Geelong Meeting on Combes Report and North Line Plans
A public meeting at Anakie hall discussed Mr. Combes report and a proposed light railway from Moorabool toward Rowsley, 14 miles at about £8,200 per mile. Debate focused on Corio Quay’s role, Moorabool and Bacchus Marsh connections, and support for a northern route to open northern interior trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nakie Hall
Combes
W. E. Sargood
Obimir
BE. A. Montgomery
H.T
Anakie
Bacchus Marsh
League
Anskie—Sargood
Brown
Tucker
Steiglite
Wuteon
Conans
Reamial
Staughton Vale
Dr. Chirnside
Vans
Tere
Corio Quay
Ray Fawkes
Mr. Wallace
Moorabool
Geelong
Watt Sae
Australia
Langdon Commission
The Last Jong Grasp and a Dying Heart’s Weary Farewell
A fragmentary verse passage evokes a dying beloved, a heartbroken farewell, and a journey toward a fair world beyond the West. The text shifts to a 1920s dairy note recording The Miliwa Wangaratta Dairy Co paying £5,161 for November and sending seven tons of butter to London with price details for butter fat and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asien
Miliwa (Wangaratta) Dairy Co
London
Australasian Women's A530 Meeting Notes and Plans
A late notes record a Thursday evening gathering at the ANA Hall with attendance and candidate proposals. The President offers a prize for the member proposing the most candidates in the quarter ending February and a next meeting is planned for Thursday January 6. The text lauds the Benevolent Society and mentions public birthday on Easter Monday with sport events and Italian Brigade and Hibernians participation as town life progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Gamnd
Tiigade
W. Mindow
L. Orinp
Mindow
Wejere Noreball
Striat
Nouren
Major Morehall
Abtoo
J. A. Morton
Evenin
Ana
Thorn
Gloriou Advancs
Auction notices for sheep and estates at Werribee and Ballin
A sequence of sale notices lists events by L A Fairhaien Co and W C Densley Co on Friday Jan 6 with sheep at Werribee, J A Paranaran Co on Saturday Jan 7 and Bacelius Marsh sale on Sunday Jan 28, and Lindisfern estate sale at Ballin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Fairhaien & Co
W. C. Densley & Co
Jas
Werribee
J. A. Paranaran & Co
Bacelius Marsh
Sumeday
Lindisfern
Ballin
Blackwood Event Notes and Local Church Activities
An itemized local notice lists events from Blackwood including a concert and ball by the Loyal Blackwood Lodge on New Year’s night, a Methodist Sunday school picnic on December 27, and All Saints church bazaar on December 8, 20, and 30. Also mentions fishing loss by Hill Bros of 29 tons for 220s guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ODE
Corerpospet
Star of
Blackwood
Por
Han
Cor
Dies Shaw
Dor
Pot
H Williaceon
Sec
EB. Terrill
Treow
M. Cocdarfli
Mus
J. Shaw
Reovipin
Scitehea
Teserve
Matthew Mogers Park
All Saints Church
Hill Bros
Caterpillar Pest Invades Ballan Area Amidst Damaged Weir Work
The report notes a surge of caterpillar pests in Ballan causing many to cut their crops. Crews completed clay dumping on Pyleo Creek weir on Tuesday and workers were moved to the lower work site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sindy
Pyleo A
Turedey
Circular on Gift to Queen Mary Joins Local Appeal
A worn circular from CORA MARY GREENE and associates requests donations for a Numencle Gift to Queen Mary on a coronation occasion. The note mentions multiple Mary variations and urges forwarding any contributions to a local contact, with intent stated as a courtesy to the Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maries
Cora
Mary Greene
Rownley
The Royal Standard of God's Panes
A poetic meditation on nature and love contrasts with life’s brevity and pain. The speaker wanders through dreamlike imagery of winds, kine, and a gum tree, then awakens to a lover’s joy and the world’s clamor. The verse ends referencing A. S. D. Melton, Kraus, 1910.
Ambulance Association Joins Victorian Chapter and Emergency Book
James C. Anderson announces the Ambulance Association initiative in Melbourne. An emergency reference book, derived from a London headquarters, is offered to households, schools, and workplaces at 2s 9d with 7d postage, encouraging wide distribution and public access. The note cites Warragul Council calling for fence painting tenders as related local matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Sre
Mra Allardyee
Association
St. John's Gate
London
Asain ‘Edinet Mnatt
Ahert
Abave Laddrees
James C. Anderson
Secy
Edison Phonographs
Edison
Main Street
Co-operative Dairymen's
Melbourne
Violet Burnside Holidays
Srvntsr school girls, including Rene and Violet Burnside, walk home when a note about staying with grandma leads Violet to visit and later return home. She grows close to friends Freda, Tony, and Saphon Broadmede, while Rene learns a lesson on being a telltale and humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srvntsr
Rene Burnside
Hsien
Violet
Ebie
Beno
Violet Oxide
Stright
Rene
Bene
Freda
Tony
Saphon Broadmede
Lady Broadmede
Lene
Althoug
Kroodmede
Beso
Joel Tinon
Grandma's
Ateal
Murner and
Gracier
Whooping Cough Remedy Promised To Ease Mucus
A brief notice claims Chamberlains Cough Remedy helps remove thick mucus and ease breathing in whooping cough and scarlet fever. It lists sellers W Giant Moutes Beckue Murah and Exwanon Co in Werribee and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giant Moutes, Baeckue Murah , and
Exwanon & Co
Werribee
Portrait of a massive catch named Sydney Sau
A description notes Sydney Sau as a large catch on the Clarence River, weighing 416 pounds, about half the weight of a bullock, with exceptional length and girth. It was taken on a shark line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Manos
Maclean
Clarence River
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Tae Beaurrot
Ann Avernanta
Nouri
Baccava Mansu Rao
Tae
Mt. Wallace
Ral Carta Guay
Parlia- Ment
Wallace Batter
Nhill
Mildura
Bacehus Maresh
Colac Dairying Company
Panama Canal
Stoughton Vale
Tulle
BLM
Parwan
Combesia
Briareos
Dan. Green's
Darley Bridge
Melton
Prominent Gaan
Robertson
Moslin
Hohing
Farrer
Hellway Concepion
Halliang
Analie
Railwaya
Par. Martins
Ballan
Dayleeford
Guildford
Crispaylvania
Neglnet
Corio Shire
Port Adelaide
Adelaide
Bucehous Maral
Uoorntoils
Ita Immensa
Pretoria
William Tall
Caspar
Lerderdoug
Mt Dicky
M*farlare
Shiroes
Schone
Bacchus Mansh Fire Brigade
TEAL
Blackwood Janes
Mahon
WOLFE
Waals Rchnapps
Kookaburra
The
Oder
Earth
High Heaven
Melton, Kraus
Ambulance
Victorian Centre
Bulborne Chambers
Bourke Street
Warragul
Warragul Park
W. Grant Morton
Stbres, Grant Street
Violet Burnsides
M.D. Pentland Hilla
W.E. Armstrong
J.A. Johns & CO
G. &. Hiscockr
TRE
Pearce Bros
Toy Land
M. Oliver
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