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'Bettor' way of life

'Bettor' way of life  

Collie’s rollicking past includes a lengthy love affair with gambling and its high priests, the bookmakers, legal and illegal. Collie Shire Council has sparked some controversy by commissioning a statue of a bookmaker, to go on the new Forrest Street roundabout facing the Premier Hotel and the Professionals estate agency. RAELENE HESTON talked with a couple of locals who are full bottle on the town’s rollicking past.
MARGARET (Peg) Fitzpatrick is Collie’s 2012 Citizen of the Year.
Storm creates havoc
A VIOLENT storm tore up one side of Darkan early Saturday afternoon but left the other side of town untouched.
DARKAN businessman Stuart Putland was happily “kegging beer” in his Hillman Street back shed when a big clap of thunder reverberated overhead.
WEST Arthur shire’s chief fire control officer Robert Jefferies of Duranillin was one of the firefighters struggling to get around fallen trees to lightning strike fires on Saturday afternoon.
PERDAMAN Chemical and Fertilisers executives are awaiting details of Lanco Infratech’s threatened legal counterclaim.
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05 March 2012
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Eaton Foreshore Festival now in its 23rd year will be run on Sunday 11 March 2012.

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Held from 8:30 until 12pm the New Mandurah Market is located at Mandurah Indoor Sportz at 87 Dower St, Mandurah Stall holders are asked to contact Nicole on 0410 189 908 to book


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