100 years ago

SERVICE: The Gol Gol P&C Association held a memorial service to unveil two pictures, titled Heather and A Lonely Road erected in the school to perpetuate the memory of the late Mesdames L Follett and R Dring. Never before has the school held such numbers, many having journeyed miles to be present. Reverend Salisbury, Mildura’s Church of England rector, officiated saying: “These women in whose memory the pictures will be unveiled, thought that effort was the main thing and even if they did not achieve anything great it did not matter, they had tried, and that was all that mattered."

FIRE: One of the worst fires Mildura has known for many years occurred in the early hours on Monday when the Commercial House, next to the Recreation Club, was burned to the grou