Bacchus Marsh Club Opens Season At Millbank Links
The Bacchus Marsh Golf Club opened the season with a large attendance including Melbourne visitors. About 40 couples entered the foursomes, with prizes donated by the president won by Miss Jean McDonald and Mr. H. Charlton, and other top scores listed. The event featured improved course features and a note requesting the return of improvised tee boxes. A post‑match tea followed, and upcoming events and fees were announced, including a mixed foursomes this Saturday and Ladies and Gentlemen singles on May 1st with entry details.
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Bacchus Marsh Club
Millbank Links
Melbourne
Cub
W. Grant Morton
J.P
Golf Club
Messrs
Grant
Hagan
Mies Jean McDonald
H. Charlton
Powell
Howard Lewis
Elsternwick
Robi. Morton
Middle Park
C. Powell
J. MacDonald
W. H. Lewis
I. Robertson
H.tuson
Miss Tyson
W. P. Grant
Miss Porter
W. B. Ryan
Hiscock
A. E. Robinson
W. E. Ramsey
W. G. Morton
Miss Flynn
P. F. Emmett
E. Dugdale
F. Pearce
Tyers
W. Cookson
Alkenude
J. K. Brown
FB. Ramsay
F. J. Nano
MacLachlan
J. 8.Ford
Millbank
Sudgent
Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club Season Ends With Hurry-Skarry
The Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club closes the season on Saturday May 1 with a 5 pm hurry-skarry event and a supper for members at 8.45 hosted by President R H Dugdale. Trophies will be awarded, and Belgian relief funds gain from the £1 10s entry. Miss J Campbell and Mrs H G Campbell win ladies prizes. Mr J A Johns and Mr H H Blight take the gentlemen’s prize and runner-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Dugdale
J. Campbell
H. G. Campbell
J. A. Johns
H. H. Blight
Football Match At Maddingley Park Between Maddingley And Richmond
A football match will be played at Maddingley Park on Monday next eight hours into the day between Maddingley and a Richmond team. An admission fee of 6d will be charged and donated to the Belgian Relief fund. The Bacchus Marsh Football Club holds its annual meeting on Wednesday evening next the 28th. Darley Junior Club held a meeting last Wednesday with only preliminary business. Another meeting is called for next Tuesday night inviting all members and intending members to attend.
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Maddingley Park
Maddingley
Richmond
Belgian Relief Fund
Bacchus Marsh Football Club
Darley
Melton Coursing Club Announces First Stake Date
The Melton Coursing Club will run its first stake of the season on Wednesday May 6 for 32 all aged dogs at 2 shillings 9 pence. Entries close Monday May 3. Fixtures list: Monday June 7, Wednesday July 7, Wednesday August 11.
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Melton
Bacchus Marsh Cricket Club Social Honors Premiership
A Bacchus Marsh Presbyterian Cricket Club social was held in the Presbyterian hall after winning the Bacchus Marsh District Association Premiership. Dr John Wills presided as officials praised the team and exchanged pennants with Captain Rev B Williams accepting for the club. Gifts included a framed team photograph and a silver water jug for bowling champion J F McLachlan. A musical program and refreshments followed with praise from Trinity representatives and club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh Presbyterian Cricket Club
Presbyterian Hall
Bacchus Marsh District Association
Trinity Club
John Wills
W. Grant
J.P
T. J. Connor
Rev. B. Williams
Rev. Williams
Connor
Trinity
T. W. Davis
H. L. Simon
W. Williams
B.A
W. Wittick
Bacchus Marsh Club
J. F. McLachlan
C. Dickie
J. F. McLathlan
Grant
B. Williams
Tyers
Stuart
Messrs
W. Crouch
W. T. Horder
E. Gordon Morris
Mount Stibnite Mining Company Report from Coimadai
The managing director R Thurston Evans reports activity at Mount Stibnite in Coimadai. Ore shows along the No 2 north drive and footwall with a potential large ore shoot where main body intersects in about 15 feet. No 1 north winze remains unwatered to 48 feet with good ore on both sides and water expected out by week’s end. Timbering delays for smithy and assay lab due to timber delivery. huts have tanks for workers. Official share quotation on Melbourne Stock Exchange shows 3d buyer and 3s6d seller. In antimony developments at Coimadai Heathcote reports 659 tons of antimony concentrates valued around £7,910 for the quarter ended March 31, with 230 workers. twin shaft sunk at 12ft weekly and a ventilation winze shows good ore.
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R. Thurston Evans
Draper
West End
Amithy and Assay Laboratory
Melbourne Stock Exchange
Coimadai
Heathcote
Casterfield
Belgian Relief Fund Donations Acknowledged
The Committee acknowledges donations from Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club and others totaling amounts listed including 1 4 and 1 8 installments. Bids are noted from Grant Morton and several individuals, with a correction credited to the Red Cross fund. Signatures and £1 contributions sought for the King Albert Birthday Book movement at Bacchus Marsh.
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Shira
Bacchus Marsh
Red Cross Work Acknowledgments and May Empire Day Sale
The hon. Secretary acknowledges thanks from Mr. R. B. Dugdale for twine sold for Mrs. J. Wills and socks from Mrs. M. Carroll and Mrs. J. Wills. A convert in aid of the Red Cross fund will be held on Monday the ?th May Empire Day.
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John Wills
Red Cross Fund
B. W. Anderson
RB. H Dugdale
J. Wills
M. Carroll
Bullengarook
Community Events Schedule for Bacchus Marsh Area
A list of upcoming social and sporting events includes LO.R. Picture night on Saturday April 24 at Bacchus Marsh, Trinity Cricket Club social on April 28, Presbyterian meeting and concert on April 40 at Toolern Vale, and various May happenings such as Dobsting Society opening night, Plain and fancy dress ball, Melton Coursing, Sporta and Socialist Balliang, St Bernland Empire party and dance, Bacchus Marsh races on May 20, and Empire Day concert for Red Cross funds on May 24.
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Lo.r
Trinity Cricket Club
Presbyterian Ted
Toolern Vale
Dobsting Society
Bacchus Marsh
Melton Coursing
Sporta
Socialist Balliang
St Bernland's Emvire Party
Donce
Red Cross Fund
Market Listings and Miscellaneous Notes from Victoria
A brief of local sales and auctions includes McPhail Bros. & Co. at Bacchus Marsh on Saturday April 24 and May 1 at Melton market, Densley & Johnston at Werribee on April 24, L. A. Fairbairn & Co. on April 29, Ballanmar on May 5, Ashby’s clearing sale at Bacchus Marsh on May 5, plus a furniture sale at W. A’s Bacchus March. Also noted is a recipe fragment for a raised bread loaf and a Chocolata Bread tip advising sugar and rising observations.
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McPhail Bros. & Co
Bacchus Marsh
Melton
Densley & Johnston
Werribee
L. A
Marriage at Oak Vale Winderlich Smith in Parwan
A quiet wedding took place at Oak Vale Parwan on 17th alt. uniting H Winderlich eldest son of the late Carl Winderlich and Mrs Winderlich of Horsham with Miss Charlottes Ann Smith eldest daughter of W H Smith of Waitchie. Presbyterian minister B Williams officiated under a decorated verandah. The bride wore white crepe de chine with shadow lace and pearls, an orange blossom wreath and embroidered veil. Bridesmaid Lona Webster wore white voile. Best man was Albert Winderlich. Gifts included a gold engraved bangle and a gold water charm with rug. After a wedding breakfast guests toasted the couple before they departed by train to Queenscliff and Geelong for their honeymoon. The couple’s future home will be at Waitchio.
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W. H. Smith
Broadmeadows
Lona Webster
Albert Winderlich
Allice Wing
Queenselil
Geelong
Winderlich
Waitchio
Former Organising Chaplain Endorses Clements Tonic in NSW Letter
The Rev F W Harvis Walker, a veteran church worker in New South Wales, writes from Sydney praising Clements Tonic as a household remedy. He says years of use improved his health, aids sleep, nerves, and digestion, and he urges others, including squatters and miners, to try the tonic sold by all retailers in Australia and New Zealand.
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F. W. Harvis-Walker
Nsw
Sydney
Corona Avenue
Waverley
Clements
Clements Tonic
F. Haheeew Ale Re, Hib
Grafton
Armidale
Zealand
Household Hints From An Old Newspaper Style
A compact list of domestic tips covers cleaning methods using hot vinegar for glass, a soapy starch wash to glossy linen, salt in coffee to improve flavor, enamel and white paint cleaning with salt and vinegar, and starching techniques. It also includes ink stain removal, bread and pudding tips, and proper washing of flannels with ammonia in warm suds.
I Owed My Rise to the Stage A Lawyer's Humble Start
A distinguished American lawyer recalls how he began in law by taking an acting role in a touring troupe. He played Marka the lawyer in Uncle Tom's Cabin to fill a cast gap, drew a crowded house, was attacked by a dog on stage, and earned five dollars plus a promise of more the next night. This exposure launched his career, eventually guiding him to judgeship and retirement.
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Somung
Marka
Atcke
Mark
Rope of OcNus referenced in ancient art lore
A scrambled historical excerpt discusses "The Rope of Ocrius" or "Rope of OcNus" as a famed painting by the Greek artist Polyg notue who died around 96 B.C. It claims he gave life and expression to figures, per Pliny, and mentions a symbolic rope used in sculpture and art to sustain forms, linking to ideas of progress and craftsmanship.
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Ocrius
Polygnotue
Pliny
Ana
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GOLF
Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club
Melton Coursing. Club
Cricket Social
Wow Millinery
Je Alj Johns
Mount Stibnite Mining Company
Bacchus Marsh and District
Darley Brick Co
P. Murphy
Swallow & Ariel
E. J. Ford
RED Cross
Grafton and Armidale
Bacchus Marsh Observation Station
Dato
Tun
Min
Rabin Sun
Jin Aie
Morton’s Style
W.grant Morton
Gaylord, Greenwood & Co
FORD
Simon Bros
Dane Eiduett
Mevart Wills & Mcvirar
Miz. Dun. Hara
Dagdale
Ryan
Balan
Aganta
Carey Motor Co
Ballarat
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