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Newspaper
Prahran Chronicle
Location
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 02, 1916
Page
2
The public works committee discussed a plan to upgrade St Kilda Road with a permanent construction and tolls for motor traffic. The estimated cost was £11,000, with debate over funding as public loans and government urging cost savings. The mayor urged keeping the road in good order to protect Melbourne’s boundary, and the committee’s recommendation was adopted.
At a St Kilda City Council meeting a call was made to oppose the Government bill forcing tramway receipts to fund the Railways Department. Councillors branded the plan as outrageous robbery and urged that tramway profits be used to develop new country. The motion to oppose the bill was carried.
The St Kilda Council received two communications from Prahran Council about appointing delegates to a conference on erecting an inconvenience at the corner of Damtenong road and Chapel. Drs Love Molesworth and Gibbs were deputed to act on behalf of St Kilda. The Mayor was tasked with calling the conference.
St Kilda Council committee on Monday night recommends accepting Messrs Thomas Portes and Basil Vankeerson tender of 300 pounds per year for three years for the Council shops at the Lower Esplanade from 1 September 1916.
An English chaplain recounts the Suvia evacuation during a tense withdrawal under fire. He describes the frontline collapse to a skeleton, careful planning of embarka tion, the digging and blasting by engineers, and the orderly but dangerous retreat through Turkish fire. The account notes burial details, the mood of escape, and reflections on sacrifice and resilience.
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