OUR beautiful ‘Belles of the court’ photograph (CN, 6 April, page 4) is drawing lots of comment and feedback from our readers – including two of the belles, themselves! The women pictured in the photograph are Patricia Holden (nee O’Connell), Pauline Durbidge (nee O’Connell), Merlie Kellett (nee Munro), Frances Joseph (nee Upton), Rita Hilton (nee […]
The $3,000 prize for April’s heaviest tuna has become a fair way harder to claim, with a local anger pulling in a fish triple the weight of last week’s biggest catch. Portland man Marcus Jarrett brought a 42 kg back with him on the weekend, taking out the $1,000 weekly prize and positioning himself in […]