Author: Your Herald
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December 1 will see smoking banned in Hay and Murray Street malls and in Forrest Place. Perth city council’s smoking ban has been in the pipelines for about a year. In the first six months puffers will be issued cautions, then from June 1 they’ll be fined. “Our hope is that people will consider the…
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Shoot the owners AFTER re-reading “Death of a dingo-dog” (Voice, November 2, 2013) a couple of times can I suggest the “owner” of the dog be “put down” and the dog given to a new owner with the ability and desire to train the dog to be a normal pet. Dogs—even dingo-rottweiler crosses—can be trained…
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THE GLOBE COFFEE HOUSE, Mt Lawley: by JENNY D’ANGER: The 40-watt smile of the staff at the Globe Coffee House is better than a jolt of black coffee when it comes to a pre-work breakfast. The cafe makes no pretence to be anything but what it is, a homely little place that exudes a pleasant…
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He was a university student at the tender age of 16 but Don Waters was never destined to remain in his chosen profession. “I was the world’s worst accountant,” he says, his energy and love of life resonating down the blower, charging an otherwise dull day with colour and carrying this listener along with his…
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Following in the footsteps of St Patrick in Ireland, St Mirin is said to have rid the Scottish island of Cumbrae of snakes in the 700s. The original owners of this magnificent federation home in Mt Lawley probably named it after their windswept old home. A three-bedroom/two-bathroom place built almost 100 years ago, the spelling…
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The book is about local history but Bayswater city council had it printed in China. Mike Severn runs Success Print in Bayswater and says “the book could have easily been printed and bound within the boundaries of the City of Bayswater”. He says many locals will be “horrified to turn to the back of the…
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More than $40,000 was raised at the Second to None second-hand clothes auction, held Saturday, delighting Aranmore primary school mum Ciara Thiedeman who’d aimed to raise $5000. The funds will go to Vincentcare, which supports people with mental illness. Following a story in the Voice two weeks ago there was a huge response from locals.…
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Eighteen months’ work and a couple of grand spent on a native garden have been squashed flat by Water Corp contractors. Chapman Street resident Steve O’Brien took great pride in his verge, removing weedy sand and spending time and money bringing in soil and new plants. “After 18 months of surviving contractors and poor car-parkers…
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An extraordinary election will be held at a cost of $26,000 to fill new Vincent mayor John Carey’s vacant council seat. WA electoral legislation prevents simply picking the third-best scoring candidates from the October 19 election to fill the third spot. Mr Carey says there was some confusion about how it would work after Alannah…
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A DINGO-ROTTWEILER cross in Highgate must die following an attack in December 2012. After that attack the Lord Street dog was declared dangerous, requiring the owner to erect warning signs, keep it muzzled and leashed in public and kept it in a child-proof enclosure at home. It also had to wear a collar identifying it…
