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Before supermarkets, co-operative stores were the place to grocery shop

By MICK ROBERTS © THE Roberts’ family home was in the midst of the hive of activity that surrounded the Woonona Co-operative Society’s extensive warehouse facilities, bakery, stables, shops and offices.  It’s no surprise that a young Bill Roberts [no relation] got his first job there in the 1920s. Long before supermarkets and 24 hour…

December 4, 2014 in business.

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MAN SHOT ON THIRROUL BEACH

Andrew Hyslop, of Lachlan street, Thirroul, is in Bulli Hospital, suffering from gunshot wounds to left leg. It is stated that last night, while he was sitting on Thirroul beach with a female friend, a man who is alleged to have been after rabbits mistook the couple’s movements for a rabbit and fired a shot, which took effect. The female received only a few pellets and was taken home. Illawarra Ambulance made the trip from Wollongong to the scene in 12 minutes.
– South Coast Times 24 August 1934.

DUNNY CANS STOLEN

Wollongong and Port Kembla police are puzzled over what they consider is the strangest stealing case on the South Coast for years – the theft of 700 sanitary pans, valued at £175. The pans are metal containers used in non-sewerage districts, and they disappeared from a depot in the scrub when it was unattended.
– Army News Tuesday 14 March 1944.

SHARK STUCK IN PIPE

A message from Wollongong says the water supply for the smelting works having stopped investigation was made, which revealed the fact that a shark, 4 feet 9 inches long, was stuck in a pipe. Despite his imprisonment the shark was very much alive when dragged out, but was then killed.
– The Grafton Argus 3 October 1921.

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Giant crocodile captivated visitors at Emu Park’s Pine Beach Hotel for decades

Giant crocodile captivated visitors at Emu Park’s Pine Beach Hotel for decades

By MICK ROBERTS © THE unique north Queensland tendency of displaying stuffed crocodiles in pubs is said to have originated in Rockhampton, where the reptiles were once common, and fearless hunters were always on the ready to supply hotel hosts… Read More ›

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