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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 26, 1898
Page
3
A wedding reception recounts toast by Mr Harria thanking Lim and recalling festive anecdotes. Guests sample a decorated cake, sing, and share presents as the newlyweds depart amid well wishers. Separate reports cover local accidents, church prize distributions, and community notices in a busy session.
Ballan defeated Blackwood by 121 runs after a dominant bowling display led by Lay who took seven wickets. Ballan’s Dallan top scored with 18 while Blackwood’s J Robson stood out with 28 not out. The follow-up match at Blackwood is yet to be played.
The Blackwood Cricket Club hosted a smoke night at Caen's hotel for 100 or more friends to honor J Hyres on his retirement after years as captain. Secretary M J Croker chaired the event presenting a silver sugar basin and a silver mounted pipe. Hyres thanked donors, pledging to continue enjoying cricket in remaining time, while many attendees toasted.
In Bullengarook the John Donn oats sale drew a fair crowd with Algerian oats at up to 6/6 per bag and White oats not reaching that level. Straw sold for £10 a sack. drought fears loom as wells run dry and cattle suffer with little rain.
In Melton the case for the plaintiff Mir. Dugdale and defendant Moloney and Stewart proceeds before Mewre WS Harkness and M Kyle. The matter concerns the killing of six Lincoln sheep registered on the stud book and other destruction. Marlin Carberry testified seeing the event between 0 and 0 o'clock on the evening of November inst.
A Bacchus Marsh field trial of a new rotary disc plough drew a small crowd as farmers, wary of change, observed an American invention with saucer-shaped steel discs. The device, imported last year, uses rear resiliency to boost draft and features four replaceable discs designed to cut a 32 inch wide furrow. It relies on heavy wheel weights for grip, with oiling provisions to reduce draught, and a South Melbourne mantle for durability.
The article reports on efforts to source ploughs from Melton and appeals to the Yan Yean Board for a larger water supply to Werribee. It notes discussions with Mr Fitz Gibbon, the need for a larger main, plans for a night water tank, and calls for local landholders to submit schemes. It mentions public donations for a telephone line, a new state school, council bylaws, upcoming meetings, and notes on local events and sermons.
An old advertisement questions readers about saving while urging consumption of Wolfe's Schnapps as a remedy for rheumatism impure blood and liver afflictions. The tone imitates a period sales pitch asserting medical benefits.
In a Baptist church ceremony on the sixteenth, Morel Prossen of Geelong marries Margaret Taubel, daughter of George Dickie J.P., Baoshus Marsh, with Rev. Edward Harris officiating. The couple are described as the fourth surviving children of their respective families.
Instructions for preserving insects in cork bottomed boxes, with moths pinned through the thorax and treated with camphor to deter mites. It suggests corrosive sublimate on large specimens and cork lined boxes from E Cherry & Sons Gisboros, plus spirits of wine for caterpillars and other larvae.
A period ad argues most people live unnatural lives by overeating and poor habits. It promotes Dile Beans from Detroit as a cure for digestive woes and lists claims of health benefits and wide Australian availability at a low price.
A distorted OCR fragment presents scattered poetic lines about joy discord and a king of song. The legible elements include plea to let joy prevail and vivid imagery of a queenly or regal figure amid chaotic pages, but context and full meaning are unreadable. The source lacks clear events or identifiable persons.
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