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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1870
Page
2
A fragmented historical notice from Belton, July 6 1870, announcing road bond and grazing land auctions in the Melton district. It references surveys, township land, market distances, and conditions for bids with contact details for agents. The garbled text cites Ballarat region towns and a surveyor, seeking immediate payment and terms.
An 1870 notice from Grant Gleovones Suto of Gonarid Literature announces a sale at Look Wardhouse Depot in Glasgow. It highlights discounts on Bibles prayer books hymn books and Hoole stationery with prices as low as a few pence per item. The event runs Monday July 4 and promotes a variety of religious and household goods.
A damaged ad notes the reopening of Saunders store on Saturday July 16 1870 with a complete stock including drapery calico yarns linings and hardware. It lists items like planmel loom cloth heavy mol es wing eye women’s shawls beads and ironmongery. The notice emphasizes extraordinary low prices and a general sale.
Winter goods advertised by Anderson & Co offering drapery groceries ironmongery crockery and related items. The listing promotes varied merchandise with delivery service and a focus on bargain pricing to attract local shoppers.
A jumble of dated notices announces meetings, district directives, and auctions. Items mention Daneriy Garstls of thy 8th July 1470, secretary for mines, and a sale of a Capitab Square Piano by Brondrocd, with various names and places scattered amid regulatory references and schedule hints.
Long OCR fragment describes wool trade with New Zealand, prices, quality tiers, and shipments. Mentions Tasmanian, Victorian references, and various monetary figures in old style currency. Indicates fluctuations in supply, demand, and export conditions with scattered vendor and lot details.
Debates rage as the Legislative Council rejects the Amending Shires Statute and resists funding shifts. Ministers defend endowment parity while opponents warn of broader constitutional change and unequal district funding amid a push for road district and shire provisions.
The text discusses diplomatic dispute over road endowment funding and government authority. It critiques ministerial misstatements and outlines $$93,000 and $$46,000 expenditures, noting failed promises and cabinet tensions. The article mentions the Twookus Marsh movement and calls for organization and accountability among ministers.
A lengthy report from the Taz Conferanca of dalewutos fim tha valonioy of Inainaniy, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria in Mule Volume summarizes the main outcome as the convergence of customs union talks. It notes broad opposition to immediate imperial union and suggests a day for discussing preliminary steps toward reform. It covers currency options, including minting silver money and replacing current silver with new standards, and proposes naval protection for colonies, uniform export duties, and a combined immigration system. It lists proposed rail and telegraph links, postal charges, and freight rates, with detailed price points for railway and sea routes, and hints at coordinating weights, measurements, and statistics. The report emphasizes proceeding cautiously, awaiting colonial responses before decisive actions.
A government rail proposal links Melbourne to Sandliwat with a single stop at Kollar Rows, serving Low Molton and nearby townships. The plan faces opposition as residents warn it may neglect key routes and hamper local growth, with petitions and public meetings planned before August.
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