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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 20, 1913
Page
1
From Melbourne and Portia d reports show steamers with limited departures. Weather and am irregular sails cause delays for cargoes including wool grain and other produce. First steamer leaves Portland to avoid delays, with further schedule adjustments noted.
Public notices from Hamilton and surrounding Dundas Shire warn of vehicle curations and tyre width controls, announce awards for information leading to conviction, and warn against obstructions and damage to roads, fences, and trees. Officials SMITH and WALLS issue byelaws, rewards, and penalties for offenses.
Notices warn of rewards for information leading to convictions for tree damage and theft, traffic weight limits on Penshurst to Dunkeld bridges, and public health warnings. It lists Shire Secretary D Wall, dates in 1914–1918, and various localities including Penshurst, Dunkeld, and Mount Roose Shire.
The Kowres Shire Council announces depots for distributing refined wheat at various locations including Salt Lakes Mr J E Kirby’s residence and Ap ply stores. Supplies sold for cash only at fixed prices plus flag costs, with hours from one o’clock to three o’clock. H G Hill, Shire Secretary.
The document directs medical practitioners and registrars to report typhoid fever scarlet fever diphtheria and pulmonary tuberculosis to health authorities. It requires parents guardians and household occupants to notify head teachers immediately of any listed diseases including smallpox Asiatic cholera plague yellow fever measles typhus fever whooping cough cerebrospinal meningitis and other severe infections.
Shire of Kowree public notice informs residents the snake-ith apparatus for treatment recommended by the public health service is available at the Kowree Shire offices and listed state school staff. Also includes rates collection timetable, penalties for nonpayment, and secretary attendance details for council meetings.
The Shire of Minhamite calls for bids on a road roller and associated works. Tender specifications list Hawkendale office and Macarthur residence as viewing and submission points with bids due Monday month day at 4 pm. The advertisement names Shire Engineer Mr. Oleraca and references local officials and tender conditions.
The Shire of Portland cautions that 90 persons must enroll for property rates due by the tenth, with interest at 1 per cent from November last to payment. Collectors will receive rates at offices in Portland from the first to the fifteenth of June. Free stock grazing notice warns stock impoundment for on road stock. Registration for East Riding, South Riding, and West Riding is through local agents, with early payment urged.
Payment notice from Kowres Water Works Trust requires separate settlement of rates due. The document references a cheque payment method and notes that the Trust rates must be paid separately to complete the transaction.
Mr David K Baillie of Mawkes ale has named J Allan as shire secretary in the Eastern Hivelem. The appointment follows Baillie appointing a fuenpret of the same region. The record notes the clerical change within local governance.
The notice states the road between sections two and vine in Minhamite, Journty tere, is closed until further notice. Also lists a second closure for Anakebite with a series of locations including Paice Barracks Brayrholme Heywood and Dartmoor and several named sites and officials involved.
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