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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 08, 1869
Page
2
Sealed tenders invited by Ballan Shire Council for various works and services including gate and road improvements. Notices dated May 1, 1900, list tender requirements, locations such as Ballan and Gisborne districts, and submission deadlines.
Fragmentary OCR text references accounts and places like Slores Halens and Egortan. It hints at an adapted system and repeated attempts to peat sap. The readable items show no clear event, date, or identifiable persons.
Fragmentary OCR text outlines an application related to gold mining permits and legal proceedings. Names, places, dates, and key numbers are obscured, but references to a permit, application process, and boundary considerations appear. The readable portions mention monetary amounts and boundary discussions without clear context or outcome.
Fragmented OCR text appears to list sales items and notices from Pentland Hills with references to households furniture and farm land. It mentions dates around May and March, names like Hart, Hawt Hopasow, and Vasow Quaily along with references to valuable prem iers and independency carta. The legibility is poor and the exact nature of the sale or notice is uncertain.
A Saturday market notice lists wares including groceries drapery and textiles. It mentions buyers and vendors by name and references items such as B. Mancing Co goods and Pausilin products.
Fragmentary OCR notes announce notices about a U.S. volume discovery on the Tan Bolwirre dated April 90 1860. Mentions an Antrd a situation on household or yard boundaries. Includes references and application by Lutter Mdrwaed Yd Post Olle, Gonton.
A fragmented retail notice lists winter goods in varied assortments including Ausortound of new bode and barley. It mentions G Wood as wine merchant and W sorpmanon as commission agent with unclear addresses and names, reflecting a local tradesmen advertisement from a historical page.
Victorian market report details farm and dairy produce pricing for the week ending May. Includes butter flour oats oats barley wheat and pork meat values, with quotations for peasant goods, feed, beans and cattle. Notable figures show variances by quality and supply, with a brisk trade in beef and calves and fluctuations across grains and stock.
Fragmented notes recount Masia and Haraway at a May race event with varied performances and a focus on quality and competition. Mentions of scores, places, and participants appear with uncertain details and several garbled phrases.
The National Bank of Australasia lists paid-up capital of £1,000,000 and reserve fund of £160,000 with current interest rates on deposits. John Coningham M'Causland is named as manager.
Fragmentary OCR cites Commarcial Bank of Australia with unclear branch and official at a function. Mentions acting manager Bartholomew and a date near Saturday but lacks coherent facts or figures.
The Bacchus Blarah Road Board debates officer pay, two posts or one, with clerical and engineer roles retained. Members at first approve two salaries at twenty shillings and one pound, then face calls to restore, delaying decisions amid intraboard friction and questions about valuator appointment and clerk duties.
A garbled account hints at rising parliamentary friction between lawmakers and the judiciary over privilege and review authority. The text mentions disputes with Supreme Court judges and questions about whether legislative decisions can be reviewed behind the scenes, signaling potential conflict ahead.
The report narrates a heated dispute over the House of Commons powers and judicial authority with references to precedents, Privy Council, and past cases. It notes resignations, ministerial moves, and political maneuvering surrounding the Ballarat district, church matters, and ongoing building fund efforts.
An OCR damaged page details multiple court actions in Blackwood with names like Hane, Williams, Kirk, Janusz, and Malone. It references Crown lands, obstruction charges, and a balance of payments, noting witnesses such as George Weight and Thomas, with procedural mentions and alleged offenses described in a detached ledger style.
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