:25 PM

    Lisa Cameron  |  MAGIC shows, showers of sweets, balloons and sparklers are all on the agenda for the New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Hamilton CBD. Families with young children will enjoy an action packed New Year’s Eve celebration in Brown St presented [...]  0 Comments

  • Friends jazz it up for gardens New Year

    30 Dec 2011 @ 4:24 PM

    Rex Martinich  |  FRIENDS of the Hamilton Botanic Gardens say music fans and families will be treated to an extra special Pleasant Sunday Afternoon concert tomorrow. The Ragtime Rollers will be playing jazz from the 1960s up to the present at the concert [...]  0 Comments

Boat lost in dark 0

30 Dec 2011 @ 4:23 PM | General    Hamilton Spectator    Publications   

Kristy McDonald  |  A MIDDLE of the night call out to Rocklands has prompted safety warnings from Cavendish police. Leading Senior Constable Scott Olsen was called to the reservoir around 2am yesterday, after three people went out on the water to check yabby [...]

Hunt for firebug 0

30 Dec 2011 @ 4:22 PM | General    Hamilton Spectator    Publications   

Wayne Drew  |  POLICE are hunting a firebug who deliberately lit in the Australian Blue Gum Plantation on a property known as ‘Lindsey’, located along the Woolsthorpe-Heywood Rd in Bessiebelle. The firebug struck at about 4.15pm on Saturday, December 17. Lead investigator, Detective [...]

‘Red hot’ prediction for weaner sales 0

30 Dec 2011 @ 4:21 PM | General    Hamilton Spectator    Publications   

Wayne Drew  |  THE annual weaner cattle sales at Casterton and Hamilton could be red hot according to one auctioneer who believes seasonal conditions up north and in Gippsland will help drive demand. Kerr and Co Livestock auctioneer, Craig Pertzel said although the [...]

New bushfire protection practices 0

30 Dec 2011 @ 4:20 PM | General    Hamilton Spectator    Publications   

Kristy McDonald  |  FINES for electricity providers who fail to comply with new bushfire protection practices will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Earlier this month, Victorian Supreme Court Justice David Beach approved a settlement agreement between victims of Horsham’s Black Saturday [...]

‘Carbon neutral’ wood pellet plant a possibility 0

30 Dec 2011 @ 4:19 PM | General    Hamilton Spectator    Publications   

Rex Martinich  |  HAMILTON could benefit from the rise of the wood pellet industry, according to forestry companies and the Southern Grampians Shire’s economic development strategy. The manufacture of fuel pellets from timber industry waste by-products has been successful in the United States [...]

New Year’s here and the time is right for dancin’ in the street 0

30 Dec 2011 @ 1:36 PM | Entertainment    General    Portland Observer   

Huw Cushing  |  PORTLAND’S New Year’s Eve celebrations will kick off at 6.30pm on theBentinck Streetlawns, with favourable weather conditions predicted. The forecast top of 24C for New Year’s Eve will ensure both 10pm and midnight fireworks will go ahead, with the displays [...]

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