100 YEARS AGO: 1925 SPEED: An instance of the manner in which district motor-buses are competing with rail-motor, was afforded at Merbein one day last week. At 4.30pm on Thursday, a Merbein trader, in telephonic communication with a Red Cliffs producer, ordered a small consignment of perishables to be forwarded at the earliest possible moment. The consignment was placed on board the Seagull mot...

Rio Vista was the residence of Hattie Sexton Chaffey and husband William Chaffey until her death in 1950. Picture: State Library of Victoria