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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 25, 1897
Page
2
Man BROS. & Co announce a cash only sale of fat stock at their yards adjoining the Border Inn on Tuesday December 98th. They expect many butchers to attend and urge clients to forward drafts. The sale complements their monthly market on the 18th. IPPHATS DROS. & Co. stock agents promote Melbourne and Bacchus Marsh listings.
Shire of Ballan announces Bylaw 5 and 6 made under the 1890 act and 1891 act to regulate traction engines on roads. Copies are available for inspection at the council office from December 17 to January 4, 1898, with the secretary J H Potter directing.
Local proceedings will begin after December to recover all unpaid rates. Walter J. Andrew, Shire Clerk, Ballan Shire Hall, December 8, 1997. Also a special council meeting on January 5 to confirm conditions for traction engines on roads. Auction and cattle sale notices from ENCE & PATERSON and other vendors detail lots of cattle, pigs, stores, and Merino sheep. Electoral Registrar Cameron notes Melton electoral notice dated December 21, 1607.
A fragmentary list of holiday groceries appears with items such as Mincements Flom Puddings Mos seatola preserved peaches currants raisins deasicated cocoanut cordials and fancy confectionery from Jamo nod Jallice.
A festive old advertisement lists household and family tea blends with prices and bulk discounts. It promotes Excelsior No 3 blend and PuBee Ceylon Pokoo flavor, invites prompt cash with parcel reductions, and notes sugar pricing and muscatels per pound.
Christmas crockery sale features tea sets from 15s to 24s 8d per set and dinner sets from 16s 6d to 37s 6d. Includes plain and fancy tea pots moustache cups shaving mugs bedroom sets and fancy glassware with jam dishes comportes fruit dishes butters and suarA. New strawberry glassware specimen glasses select dishes honey pots and spoons plus Mason’s preserving jars, telly Tara, and more, at low prices.
Ladies see latest styles in blouses linen collars and cuffs underclothing and aprons plus trimmed millinery fabrics prints and dresses. Boys and gentlemen hats and summer outfits in blue serge nickers and lawns offered in Bod Rook stock with new prints and fabrics.
The notice advertises assorted goods and prices, listing items like rat-olues and fries, with call to W Grant Morton’s, and mentions various valuations and a total prize proceeds of 2,250. It notes prices for 1s and 2s with references to local merchants and Whorogly ear Beechworth.
The event on Monday promises strong patronage for the cause. Singers Mise Maggio M Conn and J W Wade headline, with Mrs. Walker G. Tees and other noted Australian vocalists. Wade will perform Messiah numbers and join Tees in duets, drawing on Melbournes festive season.
The column records a mix of meteorologic notes rainfall figures, church services on Christmas Day and Old Year’s Night, and a water service schedule. It lists donations to a refreshment room, shifts in mule stock dates, and upcoming sales and visits by professionals. Local council and licensing details note renewals, licenses, and court actions. A mining report from the Argus describes a large Black Horse tailings project with gas extraction and expected employment, followed by market notes on cattle, pigs, and stores at Bacchus Marsh.
Thursday evening in Bacchus Marsh the ANA ball presented elegant decor and lively toasts honoring three Staughton cousins. Guests from Ballarat Gisborne and Melbourne attended as militia and civic figures praised the Jubilee escort and local detachment.
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