03 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 03, 1900
Page
1
Our illustrated 1900 catalogue includes over 200 cycle illustrations and sundry items with useful information. We will mail a copy free of postage on application to interested friends.
The Metropolitan Board of Works discusses holiday privileges for day labourers, a Grange scalp reference, and a near unanimous vote on the scale of holidays. Finance covers lease extensions for properties and authority to purchase up to £10,000, plus irrigation profits and concerns over lucerne hay sales and sheep farming on leased land.
An abbreviated historical note recalls Dr Abernethy responding harshly to a patient who asked about lifting a hand to the head. The physician called the gesture foolhardy in public, arguing the pain signals a medical condition needing treatment and that enduring the pain is part of professional duty.
The Wyndham Shire Council meeting chaired by A Naughton reviewed auditors notes on rate book accuracy and approved several tenders for road works. Bids ranged across Cotterell Street footpath, Mortimer Street Werribee, and multiple geelong road and Doherty projects with amounts from £10 to £1197 14.
The London Daily railway correspondent reports on December 13 that a naval lyddite gun nicknamed Joey Chamberlain cleared paths with each shot. Soldiers and readers liken its blaze to a glowing amber globe seen across the battlefield, calling it Joey’s eye glass and its eyeglass a symbol of precision amid distant sights.
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