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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1915
Page
2
Fragmentary sale notice lists fat and store cattle including milking stock and sheep. Names include A Bubridge as agent. Location and full details are unclear but indicates farm stock auction with potential figures or items such as Sprengers figs and various livestock.
Abbott Botlan Yan LA Fairbairn Co will hold their Christianas Natal sale on Wednesday December 21st 1887 commencing 1st 1888. Fat sheep and fat bulls cows and heifers will be offered. The notice outlines draft cattle and assorted livestock with tentative times and locations in Ballarat.
Entries include a New Year’s Day meeting with handicap trials and pony races. Notable events list Aorlangs Trapt, Boss Fe, Kings JASDUAP MACK RACE, and Myrniong Cup with weights, stakes, and entries amid admission pricing and attendance details.
A. D. Blatr general blacksmith and wheelwright offers all classes of work at selling prices. Machinery expert Harvowing parches Bosingsist Myrmong and Wade marks. Monarch motorcycle £90. Whitework, sale items, and maps available. Bacchus Marsh ad from Chirp & Sons with various hardware and cycle listings.
The notice states an extraordinary election in the Shire of Bullen to be held on Wednesday, 24 December, 4 p.m. The shire hall at Balan is listed as the location with the nomination and voting details provided, naming A. Mackenzie Tyers as Shire Governor and Porters at the Shire Hall as officials.
Farmers are urged to prepare to receive wheat under the Government Scheme. The notice lists stations including Dove Sark Mockbnaky Melton Parwan Fawshies Mash Mawiley mpi Sileubiam Diggers Mee Sunbury Lauerfield Jumtion and others. Details are fragmented in this notice.
Local notices promote multiple society events including a New Year’s Eve grand ball at Exford Ball featuring music and fancy dress in aid of Red Cross funds, a New Year’s Eve plain and fancy dress ball, and a fundraiser dance on Monday December 27 for the Mechanics Institute, with double tickets, admission details, and live entertainment noted.
Saturday market observations mix with church programs across Havens Morel district. Highlights include rail and train options, holiday services, and Christmas observances at local parishes, with schedules for morning prayers, hymns, and community events noted for Bacobins Marsh and surrounding towns.
A muddled report outlines a chaotic sale in a district nicknamed Marsh Mine, with references to Mesem J and M Tit, 44 trmphs in Parpa, and prices for Amerie. It mentions notable figures like Mr Gladstone Bell and Mr Harald Whittle, along with a promised inspection by engineers and the Water Commission. Delays, sheep dipping orders, and a forthcoming public view surround the event, with bids and costs touching over £1 in scattered notes.
Readable portions describe a garbled text fragment with mentions of a Canarian archipelago, a person named W. Grant More hint Masa and A aber 1 Wri. No coherent event, date, or location emerges. missing context prevents a reliable summary.
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