100 years ago

MAIL: Horticulturists of Birdwoodton and South Merbein residing in the vicinity of the Mildura Co-operative Fruit Company’s Birdwoodton shed are being subjected to a considerable amount of inconvenience owing to the closing of the Birdwoodton post office. The office is an ‘allowance’ one and either the allowance has proved unattractive to the official recently in charge or more congenial employment has presented itself. Meanwhile the mail contract is still in existence for the conveyance from the Merbein post office to the branch at Birdwoodton where letters are neither being received nor despatched.

SUNDAY SCHOOL: In convenience of the alternate service of the Methodist Church and the Church of England at South Merbein it has been decided to conduct the Sunday School on nondenominal l