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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 22, 1912
Page
1
Telegraph notice from Aberdeen Line listing weekly departures to London Deri and Cape Melbourne every 28 days. Rates from £1 and up, with fares starting at 13/18, service details include sailings, booking offices, and travel options.
The Blue Funnel Lime introduces a new passenger service with fee details and routing mentions Rendon Adelaida Durban and Capetown. This item notes tolls and charges for the voyage across multiple ports.
A garbled OCR page shows a series of notices and dates spanning May and June across multiple towns. items mention meetings and times, road and bridge closures, parish council actions, fines, and public works notices. Names like Hamilton and Penhurst appear, with references to Shire secretaries and local government actions.
By law details the Hamilton Warrnambool rail line and township panabu boundaries, outlining impoundment actions for livestock and rubbish on roads near Panabu. It specifies enforcement by local authorities and seeks information to convict offenders depositing rubbish on Eolor Road or nearby routes.
Notice to landowners in Linlithgow Bay area, including Jean Jonoa Warra and Boonawah, orders cutting Thistle saffron tle and Bathurst Burr on their land and adjoining strip. Failure to comply will prompt legal action to compel removal.
The Board of Public Health enacts regulations under the Health Acts prohibiting sale or reception of unsafe bread and meat products. Violations carry penalties not exceeding ten pounds. Notice from Melbourne dated July 1901 asserts the governor’s approval and outlines enforcement by the Board. The secretary cites intended further regulations at Shire Hall with a January date.
The Shire of Mount Rowse TIO issues notice from the Board of Public Health under milk regulations restricting skimmed or separated milk labeled milk. The document lists advertisements for public works in Blairatreed, Harrow and Edenhope, including two contracts on the Edenhope road and a Presbyterian Church site. Cameron, CE, invokes council chambers in Fileshope with bids due May 7, 2913.
A fragmentary notice from Kowres mentions prohibitions on matches sales and packaging within the Shire. It specifies months January February April November and December and references fire safety acts and local officials. The text is garbled but indicates enforcement rules tied to a local box containing match descriptions and a related act.
Shire of Kewres prohibits driving wagrols and heavy vehicles to new rondas and warns of prosecution for damage. The notice also bans wire netting obstruction within the shire boundaries and states offenders will be prosecuted. Bill
In the Rowres Shire Council notices members are asked to deliver skins in good condition within the shire and to file petitions and accounts for council consideration. Agents are named to collect skins at Rowkesdalm and Macarthur, with penalties for late or improper delivery. Also public notices on cattle rates and rate payments due by June and May 1913 deadlines are listed.
The notice specifies where Amie dots for snakebite antidote are kept. Locations include Schools Deby Tahers Hoetepur Nerrawong Myan Condah rambo uel i Mechanics. Also available at dental facilities and jail stations.
Notices invite ratepayers to submit applications for purchasing wire netting at Portland wharf. Details specify 1 foot 6 inch gauge mesh, price about £27 15s per mile, applicants must apply by June 10 and state number of coils and land particulars for erection. Portland, May 17.
An OCR fragment notes road conditions and lane closures with uncertain road names and dates. The text references Pariah Bacay and Neokpiedab in a disrupted sentence about driving or road work, ending with a note to await further motions.
A notice from the council offers ten pounds reward for information leading to the identification of individuals who damaged or removed trees planted on the Ha arene road in Fenwhoret during a specified period. The secretary Balre OMiess of Feushucet issues the appeal in October.
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