had no religion, compared with 59.8% and 29.6%, respectively, for East Gippsland Shire. The largest single religion in Bairnsdale urban area (Overlay) was Western (Roman) Catholic, with 21.6% of the population, or 2,619 people, as adherents.

Tennyson Smith, the ardent prohibitionist, evangelist and teetotaller visited Bairnsdale in February 1920 and gained many supporters when he initiated a branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The movement was unsuccessful when they met with a violent opposition who interrupted meetings and threw stones at Tennyson as he returned to Adelaide House (171 Main Street) where they broke windows and tried to gain access to the building. The prompt arrival of Constable Martin, who fired a revolver in the air and arrested a leading trouble-maker, broke up the disturbance.

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A local disc jockey's choice of music at a birthday party Downtown didn't sit well with the party hostess, who allegedly smashed the DJ's equipment, threw a glass at him and then fled before police arrived.

The discordant dustup happened early Sunday in the second-floor party room at Brochach Irish Pub, 7 W. Main St., Madison police said in a news release.

According to police:

The birthday celebrant, a 30-year-old man and friend of the hostess, boxed up the uncut birthday cake while the disc jockey dialed 911.

The 32-year-old disc jockey told police he wasn't exactly sure what he played that made the hostess