Phaeton and Carriage Exhibits Amaze Melbourne Crowd
Henry Hott exhibits a series of phaeton and buggy vehicles at 297, 209, and 30 Jonsdale St Melbourne. Highlights include a phaeton with potent axle and rubber wheels, a reversible-seat vehicle for four, a comfortable slide seated buggy, and a versatile Abbott buggy for country use. Several models draw admiration for design, workmanship, and ease of entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hoth
Jonsdale St. Melhourne
Ma Phattoh
Amd
Alexander Cnet
Moths
Morucca
Thos. Murcheil
Lonsdale Street
Melbourne
Powntry
John Rann
Tullarowk
Darner
Craidies
Witt
Abbot Bugey
Bradey
Abbott Buges
Frank Vial and Sons Belting Works and Showpiece
Frank Vial and Sons operates at 179-183 Queen Street Melbourne with Abbotsford factories, producing Universal leather and cotton belting and machine belting. The firm ships modern equipment, offers belt fittings and lubricants, and displayed a full range at the Royal Show including leather, canvas, rubber hoses, and belt accessories. They hold Australian rights for McCall's Patent Wheel Strap which safely restrains runaway horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orm
Queab Street
Melbourne
Abbotsford
Commonwealth
Australia
India
Kole
Victoria
Ia Ukewise
Frank Viel and Sons
McCall
Vickery and Son Promote Premier Pioneers of Egg Preservation
J S Vickery and Son of Ballarat and Latrobe present a hearty advertisement for a range of preservation and household products. They tout innovative egg preservation methods, leather care, varnishes, and health salts. The piece markets a new line of furniture and household renovations, claiming wide distribution in Australia and New Zealand, with a focus on affordable prices and modern reinvention of goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickury
Ballarat
Melhearms
New Zealand
Vickory
Neal Weucere
Shell transport and trading co lamp demonstration tour
The Shell Company showcases kerosene oil from Sumatra, Borneo, and Southern Russia, highlighting its cleaner white flame with properly designed chimneys. Local Williamstown tins and cases are used, supporting local manufacture, with drums also produced for oil engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Co
Wham
Shell Te
Aimerican
Sumatra
Borneo
Russia
Hydro
Rochester
Shell Company
Williamstown
New Hay Stacking Elevator At Royal Show Exhibits
Ronaldson and Co of Ballarat display a Hay Stacking Elevator designed to build stacks up to 85 feet high, around 200 tons per stack, enabling rapid, large hay storage. The firm also shows a Travelling Chaff-Cutter, Stationary Ghat-Cutter with patent gear, and various oil engines attracting widespread farmer interest. The exhibit highlights evolving farm machinery and related engines from Argyll Co and local firms, underscored by praise for agricultural progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Ronaldson and Co
Ballarat
Australia
Commonwealth
Washington
Ralph Waldo Emrson
Sage of Concord
Argyll Motor Car Shown By Melbourne Firm at Royal Show
The Motor and Engineering Co of Melbourne displayed Argyll and De Dion OAL vehicles at the Royal Show with sole agency for the Argyll. The Argyll, built in Glasgow, has won multiple non stop certificates and medals in UK and Ireland events. The two cylinder 10 to 12 hp Argyll features three speeds, a top speed near 40 mph, and gears always in mesh to prevent damage when changing gears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argyll Ja
United Kingdom
Austrolieib
Augeaia
Tay Hutes
Argyll Co
Anguil
Jnifle
Milan
Melbourne
Victoria
Tarrant Co
New South Wales
Tyrant Motor and Engineering Co
Exhibition Street
Australasia
Ellart
Spiecial
Motor and Engineering Company
Melourne
Argyll and
DE Dion Oal
Tarrant Motor and Engineering Co
Exhibition St
Glasgow
England
London
Grewe Britain
Argyll
Southport
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Neptune Cream Separator Exhibition Shown in Melbourne
McLean Bros and Rigg showcased the Neptune Cream Separator at the New District Exhibits Court. The device, claimed as a labor and cost saver, uses cold water to separate milk without power, promising pure cream and reduced need for dilution, with best results from morning and night milks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Mel Bros
Rigg
Kzabeth Street
Melbourne
Australasia
Neptune Cream Separator and Dairy Equipment Shown at Show
The Neptune Cream Separator demonstrates two glass gauges for watching the separation, with operators drawing off skim milk at the proper gauge levels. The center cylinder remains in place until both milk and cream are drawn off. Prices range from 25s for small capacity to £3 1s for larger machines, with demonstrations and tests by government dairy officers. Also displayed were dairy cans, patent wire-stretchers, and fencing wire brands Samson Bismark and Cheetah, with agents McLain Bros and Tigg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crean
Neptune
Eyal
Coopmert
Neptune Crouth
Victoria
SyJnay Royal Agricultural
Bismark
Messrs, McLain Bros
Tigg
C C Sanders & Co Saddlery and Harness at Royal Show
C C Sanders and Co, established in Mellenitia for 4% years, displayed a large saddlery and harness collection at the Royal Show at 507 and 399 Rochestreel. They earned silver signals, exhibiting English and colonial horse tack, ladies and gentlemen’s gear, whips, spurs, trappings, and pony gear, with a claim of superior materials and workmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellenitia
Tadalery
Thare
Genlemon
C. CG. Sanders and Co
Andy
Old Melbourne oil and colour firm exhibits at Royal Show
WA and GEO. DEAN Wu and Goo Dian from Collins Street Melbourne display a wide range of papers, paints, oils, varnishes, and glass. The show highlights Pewster’s Terfeet China Glass Paint, Noble’s and Efcare varnishes, and Carson anti-corrosion paint used by Victorian Railways. The firm also notes a half-century presence and a major contract for iron work protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Wu
Goo. Dian
Collins Street
Melbourne
Pewster
Aay
Noble
Efcare
W. Carson and Sons
Batterson
London
Australia
Victorian Railway Department
Carson’s Washable Water Paint Shown For Exteriors
The display includes Muralina a washable dry powder paint mixed with water for a smooth durable surface in all colors including greens. It resists lime applies to new plaster and offers a vivid finish. Also shown Calestine sanitary water paint and two notable exhibits patent Wire Rough Mate Glass for skylights and patent Corrugated Glass for iron roofs eliminating wood use outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Colt
Wan Giso
Couche Firm Exhibits at Royal Show with Agricultural Drill
Couche Calder & Co of Melbourne presented Lawes and Enphioh Superphosphate and various imported phosphate rocks from Algeria and other regions at the Royal Show. They also showcased the Missouri Grain and Fertilizer Drill praised for its adjustable feeder, low draft, and wide sowing range from three pecks to three bushels, with both commercial and home-made manures distributable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilifanterd
Algair
Agricultural Department
Messrs
Couche Tder and Co
Missouri
Oldest and largest dairy appliance maker in Australasia
The firm, claiming to be the oldest established and largest dairy appliance manufacturer in Australasia, marks 40 years in Gisborne with a display of wooden dairy gear. Highlights include an improved butter trolley, Cherry's Cash Churn with over 38,000 sold, and the New Ideal Steam-turbine Bat cock Milk Tester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australasia
Gisborne
Anto
Tasmania
New Zealand
South Africa
Great Britain
United States of America
Messrs. Cherry and Sons
Hirmi
Cherry
Horticultural Notes on cactus gifts and floral shows
Parks commission spends nearly 222000 on cactus and related works for Charles Darrab gift to the city. Crystal Palace display at National Sweet Pea Society show features over a thousand bunches, new varieties lauded, with awards for top novelties and notable cultivators. Agricultural notes include plant propagation experiments, fruit imports from Portugal and Almeria, and prime citrus shows at May Day Beechworth orangery, highlighting prolific yields and diverse varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Palace
National
Sweet Pea Society
Henry Eckford
Gord Broadmore
John Ingram
Douglas Browdmery
Tady Abwisfre
Hulen Lewis
W. Rundle
Beechworth
Royal Agricultural
Sud
Hong Kong
St. Michael
Sucicent
York
Ancient Pompei flora and late 19th century preserves
Dr Wittmack notes Pompei's plant life reveals olives in jars and preserved fruits among olives, mulberries absent, and American crops missing. Descriptions include grape curing practices, ancient food preparations, and a death notice for Dean Reynolds Mole, leader of the English National Rose Society, with a broader miscellany of jokes and lighter items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompei
Wittmack
Gurtenstern
Tuly
Rochester
Reynolds Mole
English National Rose Society
Rose society highlights and new hybrid roses noted
The article recalls the 1876 formation of a rose society with Rev H D Ombrain and others to advance rose growing. It lauds the society as a success, mentions Mrs Reynolds Hole, a novel display named Tran Hole winning a gold medal, and notes a charming look at Kane related to roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Escent Temple
Wheat Statistics Report From Government Officer
Government statistician provides estimates of wheat area totaling 2,300,400 acres with 2,240,400 acres sown for grain and 150,000 for hay. Previous year totals show grain 1,107,000 acres and hay 200,673. Several counties report increases in wheat area while Barung shows a large reduction. Overall state area 2,490,400 acres, with incomplete survey returns of 65 percent, pending more accurate figures after harvest prospects improve. The commissioner will consult principal wheat growers to refine estimates in the next two months as harvest prospects clarify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowan
Woewk
Karkarone
Tutehars
Gunbower
Bendigo
Hadnay
Countink
Up State
Barung
Ama-Nowa
Sumene
Wheatdy
Aire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Hott
Coachhutilder
Lonsdata
Frank Vial
Machine Bist Manufacturers
J. S, Vickery & Son
Shell Transport and Trading CO
Ronaldson & CO
the Motor and Neering CO
McLean Bros. & Rigg
C. C. Sanders & CO
Geo. Dean
OIL and Colour Merchants
Messrs. F. Cherry and Sons
Cherry and Sons
Manchester Corporation
Charles Darrab
Herr Lindemuth
Berlin
Profesor
Weir
Portugel
Almeria
Trinidad
West Indian Fruit Company
Turkey
Tum Servatite
Tickerny
Parker
Tuwne
Mrs. Trane
Kitty
Ophaw
Yaleah
Tommy
Wheat Statistics
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!