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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1917
Page
2
Thursday sale at Bacchus Marsh features 200 cattle of milking and store types plus 160 xbred ewes and 80 xbred wethers and lambs. Items include waggon harnesses and farm implements from the Cain and Hine estates, plus property from late Peter Murphy. Auction set for January 10, 1914.
L A Fairbairn and Co announce auction on Thursday December 13 at the Corporation Yards. The Murphy estate includes five farm properties named Murphy Willars Hogan Beasley and Shines with two dwellings each on Blackwood roads, plus Greenwell’s 44 acres near Bacchus Marsh. The cattle herd lists 13 dairy cows 14 yearlings and a horse with farming sundries to be sold together.
Thursday December 18 sale day at 12.30 at the Sale Yards Maddingley Police Paddock property one acre with dwelling and orchard offered in full or profit. Liberal terms.
McPhail Anderson and Co announce a sale at Bacchus Marsh on Tuesday December 18 at 1 o'clock sharp. Fat and store cattle, milkers and springers, pigs, sheep, and sundries will be offered. Peter Heagney is the local agent.
Public notice for a war time referendum to be held on Thursday December 20 1917 across Bacchus Marsh Melton Geelong North and Werribee subdivisions. Polls open eight in the morning and stay open until all electors present vote by eight pm. Returning Officer Henry Richard Way notes polling places listed in Melbourne Age and Argus on December 10.
Wirth's Greatest Show on Earth arrives in Bacchus Marsh for a one night event with a vast menagerie and trained animals. The program features Japanese troupe Riogmku, Bailey's Posing Does, Seals, lions tigers elephants and more with electric light displays and daily animal feedings. tickets include reserved seating and zoo admission at varying prices.
Owing to strong support from Leading Graziera across the state the commission on sales of fat stock at Newmarket has been reduced to 24 percent for shareholders. The company lists nominal capital of 250000 with subscribed 57015 and paid up 49106. Address shown as 404 Flinders Lane Melbourne.
Figures for year ending LAN show turnover £1,954,026 bonuses £56,998 dividends paid £9,716. All classes of farm produce disposed of on consignment. Consign produce to the company and share the profits. Monthly sale at Ballan on the second last Thursday each month. Local agent A W Flack Ballan.
Company advertisement from Canterbury 1961 lists E R Haymes Pty Ltd as chaff and grain lucerne specialists. It notes market buildings at 551 Flinders and states all sales personally conducted with contact through phone Phony Central 970 and agent L Scott at Bacchus Marsh after office hours.
A public meeting will be held at Mechanics Hall Melton on Wednesday December 12 at 8 pm. Speakers include Mosars J D Mitchell MLA D G Paterson and Lady Speaker delivering addresses in support of the government. J N Howell president Shire of Melton.
War Memorial Tablet unveiling at State School Rowsley on Friday December 21st at p.m. by Ren J H Lister and Hot A BR Robertson. All welcome. A collection will be taken to defray tablet costs. Joseph Wandin H.T.
Exford Hall hosts a grand concert and dance on Friday December 14 to raise funds for the Melton South Tennis Club. Admission 1 shilling for concert 2 shillings for ball. A coffee supper and dance follow at Toolern Mechanics Institute on Friday December 21 at 5 o clock. Items by Miss Ross pupils and the Farce Paddy Mile Bay. Concert 1 shilling 6d. Dance 1 shilling. K Robinson Hon. Sec.
Tenders invited for removal of a ten head battery water wheel and building at Golden Point Blackwood. Tender deadline December 17 for excavating a dam about 1400 yards. apply The Manager Darley Fire Brick Co Pty Ltd Bacchus. Lost and stolen livestock notices include a black heifer with white legs and facial spot, a red and white cow, and a stray ewe flock. Contact Bacchus Marsh, L A Fairbairn & Co, or Darley Fire Brick for details.
The Express will not be published on Saturday December 29. Advertisers and correspondents are asked to note the cancellation and prepare for the standard January issue.
December notices at Bacchus Marsh include auctions of property and stock on 1th inst and Wirth’s draws on 10th inst, a children's concert for Red Cross on 12th, a Shire Council meeting on 10th, and a referendum notice for 20th. Also reports of an MLA speech on Reinforcement, church services, local memorial tablets, and a funeral at Maddingley Cemetery with memorial works by James Taylor & Sons.
Royal Pictures presents The Silent Voice starring Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Soow with the Breckenit gang feature in Greed. Usual comedies and topicals plus free passes. Admission costs but a trif le.
A public meeting is set for the Melton Mechanics Institute on Wednesday evening the 12th to hear remarks in support of the Reinforcements question. The Melton Christ Church Sunday School will entertain parents and children this Saturday afternoon with prize distributions. Church services in Mei fon and Rockbank are listed, with the Vicar away on holiday. A Soldiers Entertainment committee meeting at the Mechanics Institute last Saturday planned a welcome social for Privates Matheson and Bradigy returning from the Front, aiming to hold it this Saturday or another suitable date. Rainfall noted as 46 points for the week. harvesting is underway. Wirth’s Circus will perform at Bacchus Marsh on Monday the 10th.
A Bacchus Marsh Shire Council delegation including Cr A Brown Urs J McMahon and W Grant Morton met the Minister of Public Works to urge government liability for completing Balliang road and to discuss a £100 000 borrowing plan. The minister urged shire sacrifices and development to ease taxation while a second appeal sought funds for Geelong road metalling.
A garbled report details a Gippsland cooperative sale event with prices for cattle pigs sheep and poultry. Items include yearling stock, bucket calves, fat cows, hogs, and shoats with various pounds figures, though many words are unclear. The piece references a holiday or market day with items listed and price tags interspersed.
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