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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
2
McPhail Anderson & Co. announce cattle fat and store entries plus cattle at Morni and Mymiong including Milkers and Springers. Peter Heagney reports dairy cattle and other stock. L A Fairbairn & Co. list cattle sheep horses pigs and sundries with drafts and odd lots. Auctions set for June 24 and June 27 at noon.
Gippsland Northern Co operative Selling and Insurance Co Ltd announces a 2 percent commission on fat stock sales at Newmarket for shareholders. The notice cites strong support from Graziera and details nominal capital of £250 000 with subscribed and paid up capital of £57 015 and £49 106 respectively.
Note the company’s progress shows year ending 90/4/17 with turnover 1 054 096 pounds and bonuses 56 998 pounds while dividends total 9 716 pounds. All classes of farm produce on speed or consignment. Consign to share profits. Monthly sales at Bacchus Marsh first Thursday monthly. Representative J M Fagan. Monthly sale at Ballan second last Thursday. Local agent A W Flack Ballas.
For sale 1 White Laghorma pullet pair from 300-eg¢ line bred for winter laying. Includes 8 pairs available. Contact L. C. Hallett Racecourse H Bacchus Marsh for details.
Shire of Bacchus Marsh calls a public meeting at the Shire Hall on Monday to consider planting trees along the Main Roads for an Avenue of Honor. All residents urged to attend. A concert at the State School on Wednesday June 26 to aid the movement with admission set at 1/6, Moonlight, J L Bourke, chairman. Joe Bennett, treasurer. A B O'Hara, honorary secretary.
L A Fairbairn and Co announce a clearing sale on Mr C J McFarlane’s Bacchus Marsh farm. Auction begins 1 pm with 15 dairy cows 7 calves several horses including Olive Park bred stock wagons harnesses tools and farm gear to be sold. Sale near Bacchus Marsh township.
Returned soldiers social to honor Pt. W. Dubout at Rowsley Hall on Wednesday June 76th. Event includes concert and dance with moonlight. Ladies bring a basket. J Toogood Honorary Secretary T G Missen Chairman chaired the affair.
A complimentary social and farewell for volunteers will be held at Shire Hall Melton on Friday June 28 at 4 pm. The event, chaired by J N Howell, aims to organise an appeal for the Australian Comforts Fund for soldiers. Admission to the social on Saturday June 29 is 1 shilling. program led by Hon J Cunningham.
Tenders are invited for a two year lease on Lucerne Farm west of Bacchus Marsh adjoining the Melbourne main road. The 30 acre property offers lip toy qed and indig season lucerne irrigated graded and laid out in check banks subdivided into three purdock. Alternate tenders for with or without dwelling house. Successful bidder gains use of a mowing gear hayrake two farm drays and spring oil at 10 per cent per annum. Full particulars from agent L A Pairbairn & Co Bacchus Marsh. Clearing sale of dairy cows and horses to be held Wednesday May 3rd July.
J. J. Windsor announces the acquisition of E. J. Ford’s butchering business on Main Street Bacchus Marsh and pledges strict attention to patrons. Sale offers include eating apples from 2/4, cooking apples from 3, culinary pears, and a request for customers to bring a bag. Murphy and St. Bacchus.
The Melton Red Cross invites members to the Mechanics Institute on Tuesday June 25 at 2 45 pm for the third annual meeting. Moyra Smith is honorary secretary. A queen of flowers fundraiser and other events follow with dancing and poster ball on June 26 at Mechanics Hall Bacchus with music and admission details.
An early program lists a Grand Concert featuring Miss Nellie Valence with Miss Peg O Donnell Mr McNamara and local performers. Items include vocal duets violin solos recitations and songs such as Madame Butterfly and Valley of Laughter concluding with God Save the King and an admission price of 1 shilling 6 pence.
Tenders due by 1 am on Friday 24 June 1916 for road construction at Troup’s road Breakneck road and Black Hill pall with 5 percent deposit. Specifications at Shire Office Melton. Secretary GEO MINNS notes not all tenders guaranteed acceptance. Also Bacchus Marsh Cooperative Association invites tenders to 28 June for CARTAGE to and from Porton railway station by RB J SLESWICE secretary.
Notice to bottle dealers and others regarding MB over CV branded bottles owned by Manufacturers' Bottle Company of Victoria Proprietary Limited. Bottles borrowed for single use with contents for retail or consumption and must be returned after empty. Bottles may not be destroyed damaged or disposed of and are not to be used for any other purpose. Dated June 1 1918. G Beckley Manager. Pavey Wilton and Cohen Solicitors Melbourne.
Notice warns that poison has been laid for foxes in all Greystones paddocks. Owners of logs are warned. W. P. Greene of Greystones Rowsley issues the notice.
Notice warns that any person found trespassing with dogs or guns at Melton Park will be prosecuted. The club retains the right to use the estate. Also notice that shooting or hunting is banned at Rosedale Park during lambing season. Various ads follow for selling ponies harnesses boarding rooms and lost purse.
J J Barry urges residents of Fruity Confectionery and Green grocer district to support his business offers. He promotes afternoon tea hot pies and stresses cleanliness civility attention. Subscription to Express advertised at 10 shillings per year.
A medical note states that sore shoulders are usually due to rheumatic muscle strain. It urges prompt use of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, claiming quick relief from discomfort when applied freely.
The garden fete will be opened at 2 p.m. by His Grace Archbishop Mannix at St Bernard’s School Ground Bacchus Marsh. The Irish Pipe Band will perform and dancing continues until midnight. The Queens of Erin committee thanks all who aided in last Saturday’s successful sports event.
Death on active service and in memoriam notices from a historical newspaper fragment. Updates include names and relations such as Mrs F J Ashton and Alick, with locations in Melbourne suburbs. Also memorials for Tomas, Druisie Irens, Dulcie Irene, and Dulcie Pearce family references.
A notice from Bacchus Marsh describes a Confirmation Service at St Bernard’s Church with Archbishop Mannix officiating, followed by a Garden Fete at St Bernard’s School where the Archbishop will speak. It also mentions a Queen of Australia concert and a Queen of Flowers dance, plus local market planning, tree-planting drives for district soldiers, and farm tenders.
The Bacchus Marsh Dairymens Association invites tenders for cartage to the railway station. An event at Border Inn invites consultation on Italian rheumatic treatments. Major Campbell, J.P., is the sole agent visiting Bardins Marsh and can be consulted at Courthouse hotel. A cemetery memorial for the Lidgett family is described, with granite work by G Dawe of Carlton. Community notices include farewell for residents McLachlin, Red Cross efforts, and requests for entertainments.
An advertisement promises a homemade cough remedy using HEENZO mixed with warm water and treacle or honey. It claims a pint of the mixture costs far less than store-bought versions and offers a mail order option from a factory chemist at 178 Cantlereagh Street, Sydney.
A notice outlines a forthcoming event with Dr Mannix scheduled for Saturday June 23 in Bacchus Marsh. Additional text hints at June 26 activities or related gatherings, though details are unclear due to OCR errors.
A regional football fund drive unites several players and coaches to organize a new squad. The event includes ongoing Saturday scrimmages and plans to gather donations for the program, with multiple named participants listed as contributors and supporters.
The Water Commission supplies full storage height at Pee y’s Creek Reservoir with about 14 850 acre feet present. Last week output shows 621 acre feet and nil loss for the week.
Data shows reservoir height at 80 feet with a volume around 17 000 acre feet. The weekly return also lists total inflow and present storage figures for the period observed.
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