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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 27, 1872
Page
2
Property listing offering about 40 acres of land at High Farm near Beachus Marsh with rent 7 shillings per week. Immediate application required to Romar Munaar at St. Kilds.
A large 149 acre farm in Darina parish with dairy potential and fenced, sub bottom land. Household furniture and farming stock listed. Auction to start at 11.90 sharp with stock produce and miscellaneous items sold on Saturday May 4 in aid of Pentland Hills Presbyterian Church funds. Proceeds go to church arrears and liabilities. Auction at Mechanics Institute Gisborne, with payment in cash.
The entry lists a district handicap of 16 sovs over one and a half miles open to residents with three months local stay. Selling Hack Back at Beeve with £8 to winner and surplus to a fund. Yorord Handicap over one and a quarter miles with loser admission 1s. Pratantey race fee shown.
The notice promotes blankets from the Victorian Woollen and Cloth Mills and a broad array of goods from Melbourne boots to clothing and textiles. It notes strong demand keeping the mill busy and mentions custom tailoring, ready made stock, and discounts on purchases above a certain amount.
Presbyterian Church Ballan Brock Auction will be held Friday May 3 at Mr Cooper's Sale Yards for Brook agricultural and other produce seeds plants and related items with sale starting at 2 oclock Contributions will be received by the Committee up to the day of sale On the same day a miscellaneous concert of sacred and secular music will be held at the Mechanics Institute starting at 7:30 pm Further particulars by placards and programmes
A fragmentary document dated the fourth day of April 18xx records the intent to form The Mining Companies Mya Map Beene ee Seman as Quarts Mining Company at Ballan. It lists share counts, capital figures, and a declaration by a manager asserting truth to the best belief, witnessed before a Justice in Victoria.
The Melbourne brokers report an ongoing upward market for breadstuffs with no clear motion until wheat reaches 7s. A range of prices is noted for samples and products. For Wangaratta flour a price of £14 15s is realised and prices for inferior stock are given. Malting and seed oats show varied bids, with Cape and Girat offerings and general activity in moisture and milling feeds.
Ballarat markets report strong cattle demand with buyers present and improved prices. Fat cattle trade ranges from 10 pounds to 27 pounds for extra weights, while fat sheep and lambs show steady to firmer quotes as stock firms into late selling. Store stock includes merino ewes for Lincoln and Leicestershire, with capital and reserve figures noted.
Reports from Ballan and Blakeville recount a rising Co operative Co. share price and promising reef prospects. OC H Lyons estate is hinted as auriferous while Selwyn’s negative view is noted. Also covered: Oakleigh Shire Council subsidy plan and forthcoming Bill raising questions on distribution and expenditure.
The column covers political commentary on the Argus and ministry, upcoming Bacchus Marsh races and booths at the Border Inn, auctions at Djorriwarrh Creek and Hopetoun House, church services farewell for Rev. J Garlick, and community notices. It notes local auctions, school picnics, a Queen's Birthday children’s event, and agricultural discussions. It records Crook sale outcomes, surveyor Gerard Blackburn’s exam, Crown lands sales, dancing, wheat cost claims, place-name changes to Hovell's Creek, and the Daylesford murder verdict of Wilkie.
The Governor with Executive Council pressure considers Mr B H Young as temporary Mixing Registrar at Ballan affecting local offices and duties. Reports from Wodonga describe a fatal stabbing by William Spire, a murder verdict and pending trial. Ballan and Gisborne saw licensing and management concerns. court actions include libel cases Costin v Bimmed and others ending with a defendant’s non suit.
Court records reveal a petty session hearing where Mrea represents Leanne Muller in a case against a defendant alleged to run an unlicensed beer trade. Revenue Officer William Martin testified about a Sunday seizure of bottles and jars from a covered cart, noting the defendant admitted no license and resisted disclosure while authorities inspected items tied to Coop er at Blakeville and Matthew Brown.
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