Myrniongo Butter Company Faces Turnover Debate
A long standing dairy producer in Pent joi Hills to Ballan and Green faces pressure to convert the Myrniongo Butter Company to a milk factory or risk closure. Suppliers and directors gather for a Saturday meeting to decide the future, with annual balance and outside management mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myeniong
Jou
Myrniongogarstive Butter Company
Pentjoi Hills
Ballan and Green
Gino
Fotwer
Jol Company
Timeturs
Ford
Geneal
Royal Pictures Presents Promising Program This Month
The program highlights a planned series with strong backing from management promising continued improvements. Patrons are invited to attend and support upcoming events as future plans unfold.
Doctor McDonald Named Medical Officer in A N A Branch
Dr. Edward McDonald is appointed Medical Officer of the A N A branch in Bacchus Marsh and also appointed Medical Officer to the Hibernian Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McDonald
Ir. McDonald
Hibernian Society
Chamberlain Cough Remedy Proved Safe for Children
Uniform success in coughs colds and croup shows Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is suitable for children. It contains no narcotics and is pleasant to take, offering prompt relief. Sold by W Grant Morton Bacchus Marsh and A Combes & Co Worrihen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Adalte
W. Grant Morton
Bacchus Marsh
A. Combes & Co
Tooleern Vale School Committee Working Bee
The school committee held a working bee on Saturday to lay gravel paths from the garden gate to the oak room and in front of the shelter pavilion, with top dressing of sand to follow. Sapper R J McPherson returns on sick leave from Egypt, awaiting orders. Red Cross meeting reported good turnout and donations from many locals including Mrs Wynne and Miss Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunner Wyone
Jmake
Australia
W. G.hogg
France
The
Red Cross
Dona Tions
Wynne
Misa Beaty
McLeod
Mins Patterson
Alison Campbell
Higgins
Lou Higgins
Gen Chub
Pykes Creek Reservoir Water Levels Report
The Walter Omenisten height on gauge shows 73 feet with 14,880 acre feet present supply and 12 feet with 625 acre feet. Last weekly return records 12 feet with 598 acre feet outflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Omenisten
The Empires Call Capt Clive Bins Killed in Action
Captain Clive Bins is reported killed in action in France after gallant service at Gallipoli and a Typhoid recovery. The death is among multiple World War I losses including Lieutenant Harry Lowrie Moffitt, Samuel L. Huxley, Lieut G E Blight, and others from Bacchus Marsh and surrounding districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive Bins
C. W. Hopkins
Hamilton
Hopkins
Bacchus
Julia Mahoney
Velius
Mahoney
Duntroon Military College
N.S.W
Gallipoli
France
Pocheres
Harry Lowrie Moffitt
Sluiw
Melbourne
Gisborne
Fran
Hewina
Australia
Geo. L. Moffitt
Werribee
Samuel L. Huxley
James A. Morton
Grant Street
Bacchus Marsh
G. E. Blight
Mc H. H. Blight
M. Coats
Footscray
Coats
Maurice Whelan
Parwan
Bacchus Marsh Light Horse
Bacchus Marsh Market report shows mixed cattle demand
Mesars L A Fairbairn & Co report attendance up to average but bidding slow for cattle, especially medium dairy cows and heifers. Fat cattle sold well and pigs cleared at good prices. sheep and store stock weaker with varied dairy cow and fat stock prices listed. Boys and locals note forward credit and lambs plus paddies and vealers priced, with veal ranges and bull values included. BACCHUS MARSH GUN CLUB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesars
L. A. Fairbairn & Co
Bed Cross Fund List and Weekly Donations
The entry records monthly collections and donations to the Bed Cross Fund. Names and amounts given include Miss Beatrice Woe, Mrs. Wa Dugdale, Miss Slack, Mrs. H Kerr, Miss McFarlane, and many others, totaling cash contributions and donated goods like socks and shirts. A note mentions photos received from N. G. Davidson praising a shirt as “Top-notch.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darley
Miss Edwards
Wa Dugdale
T. H. Pearce
Btraughen
Miss Slack
H. Kerr
Mira M. I. Pearce
Mr. D. Row
Rowsley Red Cross acknowledged by secretary for donations
The Hon. Sec Mrs Sharland thanks donors for cigarettes books envelopes and paper and lists monthly instalments from several supporters. A half yearly balance shows contributions and donations of 74 pounds 89, expenditures 90 pounds 3 shillings 11 pence, with a credit balance of 24 pounds 4 pence. A letter from the French Red Cross expresses gratitude for the shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Wandin
Rowley
Hon
Sec
French Red Cross Society
Rowsley Red Cross Society
French Red Cross
Frederica Godfrey
Soldiers Letters Notes from Eric 8
Eric writes from France about despatch riding and night work with no lights, rough roads, and a motorbike mishap. He describes farmhouse billets with dugouts, bunks, straw, and kittens, plus improvised lighting and heating. He notes delayed mail, poor rations, and a looming winter while detailing daily discomforts and small comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric
Staughton
France
Greel
Aerial exhibition draws large crowd in Bacchus Marsh
Spectators gathered in Fisken Street to witness British aviator Edwin Proater land and perform loops at 2.50 pm on Saturday. Seventeen tickets sold, with Alex Ross first passenger for £3. Prosser Carey plan an aviation school at Racecourse, while funds raised for the Red Cross reach £24 10. Local notices announce upcoming bridge preliminaries, poultry adverts, and a Shire hall meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Touer
Fisken Street
Bacchus Marsh
Cuppingheam
Trafic Bridge
Edwin Proater
Mr. Cunningham
Alex. Ross
Purwan
R. H. Dugdale
Prosser
Messrs. Carey
Racehus Marsh
Carey
Preser
Ross
Red Cross
Messrs
Prosser and
Bacchus Marsh Club Championship Results Report
The Bacchus Marsh Club Champ concludes with Miss Marjorie Robertson winning the ladies event and Mr. W. P. Robertson securing the gentlemen’s title by comfortable margins. A mixed foursome is planned today with a large attendance hoped for. Committee meet at Meechanics’ at 7:30 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gisborne
Miss Hawkins
Daley
Porter
Secident
Grast
Bacchus Marsh Club
Champpionship Wit
Marjorie Robertson
W. P. Robertson
Meechanics
Fragmentary OCR note on love and pain
Fragmented text mentions love and loyalty with garbled terms and stray phrases. It appears to be an unreliable excerpt lacking clear events or identifiable people or organizations.
Bacchus Marsh Names and Local History Debate
The article recalls aboriginal names and meanings for Bacchus Marsh valley and surrounding peoples, notes Mr. Carnelius Mahoney’s informants, and records efforts to fund a new Mechanics Institute hall. It mentions donations, council grants, and community debate over building plans and location, plus band organization in 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnelius Mahoney
Manartainel
Barchos Marsh
Jimmy Cockatoo
Bacchus Marsh
Moonliong
Myraiong
Jimmy
Yarra
C.M
Mack
Esltur
W. Hitler
Lands Department
Land Office
Sydney
Merrima
T. H. Mitchell
Durk
Kerkwperrimal
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Royal Pictures
Seat
A.N.A
Pykes Creek Reservoir
Sisilen
Son
J. A. Johns
Henry McCullagh
H. McCullagh
J. W. McCullagh
Bacchus Marsh Market
Bacchus Marsh Gun Club
BED Cross Fund
Bacchus Marahend District
Beatrice Woe
Edwin Prosser
Bowsley Red Cross
Hopetown
Fire Brigade
Thomas P. Williams
Egerton
Rev
B. Williams
Marsh
Shoe
Wales
Colac Shine
A. A. Kelly
P.M
Alex, Bourke
Bernard Conlon
Mabel Halliwell
Henry Asckew
Costa
GOLF
Love
Maese
By. W. Wouuss
BM. Shire Council
T. Staughton
M.L.A
Express
Broughton
Mechanics’ Hall
Vorsey
Oocmsion
Proprietary
Manning
Alfred Deakin
Peter Lake
Henry Miller
Jeremiah Ryan
Stoughton
W. J. Clarke
Jwimmey
Myrmong
William
Borehus Marsh
T. G. Pearce
Gresser
Pearce Bros
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