50 years ago
October 3, 1975
Writing and stealing
A 22-year-old Traralgon woman has been charged on two counts of forging and uttering involving more than $1700.
Police allege the woman stole a bank book from Mrs A Tourtoulas of Traralgon and withdrew money from the National Bank branches in Morwell and Traralgon.
They allege she withdrew $1200 from Morwell on August 11 and $559 from Traralgon on September 19. The woman has also been charged with stealing the bank book.
30 years ago
October 3, 1995
Big briquette deal close
ENERGY Brix is close to signing a multi-million dollar long-term contract to supply Geelong Cement with brown coal briquettes. No dollar figure has been released on the cost of the contract, but it is said to be upward of $5 million. Under the deal, Geelong Cement will convert one of its current natural gas-fired kilns to burn brown coal briquettes.
The conversion of this alone is estimated to be $5.5 million. Geelong Cement works manager Gary Lingford told the Express that at present, the company’s currently fuel costs, burning natural gas, were one third of total production, which they hope to reduce.
Transporting the briquettes from the Latrobe Valley to Geelong has also been negotiated between both parties to minimise inconvenience to the residential areas around the plant.
10 years ago
October 1 2015
Shops targeted in Moe theft spree
POLICE detectives are investigating a spate of burglaries in Moe in which eight businesses were targeted in the town’s central business district on Sunday night. Six shops in Moe Plaza and two others in nearby Moore Street were broken into late Sunday night or early Monday morning.
It’s believed the thieves broke into the plaza via a back door and moved from shop to shop in the rear section of the building, stealing mainly float money from registers and damaging several walls which they broke through to access each building. Montree cafe co-owner Chriss Lee said the incident had brought business owners in the plaza closer, and they remained defiant.
“We’ve been working really hard with all the businesses in here and trying to get together to make the plaza like a central hub like it used to be,” Mr Lee said yesterday. “We all want the plaza to do well, and we’re a family, almost, the way we’ve come together (since Sunday night’s robbery).”
Shoppers arrived at the plaza early Monday to find it closed during the initial investigation. Detective Senior Constable Ian Walk said police were still compiling a list of stolen goods from the shop.
