Friday March 23,1906 RETIREMENT Mr E.L.Collyer, who has been head teacher of Duchembegarra State school for the past 16 years, is retiring from the service on account of ill health. Mr Collyer, who has been 30 years in the service, and is entitled to a pension, has spent most of his time in the Wimmera, his first school being near Dimboola, and he was an industrious and successful teacher. Mr and Mrs Collyer and family are leaving the district, but have not yet decided where they will live. Daryl Crabtree Gladstone C.Qld Australia West Wimmera Mail extracts are on the Web www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/goroke/index.html