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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 01, 1909
Page
2
A special train will depart Spencer Street at 12 o'clock morning on race day, stopping at all stations and arriving at 1.16 p.m. The excursion from Ballarat and intervening stations runs on ordinary trains, available until 20th May. Bookings handled by Mr. Wright. F. H. Crook, Secretary.
Ma Bros and Co announce a forthcoming sale and urge directors to collect cream in any quantity at Booohns Marsh at market value. John W Porter secretary invites bids for material and erection of twenty chains of new fencing near Parwan railway station. Tender returns due May, with specifications for posts and rails. no tender guaranteed.
National Trustees call for tenders on a three year lease starting 14 May 1909 for Crown allotment D H and F Section 2 Parish of Parwan at Basebos Marsh containing 192 acres 4 perches plus 4 acres under the Unused Roads Act 1908. Property occupied by J Cumming tender closes at 12 noon 4 May at Trustees Cay office Melbourne. Full details and forms available at the office. highest tender not guaranteed.
An aid bazaar at the Mechanics Institute Bacchus Marsh on Tuesday May 4 features a refreshment stall with double tickets three pence and single two pence, opening at Bo'elock Bazaar. Donations are requested by Mrs W E Tattsey to her Young Street residence or G Dickis & Sons Main Street. An illustrated lecture on Wild Life in Quiet Places by Dowann Macroxam will be held Friday May 7 at 4 pm in the Church of England School Hall with 150 views, admission free. Also notices of junker sale at Maddingley Railway Hotel, and a marriage at Port Melbourne between James I Webbe of Bacchus Marsh and Fiossie Bodean. A memorial note for a mother dated May 1898 from her daughters Lydia and Mary.
Melbourne notes from Bacchus Marsh discuss building regs sanitary issues and flood control projects. Foresters John Johnstone Creswick praised while local councils seek land unlock and early forest area use. Public notices include elections suffrage and events at Mechanics Institute and fox terrier coursing.
Mr Donald Macdonald will lecture in Bacchus Marsh on Friday evening as part of the United Churches Literary and Debating Society program. He will present over a hundred natural views of bird life including Bass Strait rookeries with Gannet Albatross and Pelican scenes. The event coincides with civic efforts for local parks and school outings and notable local figures are mentioned in support.
Plans suggest dividing Boila Shire into three Ridings with allocations of £6,800 for West £6,500 for Central and £9,000 for East, renaming the shire to Ey Shire of Ropertawood Shire to avoid Sun Asylum ties, and constructing a two storey Shire hall at Sunbury with theatre ball room on ground floor and municipal chambers on first. Meanwhile road works costs from September to December flagged, with £261 0s 11d spent and value estimated at £865 1s 9d under old methods.
The Wyndham Council buys a stone-brushing machine and authorizes a local traction engine and driver to improve road metal supply. They aim to raise road quality and speed, with irrigation water anticipated later. Reports suggest a Ballarat Geelong syndicate plans to subdivide the Manor estate into agricultural blocks, boosting Werribee’s population.
A letter by Cornelius Mahoney protests erroneous boundary statements and reports a proclamation by Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria, extending sections 6 7 8 9 10 of the Towns and Other Places Act to Bacchus Marsh. It outlines the declared limits from the Werribee River to the river and describes the boundary lines in chains and directions.
A Blackwood meeting led by Rev. R. Whitford debated moving Golden Point State school to Red Hill. Support favored centralising at Red Hill citing cost, access, and district facilities. opposition argued the present site serves Golden Point and Simmons Reef, noting distance, roads, and long-term town needs.
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