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  • Digging deep for poor pup

    Digging deep for poor pup

    A MISTREATED dog will receive a life-saving operation paid for in-part through the generosity of Swan Hill residents. Four-month-old Murray River Retriever, Winston, was rescued…

  • Wheat pest confirmed in Vic

    Wheat pest confirmed in Vic

    AGRICULTURE Victoria has confirmed the presence of Russian wheat aphid in Victoria and experts have warned the pest cannot be eradicated.  Scientists at Agriculture Victoria’s…

  • Fashion down to the finer points

    Fashion down to the finer points

    ELEGANT and timeless outfits won out at yesterday’s Fashion on the Field contest with classic race-wear styles proving the trick to success. Ladies favoured an…

  • CFA call for Merlino Swan Hill visit

    CFA call for Merlino Swan Hill visit

    SWAN Hill’s volunteer firefighters want new Emergency Services Minister James Merlino to address them on Wednesday night as they continue to oppose the State Government’s…

  • Swan Hill’s winners

    Swan Hill’s winners

    A PAIR of local successes provided the highlights on the middle day of the Murray Downs Golf and Country Club Swan Hill June Racing Carnival.…

  • Back to back

    Back to back

    MINNIE Downs has won her second consecutive Murray Downs Golf and Country Club Swan Hill Cup. At long odds to achieve the double in the…

  • Cup of joy

    Cup of joy

    ORGANISERS praised the crowd at the Murray Downs Golf and Country Club Swan Hill racing carnival as thousands of racegoers converged on the region for…

  • Farmers urged to be vigilant

    Farmers urged to be vigilant

    ONE of the world’s worst wheat pests is suspected to have been located in the southern Mallee this week but agronomists have urged farmers not…

  • Harry’s made the grade

    Harry’s made the grade

    THIS weekend will mark the last Murray Downs Golf and Country Club Swan Hill Cup for Harry Coffey as an apprentice jockey, with the up-and-coming…

  • Fifty Years waiting

    Fifty Years waiting

    Mr Hillier was killed in the Vietnam War in 1965 at just 26 years-of-age.  Mrs Anderson will make the journey from Swan Hill with her…

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