Kinglake students put the cart before the horse

KINGLAKE Primary School is one of 1067 Victorian primary and secondary schools that will do battle in Maryborough this weekend, racing fuel-free vehicles that students have designed and built.

...AND ANOTHER THING

THE US, Australia and China in a military menage a trois. For the sake of the exercise, let's hope they are all firing blanks. Paul Custance, St Kilda

Brumby blasts 'vandalism' on books

ABOLISHING import restrictions on books would be economic and cultural vandalism, according to John Brumby.

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'there Isn't A Station In Europe That's Got Such A Clock'

MARK TWAIN once described Maryborough as "a station with a town attached to it". The historic station, which the American author visited in 1895, has undergone a $1.9 million restoration over the past two years and continues to be admired for its grandeur and colonial opulence.

Sugar Bosses Join For A Sweet Deal

EXECUTIVES of Maryborough Sugar Factory and Tully Sugar have met to discuss merger plans, with a joint working party agreeing to invite three Tully representatives to the combined board if the deal goes ahead.

Sweeter Stake

SIR Ron Brierley's Guinness Peat Group has increased its stake in the nation's only pure listed sugar company, Maryborough Sugar Factory. GPG boosted its holding to 23.41% from 19.73%. Maryborough has taken a leading role in the consolidation of Australia's $1.75 billion sugar cane industry. -- ELI GREENBLAT

Weddings

DIAZ - BAILEY: Kristine Diaz and Aaron Bailey were married at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong on August 9. The bride is the youngest daughter of Alfonso and Milagros Diaz of Maryborough West, Queensland, and the groom the eldest son of Benjamin and Moira Bailey of Laytown, Ireland. The reception was at Novotel Northbeach.

Bore Water Supplied To Central Highlands

BORE water from a farm is being used to supplement the plunging water supply in the Victorian goldfields town of Maryborough.

Redevelopment Will Add Value To Cane Fields

QUEENSLAND company Maryborough Sugar Factory has been swamped with offers from potential joint-venture partners after lodging plans for a $500 million marina and residential project with the council.

House Inferno Claims Two Children

TWO children under five died after a fire tore through a family home in Bowenvale, north of Maryborough, yesterday.

Glut Of Goals In Prospect

IF IT'S goals you want, then the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League is one place you'll find them.

Goals Galore At The Grassroots

IF IT is goals you want, get down to the Maryborough-Castlemaine District Football League. In the final round of the season, three teams kicked 45 goals or more, with Harcourt's Sean Smith slotting 20 in a big day out against Avoca.

Jobless Up Sharply In City's North

UNEMPLOYMENT has rebounded in some of Victoria's worst areas of joblessness, climbing back over 13 per cent in Broadmeadows, Moe, Morwell and Maryborough, the Federal Government says.

Gath To Launch Dual Cup Strike

LEADING Victorian trainer Andrew Gath heads into the Central Goldfields Shire Maryborough Pacing Cup tomorrow with two top chances in the $20,000 standing-start event.

Villages Of Of Learning For All Ages

Maryborough's new education centre is the realisation of a community's vision. By Margaret Cook.

Maryborough Ready To Party

THE famed three-day Redwood carnival at Maryborough in Victoria gets under way on Friday.

Chance To Go For Gold At Maryborough's 150th Birthday

It seems that each week this year, some place in Victoria is celebrating its 150th anniversary. This weekend the former goldrush town of Maryborough is commemorating its naming day.

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Colonial architecture and antiques will always draw the crowds, writes Peter Robinson.

Big Boost For Dental Care In $2bn Package

Public dental services for children and concession card holders will receive a $97.2 million increase under a health package worth an extra $2 billion over the next four years. The package, announced in yesterday's budget, allocates $335 million to building works at hospitals and other health facilities, including upgrades at the Royal Melbourne, Dandenong, Echuca and Maryborough hospitals and redevelopments at nursing home and community centres.