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14 firearms seized ■ Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad seized 14 firearms and a range of drugs following a search of a property in Gordon, west of Bacchus Marsh, on Thursday (Oct. 26) as part of an investigation into firearms trafficking and manufacture.

A warrant was executed at the Portland Flat Rd address after information was received from the Australian Border Force.

During the search of the property, police located seven handguns including four homemade weapons, four longarms, three imitation firearms, a home-made flame thrower, firearm parts, ammunition, a 3D printer and equipment.

Police also located more than 70 mature cannabis plants, cannabis saplings and a small quantity of methylamphetamine.

A 47-year-old Gordon man was arrested and interviewed by Police.

He was subsequently charged with the following: ■ Possess a traffickable quantity of firearms ■ Prohibited person possess a firearm ■ Manufacture a firearm ■ Possess parts for manufacturing a firearm ■ Prohibited person possess an imitation firearm

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■ Prohibited person possess a prohibited weapon ■ Possess cartridge ammunition ■ Cultivate cannabis ■ Possess cannabis ■ Possess methylamphetamine The man has been bailed to appear at the Bacchus Marsh Magistrates’ Court on December 15.

The investigation remains ongoing.

The Illicit Firearms Squad is based within Victoria Police’s Crime Command and targets the manufacture, trafficking and use of illicit firearms across Victoria.

HIGH RISK DRIVING BLITZ IN THE WEST ■ An overnight operation in the Wyndham area led to five arrests, four impounds and more than $10,000 of stolen goods seized.

Operation Shows – a regular nightly operation - saw local Police work alongside specialist units including Air Wing, Dog Squad and Highway Patrol to target high risk driving in the area.

Those arrested overnight last Wednesday (Oct. 25) include: ■ A 33-year-old unlicensed driver who allegedly failed to stop when police attempted to intercept his vehicle about 9pm. Air Wing followed the car from above before stop sticks were successfully deployed on Heaths Rd, Werribee. He was charged with evading police, driving with false plates, theft of registration plates, theft of petrol, unlicensed driving and driving an unregistered vehicle. The Werribee man’s car was also impounded.

■ A 56-year-old man whose vehicle was intercepted on the Princes Hwy about 10.30pm. During a search of the vehicle Police located more than $10,000 worth of allegedly stolen goods including vitamins and baby formula, methylamphetamine and GHB. The St Albans man was charged and remanded for handling stolen goods, possessing the proceeds of crime, committing an indictable offence on bail and breach conditions of bail.

■ A 19-year-old unlicensed driver who was caught by Air Wing driving at speeds of 140kmh on Ballan Rd about 12.45am. The Wyndham Vale man also had cannabis allegedly in his possession and tested positive to a preliminary drug test. He was charged and remanded for dangerous driving, excessive speeding, unlicensed driving, breaching bail, possessing a drug of dependence and refusing a blood test.

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Two others had their vehicles impounded for driving unlicensed and performing a burnout.

Police also caught up with a further 15 drivers, issuing them with infringement notices for driving offences including driving unregistered, driving unlicensed and disobey red light.

During the operation, more than 90 vehicles were checked and 31 were intercepted.

Operation Shows will continue to operate in the Wyndham area.

Wyndham LocalArea Commander, Inspector Rachel Van Someron said: “Several of the drivers caught in this operation should never have been on the road in the first place.

“That’s why we don’t hesitate to impound their vehicles so dangerous drivers are removed from our roads.

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Man dies at Werribee

● John Pham Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate John Pham. The 24-year-old is wanted on warrants in relation to theft of motor vehicle, handle stolen goods and bail offences. John is described as being about 165cm tall, of medium build with olive skin and black hair. He is known to frequent the Cairnlea, St Albans and Kings Park areas.

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■ Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Werribee on Thursday night (Oct. 26).

The man was found by police at the base of a building on Duncans Rd while they were on scene and responding to an incident about 10.30pm.

Attending Police immediately called for medical assistance and provided first aid until ambulance paramedics arrived. The man was unable to be revived and died at the scene.

Police were in the area after a van was seen entering the carpark of a hotel building on Duncans Rd by the Air Wing.

The Air Wing had been assisting officers on the ground after the driver of the van sped off from Police in Werribee about 9.30pm.

Police believe the deceased man was the driver of the van and are investigating a possible link between the van and an aggravated carjacking in Hoppers Crossing on Sunday, October 22.

Detectives from the Homicide Squad will investigate the incident with oversight from Professional Standards Command, as per standard practice when a person dies in Police presence. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

● The Air Wing had been monitoring the man’s movements before his death at Duncans Rdm, Werribee.

3200 at opening

■ Hobsons Bay City Council’s first Centre of Excellence is officially open in Altona Meadows. It was officially opened by Mayor Cr Tony Briffa on Saturday October 21, when more than 3200 people attended to celebrate the new centre.

Sunshine pedestrian hit-run

● Thai Dang Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Thai Dang.

The 30-year-old from Braybrook is wanted on warrant in relation to drugs offences. Dang is described as being approximately 173cm tall with a slim build and dark hair. He is known to frequent Braybrook and Toolamba.

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Brimbank Council has announced the winners of this year’s We Are Brimbank Awards at a special ceremony hosted by Mayor Cr Bruce Lancashire on Thursday (Oct. 26). A panel of community leaders judged the nominations across five categories, and the winners are: ■ Arts, Culture Or Tourism Award Winner: Utsav Melbourne Association ■ Community Engagement Award Winner: Defib In Your Street ■ Innovation Award Winner: Auschin Group ■ Learning Excellence Award Winner: Hester Hornbrook Academy ■ Environment or Sustainability Award Joint winners: Friends of Sydenham Park, Friends of Iramoo A young mother-of-two has been awarded a $1.3 million compensation payout after an accident at Pascoe Vale.

Mrs Vartika-Krishna Saxena was seriously injured when she was struck by a car as she was crossing the street as a pedestrian. After more than four years of living with serious injuries, her case was heard in Court. Following seven arduous days, the jury voted in favour of the victim with a record verdict awarded.

On March 12, 2019, Ms Saxena had just dropped off her five-year-old daughter at school and was hit at the intersection of West St and Boundary Rd.

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● The Ballarat Rd accident scene.

■ Brimbank Highway Patrol officers are appealing for public assistance following a hitrun collision that left a pedestrian with serious injuries in Sunshine.

It is believed a grey or silver Toyota sedan was travelling on Ballarat Rd when it mounted the footpath and collided with a 40-year-old man, near Stonemark St, just after 4pm on Monday, October 16.

Police were told the vehicle then crashed into several council bins on the nature strip moments after knocking over the pedestrian.

The Footscray man was taken to hospital where he remains with serious injuries.

The driver did not stop and drove away from the scene.

Police are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the crash or anyone with dashcam footage.

Police hunt for witness ■ Homicide Squad detectives are appealing for public assistance to help locate a female witness as part of their investigation into the death of a man in Craigieburn earlier this year.

The 24-year-old Craigieburn man died following two separate incidents in Craigieburn on February 15 where he was assaulted.

The first altercation occurred on Hothlyn Drive about 2.15pm, where the man was physically confronted by two other men after he appeared to be attempting to break into a vehicle.

The man was involved in a second altercation with a separate group of males on nearby Mitford Crescent about 2.30pm.

Emergency services were called and police subsequently took the 24-year-old man into custody.

While being treated by ambulance crews the man became unresponsive and died at the scene.

The two men involved in the initial altercation, a 72-year-old and a 33-year-old, both from Craigieburn, were also arrested at the scene and were subsequently released pending further enquiries.

Detectives have releasied an image of a woman seen walking past while police were arresting the man on Hothlyn Drive.

Police Briefs Pascoe Vale affray

■ Merri-bek Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested a man and identified six others following an affray in Pascoe Vale on September 9.

A 75-year-old Sunbury man, his wife and sister were having a meal at a licensed premises on Railway Parade, when it is alleged a group of six men got into a fight with another man about 9.30pm.

During the brawl, the Sunbury man sustained a serious hip and leg injury that required surgery.

His wife, a 74-year-old Sunbury woman, sustained minor injuries and was also taken to hospital for treatment. No one else was injured.

Following an appeal, all seven men have made themselves known to Police.

A 54-year-old Glenroy man attended Fawkner Police Station and was arrested.

He was interviewed in relation to the incident and released pending further enquires.

The six other men will all be interviewed at a later date.

At Oaklands Junc.

■ Police are investigating after a fatal crash in Oaklands Junction in the early hours of Tuesday last week (Oct. 24).

Emergency services were called to reports a car had struck a tree off Somerton Rd near Oaklands Rd about 12.50am.

The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 52-year-old Meadow Heights man, died at the scene.

Exact circumstances surrounding the crash are yet to be determined and Investigations remain ongoing.

Fatal assult

■ Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man following the fatal assault of a man in North Sunshine on September 30.

Emergency services were called to reports of an altercation between two men on Albert St around 2.30pm.

A 76-year-old North Sunshine man was conveyed to hospital to be treated for critical injuries, where he later died on Sunday, October 15.

A 47-year-old man of no fixed place of address was arrested at the scene and charged with numerous assault related charges.

Those charges have been upgraded to murder.

The man remains remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on January 8, 2024.

Police believe the parties involved were known to each other.

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STOP PRESS

● Ann Peacock was the subject of an exceptionally generous spread in the Herald Sun at the weekend.

Lisa part of Go-Set Club

Trick or treat?

● Lisa Edwards and Linda Willmott

■ Melbourne entertainer Lisa Edwards was a welcome visitor to the Go-Set Club which has been established on the Gold Coast.

There are a number of Victorian showbiz expats who are part of the club including Normie Rowe, Brian Cadd, Denise Drysdale, Tony Healey, Gavin Wood and Linda Willmott.

Other showbiz identities seen as the monthly luncheon include Digger Rivell, Somer Peeters and Bob Pritchard.

Under The Clocks Mike was leading 3AK DJ

PETER’S SURPRISE ● Kate Neilson ■ Melbourne model Kate Neilson was in the Halloween dressup spirit this week.

Now based in Los Angeles, Neilson was pictured at a party at Sherman Oaks.

ABC exodus

■ The ongoing departures of high-profile faces from the ABC continues.

Senior ABC journalist Tracey Holmes (wife of Stan Grant) abruptly called time on the public broadcaster, just months after her high-profile husband, reports news.com.au “On Saturday, Holmes announced she had resigned from the ABC but promised she would continue with her career elsewhere.

“Paris 2024 beckons. It will be my 14th Olympic Games as a journalist/reporter/broadcaster,” the ABC radio anchor wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Sam, John

■ Sunday Herald Sun reporter Fiona Byrne got as close to anyone in recent years in revealing the John Newman behind the Footy Show character Sam Newman in an entertaining double-spread interview.

● Peter Smith, Megan Castran and Peter Hitchener.

■ A surprise party to celebrate Peter Hitchener’s 50 years as a newsreader at GTV-9 was held at the weekend.

Fresh from Queensland, Hitchener joined the Channel 9 newsroom in 1973, with on air partnerships including Eric Pearce, Arfhur Higgins, and taking over the chief newsreader’s role from Brian Naylor.

Guests at the weekend’s surprise party included fellow Channel 9 on-air personality Peter Smith, entertainer Rhonda Burchmore, broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy, newsroom colleagues Tony Jones and Livinia Nixon.

Melbourne Moments Groundhogs

■ Tim Michin is bringing his stage production of Groundhog Day to Melbourne’s Princess Theatre from January.

Gold 104.3 presenter Craig Huggins (pictured) met with Minchin last weekend.

Minchin joined with Danny Rubin and Matthew Warchus, to write the script for this stahe show based on the classic movie, will play exclusively in Melbourne.

The show, supported by the State Government, will be playing for 13 weeks after a hit run in London.

King’s Singers

● Tim Minchin and Craig Huggins

■ Masters of vocal harmony and double-Grammy Award-winning choral group, The King’s Singers are returning to Melbourne in March.

The King’s Singers have represented the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages from London’s Albert Hall to New York’s Carnegie Hall for more than 50 years. They are renowned for their unrivalled technique, impeccable vocal blend and delightful British wit.

They will perform at the Melbourne Recital Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday, March 19.

● Graham Kennedy with Mike Nicholls, about 1970.

■ Former 3AK ‘Where No Wrinklies Fly’ broadcaster Mike Nicholls was in touch with City Extra. Part of Melbourne radio royalty, Mike, now 75, is son of the radio legends ‘Nicky’ (Clifford Nicholls Whitta) and Nancy Lee. In the early 1970s, Mike built his own radio career at 3AK, as part of programmer Rhett Walker’s ‘Wrinklies’ campaign.

In those heady days, Mike – with long hair – featured in the radio station’s publicity, riding a motor-cycle, and pictured by legendary GTV93AK photographer Barrie Bell.

These days life is less kind. Mike spends considerable time each year in hospital because of respiratory problems. He has spent the best part of the past five years living in lockdown because of his sensitivity to illness.

‘Nicky’ and Nancy Lee featured on 3AW in the 1930s. Nicky was later at 3AW and 3KZ, and then finally in the morning session at 3UZ, with a young Graham Kennedy as sidekick.

After Nicky’s untimely death in 1956, Nancy Lee continued a career on television.

Busy Cup Week ahead

■ Racing man Ted Ryan lists his Melbourne Cup favourites in the Melbourne Observer sports section in this week’s edition of The Local Paper.

■ The showbiz fraternity is mourning the passing of Friends star Matthew Perry who died in an apparent drowning accident in Los Angeles at the weekend, aged 54. He had made a number of trips to Australia.

■ Kerry O’Brien Publicity advises that an additional Riverdance show has been organised for Sunday, April 7, at the Margaret Court Arena.

■ ‘How to talk about death with your parents’ is the theme of a production assembled by writer Michele Lee. The event is being held November 22-26 by Arts House at the North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry St, North Melbourne.

■ DJ Joel Corry will appear at Victoria Derby Day this Saturday (Nov. 4) at Flemington.

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Local Theatre Am I The Drama?

■ There is a cleverly crafted chaos to Andy Balloch’s, ‘Am I the Drama’. What begins as a Movie World ride is part historical journey – we start in World War II – part sightseeing tour and part commentary on popular culture.

For all the seemingly erratic leaps in and out of different scenarios, there are referential threads linking all the vignettes.

For his part, Balloch’s energy is maniacal but contained. His exuberance has direction even though he segues between personalities and voices.

He populates his shtick with a range of identities and characters mocking not just the absurdities he identifies but even his own gay conduct. His silver suit alone attests to his craziness.

A word, at this stage, must be said for the production elements of lighting and sound.

They had to be tight and they were because every gay heel shimmy had an accompanying bell which had to be precise and on cue.

One can only imagine the terror on the cueing desk making sure the voiceovers and lighting changes occurred with precision such was the speed and momentum of Balloch’s delivery.

The true strength of Balloch’s set, however, is not just in the wicked humour – and he is able to find that balance between funny and inappropriate – but in the message behind that humour.

His appeal regarding the mental health of young homosexuals is heartfelt and resonates all the more because it serves to counterbalance the comedy.

The greater the humour the stronger the gravity of the message. The unity of the whole set lies not just in the careful crafting and connecting threads, not just in the exuberance of performance but in that underlying purpose. This elevates comedy to art.

- Review by David McLean

Friendship of Life and Death

■ The ensemble performance entitled, A Friendship of Life and Death, produced by the Cross Encounters company utilises a traditional Ming Dynasty story and interprets it for the stage. The pace and style is deliberate and staid. The actors mime events to the playing of a traditional stringed instrument, the liuqin, and a guitar. Projected onto a screen behind the actors are the lines of a poem.

Ostensibly, the story is about a soldier and musician who form a friendship but loneliness ensues with the death of the latter. The soldier turns down the emperor’s subsequent overtures and, while still haunted by dreams of the musician, commits suicide, journeys to the underworld and rescues the musician from the demon there.

Without a program to name performers, it is hard to attribute recognition for those whose stylised movements could well have been redolent of, what is presumably, an art form of mime indicative of the culture and form.

Each gesture would have meaning. I am assuming it was the Chinese opera performer, Rui Chen, in full makeup and costume who opened and closed the 60-minute performance. This was as close as many from the European tradition of theatre would have come to this form of vocal dexterity, detailed costuming and heightened makeup.

The production elements of the show were a little rough and some of the transitions between scenes awkward. Following the narrative line also required concentration. Those with a knowledge of the original story would have been better equipped. For this reviewer, it was almost as if we were in a poem – the lines on the screen being open to interpretation, the artistry of the movement adding a level of nuance and the music providing atmosphere. The arc of the story and the pace of the action have a subtlety that could well benefit from more context – namely a program to flesh out the story, the form of art and the skill set being employed. For all that, it was an intriguing contribution to the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

- Review by David McLean

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Hamlet begins with conceit

● Alayne Wright, Anthony Edward, Charlee Liddell, Ryan Fahlbush, Megan Davis, Don Nicholson and Rouzbeh Nadjar in Hamlet. Photo: Bernie Phelan ■ Avid Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Rose, whom he enlists to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits, and she rewrites the rules of the Hamlet begins with a theatrical conceit.

Actors arrive onstage and dress in anoraks, game, teaching him the power of love and comgloves and woolly hats. The audience is trans- passion.

Queensland-born Antoinette Davis is playported to Denmark and the cold battlements of ing the lead female role of Rose.

Elsinore Castle.

Antoinette's passion for storytelling began A giant video projection of his father’s ghost sets the young Danish Prince Hamlet on his quest at a young age, when she always loved making up stories and scenarios. for revenge.

Training over the years to become a musical Director Nicholas Opolski presents Hamlet theatre triple threat, Antoinette thought her as a tortured Rock God. Played by Michael Fenemore, this Hamlet school shows were the best part of school. She struts, poses, and flicks his magnificent head of performed in four, including Into the Woods, hair. He owns the stage with a Michael Hutchence Sweeney Todd, Avenue Q (her favourite), School swagger. When he’s not suffering through mo- Edition and Zombie Prom.

Studying musical theatre at Federation Uniments of existential angst, he burns with deversity for tertiary studies, Antoinette says she ranged anger.

Leah Downey’s modernist set in the indus- figured that she loved to perform, so it made trial space of Mycelium Studios works to el- sense to pursue and explore.

“Through all of my studies, building my skills evate Shakespeare’s 400-year-old play for the was the main goal and ensuring they were all at 21st century.

Liam Mitchinson’s innovative lighting el- a similar level,” says Antoinette. Since graduevates the simple set and adds much to the drama. ating, she has performed in a variety of shows Think of an all-enveloping blood red when- in the independent theatre scene.

Antoinette sys she adores Dogfight. “I think ever the murdering usurper Claudius (Anthony Edward) is onstage. Or a cool blue washing the show is incredibly written and the score is over the guards trooping the castle ramparts in beautiful. Rose has always been a dream role of mine, and it's not a show you see very often, so the Danish winter.

Ophelia (Charlee Liddell) needs a “me too” I knew I just had to try my luck.”

Describing her character Rose as 'fantastic', moment. Hamlet is not the right guy for her, if for no other reason than his sarcasm. If only Antoinette says she's the show's humane anpoor Ophelia had steered clear of this toxic re- chor against the brash and violent war backlationship. Or steered clear of her meddling, ma- drop.

“Rose is this beautiful mix of naivety and nipulative ‘Wide Boy’ father, Polonius, played youth, with this fire in her belly and a sense of by an excellent Don Nicholson.

Alayne Wright, as Hamlet’s mother, justice - joyful, compassionate and grounded.”

Antoinette says her favourite challenge of Gertrude, confers a mix of frustration and fear as she grapples with the alarming behaviour of creating Rose is capturing her compassion while allowing her agency and sense of self validity her son.

The action culminates in a well-choreo- to blossom.

She hopes audiences will take home the graphed, intense sword fight between Hamlet message that 'War is not for anyone except those and Laertes (Ryan Fahlbusch).

Does this high-voltage production of Hamlet who stand to make a profit, and that being kind is the greatest thing you can be.' as a rock star work? Electrifyingly so.

Other cast members include Tristan Sicari Performance Season: Until November 4 Venue: Mycelium Studios - Basement Ware- (Bernstein), Josh Direen (Boland), Maddy Pratt house, 1/10 - 12 Moreland Rd, Brunswick East (Marcy), Kael Serin-D’Alterio (Fector), John Ninis (Stevens) and Amir Yacoub as Gibbs.

Bookings: Trybooking - Review by Kathryn Keeble Olivia Linas (Mama), Cindy Yan a (Ruth), Ryan Etlis (Lounge Singer), Amber Sindoni (Chippy), Andrew Mason (Sergeant) and Jessica Robinson (the Swing).

■ A new production of Dogfight will be prePerformance Season: November 9 - 26 sented by Theatrical at Chapel off Chapel, Venue: Chapel off Chapel, Prahran.

Prahran, from November 9 -26.

- Cheryl Threadgold With music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the show will be directed by Pip Mushin (Midnight, The Book of Mormon), with musical direction by Timothy John Wilson and choreography by Adriana Pannuzzo.

Set in San Francisco in 1963, three young Marines set out for a final boys' night out on the ● Daniel Nieborski (Eddie) and eve of their deployment to a small but growing Antoinette Davis (Rose) in Dogfight. conflict in Southeast Asia.

Photo: Nicole Cleary.

Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets waitress

Dogfight

What’s On Gaslight

■ Gaslight will be presented by Rodney Rigby and Queensland Theatre at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre from March 6-24.

Set in 1901 London, the play will be directed by Queensland Theatre’s Artistic Director Lee Lewis, and produced by Rodney Rigby for Newtheatricals (Come FromAway, Jersey Boys, Good Night, Oscar starring Tony Award winner Sean Hayes) and Queensland Theatre.

It has been adapted by respected Canadian writer / performers Patty Jamieson and Johnna Wright and premiered at the internationally renowned Shaw Festival in Canada in 2022.

“I was interested in tackling a play that’s stood the test of time; intrigued millions both on stage and on film, and giving it a modern, 2024 twist,” said producer Rodney Rigby.

“Could we explore a more relevant message and yet retain the thrills and suspense of the original?

“This new adaptation, starring Geraldine Hakewill and Toby Schmitz with Australia’s finest creative team under the direction of Lee Lewis delivers, creating an exciting new thriller for the theatre. I couldn’t be more excited to be producing Gaslight across the country,” “Gaslight still remains true to the classic genre though. There’s a hero and a villain, a spark of danger and moral injustice, and a breadcrumb trail of clues for the audience to follow.

“This is one of those rare, exciting refreshments of a classic thriller, with an added twist that means new suspense and new satisfaction,” added co-creator Johnna Wright.

Bella Manningham is a young wife who seemingly has it all – a nice home and a comfortable upper-middle class life.

Her housekeepers, Elizabeth and Nancy, attend to her and help run the household. Her husband, Jack, appears attentive and loving.

So why is Bella on edge? As we learn more about the Manningham household, it becomes clear that something is amiss.

Despite his doting appearance, Jack is hiding something – he keeps disappearing in the evenings … and after he leaves, Bella hears strange sounds in the house. The gas lights dim for no apparent reason. Is Bella losing her grip on reality? Or is something more sinister afoot?

A much-used word in modern society, ‘gaslighting’ — psychologically manipulating people into questioning their own sanity — draws its origins from the play, in which the household’s gas lights flicker and dim on the evenings when Bella is alone, causing her to question her own sanity.

Melbourne Season: March 6-24.

Venue: Comedy Theatre, Exhibition St., Melbourne Bookings: Tickets on sale from Nov 3. www.gaslightplay.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Media Flashes

■ A Christmas Carol is opening at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre on Sunday, November 12. Scrooge will be played by Tony Award winner and international screen star, Owen Teale. Preview performances are being held from November 12-22. Extra performances will now be held from January 2-7.

An extra 5pm show will be held on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

■ Opera Australia’s new Artistic Director Jo Davies has announced her highly anticipated 2024 Season. With the State Theatre at Arts Centre Melbourne closing next year for refurbishment, 2024 will see the Company extend its footprint in Victoria, staging performances at four different venues across Melbourne, including Margaret CourtArena, the Palais Theatre, Hamer Hall and Federation Square, as well as performing in the recently refurbished Geelong Arts Centre, while the National Tour will premiere a new production in Dandenong.

■ Tony Moclair has signed off after seven years as Captain Midnight on 3AW’s Australia Overnight. Daniel Burt from 3RRR is hosting the program this week, as Tony Moclair prepares for 3AW Afternoons.

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Local Theatre Shows

■ AVID Theatre and Ardour Theatre: Hamlet (by William Shakespeare) Until November 4 at Mycelium Studios, Factory 1/10,12 Moreland Rd., Brunswick East. Director: Michael Fenemore. Bookings: https:// www.trybooking.com/events/landing/ 1081851 ■ Malvern Theatre Company: Absurd Person Singular (by Alan Ayckbourn) Until November 11 at 29A Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Damian Jones. www.malverntheatre. com.au ■ Peridot Theatre: Here, There and Everywhere, One Act Play Season November 9 – 11 at the Clayton Community Centre, Cooke St., Clayton. Bookings: www.peridot.com.au ■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: Spring Awakening November 10 – 25 at Centenary Theatre, 71 Railway Place, Williamstown. Bookings: www.wmtc.org.au ■ Eltham Little Theatre: Clue: on Stage! (by Jonathan Lynn) November 10 – 25 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Research. Director: Luisa Romeo. www.elthamlittletheatre.org.au ■ Brighton Theatre Company: Here I Belong (Matt Harley) November 10 – 25 at Brighton Arts and Cultural Centre, Carpenter St., Brighton. Director: Barbara Crawford.

Bookings: www.brightontheatre.com.au ■ Beaumaris Theatre: 70th Anniversary Christmas Panto-Revue (Script and Original Lyrics by Cheryl Threadgold) November 10 – 25 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Debbie Keyt; Musical Director: Rhonda Vaughan; Choreographer: Camilla Klesman. www.beaumaristheatre. com.au ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Four Flat Whites in Italy (by Roger Hall) November 10 – 25 at the Shirley Bourke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: David Collins. Bookings: www.mordialloctheatre.com ■ Theatrical.: Dogfight November 9 – 26 at Chapel off Chapel, Prahran. Director: Pip Mushin; Musical Director: Timothy John Wilson; Choreographer: Adriana Pannuzzo.

Bookings: https://theatrical.com.au/dogfight/ ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (book and lyrics by Robert L Freedman) November 15 - December 2 at Williamstown Little Theatre, 2 Albert St., Williamstown.

Director: Barbara Hughes. www.wlt.org.au ■ Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: Fracked! Or:Please don’t use the F=Word (by Alistair Beaton) November 16 – December 2 at the Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre, Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Alan Burrows. Bookings: www.lilydaleatc.com ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: Ladies in Black, the Musical (Music and lyrics by Tim Finn, Book by Carolyn Burns) November 17 – December 2 at Heidelberg Theatre, 36 Turner Ave., Rosanna. Director: Tim Scott.

Bookings: htc.org.au ■ The Basin Theatre Company: The Sum of Us (by David Stevens) November 23 – December 3 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Di Hoskins. Bookings: www.thebasintheatre.org.au ■ Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria: Ages Ago, November 23 – 26 at Malvern Theatre, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: Diana Burleigh. Bookings: gsov.org.au ■ OSMaD: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney film) December 7 – 16 at the Geoffrey McComas Theatre, 1 Morrison St., Hawthorn. Director: Joel Batalha; Co-Musical Directors: David Barrell and Ned Dixon; Choreographer: Caitlin Lamont. www.osmad.com.au ■ HTC Youth Theatre: Grimmish December 8 – 16 at Heidelberg Theatre, 36 turner Ave., Rosanna. Bookings: htc.org.au or 9457 4117.

Auditions

■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Photograph 51 (by Anna Ziegler) October 29 at 12.00pm, October 30 at 7.00pm at Williamstown Little Theatre, 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Natasha Boyd. Audition Enquiries: Natasha Boyd - tashmark@yourmail.net.au or 0413188513

Entertainment

‘FLAKE’ AT RED STITCH ■ One can almost feel the tropical heat exuding from the walls in Dan Lee’s play, Flake.

The set (Jacob Baptista) speaks not just to the climate but the cultural isolation to which Bob (Robert Menzies) has committed himself as well as his physical and mental decline.

Good mate, Murph (Joe Petruzzi), with his penchant for the supposed libidinous opportunities of Hanoi, has actually been sent on a mission to find out just how Bob is faring.

And there is a young local, Duyen (Phoebe Phuoc Nguyen) whose help, influence and opinion becomes increasingly more significant as the play progresses.

Petruzzi steals the show. He captures the spirit of an aging man who still believes in his own virility, succumbs like a child when his feelings are hurt but turns out to be a noble friend.

Menzies plays the curmudgeon, Bob, with equal feeling. Lee has, perhaps, overwritten this part with the character being just a little too verbose at times – a monologue in the second act being somewhat out of place – but Menzies finds the best in some of these cutting remarks.

Phoebe comes into her own especially at the end of the play where her character turns the table on both men.

The play’s effectiveness is in turning the conventional trope of misogyny, identity and supposed cultural superiority on its head.

Bob and Murph are interlopers without a true appreciation of another’s culture. Grief and guilt are a shared experience regardless of culture and we are our own worst enemies at times when we fail to appreciate what others are trying to do for us.

The interaction between Bob and Murph is delightful. Duyen’s meat cleaver intensity at the end is spirited.

The play itself is a little unbalanced. Director Ella Caldwell needed to make more of Duyen’s familiarity with the home and Bob’s potential dementia in their respective actions.

Unfortunately, because of unforeseen circumstances, Menzies still had script in hand, limiting his ability to make the most of those moments when losing himself in the language is actually a sign of his character’s loss of control.

Regardless, this is a play that should be seen to jolt the macho male tourist in Asia out of his complacency. The shift in perspective at the end speaks to the need for us all to consider our cultural blindness.

Red Stitch Actors Theatre Until November 5 - Review by David McLean

The Wedding

■ If current international and local events have left you feeling sad, disappointed or a little low, spring along to see this talented, energetic clutch of actors in the Gothic horror comedy, The Wedding, set in the fictitious Mysterious Church in South-Western Latnovia.

Cracked Actors Theatre is excited to bring its first international company onto the CAT stage with this Melbourne 2023 Fringe Festival production. It is staged by self-funded, New Zealand based actor’s collective, A Fool’s Company.

● Phoebe Phuoc Nguyen and Robert Menzies in Flake.

Photo: Jodie Hutchinson Not only have the collective members written this clever, absurdist piece, but they are also all marvelously skilled performers in circus arts and stagecraft under the direction of Grace Augustine.

We are ushered into the opening scene where the nervous, downtrodden bridegroom (played

by Aaron Richardson) and his overbearing mother (Melissa Cameron) have arrived in town to meet their distant cousin and father of the bride (Kyle Shields).

Of primary importance to the influential father is his daughter’s virginity while the mother’s preoccupation is with the dowry.

We are introduced to the lascivious maidservant (Emily Hurley) and the priest (Georgie Llewellyn) whose professional and personal status is questionable in this puritanical community. Along with other characters, their motives, masquerades and relationships shift at a pace to keep the audience on our toes.

Playful, clowning performances with twists and surprises to shock are fittingly accompanied by Eastern European music, with inventive costumes and props providing an element of trickery and simple but effective disguises.

In an indeterminate time in history the plot comically challenges traditional institutions and conventions of the church, marriage, sexual orientation as well as human failings such as greed.

Nor is feminism overlooked bringing a twenty-first century dimension. At times Pythonesque, this highly physical show proffers everyday controversies with witty irreverence.

- Review by Sherryn Danaher

Michael Charles

■ Michael Charles is performing at Bird's Basement, 11 Singers Lane , Melbourne at 7.30pm on Saturday, February 24.

In 1984 a young muso in Melbourne, with a newfound confidence, felt it was time to break out and take a solo billing.

‘Michael Charles’ wrote, recorded, released, and promoted his music while touring across Australia.

In 1989, a turning point in his life and career came in the form of an invitation to appear at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago.

It was not too long after he decided to make America his home.

As of 2023 his USA career comprises a catalogue of 40 releases, an induction into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame, and recognition of remaining one of America’s most driven artists, annually touring across USA and Canada, delivering at each stop an unprecedented concert of original, guitar forward, contemporary blues, blues-based rock and ballads.

Celebrating his 40th anniversary in 2024, MC will grace the stage at Bird’s Basement.

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Observations Silks

● Hugh McGinley ■ Lovers of television’s Midsomer Murders will enjoy Melbourne author Hugh McGinley’s latest book – Silks: A Catherine Kint Mystery.

At home in Brunswick during a frosty Melbourne winter, Catherine needs a distraction and thinks that a night at the circus might be the perfect solution. But that night at the circus ends in tragedy, as a performer on the aerial silks comes to a nasty end.

The scene is set for Catherine and her barman best friend Boris, to investigate what really happened, despite a culture of secrecy, a family in crisis and a circus troupe in chaos.

And just for a little extra interest, Boris’s love life is complicated, with two ladies in his thrall. Then there are the hula hooping thugs, a desperate suspect, a bully and more carnage than the clever Catherine can control.

McGinley said he was inspired to set his new novel in a circus by his daughter.

“When she was in primary school, she studied with the Circus Spot in Pascoe Vale, so when I was searching for a scene of the crime for the book, she urged me to set it in a circus,” he explained.

This decision took McGinley into the circus community for research, and it gave him fertile ground for the novel.

McGinley is a writer and musician, which he says means he has also worked as a bus driver, kitchenhand, singing teacher, seller of dental consumables and public servant.

But his true love is creating the Catherine Kint mysteries, and living in Reservoir with his wife, two children, a cat … and six chickens, including the glamorous Esmeralda (pictured above with Hugh).

To get your copy of Silks: A Catherine Kint Mystery, and enjoy the warm glow of supporting a fine local crime writer, visit www.clandestinepress.net - Julie Houghton

Auditions

■ The 1812 Theatre: The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Adapted by Simon Levy) November 5 at 7.00pm at 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Erin O’Hare. Audition bookings: 0452 414 547 e_ohare@ outlook.com ■ Warrandyte Theatre Company: The Last Quiz Show on Earth (by Alison Carr) November 23 at 7.30pm, November 25 at 2.30pm at the Warrandyte Mechanics’ Institute Hall, 180 Yarra St., Warrandyte. Director: Bob Bramble. Enquiries: 0439 311428 or bobbramble2013@gmail.com ■ Essendon Theatre Company: A Tomb with a View (by Norman Robbins) November 25 12-4pm, November 26 from 6pm, November 28 7pm-9.30pm at the Bradshaw Street Community Hall, Bradshaw Street, West Essendon (enter off Buckley St.) Director: Les Hart. Audition Bookings and Enquiries: ljmhart@icloud.com or 0455 988 100 ■ Malvern Theatre Company: The Glass Menagerie (by Tennessee Williams) December 3 at 10.00am and December 4 at 7.30pm at 2a Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Barry O’Neill.

Audition bookings: barryoneill1941@gmail.com - Cheryl Threadgold

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Arrest at Airport West ■ The Australian Federal Police has charged two alleged members of an Australian criminal syndicate accused of possessing and manufacturing large quantities of methamphetamine, after a clandestine laboratory was found in a Melbourne factory unit.

The men faced Melbourne Magistrates Court after they were arrested at Epping and Airport West.

The arrests are a result of an investigation that started last month into a transnational and serious organised crime suspected to be involved in the importation and manufacture of methamphetamine.

Investigations identified a warehouse in Epping that was believed to be linked to the syndicate.

Victoria Police executed a search warrant at the premises.

Investigators found a clandestine laboratory in operation, which was being used to produce methamphetamine.

Victoria Police’s Clandestine Laboratory Squad, Forensic Chemist and Disaster Victim Identification Unit dismantled the laboratory before the AFP seized a commercial quantity of the drug, as well as chemicals involved in the manufacture and extraction of methamphetamine.

Both men were arrested and charged with: ■ Possessing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug reasonably suspected to have been imported;; and ■ Manufacturing a commercial quantity

● Det. Insp. Rick Briggs Photo ccourtesy NewsCorp

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of a controlled drug.

Investigations are underway as to how and when the drugs reached Australia.

AFP Detective Inspector Rick Briggs said Australian law enforcement agencies were united in the fight against organised crime.

“Through our combined commitment to combatting drug trafficking, the AFP and our partner agencies continue to work across jurisdictions and borders to deal significant blows to criminal syndicates,” Det-Insp Briggs said.

“This investigation has stopped a production line of methamphetamine from hitting Australian streets, and prevented millions of dollars of drug profit flowing back into the syndicate to fund their next criminal venture.

“Criminal syndicates involved in drug importations do not care about the harm they cause to Australian communities – from the violence between rival dealers that put innocent communities at risk, to the drug driving crashes and the thousands of methamphetamine related hospital admissions.

“The AFP is working tirelessly with partners to make Australia a hostile environment to these criminal syndicates, to protect the Australian community.”

Victoria Police Detective Inspector Anthony Vella said clandestine laboratories were inherently dangerous places: “Many of the chemicals involved in drug manufacture are highly volatile.”

Local Photo Flashback

■ A man has been arrested in New South Wales as part of the Homicide Squad investigation into a fatal shooting in Keilor.

Warrants were executed by Victoria Police and NSW Police from 6am last Wednesday (Oct. 25) at residential properties in Bradbury, Yagoona and Campbelltown.

A 22-year-old Bradbury man was arrested without incident.

He was to be interviewed by police in relation to the shooting.

The arrest and warrants follow an incident outside a café in Keilor on September 9 where one man was killed and one was seriously injured.

The pair were sitting outside the Old Calder Highway business about 10.20am when they were both shot.

A 50-year-old Taylors Hill man died at the scene while a 26-year-old South Morang man was conveyed to hospital with serious injuries.

No one else in the area was physically injured, however a number of other patrons were in the vicinity at the time.

It’s believed several offenders left the area in a black Audi, which was later found burnt out in nearby Blair Court, Keilor.

Investigators believe the group then got into black Volkswagen Polo which was subsequently located burned out in Cadiz Place in Keilor Downs.

Detectives are continuing to treat this as a targeted attack and the investigation remains ongoing.

Police are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident or the vehicle fires, as well as anyone with information about those responsible for the shooting and the motivation behind it. This information can also be provided anonymously.

Stalking incidents

■ Moonee Valley Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following alleged stalking incidents in Moonee Ponds.

Detectives investigated reports that the man allegedly loitered, watched and filmed women.

Detectives executed a search warrant in the Moonee Valley area in relation to the investigation.

A 29-year-old man was arrested and charged with four counts of stalking.

He will appear at Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court on April 19.

Coburg conversation

■ Merri-bek Council wants to hear residents’ ideas about how it can make the heart of Coburg welcoming for everyone.

“We are making a plan for the long-term future of Coburg, particularly Council-owned properties in the heart of Coburg,” said a City of Coburg representative.

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“This is the first of many conversations that will help us shape the plans for a revitalised heart of Coburg.”

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■ Maribyrnong Council wants to hear from local bus users to help shape the future of public transport locally.

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SYNERGY PROJECT LAUNCHES

● Jane Sullivan interviews Nance Silverman and Dr Cheryl Threadgold. Photos: Robert Muir.

■ Synergy, a book that celebrates the words of 22 writers and the works of 12 artists was successfully launched on Saturday, October 7 at the Beaumaris Community Centre as part of Victoria’s Seniors Festival.

The book is the culmination of an innovative collaboration between Bayside U3A Writers and the Bayside U3A Painting for Pleasure Groups.

A joyous ode to the creative powers of Bayside residents, the 142page, A-5 sized, full-colour anthology was launched by renowned Melbourne writer and literary journalist, Jane Sullivan.

Dr Cheryl Threadgold, convener of the Writers Group, spearheaded the project which rapidly took shape thanks to the enthusiastic support of Nance Silverman, Geoff Rolls, Dr Vicki Cowling and the artists, together with the writers, including ‘pagemaker’ Evelyn Cronk, who all wholeheartedly embraced the idea.

Stories and paintings reflect both local scenes such as a notorious trial at the Brighton Courthouse and the reflected tranquility of Albert Park Lake to Paris street scenes and a pilgrim’s progress on Camino de Santiago.

As writer Vivienne Player says in the book’s preface: “We all see the world and interpret it differently; hence the variety of styles, voices, formats and media in this collection.”

The book is now available to purchase at the Beaumaris U3A Office at 90 Reserve Rd, Beaumaris for $15 a copy.

It is the perfect size to mail to friends overseas or give as a gift this Christmas.

- Carol West ● Jane Sullivan reveals the book cover.

Rourke’s Reviews Bring Him To Me:

■ (MA). 96 minutes. Opens in selected cinemas November 2.

A sincere, convincingly gravelly performance from Barry Pepper cannot save this cliched, substandard crime thriller, the type of which RKO churned out in the 1940s and 50s in much more entertaining fashion.

Pepper (sounding like Johnny Depp and physically channeling Christian Bale) plays a getaway driver who has to bring in a young man (Jamie Costa), to face their intimidating crime boss (Rachel Griffiths) over a botched armed robbery on a gangland heavyweight (Sam Neill).

The driver has little interest in the man’s back story, but as the increasingly dangerous journey continues, the two begin to form a bond.

Anyone who has seen a couple of crime noir films of this kind will see where the story is going very early on, and outside of Pepper, performances are poor (the Boston accents are especially embarrassing).

Director Luke Sparke directs proceedings with little energy or flair. The setting is the US, but the film has been obviously shot in Australia. A direct-to-DVD movie that is somehow getting a theatrical release.

RATING - **

Breaking Surface

■ (M) (2020). 81 minutes. Now available on selected digital platforms.

This taut, fairly compelling Scandinavian thriller certainly uses its screen time more efficiently than the remake which hits cinemas this week, but some structural issues prevent this from becoming genuinely classic viewing.

Sisters Ida (Moa Gammel) and Tuva (Madeleine Martin) organise a trip to Norway with their mother Anne (Trine Wiggen) to do some deep diving, but when Anne falls in, the two siblings decide to go anyway.

Once underwater, there is a rockfall, trapping Tuva.

Ida then has to try and free her sister before their supply of air runs out.

Writer/director Joachim Heden keeps things moving, allowing the suspense to build, but the crosscutting between Ida and Tuva is sometimes clumsy, not allowing us to fully invest in their plight. Performances are solid. Overall, however, this is an entertaining film worth seeking out.

RATING - ***

The Dive

■ (M). 91 minutes. Opens in selected cinemas November 2.

This remake of the 2020 Swedish thriller actually improves on the original in certain ways, but falters by protracting its simple premise a little too much.

The plot is the same (with some very minor tweaks), but the way this version concentrates on both characters is better handled, and the realistic presentation of diving procedures is also more convincing.

The downside is that co-writer/ director Max Erlenwein inserts flashbacks, which undercuts the growing tension and suspense, as well as making the film about 10 minutes too long.

Sophie Lowe and Louisa Krause both deliver decent performances, and technically the movie is well made.

Despite the pace lagging in the second half, this is basically on par with the original.

RATING - ***

Mercy Road

■ (M). 85 minutes. Now showing in selected cinemas.

Imagine if the excellent, slowburn thriller Locke (2013), starring Tom Hardy, was ramped up to 11, and you’d have Mercy Road, a relentlessly frenzied Australian film that becomes tiresome very quickly, not helped by it being very predictable due to its over-the-top approach.

Tom (Luke Bracey) faces a stressful night, fleeing what seems like a crime scene, while dealing with a mysterious caller (Toby Jones) who has kidnapped his daughter, saying he’ll kill her if Tom doesn’t follow his instructions.

Pursued by police, Tom must try and save his daughter before it’s too late. Mercy Road looks and feels artificial from the get-go (the film was shot on a virtual set), with Bracey’s central performance scenery chewing at best.

Co-writer/director John Curran’s direction is in-your-face and one-note, offering nothing in the way of engaging character development, and once you see where everything is going, the movie becomes even more static, despite the aggressive camerawork and editing. Even at 85 minutes, this is a long haul.

RATING - ** - Aaron Rourke

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■ During the 1950s my local picture theatre used to have special ‘horror nights’ where the film would begin at midnight and they would screen a Hollywood classic such as Frankenstein, The Wolf Man or Dracula.

Count Dracula was one of my favourites and we would try to imitate the accent of Bela Lugosi in my primary school playground.

Béla Ferenc Dezso Blaskó was born in 1882 in Lugos, which at the time was part of AustriaHungary.

Bela dropped out of school and when he was 20 was performing small roles in stage productions.

In 1911 he was working with The National Theatre of Hungry in Budapest.

He served in the army during World War One where he became a captain and was awarded a medal after he was wounded at the Russian front.

Bela had small roles in 12 silent films in Hungary after the war.

In 1917 he married for the first time but the marriage only lasted for three years.

Bela fled his homeland during the Hungarian Revolution of 1919 and made his way to the US as a crew man on a merchant ship.

He started working as an actor under the name of Bela Lugosi; Lugosi was derived from his birthplace.

Bela appeared in several Broadway plays before landing his first American film role in

Whatever Happened To ...

Béla Lugosi

By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM the Silent Command in 1923 and he made a big impression on Fox Film Corporation.

He was performing in the play Dracula on Broadway in 1927 and this led to being cast in the 1931 classic horror film which made him famous throughout the world.

He played various characters in a string of Bgrade films over the next 30 years. He was naturalised as an American citizen in 1931.

His films included Murders In The Rue Morgue, White Zombie, The Black Cat, Son Of Frankenstein, The Ghost Of Frankenstein and Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man. He was quite often cast opposite Boris Karloff and the studio publicity people would write fictitious stories about their rivalry.

● Bela Lugosi Bela became more reliant on drugs to ease the pain he was experiencing from his war wounds and this apparently led to a drug addiction.

In 1948 he reprised his role as Count Dracula in the comedy film Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein.

Although he had worked in films for most of his life he was a very poor man. When he was in

hospital his care was paid for by Frank Sinatra who was fan of his work.

Bela had been married five times in his life time and had one son.

In 1953 he was found living in obscurity by the film producer Ed Wood who resurrected his career by featuring Bela in some of the worst B grade films of all time.

I am a huge fan of the 1994 film Ed Wood starring Johnny Depp, and Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi.

Bela Lugosi died of a heart attack whilst lying on a couch at his home in 1956 at the age of 73. His final film, Plan Nine From Outer Space, is a cult classic today and it was produced around a few small scenes shot with Bela prior to his death.

Ed Wood cast his wife's chiropractor as a double in the film, lurking around with a black cape over his face pretending to be Bela.

Bela Lugosi became typecast in Hollywood and was probably a fine character actor. But hey, everyone from the era remembers Bela Lugosi.

Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW The Time Tunnel - Remember When Sundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady and Simon Owens.

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CHECK OUT GALLERY AT HEIDELBERG ‘REPAT’ ■ An unusual venue for an art gallery but when one thinks about it you can imagine the help it is to patients to see and paint art as part of the recovery process.

In 1995, the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, ‘The Repat’, merged with the Austin Hospital becoming what we know today as Austin Health.

Arts have been integral to both hospitals with a long-established history of using artists with a local connection.

Today, formalised art therapy is recognised as playing an important role in patient care.

This is also supported in the hospital with other arts and environmental projects that are beneficial to all.

The arts have been entwined with the Repat since it commenced in 1941.

Early art and architectural pieces were wound into the fabric of the Repat.

Early examples include the carved Board Room chair, the medical symbol in the main foyer vinyl floor and external features in the Medical Officers quarters and Nurses Home 2.

The vinyl floor has been changed over the years, but other pieces remain with many becoming identified as heritage pieces.

After the initial architectural and artistic design elements of the Repat, the influence of the arts continued with a program designed for Veterans Rehabilitation.

The Repat was ahead of its time in the establishment of this program.

To visit the art at the Repat contact Robert Winther, Veteran Liaison Officer, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, at 9496 2324 or robert. winther@austin.org.au Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital 300 Waterdale Rd. Ivanhoe

Salt Lake The Salt Lake – Murray Fredericks Over the past 20 years, Murray Fredericks has established himself as one of the leading international artists challenging the traditions of landscape photography.

In 2003 Murray Fredericks first visited Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, one

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with Peter Kemp of the world’s largest salt lakes, located in the desert of central Australia.

Driven by the boundless potential of abstract space, Fredericks has returned 31 times over the past two decades, exploring perceptual states of being.

His chapters or ‘cycles’ as he calls them, have explored interventions with mirrors, and more recently fire, capturing infinity and the void through the lens of contemplative meninism.

Defined by light, colour and space, Fredericks’s photographs are a phenomenological response to the experience of existing in an ostensibly empty place without scale.

Exhibition closes February 18.

Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) 860 Ferntree Gully Rd/ Wheelers Hill

At NGV Wurrdha Marra The ground floor of The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square is home to Wurrdha Marra, a new dynamic and ever-changing exhibition space dedicated to displaying masterpieces and new works from NGV’s First Nations art and design collection.

Wurrdha Marra means Many Mobs in the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung language and is he name

newly bestowed upon this gallery space by the Wurundjeri Council.

Highlights include a large-scale display of 10 an-gujechiya (fish traps) produced by Burrara women from Maningrida.

These objects are meticulously crafted over several weeks, using mirian vine sourced from the bush.

The vine is soaked to soften it before being woven into rings, forming the trap’s conical shape.

Weaving styles are often passed down from generation to generation, or from senior artist to apprentice, with each weaver adding their own personal touch and interpretation of the craft.

In this way, weaving is both a powerful tool for self-expression as well as a sustainable practice of cultural preservation. The exhibition is currently on display and entry is free.

Ian Potter Centre NGV Federation Square Swanston St, Melbourne

Ballarat Significant Others – John Olsen The Art Gallery of Ballarat announces the restoration of an important work by John Olsen, Summer in the You Beaut Country 2. The conservation works, to be undertaken by highly skilled painting conservator Catherine Nunn will begin on November 4, to coincide with the opening of the Gallery’s Significant Others exhibition.

The painting is an example of Olsen’s practice in the early 1960s of painting large murals in private houses.

It is part of his You Beaut country series from this period. In 1961 John Olsen, inspired by years of painting, reading and travelling said – “I notice that Australians were saying that a trip in a car van be beaut, an ice cream can be beauty, Leonardo can be beaut and really it is a corruption of the word ‘beautiful.” He recognised that vulgar the way Australians express themselves in the vernacular can be very vital, very robust.

Exhibition opens November 4 and closes February 11. 2024 Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard St. North Ballarat.

- Peter Kemp

OK. With John O’Keefe Beatlemania continues

● Paul McCartney ■ As Melburnians recover from performances by Sir Paul McCartney, there is news in the wings about a local script writer who has written a stage play about Jimmie Nicols. Jimmie was the drummer who filled in for Ringo Starr when Ringo fell ill with tonsilitis, missing the Melbourne concerts in 1964. The script has plenty to work on as Jimmy ended up a recluse and bankrupt. The stage play due to debut May next year.

Australia loses title

■ Portugal has announced that Bobi the dog, a Portuguese mastiff has died, aged 31 years, making Bobi 217 years old in doggy years, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Bobi, a guard dog, pinched the title from Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who pegged out at 29 years 5 months.

Thanks pal

■ Last time our Prime Minister Anthony Albanese caught up with President Joe Biden they did the customary thing and exchanged gifts. Joe had done his homework and handed over a turntable for Albo to play his favourite vinyls.

Doc quits pumpkins

■ Jeffrey Schroeder, lead guitarist in the Smashing Pumpkins rock bandm has quit after 15 years. including eight Australian tours to his credit. Jeffrey has a Doctorate, graduating from UCLA where he gained his PhD in Comparative Literature.

Folk Muwsic Awards

■ Just announced is that organisers of CresFest have been awarded winners of Project of Year at the annual Australian Folk Music Awards. CresFest is held in the Victorian town of Creswick and attracts performers and guests from all corners of the globe.

- John O’Keefe

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SPOOKY HALLOWEEN WEEK IN WEHO ■ Hi everyone, remotely from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Hollywood comes this week’s news.

Out and About

Back in the spirit

Return the office

■ Halloween has just finished for another year. The ghoulish celebration is certainly catching on in Australia.

Halloween or Hallowe'en is a celebration observed in many countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints' Day. It begins the observance of all hallow tide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs, and all the faithful departed.

The popularity of Halloween continues to grow worldwide. It's now popular in Australia complete with costume parties, spooky decorations, and kids going trick-or-treating.

In West Hollywood, blocks of Santa Monica Boulevard are blocked off for the Halloween parade. The best advantage spot to view the crazy madness is right outside the Ramada Hotel and Suites. This year over 500,00 ghosts and ghouls paraded up and down the boulevard.

■ Malcolm Gladwell is laying off staffers from his podcasting studio a year after the best-selling author sparked anger on social media by tearfully pleading with Americans to return to the office.

Nearly one-third of staffers at Gladwell’s firm, Pushkin Industries, were given pink slips while the author of hit books such as ‘The Tipping Point’ and ‘Blink’ will assume the role of editorial director while stepping down from the company as president.

Malaria on the move

Big tip for server

■ Every few months, a group of Massachusetts friends gather in an unsuspecting restaurant to share a meal and surprise their server with a huge tip.

They call themselves The $1000 Breakfast Club, although their latest tip was actually $1300.

Tulio Maldonado, who served the group of 10 at an IHOP, was shocked when Richard Brooks counted out $100 bills in front of him "It's awesome," Maldonado said when asked about the generous tip. The club has become known for their random acts of kindness towards servers. They post their giveaways on social media, hoping to inspire others to start their own breakfast club and spread the generosity.

The group has surprised servers at various restaurants, including a recent giveaway in Norwood. Richard Brooks, the man behind the club, got the idea from his brother, who heard about a similar group in California.

"We kind of do it for ourselves. But the benefit is we get to give this guy the money and he's going to pay his bills. You get a really good feeling out of it," Brooks said.

When Brooks first organised the group, most of the members didn't know each other. Now, they've become friends.

"You don't need to be a millionaire or famous celebrity to make someone's day. I'm pretty sure this guy will never forget this," Paris said. "I got a lot of bills to pay, so that is sure is going to help me out," Maldonado said.

"It's like being Santa Claus," Brooks said.

● Not one but three Steve Irwins with Ramada Plaza Hotel Managing Director Alan Johnson, dressed as a valet attendant.

Middle East tension

■ Young girls in hijabs waved Palestinian flags in the street.

Men in ski masks hung from scaffolding chanting, “Israel, go to hell.” And pamphlets rained from the sky, lauding the recent violence by Hamas as “heroic”.

This wasn’t the Middle East. This was Midtown Manhattan, home to the second-largest Jewish population in the world after Israel, just days after Israel herself was ambushed by Hamas in the deadliest terrorist attack in the country’s history.

Birkenstock bliss

■ Birkenstock, the German sandal company, recently raised $1.48 billion in an initial public offering. “Somehow one feels that a person in Birkenstocks is less likely to trample Nature than someone wearing clunky wing tips,” The Times wrote in 1992. In 2022, thanks in part to partnerships with fashion designers like Dior and Valentino, the company reported over a billion dollars in sales, up from around $300 million in 2014.

More snacks

■ US consumers are gorging on snacks, fueling boom times for cookie and candy giants while other packaged-food companies vie for bigger shares of the snack aisle.

Nearly half of US consumers are eating three or more snacks a day, up 8 per cent in the past two years, according to Circana Group, a market-research firm. US snack sales rose to $181 billion last year, up 11 per cent from the year prior, the firm said.

Expensive health care

■ Most working-age people get their health coverage through their jobs, the cost of which now tops $22,000 a year for a family on average, according to the health-research nonprofit KFF. Employers in Indiana found that they were paying more than other states for hospital services received by their workers, and battled for legislation to limit hospital fees.

Now employer groups in other states are following suit, saying they are fed up with increasing rates and fees, as well as the failure of private efforts to contain them.

Please phone Jennifer

■ If you are considering coming over to California for a holiday, then I have got a special deal for you.

We would love to see you at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, 8585 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood. I have secured a terrific holiday deal for readers of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper.

Please mention ‘Melbourne Observer’ when you book to receive the ‘Special Rate of the Day’ for your advance bookings.

Please contact: Jennifer at info@ramadaweho.com Happy Holidays, Gavin Wood

■ Malaria deaths rose about 8 per cent between 2019 and 2021, the first increases in decades. The mosquito toll is rising for two main reasons.

First, mosquitoes have evolved to elude strategies that were once working against them. The increasing use of bed nets has led to a decline in the population of mosquitoes that tend to live indoors but mosquitoes that thrive outdoors have increased in number, and bed nets can’t fight them so easily.

Mosquitoes have also evolved to become more resistant to current insecticides.

Secondly, climate change has expanded the areas where the weather is warm enough for the most dangerous species of mosquitoes those that carry deadly diseases to thrive.

Dengue, which used to be a purely tropical disease, has moved into Florida and France. This past summer, a small number of malaria cases spread in Texas, Florida and Maryland, the first local transmissions of the disease in the US in 20 years.

GavinWood

From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd

Drugs sitting on shelf

■ For a decade now, the world has had highly effective medications for hepatitis C infections. In the United States, they’ve mostly been sitting on the shelf, according to a new study. These drugs are called direct-acting antivirals because they block proteins the virus needs to copy itself. Sold as pills, these drugs are easy to take with almost no side effects and they cure an astonishing 95 per cent of the patients who take them American patients who pay more than twice as much for prescription drugs as patients in 32 other wealthy countries are often unable to afford them. Using testing data from Quest Diagnostics, a large commercial laboratory, researchers were able to track the fates of one million Americans diagnosed with hepatitis C infections in the decade since the most effective drugs were introduced. Overall, just one in three were cured over that time period. “Today nearly 15,000 Americans die annually from hepatitis C,” said Dr Jonathan Mermin, director of the National Centrefor HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC.

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Cancer treatment news

■ Emerging research is starting to suggest that reducing the intensity of cancer treatments may not affect certain patients’ chance of survival.

With that clearer data, more oncologists appear to be scaling back the use of aggressive or uncomfortable therapies in consideration of their patients’ quality of life, a move described as de-escalation. De-escalation describes when optimal care could be achieved with less treatment rather than more. A growing body of research suggests that this approach could have benefits for people with certain cancers.

“The trouble in cancer care is, the medicine can definitely give people side effects,” damaging healthy cells or organs, said Dr Tatjana Kolevska, medical director for the Kaiser Permanente National Cancer Excellence Program.

“In cancer, the fear and anxiety are huge, so it’s very frequent that we may use more, which could make people very sick,” she said. “We want to try everything to treat a patient, but in some cases, too much of an aggressive treatment could do more harm than good.”

Kanye’ shoes

■ Adidas is planning to donate the proceeds it makes from selling its $500 million stockpile of Yeezy shoes after cutting ties with Kanye West.

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By Rob Foenander info@robfomusic.com.au

I’m Every Woman

■ The Australian Whitney Houston tribute show ‘I’m Every Woman’ will play at the Velvet Lounge Eagle Ridge Golf Club, Boneo, from 8pm-10pm on Saturday, November 25. Featuring the dynamic voice of Tilarni Senn, who takes the audience on a greatest hits journey of the late Whitney, the show has been playing around the country to rave reviews and enthusiastic crowds. Tickets at www. trybooking.com or phone 5988 2500.

Groovin’ 60s

■ A fab and campy romp through the groovy yesteryear is promised at 3pm on Sat urday, November 11, at St Stephens Anglican Church, Richmond. The afternoon show will feature two power house choirs, the Divine Divas Show Choir and the Rainbow Voices under the charismatic musical direction of renowned choir director Adam Przewlocki. The songs of Dusty Springfield, Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Elvis Presley, The Mamas and the Papas, The Beatles, The Beach Boys and many more will come to life once again. Bookings at www.trybooking.com/CMBAY

Olivia, Gabe

■ The Jaz Lab Brunswick presents Olivia C. Dacal and Gabe Coleman at 2.30pm on Saturday, November 25. Having already established themselves as songwriter/producers in their own right; the two have wowed audiences with their performances as featured guests at Jazz Lab.

AUSTRALIAN PRESS LEFT SCRAMBLING ■ With many Australian news businesses fighting for sustainability, attention turns overseas for replicable support models that work.

The US regulatory environment provides a soft cushion for newsrooms to bring in donations where Australia’s policy-makers are yet to recognise public interest journalism’s social value.

Conversation around public interest journalism and democracy necessarily includes the way newsrooms raise funds and revenue, and adopt technology to create a sustainable industry.

Now, in a predominantly digitaldriven news world, the independent news sector is a fast-shifting ecosystem moving quickly to adapt to these new challenges.

America, Australia and a host of other democratic nations are by default, part of this movement.

Although the obstacles independent newsrooms face vary as legislative and other environments differ, one of the overarching comparatives is in the way that the role of public interest journalism is viewed by governments.

In the US journalism is widely recognised as a public good attracting tax deductibility for donors, and the industry has been highly successful in attracting philanthropic support.

An established example is the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN)’s NewsMatch program which

since 2017, has helped raise over $271 million to support emerging newsrooms and independent media outlets.

Grants from foundations still make up the largest shares for nonprofit news in America – according to a 2023 Report distributed by the INN. Non-profit investigative and public interest news centres who see their work as a form of public service in the US are recognised by the Internal Revenue Service as eligible for non-profit status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Non-profit status enables these organisations to avoid federal and some state taxes and donations so that they can be tax deductible.

Investigative and public interest news organisations attract non-profit status under a broad education category.

By contrast, in Australia public interest journalism is not yet recognised as a charitable good despite widespread support from industry, in both media and philanthropic communities.

Allowing Australia’s public interest journalism sector to register for Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status will help attract philanthropic support. In fact, most philanthropic grant-makers require grant applicants to have DGR1 status.

Due to the legal structure of many trusts and foundations, they

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Returning to the US, in recent months a new major donor-facilitated program has emerged utilising philanthropic support for public interest journalism, the scale of which represents a significant shift and sheds a promising light on the industry.

On September 7, a group of 22 major national, regional, and local philanthropic foundations announced the launch of Press Forward, a “national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information …” formally announced in news releases from the Knight Foundation and Press Forward.

Led by the MacArthur Foundation and the Knight Foundation, the nationwide coalition will invest at least $500 million (US) in local news over the next five years to help reinvigorate local news in America.

The goal is to grow that to $1 billion over the five-year timeframe, with Knight and McArthur’s injections of $150 million (US) each kicking it off.

Press Forward builds on a host of existing contributors to the production of local news in the US, including the Democracy Fund, Racial Equity in Journalism Fund, Democracy Voice Fund, various Community Foundations, Carnegie Corporation, the Gates

Family Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, Google News Initiative, impact investment firm FJC, Colorado Trust, and Lenfest Institute who set up a National Trust for Local News in 2021.

The result of this support has been a counter-trend of new local for-profit and non-profit digital publications across the US which look set to outgrow metro dailies this year.

The Local & Independent News Association (LINA) has added its voice to a choir of calls for the Commonwealth to introduce a clear pathway for recognition as a charitable good and an associated DGR category for public interest journalism to support donations from the public and philanthropic grants in our submission to the Productivity Commission’s Philanthropy Inquiry.

While waiting on the outcomes of the Inquiry, Australian news businesses are watching their contemporaries in the US strengthen their news services while they battle on.

Public interest journalism is a public good.

The Press Forward Initiative provides yet another example of a pathway we can adopt here in Australia with minimal cost, enabling local newsrooms to grow.

■ Claire Stuchbery is the Executive Director of LINA and a community media policy specialist.

Local Media Pty Ltd is a member of LINA.

Observations with Matt Bissett-Johnson

Mike McColl Jones

Top 5 THE TOP 5 OTHER POLLS WE COULD HAVE 5. Hard jubes and soft jubes.

4. Coke and Pepsi.

3. A dirty laugh and a clean laugh.

2. Bikes in the city. No bikes in the city.

1. The wearing of colourful glasses while in public office.

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CRICKET SCORES FROM WEEKEND MATCHES

■ Premier Cricket. Men’s Premier Firsts. Round 3. Saturday, October 28 and Saturday, November 4. Melbourne 1st XI 5/304 v Ringwood 1st XI. St Kilda 1st XI 6/ 108 v Carlton 1st XI 10/101. Footscray 1st XI 0/73 v Essendon 1st XI 10/154. Fitzroy Doncaster 1st XI 10/244 v Richmond 1st XI 2/ 9. Northcote 1st XI 10/187 v Prahran 1st XI 4/ 122. Melbourne University 1st XI 10/219 v Frankston Peninsula 1st XI 0/1. Camberwell Magpies 1st XI v Casey South Melbourne 1st XI 5/322. Geelong 1st XI 4-d/354 v Greenvale Kangaroos 1st XI 2/12. Kingston Hawthorn 1st XI 9/304 v Dandenong 1st XI. Men’s Premier Seconds. Ringwood 2nd XI 10/130v Melbourne 2nd XI 7/105. Carlton 2nd XI 10/263 v St Kilda 2nd XI 0/9. Essendon 2nd XI 0/7 v Footscray 2nd XI 7-d/376. Richmond 2nd XI 10/251 v Fitzroy Doncaster 2nd XI. Prahran 2nd XI v Northcote 2nd XI 8/384.

Casey South Melbourne 2nd XI 5/140 v Camberwell Magpies 2nd XI 10/72. Greenvale Kangaroos 2nd XI v Geelong 2nd XI 0/1.

Dandenong 2nd XI 8/290 v Kingston Hawthorn 2nd XI. Frankston Peninsula 2nd XI v Melbourne University 2nd XI 8/369.

Men’s Premier Thirds. Melbourne 3rd XI v Ringwood 3rd XI 7/396. St Kilda 3rd XI 6/ 311 v Carlton 3rd XI. Footscray 3rd XI 9/192 v Essendon 3rd XI. Fitzroy Doncaster 3rd XI 8/ 247 v Richmond 3rd XI. Northcote 3rd XI v Prahran 3rd XI 9/309. Melbourne University 3rd XI 10/137 v Frankston Peninsula 3rd XI. Camberwell Magpies 3rd XI v Casey South Melbourne 3rd XI 10/227. Geelong 3rd XI v Greenvale Kangaroos 3rd XI. Kingston Hawthorn 3rd XI v Dandenong 3rd XI 10/347.

Men’s Premier Fourths. Ringwood 4th XI 10/196 v Melbourne 4th XI 3/69. Carlton 4th XI 10/25 & 0/26 v St Kilda 4th XI 5-d/206.

Richmond 4th XI v Fitzroy Doncaster 4th XI 8/ 192. Prahran 4th XI 2/61 v Northcote 4th XI 9/239. Frankston Peninsula 4th XI 10/275 v Melbourne University 4th XI. Casey South Melbourne 4th XI v Camberwell Magpies 4th XI 10/212. Greenvale Kangaroos 4th XI v Geelong 4th XI 10/141. Dandenong 4th XI 10/ 303 v Kingston Hawthorn 4th XI. Sunday, October 29. Essendon 4th XI v Footscray 4th XI. ■ Diamond Valley Cricket Association.

Barclay Shield. Round 3. Saturdays, October 21 and 28. Rosanna 1st XI 8/201 v Riverside 1st XI 10/147. Bundoora 1st XI 10/ 198 v Heidelberg 1st XI 7/236. Research Eltham Collegians 1st XI 10/244 v North Eltham Wanderers 1st XI 10/195. Rosebank 1st XI 8/212 v Diamond Creek 1st XI 10/208. Epping 1st XI 5/179 v Macleod 1st XI 10/134.

Money Shield. Lower Eltham 1st XI 9/52 v Greensborough 1st XI 8/271. Plenty 1st XI 9/ v Laurimar 1st XI 10/187. Montmorency 1st XI 8/195 v Bundoora United 1st XI 8/196.

Bundoora Park 1st XI 8/309 v Lalor Stars 1st XI 9/182. Banyule 1st XI 7/316 v Eltham 1st XI 10/143.

Mash Shield. Lower Eltham 1st XI 9/52 v Greensborough 1st XI 8/271. Plenty 1st XI 9/ 368 v Laurimar 1st XI 10/187. Montmorency 1st XI 8/195 v Bundoora United 1st XI 8/196.

Thomastown 1st XI 10/196 v Mill Park 1st XI 3/197. Hurstbridge 1st XI 6/195 v Panton Hill 1st XI 10/193. South Morang 1st XI 10/190 v Mernda 1st XI 10/182. Lower Plenty 1st XI 6d/305 v Thomastown United 1st XI 10/74 & 10/50.

B-Grade. Riverside 2nd XI 5/240 v Rosanna 2nd XI 9/123. Heidelberg 2nd XI 10/154 v Banyule 2nd XI 5/156. North Eltham Wanderers 2nd XI 4/195 v Mernda 2nd XI 10/193.

Diamond Creek 2nd XI 10/122 v Montmorency 2nd XI 10/99. Lalor Stars 2nd XI 10/83 & 1/ 122 v Epping 2nd XI 5-d/245.

C-Grade. Eltham 2nd XI 8-d/236 v Bundoora 2nd XI 10/235. Research Eltham Collegians 2nd XI 7/206 v Lower Eltham 2nd XI 10/202.

Laurimar 2nd XI 10/133 v Plenty 2nd XI 9/ 312. Bundoora United 2nd XI 1/179 v Riverside 3rd XI 10/176. Macleod 2nd XI v Lower Plenty 2nd XI 3/248.

D-Grade. Mill Park 2nd XI 8/284 v Thomastown 2nd XI 10/189. Banyule 3rd XI 9/ 186 v Greensborough 2nd XI 9/280. Montmorency 3rd XI 9/158 & 7/88 v South Morang

2nd XI 6-d/173. Diamond Creek 3rd XI 9/231 v Rosebank 2nd XI 10/295. North Eltham Wanderers 3rd XI v Bundoora Park 2nd XI. E-Grade. Riverside 4th XI 10/129 v Lower Plenty 3rd XI 4/409. Bundoora 3rd XI 10/74 v Panton Hill 2nd XI 10/141. Greensborough 3rd XI 7/155 v Hurstbridge 2nd XI 10/151.

Mernda 3rd XI 10/223 v Rosanna 3rd XI 10/ 183.

F1-Grade. Riverside 5th XI 0/130 v Research Eltham Collegians 3rd XI 10/180. Epping 3rd XI 10/69 & 5/75 v Greensborough 4th XI 10/243. Diamond Creek 4th XI 6/250 v Heidelberg 3rd XI 10/368. Laurimar 3rd XI 9/190 v Banyule 4th XI 9/290.

F2-Grade. Riverside 6th XI Forfeit v Banyule 5th XI. South Morang 3rd XI v Eltham 3rd XI 1/ 33. Plenty 3rd XI 8/368 v Lower Plenty 4th XI 10/78 & 5/35. Macleod 3rd XI 3-d/210 v Greensborough 5th XI 9/102 & 8/33. Mill Park 3rd XI 1/104 v Research Eltham Collegians 4th XI 10/90.

F3-Grade. Laurimar 4th XI 10/168 v Bundoora Park 3rd XI 9/285. Hurstbridge 3rd XI 7-d/290 v Thomastown United 2nd XI 10/ 159. North Eltham Wanderers 4th XI 3/205 v South Morang 4th XI 0/24. Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI Forfeit v Plenty 4th XI. G1-Grade. Round 3. One Day. Saturday, October 28. Lalor Stars 3rd XI 6/193 v Montmorency 4th XI 7/204. Panton Hill 3rd XI 10/147 v Mernda 4th XI 9/135. Bundoora Park 4th XI v Laurimar 5th XI. Lower Eltham 3rd XI 5/181 v Bundoora 4th XI 7/151.

Rosebank 3rd XI 9/156 v Thomastown United 3rd XI 0/178.

G2-Grade. Epping 4th XI Forfeit v Banyule 6th XI. Laurimar 6th XI v Diamond Creek 5th XI Forfeit. Eltham 4th XI 10/99 v North Eltham Wanderers 5th XI 2/102. Bundoora United 3rd XI 10/90. Mill Park 4th XI 6/93. Thomastown 3rd XI 4/171 v South Morang 5th XI 8/167.

G3-Grade. North Eltham Wanderers 6th XI Forfeit v Greensborough 6th XI. Montmorency 5th XI 10/166 v Macleod 4th XI 8/ 175. Rosanna 4th XI Forfeit v Heidelberg 4th XI. Lower Plenty 5th XI 6/209 v Banyule 7th XI 4/109.

■ Eastern Cricket Association. Dunstan Shield. Round 3. Saturdays, October 21 and 28. North Balwyn Bulls 1st XI 10/256 v Heathmont 1st XI 2/23. Glen Iris 1st XI 4/185 v East Doncaster 1st XI 10/179. Mont Albert 1st XI 10/184 v Canterbury 1st XI 10/173.

Bulleen 1st XI 7/296 v Old Carey 1st XI 10/ 173.

Wright Shield. East Malvern Tooronga 1st XI 4/210 v Mulgrave 1st XI 10/206. Deepdene Bears 1st XI 8-d/171 v Marcellin OC 1st XI 10/126. Hawthorn 1st XI 10/107 & 10/111 v Ashburton Willows 1st XI 9-d/257. Edinburgh 1st XI 8/282 v Mazenod OC 1st XI 10/151.

A Turf. Richmond City 1st XI 10/147 v Boronia Hawks 1st XI 4/149. Old Carey 2nd XI 9/245 v Burwood 1st XI 10/162. Canterbury 2nd XI 10/201 v Mont Albert 2nd XI 10/223.

B Turf. Marcellin OC 2nd XI 3/60 v Deepdene Bears 2nd XI 9/201. Heathmont 2nd XI 6/223 v North Balwyn Bulls 2nd XI 7/224.

Richmond Union 1st XI 10/139 v Ashwood 1st XI 10/182. St Kevins Old Boys 1st XI 10/186 v Balwyn Saints 1st XI 10/140.

C Turf. East Doncaster 2nd XI 5-d/207 v Glen Iris 2nd XI 10/114 & 7/98. Boronia Hawks 2nd XI 9/202 v East Malvern Tooronga 2nd XI 10/165. Mazenod OC 2nd XI 6/161 v Bulleen 2nd XI 10/117. Burwood 2nd XI 10/316 v Hawthorn 2nd XI 8/317.

D Turf. La Trobe Uni 1st XI 10/86 & 2/74 v Surrey Hills 2nd XI 8-d/165. Mulgrave 2nd XI 7/201 v Richmond City 2nd XI 10/118. Mont Albert 3rd XI v Edinburgh 2nd XI. Ashwood 2nd XI 10/251 v Old Carey 3rd XI 10/261.

E Turf. Deepdene Bears 3rd XI 6/372 v Hawthorn 3rd XI 10/253. Heathmont 3rd XI 0/ 2 v East Malvern Tooronga 3rd XI 10/186.

Balwyn Saints 2nd XI 10/214 v Surrey Hills 3rd XI 6/221. Edinburgh 3rd XI 5-d/131 v Richmond Union 2nd XI 10/55 & 3-d/85.

F Turf. East Malvern Tooronga 4th XI 10/ 220 v Heathmont 4th XI 9/267. Hawthorn 4th XI v Bears 4th XI. Richmond City 3rd XI 5/140 v Mont Albert 4th XI 10/135. Surrey Hills 4th XI 9/127 v Mazenod OC 3rd XI 5/259. Bulleen

3rd XI 10/184 v St Kevins Old Boys 2nd XI 5/ 188.

MacGibbon Shield. Trinity Willison CC 1stXI 5/366 v Clifton Hill 1st XI Loss 1st Innings (DLS) 8/329. Glen Waverley CC 1st XI 4/144 v Burwood Uniting Canterbury CC 1st XI 10/142. Boroondara 1st X1 10/112 v Deepdene Uniting 1st XI 10/253. ToorakPrahran 1st XI 10/274 v St Pauls CC 1st XI 10/312.

Burt Shield. West Ivanhoe United 1st XI 7/202 v Glen Waverley CC 2nd XI 10/199.

Clifton Hill Senior Men 2nd XI 10/173 v Trinity Willison CC 2ndXI 10/232. Mount Waverley Uniting 1st X1 10/109 v Monash ROADERS 1st XI 10/187. Mt Waverley Catholics CC First XI 10/214 vSTC South Camberwell 1st XI 10/ 115.

Menzies and Mackay Shield. Burwood Uniting Canterbury CC 2nd XI 9-d/189 v Blackburn North United 1st XI 4/190.

Boroondara 2nd X1 10/136 v Trinity Willison CC 3rdXI 2/142. Burwood 3rd XI 10/205 v Toorak-Prahran 2nd XI v 10/191. STC South Camberwell 2XI 10/136 v North Alphington 79 & 9/136.

A Synthetic. Clifton Hill 3rd XI 2/30 v Boroondara A Syn 10/169. Mazenod OC B 10/ 160 v AYC Harlequins 1st XI 2/204. Bye: Glen Waverley 3rd XI. Monash 2nd XI 8-d/160 v Mount Waverley Uniting 2nd XI 10/110 & 1/ 49.

B Synthetic. Trinity Willison CC 4thXI 9/ 172 v Mazenod OC 8/71 & 3/50. Monash ROADERS 3rd XI Forfeit v West Ivanhoe United 2nd XI. Burwood Uniting Canterbury CC 3rd XI: Bye. Glen Waverley CC 4th XI 10/214 v Edinburgh 4th XI 10/106.

McCarthy Shield. One-Day. Malvern Valley Saints CC 1st XI 6/267 v Melbourne Sixers 9/269. Northcote United 1stXI 7/109 v Eagles Cricket Club 1stXI 10/108. Deepdene Uniting 2nd XI 3/268 v St Pauls CC 2nd XI 6/ 233.

LOC2. R.W. Laws Shield. East Doncaster 4th XI 8/218 v Hartley Bull Terriers 2nd X1 9/ 191. Eagles Cricket Club 2ndXI 10/342 v Mt Waverley Catholics LOC 2nd XI 9/127. Glen Iris 3rd XI 3/152 v Monash University 4 9/150.

Toorak-Prahran Senior 3rd XI 1/94 v Canterbury 3rd XI 10/93. Manningham Senior Men 1st XI 3/245 v Mulgrave 3rd XI 9/172.

LOC3. Lamborn Shield. Melbourne Sixers v North Balwyn Bulls 3rd XI Forfeit. St Stephens Greythorn 1st XI LOC 6/278 v Balwyn Saints 3rd XI 8/212. Hartley CC Senior Men Bull Terriers 2 v Malvern Valley Saints 2nd XI. St Pauls CC 3rd XI 9/91 v Eagles Cricket Club 3rdXI 8/ 90. Mulgrave 4th XI 10/140 v Manningham 2nd XI 10/212.

LOC4. Tobias Shield. AYC Harlequins 2nd XI v Burwood 4th XI. Ashburton Willows 2nd XI 4/114 v STC South Camberwell 3XI 10/111.

North Balwyn Bulls 4th XI 10/128 v Marcellin OC 3rd XI 6/177. Salesian 1st XI 10/189 v Northcote United 2ndXI 9/73. Abbotsford Anglers 4/190 v St Andrews Gardiner 1st XI 2/ 192.

LOC5. Minahan Shield. Ashwood 3rd XI 9/217 v Mount Waverley Uniting 3rd 6/163.

Blackburn North United 2nd XI v Ashburton Willows 3rd XI, Forfeit. Heathmont 6th XI 10/93 v Glen Iris 4th X1 2/95. Manningham 3rd XI v Toorak-Prahran 4th XI, Forfeit.

LOC6. Bingley Shield. St Andrews Gardiner 2nd XI 9/157 v Burwood Uniting Canterbury CC 4th XI 4/156. Deepdene Uniting 3rd XI 10/139. Edinburgh LOC6 10/135. Glen Waverley CC 5th XI 8/142 v Clifton Hill 4th XI 3/181. Richmond Union 3rd XI 2/154 v Ashwood 4th XI 9/150. STC South Camberwell 6th X1 8/127 v Salvation Army Waverley 3/ 129.

LOC7. Fitzwilliam Shield. Bulleen 4th XI 4/113 v East Doncaster 5th XI 5/111. Mt Waverley Catholics CC 3rd XI Forfeit v Mont Albert 5th XI. Boroondara LOC7 2/109 v Glen Waverley CC 6th XI - Sunday 7/107. STC South Camberwell 5th XI 8/118 v Manningham 4th XI 4/119.

LOC8. Carr Shield. Monash University 5 8/152 v Malvern Valley Saints CC 3rd XI 4/ 180. Ashwood 5th XI 10/141 v Monash ROADERS 4th XI 3/218. Sunday, October

28. Glen Waverley CC 7th XI - Sunday v Knox Churches. Ashburton Willows 4th XI (Sunday) v Salesian 2nd XI. LOC9. McIntyre Shield. Burnley CYMS 3rd XI 3/166 v Richmond City 4th XI 10/150.

West Ivanhoe United 3rd XI v Melbourne Deaf Gorillas, Forfeit. Edinburgh 5/115 v Clifton Hill 5th XI 9/113. Balwyn Saints 4th XI v Richmond Union 4th XI, Forfeit.

■ Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association. Provincial Firsts. Round 3. Saturdays, October 21 and 28. Sorrento 1sts 10/135 v Baden Powell 1sts 10/215. Red Hill 1sts 10/133 v Langwarrin 1sts 6/173. Old Peninsula 1sts 10/145 v Pines 1sts 8/147.

Heatherhill 1sts 4/235 v Long Island 1sts 8/ 233.

Peninsula Firsts. Moorooduc 1sts 9/185 (v Mt Eliza 1sts 10/230. Rosebud 1sts 10/231 v Seaford Tigers 1sts 10/83 & 0/22. Mornington 1sts 7-d/274 v Baxter 1sts 10/149 & 7/140.

Dromana 1sts 7/291 v Somerville 1sts 10/252.

District Firsts. Seaford 1sts 10/262 v Carrum Downs 1sts 10/216. Balnarring 1sts 3/214 v Carrum 1sts 10/211. Main Ridge 1sts 9/308 v Flinders 1sts 10/200. Crib Point 1sts 5/165 v Delacombe Park 1sts 10/163.

Sub-District Firsts. Pearcedale 1sts 9/ 209 v Tyabb 1sts 10/207. Hastings 1sts 0/13 v Rye 1sts 10/146. Skye 1sts 10/204 v Mt Martha 1sts 3/206. Tootgarook 1sts 10/214 v Boneo 1sts 7/228. Ballam Park 1sts 10/131 v Frankston YCW 1sts 6/145.’

Provincial Seconds. Baden Powell 2nds 5/247 v Sorrento 2nds 9/206. Langwarrin 2nds 4/173 v Red Hill 2nds 10/162. Pines 2nds 10/ 194 v Old Peninsula 2nds 9/243. Long Island 2nds 0/0 v Heatherhill 2nds 10/160.

Peninsula Seconds. Mt Eliza 2nds v Moorooduc 2nds. Seaford Tigers 2nds 5-d/206 v Rosebud 2nds 10/119 & 9/139. Baxter 2nds 10/163 v Mornington 2nds 6/192. Somerville 2nds 10/143 v Dromana 2nds 10/218.

District Seconds. Carrum Downs 2nds 4/ 181 v Seaford 2nds 9/177. Carrum 2nds 6/ 188 v Balnarring 2nds. Flinders 2nds 10/131 v Main Ridge 2nds 10/167. Delacombe Park 2nds 10/91 v Crib Point 2nds 2/15.

A1 Seniors. Old Peninsula 3rds v Tyabb 3rds 6/158. Heatherhill 3rds 10/195 v Baden Powell 3rds 4/199. Langwarrin 3rds 5/182 v Somerville 3rds 10/178. Long Island 3rds 10/ 145 v French Island 1sts 8/201.

A2 Seniors. Red Hill 3rds 4/242 v Mornington 3rds. Ballam Park 3rds 10/138 v Delacombe Park 3rds 2/49. Baden Powell 4ths 10/69 v Carrum Downs 3rds 3/138. Tyabb 4ths 5/130 v Baxter 3rds 10/118.

A3 Seniors. Skye 3rds 10/175 v Long Island 4ths 5/315. Mornington 4ths 7/167 v Mt Martha 3rds. Pines 3rds 9/197 v Langwarrin 4ths. Mt Eliza 3rds 9/278 v Balnarring 3rds.

A4 Seniors. Frankston YCW 3rds 6/109 v Heatherhill 4ths 10/108. Sorrento 3rds 10/ 229 v Crib Point 3rds. Rosebud 3rds 8/114 v Boneo 3rds 9/156. Tyabb 5ths 4/175 v Carrum Downs 4ths 10/151.

B1 Seniors. Baxter 4ths 10/89 v Pines 4ths 5/97. Baden Powell 5ths 4-d/155 & 2/51 (10) v Tyabb 6th XI 10/111 & 9/91. Delacombe Park 4ths 1/29 v Carrum Downs 5ths 10/190.

B2 Seniors. Boneo 4ths 10/256 v Baden Powell 6ths 10/142. Mt Martha 4ths v Long Island 6ths, Forfeit. Skye 4ths 3-d/210 v Carrum Downs 6ths 10/91 & 9/53. Balnarring 4th XI 9/133 v Red Hill 4ths 10/97.

C1 Seniors. One Day. Mt Eliza 5ths 10/ 106 v Old Peninsula 4ths 0/112. Pearcedale 3rds v Ballam Park 4ths. Somerville 5ths v Carrum 3rds. Skye 5ths Forfeit v Seaford Tigers 3rds. Seaford 3rds 10/131 v Frankston YCW 4ths 10/130.

C2 Seniors. Crib Point 4ths v Somerville 6ths. Mt Martha 5ths v Sorrento 4ths. Tyabb 7th XI v Mt Eliza 6ths. Baxter 5ths v Seaford 4ths. Moorooduc 3rds v Pearcedale 4ths, Forfeit.

C3 Seniors. Dromana 3rds 9/49 v Red Hill 5ths 1/53. Langwarrin Senior Men 7th XI v Tootgarook 3rds. Mt Eliza 7ths 9/178 v Flinders 3rds 3/235. Crib Point 5ths v Hastings 3rds. Sorrento 5ths v Mt Martha 6ths.

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SCORES FROM WEEKEND MATCHES ■ North Metro Cricket Association. Jika Shield. Round 3. Saturdays, October 21 and 28. Rivergum CC 1st XI 0/31 v Keon Park CC 1st XI 10/77, abandoned. Preston Baseballers CC 1st XI 6/318 v Northern Socials CC 1st XI 10/106 & 6/127. Old Ivanhoe Grammarians CC 1st XI 4-d/205 v Reservoir Cobras CC 1st XI 10/93 & 3/241. Holy Trinity CC 1st XI v Camrea CC 1st XI 8/273, abandoned.

Jack Quick Shield. Cameron CC 1st XI 5/ 262 v Holy Trinity CC 2nd XI 9/260. Dennis CC 1st XI 10/113 & 7-d/152 v Strathewen CC 1st XI 10/50 & 8/161. Fairfield CC 1st XI 8/217 v Donath CC 1st XI 3/224. Fiji Victorian CC 1st XI 10/199 v Bellfield CC 1st XI 10/129 & 3/29.

Jack Kelly Shield. Olympic Colts CC 1st XI 5-d/238 v Old Ivanhoe Grammarians CC 2nd XI 9/45 & 7/93. West Preston CC 1st XI 9-d/ 339 v Ivanhoe Mavericks CC 1st XI 10/198.

Strathewen CC 2nd XI 10/149 v Rivergum CC 2nd XI 9-d/169. Preston Himalayan CC 1st XI 5/155 v Preston Baseballers CC 2nd XI 10/78.

B-Grade. Reservoir Cobras CC 2nd XI 9/ 129 v Balmoral Redbacks CC 1st XI 10/130.

Camrea CC 2nd XI 10/239 v Fiji Victorian CC 2nd XI 5/115. Keon Park CC 2nd XI 7/314 v Preston YCW District CC 1st XI 10/270. Northern Socials CC 2nd XI 10/313 v Dennis CC 2nd XI 10/300. Reservoir Cobras CC 2nd XI 9/ 129 v Balmoral Redbacks CC 1st XI 10/130.

Camrea CC 2nd XI 10/239 v Fiji Victorian CC 2nd XI 5/115. Keon Park CC 2nd XI 7/314 v Preston YCW District CC 1st XI. Northern Socials CC 2nd XI 10/313 v Dennis CC 2nd XI 10/ 300.

C-Grade. Rivergum CC 3rd XI 9/140 v Holy Trinity CC 3rd XI 10/207. Fiji Victorian CC 3rd XI 1/151 v Cameron CC 2nd XI 9-d/144. Ivanhoe Mavericks CC 2nd XI 10/116 v Fairfield CC 2nd X1 9/40. Bye: Royal Park Reds CC 1st XI D-Grade. Bellfield CC 2nd XI 9/129 v Dennis CC 3rd XI 9/203. Donath CC 2nd XI 9-d/ 131 v Old Ivanhoe Grammarians CC 3rd XI 3/ 135. Holy Trinity CC 4th XI 10/251 v West Preston CC 2nd XI 8/252.

Robert Young DODC. Bellfield CC OD 4/ 141 v Royal Park Reds CC OD 9/139. Holy Trinity CC OD 7/165 v Fairfield CC OD 5/170.

Preston Baseballers CC OD 9/180 v Olympic Colts CC OD 10/104. Dennis CC OD v Fiji Victorian CC OD. Bye: Northern Socials CC OD. Casey Radcliffe DODC. Preston YCW District CC OD v Camrea CC OD, Forfeit. Dennis CC OD (2) 10/66 v Rivergum CC OD 6/176.

Ivanhoe Mavericks CC OD 10/109 v Keon Park CC OD 7/56. Strathewen CC OD 3/54 v Kinglake CC OD 10/52.

■ Ringwood District Cricket Association.

Lindsay Trollope Shield. Round 3. Saturdays, October 21 and 28. Norwood CC 1st XI 10/213 v Ainslie Park 1st XI 9/261. Kilsyth 1st XI 10/310 v South Croydon 1st XI 10/217.

Montrose 1st XI 10/231 v North Ringwood 1st XI 10/200. Lilydale 1st XI 6-d/282 v East Ringwood 1XI 10/76 & 6/184.

Bill Wilkins Cup. Wantirna South 1st XI 10/147 v Bayswater Park 1st X1 7-d/149. St Andrews 1st XI 10/133 v Wonga Park CC 1st XI 10/145. Croydon Ranges CC 1st XI 9/236 v Templeton 1st XI 5/237. Warrandyte 1st XI 10/ 190 v Mooroolbark 1st XI Men's 1/33.

Stuart Newey Plate. Chirnside Park 1st XI 10/272 v Heathwood CC 1st XI 10/270.

South Warrandyte 1st XI 8/173 v Warranwood 1XI 10/171. Seville Burras 1XI 10/149 v Mt Evelyn 1st XI 3/150. Croydon North 1st XI 10/ 198 v Montrose 2nd XI 5/202.

Steve Pascoe Shield. South Croydon 2nd XI 10/104 & 0/54 v Kilsyth 2nd XI 4-d/305.

Ainslie Park 2nd XI 4/318 v Wantirna South 2nd XI 10/171. Yarra Junction 1stXI 6/162 v Warrandyte 2nd XI 10/158. North Ringwood 2nd XI 1-d/94 & 4/102 v Croydon Ranges CC 2nd XI 9/80 & 10/113.

Pat Meehan Shield. Wonga Park CC 2nd XI 6-d/202 v South Warrandyte 2nd XI 10/98 & 7/193. Lusatia Park 1st XI 6/353 v Norwood CC 2nd XI 10/333. East Ringwood 2XI 3/173 v Lilydale 2nd XI 10/172. Healesville 1st XI 6/ 143 v Eastfield 1st XI 10/142.

Ian Spencer Shield. Warranwood 2XI 8/ 296 v St Andrews 2nd XI 10/220. Bayswater Park 2nd X1 v Chirnside Park 2nd XI 10/304.

Mooroolbark 2nd XI Men's 10/144 v Coldstream 1stXI 5/148. Templeton 2nd XI 6/299 v Montrose 3rd XI 10/234.

David Beatty Shield. East Ringwood 3XI 9/143 v Warrandyte 3rd XI 10/138. Heathwood CC 2nd XI 8/264 v Wandin CC 1st XI. Norwood CC 3rd XI 10/183 v North Ringwood 3rd XI 8/ 224. Mt Evelyn 2nd XI 4/226 v Seville Burras 2XI 9/222.

Don Smith Shield. Croydon Ranges CC 3rd XI 10/270 v Hoddles Creek 1st XI 10/187. Yarra Glen Senior Men 1st XI 6/207 v Ainslie Park 3rd XI 8/204. Montrose 4th XI 6/480 v Wonga Park CC 3rd XI 10/408. Warranwood 3XI 6-d/ 257 v Yarra Junction 2ndXI 10/101 & 9/65.

John Springett Shield. Wandin CC 2nd XI 8/328 v Lusatia Park 2nd XI 9-d/370.

Wantirna South 3rd XI 7-d/223 v Lilydale 3rd XI 10/118. Eastfield 2nd XI v Healesville 2nd XI. Kilsyth 3rd XI 6/291 v St Andrews 3rd XI 10/284.

A-Grade. Chirnside Park 3rd XI 8/130 v Powelltown 1st XI 8/129. South Croydon 3rd XI 8/189 v Heathwood CC 3rd XI 7/136. St Andrews 4th XI 4/91 v Norwood CC 4th XI 8/ 78. Seville Burras 3XI 5/133 v Croydon North 2nd XI 10/130.

B-Grade. North Ringwood 4th XI 10/102 v Croydon Ranges CC 4th XI 7/176. Mt Evelyn 3rd XI 6/162 v Warrandyte 4th XI 10/147.

Mooroolbark 3rd XI Men's 10/188. Templeton 3rd XI 8/202. Wonga Park CC 4th XI 7/236 v South Warrandyte 3rd XI 8/211.

C-Grade. Healesville 3rd XI 5/229 v Boronia Hawks 4th XI 3/200. Montrose 5th XI 5/214 v Chirnside Park 4th XI 10/211. Mt Evelyn 4th XI 10/244 v Kilsyth 4th XI 5/304. Coldstream 2ndXI 10/98 v Bayswater Park 3rd X1 2/101.

D-Grade. Lilydale 4th XI 8/139 v St Andrews 5th XI 0/142. Warrandyte 5th XI 10/183 v East Ringwood 4XI 10/143. Yarra Junction 3rdXI 10/ 102 v Warranwood 4XI 3/248. Yarra Glen Senior Men 2nd XI 10/104 v Wonga Park CC 5th XI 8/149.

E-Grade. Ainslie Park 4th XI v Wantirna South 4th XI. Norwood CC 5th XI 9/75 v Croydon Ranges CC 5th XI 3/167. Wantirna 1st XI 8/ 278 v Seville Burras 4XI 6/46. Warrandyte 6th XI 7/242 v Mooroolbark 4th XI Men's 4/231.

F-Grade. Heathwood CC 4th XI v South Croydon 4th XI. St Andrews 6th XI 10/106 v Kilsyth 5th XI 10/94. Templeton 4th XI v Lilydale 5th XI. South Warrandyte 4th XI v Mt Evelyn 5th XI 9/132.

G-Grade. Kilsyth 6th XI 10/75 v Montrose 6th XI 5/80. Hoddles Creek 2nd XI 3/194 v Healesville 4th XI 4/146. Lusatia Park 3rd XI 8/107 v Wandin CC 3rd XI 5/241. Mooroolbark 5th XI Men's 9/167 v Chirnside Park 5th XI 10/ 135.

H-Grade. Warranwood 5XI 4/243 v Chirnside Park 6th XI 10/84. Wonga Park CC 6th XI 8/160 v St Andrews 7th XI 8/161.

Eastfield 3rd XI v East Ringwood 5XI. Norwood CC 6th XI 3/205 v North Ringwood 5th XI 6/ 202.

I-Grade. Croydon Ranges CC 6th XI 10/ 148 v Warrandyte 7th XI 10/63. South Croydon 5th XI v Seville Burras 5XI, Forfeit. Warranwood 6XI 7/183 v Yarra Junction 4thXI 10/38.

J-Grade. Wonga Park CC 7th XI 10/171 v Ainslie Park 5th XI 8/173. Bayswater Park 4th X1 1/124 v Templeton 5th XI 6/123. St Andrews 8th XI 10/184 v Wantirna 2nd XI 7/ 226.

■ South-East Cricket Association.

Longmuir Shield. Round 3. Saturdays, October 21 and 28. Kingston Heath 1 10/ 139 v Bentleigh ANA 1 4/141. Bentleigh Uniting 1 8/160 v Brighton Union 1 10/157. Elwood 1 10/88 v East Sandringham 1 6/297. CHAG 1 10/154 v Le Page Park 1 3/158.

Woolnough Shield. Hampton United 1 5/ 213 v Omega 1 10/203. Cheltenham Park 1 4/212 v Mackie 1 10/210. West Bentleigh 1 9-d/208 v Hampton Central 1 10/116 & 2/ 113. Washington Park 1 5/394 v Cluden 1 10/225.

Quiney Shield. Mackie 2 10/151 v Bentleigh Uniting 2 10/241. Omega 2 10/150 v Kingston Heath 2 10/225. Le Page Park 2 9-d/117 & 0/108. Washington Park 2 9/110 & 8/111. Carnegie South 1 10/176 v Elwood 2 8/178.

Pullen Shield. Brighton Union 2 8/143 v Cheltenham Park 2 9/142. Melbourne Wanderers 1 10/116 v Hampton United 2 10/132.

Cluden 2 10/112 & 6/165 v CUCC Kings 1 8d/383. East Sandringham 2 10/275 v West Bentleigh 2 10/89.

E-Grade. Melbourne Districts United 1 10/ 212 v Diamond 1 7/216. Bentleigh ANA 2 10/ 134 v Keysborough Park 1 9/158. Highett West 1 10/221 v CHAG 2 9/230. CUCC Kings 2 3/ 198 v Le Page Park 3 10/193.

F-Grade. Emmanuel South Oakleigh 1 7/ 211 v Dingley 1 5-d/245. East Bentleigh Central 1 10/135 v Omega 3 5/137. Elwood 3 10/65 & 3/60 v Washington Park 3 7-d/171.

Hampton Central 2 6/108 v East Sandringham 3 10/104. Mackie 3 3-d/75 v St Andrews Gardiner 1 10/65 & 1/12.

G-Grade. Kingston Heath 3 8/211 v Southside East Caulfield 1 10/203. Washington Park 4 3/257 v Highett West 2 10/218.

CUCC Kings 3 10/201 v East Bentleigh Central 2 10/254. Le Page Park 4 10/222 v Carnegie South 2 10/220.

H-Grade. Omega 4 10/121 v Hampton United 3 4/123. East Oakleigh 1 8/198 v Diamond 2 10/178. Cheltenham Park 3 6/187 v Aspendale 3 4/192. Glendiators 1 v Bentleigh Uniting 3.

I-Grade. East Sandringham 5 9/215 v Emmanuel South Oakleigh 2 8/212. Melbourne Dazzlers 1 9/133 v Elwood 4 2/137. St Brigids St. Louis 1 3/139 v Melbourne Wanderers 2 8/ 143. CHAG 3 9/189 v Melbourne Premier CL 1 7/184. West Bentleigh 3 5/169 v Carnegie South 3 4/166.

J-Grade. Oakleigh District 2 10/125 v Cluden 3 10/149. Southside East Caulfield 2 10/170 v Brighton Union 3 3/183. Bentleigh ANA 3 v Brighton District 1, Forfeit.

Cheltenham Park 4 5/224 v Bentleigh Uniting 4 8/215. Melbourne Premier CL 2 8/183 v Hampton Central 3 7/176.

K-Grade. Hampton United 4 9/97 v East Bentleigh Central 3 4/203. Le Page Park 5 5/ 166 v Melbourne Hellenic 1 4/230. Aspendale 4 10/106 v Mackie 5 6/107. Omega 5 4/152 v Kingston Heath 4 0/155. Elwood 5 2/174 v Washington Park 5 2/177.

L-Grade. East Bentleigh Central 4 2/111 v East Sandringham 6 10/107. Mackie 6 7/ 143 v East Oakleigh 2 8/198. Southside East Caulfield 3 v St. Brigids St. Louis 2, Forfeit.

Carnegie South 4 8/109 v West Bentleigh 4 5/ 115.

M-Grade. Hampton United 5 v Highett West 3, Forfeit. Dingley 2 v Le Page Park 6.

Clayton District 1 v Cheltenham Park 5, Forfeit. Hampton Central 4 7/198 v CHAG 4 6/ 193.

■ Western Suburbs Churches and Community Cricket Association. Division 1.

West Point Titans 9/188 v Truganina CC Senior Men TCC Gold Div 1 4/189. Williams Landing SC Senior Men 1 v Tarneit Central. Manor Lakes 1s 5/227 v 5ABI Caroline Springs 10/174. Melb District CC Senior Men - Division 1 10/85 v Utd Tarneit SC Senior Men D1 8/168.

Division 2. Tarneit Central 7/179 v Williams Landing SC Senior Men 2 10/176. Utd Tarneit SC Senior Men D2 7/154 v Glen Orden County West - Blue 10/150. Truganina Strikers Yellow 6/273 v Brimbank Strikers CC 10/ 192. Truganina CC Senior Men TCC Silver Div 2 4/169 v West Point Titans 10/167.

Division 3. Utd Tarneit SC Senior Men D3 7/152 v Tarneit Central 9/154. Brimbank Strikers CC 10/168 v Williams Landing SC Senior Men 3 7/197. West Point Titans 4/190 v Western Lions Senior Men A 10/130. Edgar CC Stallions 9/167 v Truganina Utd CC Senior Men Div-03 10/165.

Division 4. Truganina Utd CC Senior Men Div-04 10/152 v Truganina Strikers Blue 2/ 155. Edgar CC - Eagles 2/144 v Utd Tarneit SC Senior Men D4 10/141. Williams Landing SC Senior Men 4 v Western Eagles SC 1st XI. Jafari SC 10/186 v AA Tarneit CC 7/292.

Division 5. Tarneit Central 3/131 v United Wyndham Senior Men Wranglers 10/130. Utd Tarneit SC Senior Men D5 7/177 vWest Point Titans 8/176. Western Eagles SC 2nd XI v Mambourin CC 1st XI. Western CC 1sts 1/180 v Williams Landing SC Senior Men 5 10/176.

Your Stars with Kerry Kulkens ARIES: (March 21- April 20) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.26.36.30.33.

You might have to be more aggressive than before to get things going your way and let people disagree with you.

Even your relationships could come under some stress.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: White Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 3.2.6.5.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.25.45.40.9.

Things that have been worrying you for some time should now be solved, and you can relax for a while. People could ask for your help in something you are good at.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 4.5.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.9.22.1.

Travel could be on the agenda, and your share of the expenses could be paid by sheer luck. The situation could face changes, and your particular job could be different.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Fawn Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 2.3.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.26.36.39.5.

After a disastrous beginning, your new job should be just what you need. If you are still undecided about your love life, stick with the known and let others pay.

LEO: (July 23- August 22) Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 4.6.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.15.26.30.33.

Travel could be restricted to short trips only until you have enough time to go further. Improvement in personal relationships could be attributed to the fact that you are in a better mood.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 2.3.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.26.25.40.44.

You should be able to charm your way to anything you want. Lots of invitations and more people to meet. Some of your newfound friends could introduce you to something different.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 2.3.1.5.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.26.25.28.7.

Meeting new people could make you aware of things you never thought of before. You could be contemplating a unique style of living and need someone to support you soon.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: Peach Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 2.3.9.5.

Lotto Numbers: 5.6.12.23.36.39.

News from distant places could affect your ideas, and something could change your mind about someone special. It is not a reasonable period to confide in people just now.

SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December 20) Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.6.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.26.36.30.45.

People are watching for you, so do your best to achieve your goals. There should be plenty to keep you occupied and also time for enjoyment.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Pink Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 2.3.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 2.13.20.30.11.15.

Suppose you are planning career changes, now is a good time to enquire about courses etc for the future. But do not rush into anything unplanned, as an accident could happen if you are not careful.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19) Lucky Colour: Purple Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 6.2.3.1.

Lotto Numbers: 6.12.23.30.22.29.

You will feel more in charge of the situation at your place, and something that has been irritating you for some time should be easier to bear—some good luck in something.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20) Lucky Colour: White Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.26.36.30.44.

It is a very unexpected period when all kinds of things can happen. If you are looking for an opportunity, now is the time to strike. Significant changes are on the way for you.

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FUND BOOSTS STATE’S FISH POPULATIONS

■ More Victorians can now play a part in boosting fish populations, with a new grant program to improve fish habitats in freshwater, marine and estuarine fisheries, made possible by the State Government.

Steve Dimopoulos, Minister for Outdoor Recreation, last week announced the Fish Habitat Improvement Fund, with $2.5 million in funding to help recreational fishers and organisations create better fish habitats.

Administered by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, the grants program includes two streams of funding for recreational fishing groups and large-scale projects.

Stream one will support recreational fishing groups to apply for grants of up to $50,000 to complete small-scale works such as planting native trees and shrubs, weed and erosion control, and fencing on public or private land.

These grants will remain open until the funding amount is allocated.

Stream two enables largerscale project partnerships to restore, recover and rebuild fish populations with up to $200,000 available and co-investment from funding partners required.

These grants will remain

● Steve Dimopoulos, Outdoor Recreation Minister

Fast Facts For more information, head to vfa.vic.gov.au/ fishhabitatfund open until March 1.

Organisations eligible to apply for the grants include catchment management authorities, local, regional and statewide fishing bodies, councils, water authorities, traditional owner groups and land councils and community organisations.

The fund has been supported through the State Government’s $96m investment to improve fishing, boating, piers and aquaculture.

The Government has previously invested in fish habitat through the installation of kingfish reefs in Port Phillip, shellfish reef restoration, and rocky reef modules in Corio Bay. Recreational fishing licence fees have also been reinvested into several projects in recent years including woody habitat into the Goulburn and Little Murray Rivers, Waranga Basin and Lake Eppalock as well as structures into the Maribyrnong River.

“More habitat is good news for fish populations and recreational fishers, who can wet a line for popular species near woody snags, reef modules, restored shellfish reefs or from a shaded riverbank,” said a State Government representative.

Mr Dimopoulos said “Funding projects to provide more habitat is yet another way we’re making Victoria’s fisheries even better and complements our record-breaking fish stocking program.”

“Whether it’s woody snags in a northern river to provide homes for Murray cod, bankside vegetation to provide shelter for trout or shellfish reefs for snapper in the bay, the fund will make a wide range of projects possible,” Mr Dimopoulos said.

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Local Briefs Teens arrested

■ Three teenagers wanted over a series of serious incidents were arrested by Police after they fled from a crash in St Albans last Wednesday (Oct,. 25).

Police had been told the three males were seen running from the scene of the crashed car on St Albans Rd, after they struck a power pole at speed, about 3.40pm.

Attending officers patrolled the area and arrested the trio at the intersection of Furlong Rd and Western Ring Road shortly after.

Two of the teens, a 17-year-old from Thomastown and a 16-year-old from Lalor, were taken to hospital where they remain under police guard.

A 17-year-old from Burnside Heights was taken back to a police station and was interviewed and charged in relation to the incident.

Enquiries by Police confirmed the crashed Subaru was allegedly stolen during an aggravated carjacking in Campbellfield on October 17.

Police are also investigating whether the teens are linked to a series of other alleged incidents including: ■ An alleged carjacking at a service station in Harvest Home Rd in Epping on October 21, where a man was allegedly threatened with a hammer and knife and had his car stolen about 10.45pm.

■ An incident in Newhaven St in Thomastown where a firearm was allegedly discharged into a home and Molotov cocktail thrown on October 24 about midnight.

■ Two alleged attempted carjackings in Werribee in: Vincent Crescent about 1.15pm, and Slattery St about 1.30pm.

Mill Park Embona are investigating and have charged the Burnside Heights teen with theft of motor vehicle and attempted carjacking (x2). He has been bailed to appear before a children’s court at a later date.

The Thomastown and Lalor teens remain in hospital and are expected to be interviewed in relation to the incidents today.

14,000 new trees

■ The State Government has planted more than 14,000 trees at Werribee Open Range Zoo - creating a haven for locals, tourists, and wildlife.

Mathew Hilakari, Member for Point Cook, took part in a community tree planting day as part of the Government’s More Trees for a Cooler, Greener West initiative – a program that is planting 500,000 trees in Melbourne’s west.

The new trees will complement the $88 million expansion of Werribee Open Range Zoo which includes a purpose-built elephant habitat to house an Asian elephant herd.

In 2018, Melbourne's west had just 5.5 per cent canopy cover in urban areas compared to 17.4 per cent in the inner south-east and 25.9 per cent in the east.

In response to this shortage of trees in the west, more than 320,000 trees have been planted across the west through this program.

The More Trees for a Cooler, GreenerWest initiative includes the planting of trees outside schools, along trails, in parks, and on residential streets across six local council areas – Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Brimbank, Melton, Moonee Valley and Wyndham.

The new trees will also be irrigated as part of the Werribee Recycled Water Expansion scheme, which will provide the Zoo with a reliable supply of Class A recycled water and replaces the Zoo’s need for water extractions from the Werribee River.

EV policy

■ Melbourne’s northern suburbs have released the final element of a blueprint for the region’s transport future.

The Northern Councils Alliance launched its Community Electric Vehicle Transition Plan, part of an evidence-based regional transport plan.

Like its Northern Region Transport Strategy and Bus Networks Study, the Community Electric Vehicle Transition Plan offers evidence-based recommendations.

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MY TIPS FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP

■ The ruling Melbourne Cup favorite Vauban looks the one to beat with his superior form not only on the flat, but over the jumps.

Prepared by leading English trainer Willie Mullins, he is the one that punters have come for.

His form is spot on, not only for his staying prowess, but his form suggests the race is made for him, especially the distance of 3200 metres.

Trainer Mullins ran third with Max Dynamite in the 2015 Melbourne Cup to Prince of Penzance, when he was interfered with in the run.

On the second line is last year’s Melbourne Cup winner, Gold Trip, who will have to carry 58.5 kilos if he starts.

His form is impeccable, coming into the cup, the only worry will the weight tell on him in the concluding stages of the 3200metre run.

His win in the Turnbull Stakes was a ripper, blowing the opposition away.

He then followed that run up with another good run in the Caulfield Cup carrying, 58.5 kilos, the same weight he will carry in the Melbourne Cup, but another 800 metres to run.

He is all class, and the Maher-Eustace stable have done a wonderful job with the seven-year old, entire.

He likes it wet, not to a great degree, around about Soft 5.

The Caulfield Cup winner, Without A Fight, won in good style. He was well weighed in the Caulfield Cup on 55.5 kilos.

The Freedman stable has won many a big race including Melbourne Cups through Lee Freedman, and the family, especially through the mighty mare Makybe Diva winning two for the camp.

The way he finished the Cup off at Caulfield, suggests he won’t have any trouble getting the extra half mile (four furlongs in the old), despite a kilo penalty for the win in the Caulfield Cup. The stable has done a great job with the import they picked up after last year’s Melbourne Cup. One that I can’t fathom is the one with all the ability in the world, but keeps missing the start.

That is Soulcombe, prepared by Chris Waller.

He has a bad habit of missing the start, which was prevalent in the Caulfield Cup, when he walked out, missing it by about by about four lengths, some say more.

The thing that got me is that Craig Williams, one of our best riders in the country, didn’t appear to panic and sat there, until he moved at around the 800-metre mark in a fast run race.

Then when he got going from a long way back got sandwiched between runners, at around the 200-metre mark, and was checked, eventually running a creditable seventh.

How can you be confident in backing him again, surely they can find the problem, before he shapes up again in the Melbourne Cup. The Japanese horse, Break Up, ran a pretty good race in finishing eighth, in a pretty tight field. A winner of five race with seven placings from his 21 starts.

He has competed against the best in Japan and has held his head high, competing up and including 3000 metres.

● Melbourne Cup favourite Vabuan. Racing Photos.

A five-year old gelding, he is by the Australian sire Fastnet Rock, and will be in this for a long way.

The journey won’t worry him, and with Willie Mullins behind him too, it all adds up.

An interesting runner here is the promising, First Immortal, who is a patch of form at present. He is prepared by the father and son team, Mark and Levi Kavanagh. Mark won the e Cup back in 2009 with Shocking.

First Immortal was most impressive in winning the Mahogany Challenge event over 2500 metres at Flemington back on July 1 with a steadier of 60 kilos Next is the French mare, Lastochka, who arrived in Australia to join the Mick Price-Mick Kent Junior stable in Victoria, with nothing much behind her.

She has had only win and is by the Austra-

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lian sire, Australia. The Joseph O’Brien trained Valiant King, drawn awkwardly in gate one in the Caulfield Cup, I felt ran a big race and was well backed.

A thing against the four-year-old is that no horse in the history of the Caulfield Cup had won from barrier one.

He was well backed on the day and it would pay to throw him into your multiples in the Melbourne Cup. It was a big run at Caulfield.

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained runner in the Caulfield Cup, Right You Are, also ran a big race finishing just behind the placegetters, in fifth spot., although the extra 800 metres might be a struggle.

Of the others in the Cup, you have a previous winner in, Vow and Declare, who may be battling.

Hoo Ya Mal, ninth in the Caulfield Cup, Francesco Guardi, who finished second last in the Caulfield Cup, I don’t fancy.

I like Vabuan, Gold Trip if he starts, Without A Fight, Soulcombe, Break Up, Absurde and Valiant King.

Victoria Derby

■ The Chris Waller trained Riff Rocket is favorite for the Victoria Derby on the Saturday before the Cup, and should be hard to beat, but all three-year-olds here, are going over the distance of 2500 metres for the first time.

Riff Rocket couldn’t get on the right leg at Caulfield in the Neds Classic on Caulfield Cup day, and went down narrowly to Sunsets.

He has won over 1800 metres, but the extra distance is going to stretch them all here.

On the second line is the smart Militarize, who was extremely unlucky in the Caulfield Guineas over the 1600 metres, missing the start badly and then getting a bad check in the run home to finish fifth. He is the one to beat here.

I am sticking with Militarize to get the chocolates.

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He could be right in this, throw him into your mix of runners. The stablemate of the favorite Vaubarn, Absurde, is smart ,winning the coveted Ebor Stakes in easy fashion back in August.

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ANOTHER COUNTRY CUP RUN AND WON ■ Most consistent 6Y0 Mach Three-Bettor Give It gelding Mach Dan chalked up back to back Geelong Pacing Cup successes when victorious in the TMA Hire sponsored $50,000 (Group 3) feature over 2570 metres on Saturday October 21 much to the delight of local owners Danny and Joanna Zavitsanos and long time Tasmanian friend Warren Viney.

Trained by the state’s leading stable of Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin at Cardigan (Ballarat), Mach Dan who had raced on 65 occasions for 23 wins (mostly in top company) going into the race was driven by Greg Sugars and after showing his customary speed from gate four led easily running into the first turn in a time of 77.2 seconds.

It was nothing more than a dawdle through the early stages as the hot favourite Rock N Roll Doo after being trapped wide from gate three moved to race exposed, with polemarker Major Moth (first up since April) trailing the leader, Max Delight (gate two - one/one), Outlaw Man (gate six- one/two) being followed by Bulletproof Boy which went back from outside the front line as did Beyond Delight (gate five) to settle at the rear. Interest Free from a solo second line draw possied three pegs.

Sugars gradually increased the speed through the middle stages and in quarters of 33.1, 29.5, 26.7 and 26.7 for the final mile, Mach Dan still under a tight rein approaching the final bend held a narrow margin to the judge, scoring by a metre from Major Moth which eased off his back on turning to issue a challenge. Rock N Roll Doo held third 3.4 metres away, with Max Delight 5.5 metres back in fourth place.

Bred by Shannon and Meghan Nixon in Bacchus Marsh, Mach Dan returned a mile rate of 2-00.9 and is now most likely to contest this year’s Brisbane Inter Dominion Series in December.

■ The time honoured Haras Des Trotteurs McNamara Trotters Cup also over 2570 metres from a standing start attracted only a small field but was a most entertaining race with Kiwi bred Harry Stamper, a 4Y0 gelded son of Majestic Son and Dwindle Mist the victor.

Raced by Guisappe Castro, trained at Harkness (Melton) by Joe Pace and driven by James Herbertson, Harry Stamper starting from 10 metres stepped safely to settle one/one shortly after the start when the favourite Kyvalley Hotspur after a slow beginning eased away from four pegs to race uncovered as Copacabana led from outside the front line.

When Greg Sugars aboard 30 metre backmarker One Over All went forward from the rear to park in the open for the final circuit, Harry Stamper was relegated to three back in the moving line.

With One Over All unable to cross the leader coming to the home turn and Victree Hill easing away from the back of Copacabana, Harry Stamper was set alight four wide on the bend and dashed clear on turning to gain the day by 5.2 metres from Victree Hill with One Over All 2.5 metres away in third place ahead of Kyvalley Hotspur who was devoid of luck.

■ Bolinda’s Alex Hurley deserves all the accolades for the job she had done with 4Y0 Follow The Stars-Tourbillon Dargent mare Spun Silver who stormed home from four pegs along the sprint lane to land the 1609 metre Spring Festival Beckley Park Nov 1-19 Pace over 1609 metres with Greg Sugars in the sulky. It was a new string to her bow as she is recognized as a leader only and in winning, chalked up her third success in 17 outings.

Mixed results

■ The picturesque Yarra Valley commenced the week on Monday October 23 with an even meeting that produced mixed results.

Drouin co-trainers Gary and Deb Quinlan produced a nice type by the name of Kartiare, a gelded son of Bling It On and Misty Cullen on debut to land the 1650 metre Eastern Generator Hire 2Y0 Maiden Pace. With Chris Alford in the sulky, Kartiare led from the pole but was immediately tackled by the raging hot favourite Cocosdream ($1.15) drawn next door, with Alford making it clear that he wanted to lead at all cost.

Cocosdream was to ease shortly after to trail the pacemaker with Roll With Sally easing away

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with Len Baker from the inside in last place to race uncovered for the last lap. Coming away from the inside on the final bend to issue a challenge, Cocodream was unable to get past Kartiare who went to the line strongly to record a 1.5 metre margin over Cocosdream in a mile rate of 1-55.5. Island Melia also on debut held third 11.5 metres back after following the pair from gate three. It was a gem of a drive by Alford to gain the day.

■ Another first starter Muscle Mass-Cloud Chaser colt Thunda Struck trained at Riddell in partnership by Chris Lang and Sonia Mahar did the same in the IGA Liquor 2Y0 Maiden Pace over 2150 metres.

Driven by Chris, Thunda Struck began fast to lead from gate two and after controlling the race, greeted the judge by 3.4 metres in advance of a death-seating Majestic Monarch which raced exposed, with Shezz A Jet (one/one – three wide home turn) from outside the front line third 1.8 metres away. The mile rate 2-04.

■ Coimadai trainer Anthony Spiteri snared the Yarra Glen IGA 3Y0 & Older Maiden Pace over 2150 metres with Betting On Courage, a Betting Line-Sister Courage gelding driven by much travelled Ararat reinsman Michael Bellman in a rate of 2-05.

Going forward from outside the front line to face the breeze outside Cant Eat Overs (gate three), Betting On Courage gained cover when Haveachat moved forward three wide approaching the bell. Kicking clear on the home turn Haveachat appeared to have the race in his keeping, but was grabbed by Betting On Courage in the last stride to score by a nose.

Polemarker Ubetta Knot was third was third 7.8 metres back after trailing the weakening leader.

■ Rockbank co-trainers Black and father Ted Caruana’s 6Y0 Sweet Lou-Sancerre mare Sweet Annie May led throughout from the pole in the 2150 metre De Bortoli Pace.

Rated to perfection by Blake’s fiancé Celeste Towers, Sweet Annie May scored in a breeze by 6.8 metres from Our Bella Lucia which trailed from gate two in 1-57.3. Master Remi (one/one) was third 16.4 metres back. The mile rate 157.5.

Another winner

■ Youthful Deep South Kiwi reinsman Tristan Larsen has been doing well of late and chalked up another winner when 7Y0 Muscle Hill-Diedre Darling gelding Baxter trained by ‘boss’ Brent Lilley at Bolinda was successful in the Results Financial Services Trotters Handicap over 2650 metres.

Beginning fast from 10 metres to lead, Baxter was given every chance in the run with no pressure being applied by his rivals and kicked clear on turning to record an easy 6.9 metre margin from Used To Be A Maid (20m – one/two) which ran home well off a three wide trail on the back of Tripod in the last lap, with the favourite Antonov (10m) after missing the start badly using the sprint lane from last on turning for third 1.5 metres away. The rate 2-06.1.

■ Horsham’s Aaron Dunn landed the American Ideal - $200 Million and Counting 2Y0 Pace over 2150 metres with Art Major-Ark Monroe colt Dee Roe in a mile rate of 2-00.2. Crossing Sir Patrick (gate three) from gate four to lead, Dee Roe did a good job as his lugging pole became detached which is usually an inconve-

nience, however it made no difference being on the inside and after holding a slender margin to the wire greeted the judge by 1.4 metres. Specta after racing exposed from the bell from the rear battled on gamely for third albeit 9.8 metres back.

■ Longlea trainer Clinton McSwain was in the winners stall after Vincent-Miss Saxony filly I See Iris scored in the 1650 metre Poster Boy @Llowalong Farms 3Y0 & Older Fillies & Mares Pace.

With Greg Sugars in the sulky, I See Iris enjoyed a sweet passage trailing the leader On A Night (gate three) after leading out from gate two. Angling away from the markers on the home turn, I See Iris ran home best to blouse the pacemaker by 1.1 metres in a rate of 1-57.7. My Sweet Mama off a three wide trail last lap from four back in the moving line was third 1.9 metres away.

■ Echuca part-owner/trainer Mick McMahon one again combined with Jordan Chibnall to bring up two successive wins with 5Y0 Auckland Reactor-Elegant Art gelding Tino Tere Maori by taking the Stonemans Village IGA & Liquor Strathdale Pace over 2150 metres.

A winner at Cobram the previous Thursday, Tino Tere Maori (gate three) after crossing Ifyoulovemeletmego which flew away from gate five in the back straight on the first occasion, gave plenty in the straight to defy all challengers to account for Roll With Ron (one/two – three wide last lap) by a half neck in 1-59.1.

Two meetings

■ Two meetings Wednesday Hamilton and Echuca which attracted plenty of attention.

It’s a long way from Goulburn (NSW) to Hamilton in Victoria but that’s where astute trainer/driver Neil Day appeared with three runners during the afternoon - one of them Huntsville-Taralinger filly Harperville getting the cash in the 1660 metre Hamilton Laundry And Dry Cleaners 3Y0 and Older Pace.

Settling four back in the moving line after angling away from an inside second line draw, Harperville was sent forward three wide in the last lap to give chase to the leaders Binno Major (gate four) and Under Attack (gate five).

When Underattack took a narrow lead on turning, Goodtime Libby after trailing issued a challenge, with Underattack winding up out wide to finish best and prevail by a head from Underattack who was game, with Goodtime Libby third 6.2 metres back. The mile rate 1-58.

Stablemates Whilemena Girl was fourth in her race, while first starter Chrissy Eve was second in her event. Neil is most likely down to visit his new born grandson Oliver and daughter Amy who is the partner of Mattie Craven.

■ Bannockburn’s Geoff Webster trained and reined Downbytheseaside-Spokeswoman filly Fancy Free to a most impressive victory in the Alexandra House Sports Club 2Y0 Maiden Pace over 1660 metres in a slick mile rate of 1-54.6.

Bred and raced by Buckland Park Homestead, Fancy Free was restrained to the rear from outside the front line as Browniesatmidnight (gate two) allowed Soho Vesper Lind (gate three) hard driven to cross. Creeping forward in the running line at the bell to join the pacemaker, Fancy Free exploded to the front in the last lap and careered away to register a 7.2 metre margin over Spirit Of Pearl (one/one at bell) and Grinning Beach Boy (three pegs) who was 8.1 metres back in third place.

■ Ecklin South trainer Mag Lee and son Jason landed the Permewans Mitre 2Y0 Maiden Pace over 1660 metres with a Kiwi bred Sweet LouBeaudene Blinkz filly by the name of Jilliby Illuminate.

Taken back from gate five to settle four back in the moving line as polemarker Sportsbou led for Roc Carberry and Mick Bellman, Jilliby Illuminate latch to the back of Whilemena Girl in the last lap before sprouting wings on turning to register a 2 metre victory over the leader returning a 1-57.4 mile rate. Rockin Gemma after racing exposed from gate three was third 3.2 metres away.

■ Mount Gambier trainer/driver David Drury excels when crossing the border and former New Zealander Maverick Star a gelded son of Bettors Delight and Star Of The Ball first up in Oz snared the 1660 metre Fresha P/L 3Y0 & Older

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday – Shepparton/Ballarat, Thursday – Maryborough/Kilmore, Friday – Swan Hill (Cup), Saturday – Melton, Sunday – St Arnaud (Cup), Monday – Cobram/Terang, Tuesday – Yarra Valley/Mildura.

Maiden Pace. Settling one/three from gate three on the second line after Hootn Holla led from gate two prior to taking a trail on Myshania (gate six), Maverick Star was able to follow up Chrissy Eve ahead of him in the three wide line for the last lap and when taken wide in the straight rallied under hard driving to gain the day by 1.1 metres over Chrissy Eve in 1-59.3. Myshania held third 1.7 metres back.

■ At Echuca 5Y0 SomebeachsomewhereSterita gelding Merolamagic scored his first success for 12 months when leading throughout from gate three in the Echuca & Moama Show Society BBQ Pace over 2160 metres.

Driven by Liam Older for local Tongala trainer Michael Watt, Merolamagic travelled beautifully under a tight rein and was never headed to record a 1.9 metre victory from an inside second line death-seating Bondi Prince and Priority Betting which trailed the winner.

The mile rate 2-04.5.

■ Another local winner was the heavily supported Fred McKenner part-owned and trained 10Y0 Gotta Go Cullen-Bundora Rose gelding Cobber Mac in the 2160 metre Super Clean Linen Service Pace.

With Codi Rauchenberger in the sulky, Cobber Mac led all of the way from the pole to account for Muriel which raced outside him from the bell, with Open The Valve (four pegs) third. The margins 1.1 metres by a head in a mile rate of 204.4.

■ Popular Meltonian Ken Tippet trained and reined 4Y0 Creatine-Alta Rihannah gelding Heir Apparent to victory in the King Of The North Standing At Llowalong Farms Trotters Mobile over 2160 metres.

Not pushed early from an inside second line draw, Heir Apparent settled last in the moving line with the speedy Christmas Babe and Sean O’Sullivan leading from gate four. Going forward three wide solo in the final circuit, Heir Apparent appeared to have the leader covered running into the final bend and that’s what occurred, scoring by 4.6 metres from Starlight Red which trailed the pacemaker from the pole easing wide in the straight. Christmas Babe held third a half neck away. The mile rate 2-01.2.

At Ballarat

■ Ballarat raced on Thursday and Heywood trainer Bec East’s very much in-form Betting Line-Threes A Crowd gelding Operative Line brought up victory number 8 at start 35 when successful in the 2200 metre Eastwood Vets Pace.

With regular reinsman James Herbertson in the sulky, Operative Line was quickly away from inside the second line to possie four back in the moving line as stablemate Julius Shadow flew away from gate six to lead.

Easing three wide along the back straight on the final occasion, Herbie timed his run to perfection and Operative Line when asked for an effort four wide on turning gained the day by a neck in defeating Youggiftedandblack (gate four) which joined the leader at the bell from midfield, kicking clear on straightening. Lottie Moon (one/two – three wide last lap) was third 2.3 metres back. The mile rate 1-58.6.

■ Long time Bullengarook owner/trainer Ian Caruana combined with John Caldow to land the Springfest Ballarat Pace over 2200 metre with first start Somebeachsomewhere-Amarillen 4Y0 gelding Ima Terminator. Settling mid-field from gate three on the second line.

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0408 135 961.

OO-SS CARGO BOOT LINER. Honda Accord. MY12.

Genuine, black. EC. $85 ONO. Gladstone Park.

0402 282 477.

OO-PP CASSEROLE DISHES. Corning Ware. Vintage ones. GC. $200. Mt Martha. 5973 4163.

HH-MM CAT CARRIER. 66x 30cm. Black, side sided.

Ideal travel. See through front panel. Zip handle.

Light. GC. $39. Box Hill.

9898 8046.

OO-PP CAT DOG DETERRANT. Coleus Pots from $9.50.

Plant now. Box Hill. 9898 8046.

OO-PP DINNER SET. White. For six people. 47 pieces. Perfect condition. Used once. $50. Gowanbrae. 0417 999 224.

HH-MM DISHWASHER. Miele Model G527. Comes with installation opening book and hoses. GC. $35.

Eaglemont. 9457 1641.

HH-MM DOG KENNELS. Two. For small dogs. $20 each. Box Hill South. 9890 7904.

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HANGING EGG CHAIR. $80 ONO. EC. $80 ONO. Mill Park. 9436 8935.

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RADIO GRAM. Healing RPTC 5-system. Plays AM/ FM phono and tapes. Complete with speakers. GC. $50. Glen Waverley. 9560 8175.

HH-MM RECLINER CHAIR. Beige. $1500. Croydon.

9725 2105.

OO-PP RECORDS. Learn French.

16 records. 78 rpm. $20.

Box Hill South. 9890 7904.

OO-PP REFRIGERATORFREEZER. WAECO. 94 Lts with protective cover including AC DC leads and silder. Perfect cond. $1500. Hastings. 0418 478 761.

OO-PP REFRIGERATOR. Westinghouse. 240L. EC. $250 ONO. Frankston. 0412 118 295.

OO-PP REFRIGERATOR. Phillips. 340-lt. FC. $100 ONO. Boronia. 0409 005 097.

OO-PP REGISTRATION PLATES. Personalised.

MISUBI. B/W Slimline.

VGC. $1500 or offer.

Frankston. 9789 9634.

HH-MM RIDE-ON MOWER. John Deere. Model LT160.

2004. Does not work.

Needs TLC. Broken hood, use for parts. Operator manual. Pick-up Healesville. FC. Free. 5962 3639.

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ROAD GUIDES. Universal 1960 Melway, Nos 9, 20, 33. Box Hill South. 9890 7904.

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TELEPHONE. Black, bakelite. 1950s era. Working. GC. $80. Greensborough. 0406 939 273.

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DONCASTER AND TEMPLESTOWE ARTISTS’ SOCIETY. Art Exhibition. Saturday, September 16-Sunday, October 1.

Open daily, 10am-3pm at DTAS Gallery, Cnr Doncaster Rd and Council St, Doncaster.

HH-MM EVERYONE CAN DANCE. Absolute Beginners Ballroom Dance Classes. Tuesday Night Classes. If you ever wanted to learn to dance and don’t know how to start, these classes are designed for you. Dip your toes into the world of ballroom dancing - learn the cha cha, waltz, quickstep and jive. These are drop-in clasees so you are not locked into a program, just pay as you go. $10 per person. At 85 David St, Preston. 0414 407 812. www.evedance.com.au OO-SS MORNINGTON Dutch Australian Seniors Club.

Meets weekly in Tyabb Community Hall, Frankston-Flinders Rd, Tyabb on Mondays, 10am2pm. Morning coffee, games of Klkaverjas and Rummicub. New members welcome. Nel, 0414 997 161. Paula, 5779 8291.

UFN PIANO ACCORDION. Wanted. Small size. Red colour. GC. Mt Martha.

5973 4163.

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AIR COMPRESSOR. TWM model. 35 litres.

Model XC 235 power 2.5 HP. 20 metres blue hose and air tool kit. Super works. New. Never used.

Ready to go. Sell both or separate. VGC. $275.

Wollert. 0412 851 954.

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BARBECUE. Gas. Five burner. New ignition assembly, wheels, 9kg and 4kg gas tanks, both full, very clean. EC. $200.

Pascoe Vale. 0419 138 356.

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WORK CLEANER WANTED House Cleaning One afternoon per week.

Hours negotiable Point Cook Phone 0415 362 443

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DVD player. Panasonic. As new. GC. $20. Mornington.

0409 511 339.

OO-PP FORD RANGER rims, 4, 16” old tyres. $120.

Arthurs Creek. 0412 104 100.

OO-PP GOLF BUGGY. MGI Zip X5 Motorised. 18 months old, still under warranty. Includes seat and bucket, bottle and umbrella holder.

As new. $850. Keilor.

0409 853 774.

PP-TT GOLF CLUBS. Integra Innovator. Full set. Toge4ther with top quality gold bag and new folding golf buggy and erxtras including a bucket of GC golf balls and waterproofs. $335. Mont Albert. 9898 7123.

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HAY Very good quality grass hay.

Rolls $50, bales $6.50.

Kinglake West. 0400 529 469.

DD-JJ HOLDEN VN Series/V6 + Auto complete running conversion with wiring loom + ECU computer $600, VR V6 Auto serviced with torque converter + Flex Plate $250, VL Calais side skirts $800, VN SS Series Interior Front/Rear/ seats x 4 door trims $2,000, VN SS Rims set of 4 no centre caps $400, VN SS/HSV front bumper bar lip spoiler - GM 9203 6001 $1000, All good condition.

Kinglake. 0488 117 252 PP-TT KEYBOARD. Yamaha. 61 keys. GC. No PSRE373. In box. $60. Mt Martha.

5973 4163.

HH-MM LADDER. Fibreglass, extension. 3.8 to 6.3m. FC. $50. Greensborough.

0406 939 273.

HH-MM LAUNDRY TROUGHS. Double Cement. Plus support bases. Best offer. FC. Tallarook. 0412 728 133.

OO-PP LETTERBOX. New. $15 ONO. Mill Park. 9436 8935.

OO-PP LINGERIE. Retro vintage, slips, nighties, satin, lace.

Size 12-14. Various prices.

GC. Box Hill. 9898 8046.

OO-PP MICROWAVE. EC. $20.

Mill Park. 9436 8935.

OO-PP MOUNTAIN BIKE. Apollo Aspire. 24-gear, disc brakes, front wheel suspension. EC. $250. Box Hill.

0415 184 292.

HH-MM MOTOR MOWERS. Some in working order. FC. Free. Wandong. 0418 399 261.

HH-MM OUTDOOR TABLE. Plastic. Oval, 90cm x 45cm, white. Box Hill South. 9890 7904.

OO-PP OXY Bottle Trolley. $100.

Arthurs Creek. 0412 104 100.

OO-PP PARK BENCH. Wrought Iron ends, needs TLC, slats on seat replaced. Timber.

Needs work. $30. Surrey Hills. 9808 9176.

HH-MM PATIO SET. Aluminium. 4 chairs and glass top table.

90 x 90 cms. Very little use. GC. $125. Mont Albert. 9898 7123.

OO-PP PLANTS, TREES, SUCCULENTS. Come and see my beautiful 56-year-old garden. Don’t pay retail prices. Cheap stages, elks, rubber plants, Bird of Paradise, Bromelieds, Lillies, Ferns, Ground Covers. Indoor/Outdoor Hanging Baskets. Ideal presents. From $3. Noble Park. 0407 325 030.

HH-MM PUMP. Yardworks Water Transfer Pump. 1100W Model. YW1100TP. Integrated Trolley. 4600-lt per hour. EC. $650. Gladstone Park. 0402 282 477.

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SIDEBOARD. Art Deco.

Original 1930s with waterfall edge on highest point.

3 cupboards with 2 shelves in each. Original chrome handles with bakelite backing. Dovetail joints. 2 drawers, lead light, still intact.

47 cm deep x 138 cm long x 97 cm high (102 cm @ middle point). GC./ $150.

Seymour. 0438 228 617.

HH-MM SINGER SEWING MACHINE Base. Heavy Marble Slab Top. $35.

Surrey Hills. 9808 9176.

HH-MM STAMPS. Collection of old stamps. Australian and around the world. Comes in albums. Pages mostly loose in boxes. GC. $350 neg. Doncaster. 0419 365 825.

OO-PP STOCK CRATE. 8’ x 5’ x 6’ high. FC. Arthurs Creek.

0412 104 100.

OO-PP TABLE. Wooden. 609cm.

Extends to 120cm. $20.

Box Hill South. 9890 7904.

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TREADMILL. Grand K1360 Bandit. VGC. $80.

Ferntree Gully. 9758 3950.

OO-PP VACUUM. Shark Rotator Upright With all accessories. Instruction guide. Mop shark steam pocket guide book. EC. $370. Eltham.

0404 7151 151.

X-DD VHS TAPES. New, never used, 4hr. $8 each. Pascoe Vale. 0419 138 356.

HH-MM WATER TANK. 1000L food grate water tank. Only had rain water in it. No leaks. Buyer to arrange people to assist with removal/collection from Watsonia. $100. 0408 704 995.

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FRIENDS LADY, 60-year-old, lives in Mornington. Looking in friendship with genuine gentleman. 0412 714 558.

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