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Newspaper
Melbourne Courier
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1845
Page
1
The Melbourne Courier announces its printing office welcomes all kinds of work with emphasis on neatness accuracy and rapid dispatch. It promotes its new type and superior work, lists available forms and publications, and notes leadership changes and agency services for colonial news and commerce.
Announcement of a land sale by proclamation dated 13 November 4bh, at the Melbourne Burvey Office on the 20th instant. George Campbell Courlew appears as bidder at an upset price of 20s per acre. Ended and deeded terms noted.
A historical tender notice from 1845 announces conveyance of mails between Melbourne and Port Adelaide and other routes. It specifies bid procedures, required deposits, and penalties for delays or misuse. Postmasters, contractors, and riders are referenced with routes to Mount Macedon and Fiery Creek and instructions on tender forms and submission deadlines.
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