FUNDING ANNOUNCED FOR YALLOURN’ S NEW KINDERGARTEN
Unfortunately, the original copy of this newspaper report was in such poor condition that some guess work has been used to ‘fill the gaps’ in certain paragraphs of the story. However, it is a most important news item in the history of the town of Yallourn and should be placed on record for others to read in future years.
The article, published in June 1947, reports on the A.G.M of the Yallourn Community Kindergarten Association; the meeting was held in the Yallourn Library and a large crowd was in attendance.

A TRIBUTE TO SYD TATE 1925-2015
Sad news has come to hand regarding the death of one of Yallourn’s finest footballers Syd Tate. Syd passed away on May 16th this year at the age of 90 years.
Syd, born in England, played with Yallourn Football Club in those years immediately after World War: 2. In 1947 he was signed by Geelong FC and played 85 games with the Cats, mainly as a rover or wingman, and kicked 13 goals. The highlight of Syd’s career was being a member of the Geelong team that won the 1951 VFL premiership.

UNDERCOVER OPERATION BY POLICE AT YALLOURN
The following article was published in the ‘The Argus’ and reported on the detection work of two Victorian policeman in a covert operation at Yallourn in 1923. Working undercover, the officers pretended to be workers while gathering information about the sly-grog and illegal gaming rackets in the camps at Yallourn.