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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 30, 1909
Page
1
Special notice announces steamer departures from Melveuree Salooo with fare details to Bande and back. It lists steerage at six dollars each way and notes return tickets valid for three months with interchangeable telephones. For full details contact C. Cathels, At Porttare.
Shire of Techas Miss EVAKATIS tenders invited for gravelling and culvert contracts across Dee ridge's area and nearby routes. Includes Forming gravelling, chains, and drainage on roads near Gray's Dunkeldras and Bones. Tenders close April 1 1900 with deposits equal to over one percent in bank notes.
Tenders are invited for multiple works including cementing and bridge construction. The notices detail contracts 92/00 and 28/05, with sites in Penhurst and surrounding districts. Specifications are available at the Shire offices and local stores, with a £1 deposit for tenders and a 24 percent bid guarantee for large tenders.
A dated program for May 1909 horse events lists hurdles and handicap races. It includes event names, prize money, distance descriptions, weight allowances, and acceptance deadlines with notes on weighing and penalties. Names of horses, riders, and organizers appear with monetary stakes and conditions for May 11 to May 20.
Notice describes road parcels between parishes, property allotments, and land drainage actions under Shire Engineer authority. Includes dates, officials, and notices of meetings and public bids. Mentions MacKenzies, officials in Te Weka district, and dates in 1908.
Meeting at Dunkeld presents the programme with Welsh and local entries. Handicaps include the Le Versmurst and Welter Jacke, with nominations due March 1909, and a Flying Handicap for all races. Special holiday trains run from Hamilton and Ararat to Dunkeld for race day.
Notice from the Shire Engineer Charles P Wilson dated March 22 190 asking Waik to preserve the Cranchord River embankment and Lower Crewtown works and to prevent damage or removal of bridge culvert stone gravel or salt from shire lands. A fine or conviction may follow willfully interfering with shire property.
A garbled entry lists maiden plate five furlongs and trotting races at two miles with various trophies and weights. The document notes horses to be approved by stewards, with entries due by a cutoff and post-entry for other events, referencing V.R.O. rules.
Public notice lists antidotes for snakebite kept at Grats Schools Mighty Takere Kot Spor Narraweng Myamye Comdal and at Railway Station. June secretaries report locations in a terse, partly garbled OCR style.
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