28 Jun 1916
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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1916
Page
1
A fragmented notice from Portland to Melbourne and Port Fairy outlines passenger fares and travel terms. It mentions weather uncertainty and a circus delay, with rates shown as shillings per way and a Portland agent contact for details. The clipping uses unclear handwriting and partial street names.
The Hamilton Post Office issue lists mail arrivals and daily times for numerous towns and districts including Harrow Edenhope Balmoral Cavendish Cavendish Pigeon Ponds L.B. North Bynduk Bynduk Macarthur Warrnambool Port Fairy and regional centers. It also details English Mail schedules, street addresses, and railway actions with daily and midweek pickup times, applicable on varied days throughout the week.
Melbourne and Geelong sales advertise Dalgety and Co Ltd as Newmarket of Geelong, agents for stock and station agents. Special departments offer land sale gear dairy produce hides and skins wool butter and dairy products. Melbourne office at 461-47 Bourke Street Geelong office onTheragap Street. T H Laidlaw & Co agents for Hamilton district.
Be Souecil of the Shire of Moust Howes invites residents to extend hospitality to Australian wounded soldiers for rest and regain strength. Offers for workers in Victoria munitions projects via the Shire Office. Notice dated January 4. ROTICE WALLS Shire Secretary warns of land clearing near Roade fences and the Dunkeld quarry site approved for dump and refuse collection.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions removal with soft seats and a vague company name. Readable items are too limited to identify persons, places, or concrete events. No clear event, date, or organization emerges for a proper headline and summary.
Legal notice concerns a property in Peashurst and Watton within Momai Shire under Local Government Act Part BS 66, demanding written notices to the Suira Secretary about intended road or boundary actions and driver of fraction engines after a May Gret lay.
Public Health notices warn of vessel contamination rules and skim milk requirements. Regulations outline penalties and describe orders from the Board of Public Health and Shire authorities. Notices indicate water restrictions at Spine Creek and labor preferences for returning soldiers, with contact details for Shire Office Tensburret.
Shire of Bount Mouse issues final notice under By-Laws Nos 15 and 16 delaying wandering stock and travel within the district. Stock owners must contact Herdaman Mr. Wm Merweather at Dunreld by post card to confirm reception and routing through any section of Mount Rows with stock movement.
The Board of Public Health of Victoria issues regulations under the Health Act to secure cleanliness and prevent contamination of bread and meat. Prohibits receiving contaminated bread or meat for sale and bans second hand or reprinted papers in packaging. Penalties up to ten pounds. Effective September 4. Signed by W. Colville and Robert A. Roger.
Officials invite residents to attend a town session at Hawiewdale regarding the under supervision purchasing depot matters. The notice names FPERS and ACOWLISH B TR MSA Saire Sertwiaty as sponsors and lists the Shire offices in Hawiewdale as the venue.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Portland and a petition involving T A Tul lom Betretany Petian with unclear roles or actions, no dates or outcomes readable.
Notice from the Portland Shire authorities by order of T. B. Tulloa, stating that any person found trespassing or entering Shire property will be searched or confronted by sanitary services and police, and that access is restricted to Shire premises only.
A notice from the Shire of Portland invites applications for authority to arrive and subscribe to a district fund. Forms for submission are available at the Shire offices and must be obtained by a specified date, under official order.
Notice announces a ten shilling reward for information leading to conviction of anyone removing or breaking glaze bottles on streets in the Shire of Mount Rowse. Additional five pounds reward offered by the Council for information aiding conviction of anyone damaging lamp posts at Peneburat. D Walla, Shire.
Public coach service from Hamilton to Macarthur leaves daily from Hamilton and Peach's Victoria Hotel at Met Arthur with returns in the afternoon. Coaches pick up at Macarthur and deliver parcels and passengers to Lone Dale Street offices, with fares listed for single and return journeys.
The notice lists a Caledonian Hotel agents and a return coach service from Harrow to Hamilton via Harrow with departures on Mondays and Wednesdays and late evening arrivals. It names James Lyall as junior proprietor and lists several hotels and stations along the route including Dalmeral and Maj Sita bles.
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