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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 08, 1913
Page
2
The property has six frontage lines to Sit din and Main street featuring a comfortable five room dwelling, a shop once leased by Seawall & Spurling tailors, an orchard, garden, and additional improvements.
Public notices advertise sealed tenders for road works on Broughton Vale road and a land application under the Transfer of Land Act 1890. Details include contract numbers, deposits, viewing plans at the Shire Hall Bacchus Marsh, and the seven day advertisement window ending November 10, 2018. Land description covers Crown Allotments 19 26 24 21 29 Farwan Parish, Grant County with precise boundary courses and road references.
The Melbourne press debate on national spirit and international literature is joined with local Bacchus Marsh announcements. Notices cover property sales, race entries, racing club events, church services, ball show entries, tender calls, and a polling result on municipal electricity lighting. The text notes T. Cain’s death as former club president and plans a sympathy letter.
The Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat districts clash over a "Schools Excursion" aimed at providing a day out for children. Ballarat touts an earlier bath opening, while Bacchus Marsh critics say outside pupils were shut out. A new plan by Ballarst to fund a swimming bath trip unfolds as residents weigh alternatives to Williema town beach and bay cruises.
A welcome concert and dance at Melton Catholic Church is scheduled for Wednesday with a high quality program to be performed by Melbourne artists. The week features wintry showers and a heavy hail storm on Tuesday. Rainfall totals for the week should aid wheat crops but slight frost possible. The Buford reservoir project may proceed over two years. Cricketers plan visits to Rookbank as conditions improve. No tenders were received for Melton township footpaths. A council meeting aimed to save money for large landholders. Mr. Barrie suffered injuries from barbed wire and a horse kick, resulting in a broken nose. M'Phail Bros. & Co report steady sales at Melton on the first inst. Harvest prospects improve. cattle sales: spring calves £6 10s, backward cows £5 5s, fet cows £6 5s, fleshy cows £6, fat heifers £5 5s, younger half-bred £4 0s to £6 0s.
Ten tenders were received by the Whiter Commission for the Exford Melton reservoir at Werribee river. The lowest bid £53,680 from Trench & Moran Footscray was rejected. The scheme aims to hold 10 000 acre feet of water at a depth of 85ft with a total estimated cost of £60 000 to supply irrigable lands near the Werribe railway line 17 miles from Melbourne. Five thousand acres are already subdivided with channels to be built and water supplied to allotments. The project follows Bacchus March water demand and Pyke's Creek reservoir limitations.
Meltonshire Council debated allowing drovers to leave stock in Pound yards for convenience and to charge a nominal fee. Opinions varied with support for a trial, concerns over sustenance costs, and calls to protect livestock. Additional items covered road work, hospital plans, a sheep dip, cemetery upkeep, and telephony links to the railway.
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