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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 06, 1915
Page
2
Next Bacchus Marsh Sale set for Thursday March 1 1915 with M Vallence selling maize and farming gear. J A Staith estate sells draught and light horses full harness and farming implements. Burns Sparrow Geelong promote first class farm equipment and hay stacks with notices and posters for details.
Thursday February 11 sale at Corporation Yards Tacos Mateh under L A Fairbairn and Co instructions from My Ro J Bushy who has sold his property. Items include draught filly two years old, light horses, trotting stallion unbroken steers heifers cows wool sheep portable hay press farm implements and household items listed with prices and brands.
L A Fairbairn and Co advertise public sale by auction of a 245 acre property at Bacchus March, featuring a 3 paddock manor with 10 acres cultivated yielding fine crops. The seller Mr Janes Vo Onin plans leaving the state and has sold other holdings. Sale at the Corporation Yards Bacchus March on the above date at 1 pm.
Under Charles Oliver's instructions now in Melbourne, L A Fairbairn & Co announce a public auction at the Corporation Wharf, Biogochus Marsh, on sale day. The property includes a four room dwelling with a detached brick kitchen, in sound condition with garden. Full particulars from L A Fairbairn & Co Ballin Melbourne.
CLEARING SALE at ROCKBANK on Mt Cotterell road. DENSLEY & JOHNSTON after instruction from Mr HW Wilkinson offer every item for ABSOLUTE SALE including draught horses, cows, farming machinery, hay, seeds, tools, and more. Also notices for Royal Pictures showings tonight and sale of plows drills and engines by James W H Cunningham Melton.
Melbourne Public Works notes on 3 February 1915 invites tenders until 4 March for remodelling State School 28 Bacchus Marsh. Deposit £10, security £390. Details at Public Works Office and Taeckus Police Station. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. PF Hagelthorn, Commissioner of Public Works.
Shire of Bacchus Marsh Country Roads Board invites tenders addressed to the President at Shire Hall Bacchus Marsh for Bridge construction at Pyrete Creek under the Country Roads Act. Tenders close 11 am Tuesday February 9 1915. Specifications at Shire Office Bacchus Marsh and Country Roads Board Office Melbourne. Deposit two per cent. A Mackenzie Tyers Shire Secretary Bacchus Marsh January 14 1915.
Tenders invited for formation of roadways on Cornwall and Derby roads Mitchells lane Sheahan s lane and Hopkins rom Monaghans lane and Ballarat read supply of spalls in various quantities. Plans and specs at Shire Secretary s Office Sunshine Public meeting at Mechanics Hall Blackwood February 7 at 4 pm to elect a Recreation Reserve Trustee.
A local plea from T H Skene following the death of Ce Wo Al Mebane creates a vacancy in the Riding. Skene responds to requests and a large petition, offering her services and pledging to watch the electorate’s interests if elected.
Tender notices advertise letting by tender for three years or one to three years for land 1250 acres near Lath River railway station with wind mill. parcels include ploughing acres. Tenders due February 14 1916. Also brick house for rent and requests to sell beeswax horsehair hides and shins. Authorities listed: FP H Crook secretary to trustees R Hevey Little River W Beck Moe and W Metkle Latrobe Farm.
The Harvest Home Ball will be held in the above hall on Friday evening February with admission priced at one shilling and twopence. A dressmaker and costumier Miss Hobbs will open workrooms at the Hall of Commerce on Monday to offer practical Melbourne experience and satisfaction promised to ladies. notices invited.
F L Nance announces commencement of practice at Bacchus Marsh with consultation at Main Street residence and Melton on Tuesday afternoons from 2 to 4. Mr WaldeMar Seidel LTCh Gold and Silver Medallist of Trinity College of Music London resumes teaching from February 13, with prospectus available through Mr Seidel at Glevs Collins Howlable Street West, Richmond.
Marriage records show Joseph Murphy and Margaret Kenny joining in a Silver Wedding ceremony on February 1800 at Blackwood Roman Catholic Church officiated by Father Horan. A death notice follows for Mrs. Blythe, aged 53, at Pier House Morinsirens South Williamstown Beasia, widow of Charles Blythe and mother of Mrs. P Wheeler.
Evourtios is portrayed as a relentless force driving humanity beyond pagan thought. The text envisions a forthcoming Cosmos reshaping ethics language literature and governance under British influence while acknowledging immense war and suffering in the interim.
A fragment from a 19th century bulletin debates sanity with a quote on imagination and politics. It then lists local auctions and sales at Bacchus Marsh and nearby shires, including properties, clearing sales, and advertised particulars. Community notices cover church services, lectures, and upcoming tenders for road work and bridge projects.
The Bacchus Marsh Shire Council faces a delayed filling of the Coimadai Riding seat left by Dr W H McFarlane J P who died and also served as Returning Officer. A new Returning Officer will be appointed at Tuesday’s meeting. Ratepayers oppose, urging quick action while petitions call for three new appointments.
Temporary digestive discomfort blamed on indigestion may cause constipation. Chamberlain's Tablets gently stimulate the bowels to function naturally, avoiding chronic issues. Sold by W Grant Morton, Baches Marsh, and A Comben Co. Werribes.
The Melton Shire Harvest Festival hosted a program at The Mark featuring a gala evening with entertainment by local artists and groups from Footscray and Melton. A dinner at Gobblen Flower Hotel followed, with proceeds aiding the Melton branch fund and a lively audience turnout noted for a community event.
The annual meeting of the parish near Wiesley elected churchwardens and vestrymen for 1905. Officers listed include A C Simon, H L Horder, W Horder, and others. Auditors were W Willie, FP Hiscock, and others. Refreshments were provided. thanks were extended to contributors.
Royal Pictures screens The Struggle a drama set in a Far West military post. The film portrays life dangers and daily challenges faced by soldiers and civilians amid frontier life. Other features accompany the program.
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