Myrniong Co operative Butter Company Faces Change
A long standing dairy cooperative in Myrniong confronts a crisis as suppliers patronize a Bacchus Marsh milk wagon, threatening a possible shift to a milk factory. Directors plan a Saturday meeting with suppliers to decide whether to convert the plant or retain current operations, with a shareholders’ meeting a month away. The issue is set against unfair customs embargo and impending slaughtering legislation affecting dairy farmers and landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myeniong
Wmcul
Coreesfardert
Myrnion Cooperative Butter Company
Forte
Ballan
Greendale
Hias
Bacchus Marsh
Royal Pictures Presents Promising Evening Programme
Interesting programme for this evening as new management promises improvements and a bright future. A refined lineup and fresh direction are hinted, signaling a hopeful revival for the venue under the new regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fine
Dr Edward McDonald Named Medical Officer Roles
Dr Edward McDonald appointed Medical Officer of the branch and also named medical officer to the Hibernian Society, reflecting expanded duties and professional recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McDonald
McDonald
Hibernian Society
Its Uniform Success for Children’s Cough Remedy
The pat, Br. Chasabetans Coughly is proper medicine for children tested by its uniform success in curing coughs, croup and colds. It contains no narcotics and is pleasant to take. Adults will also find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy valuable for themselves with prompt relief. Sold by W. Grant Morton, Marsh and A. Comben & Co Warribes.
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W. Grant Morton
Baoebm, Marsh
A. Comben & Co Warribes
Serious accident near Gisborne station hurts Miss Hawking
At a roadside jinker accident near the Gisborne school three young women were thrown out. Miss Hawking suffered severe injuries including loss of consciousness and facial wounds. Misses Thom and Hathies were badly hurt but improving slowly. Rabbit Inspector Chants and Gisborne constable Kettle aided rescue. Two girls had been playing a ghost game with a white cloth, causing the mishap. Mining continues with no new news as cold, stormy weather persists and crops look healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daley
Mr. Chants
Hawkins
Kettle
Gisborne
Tooleen Vale School Committee Working Daystone Gravel Path
On Saturday the School Committee formed a working party at the Tooleen Vale school. They hauled gravel to cover the path from the garden gate to the clockroom door and laid four loads of sand as a top-dressing. A letter from France notes a soldier doing his bit. The Red Grass monthly meeting reported donations and general welfare work, with thanks to Miss Higgins and the Gun Club for their charitable contributions.
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Tooleen Vale
Sapper
R. J. McPherson
Egypt
Gunner Wynne
Australia
W. G. Hogglhat
France
Red Grass
J. Wyane
Mittens
Misa Beaty
Socka
Mise McLeod
Inspectihone
Horacic
Patterson
Alison Campbell
Higgins
Pyke Creek Reservoir Water Totals and Gauge Readings
Water report shows current supply at 14 350 acre feet with gauge 78 feet. Last weekly return notes 698 acre feet and gauge 12 feet. Haight on gauge volume and present supply figures indicate full supply status amid agency records.
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Haight
The Empires Call Deadly Farewell From War Front
Captain Clive B Hopkins aged 21 is killed in France after Gallipoli service where he led men with gallantry. He was the eldest son of Hamilton stationmaster C W Hopkins and Miss Julia Mahoney. Other local families mourn losses including Lt Harry Lowrin Moffitt of Melbourne and Gisborne, and Samuel L Huxtey, brother of Mrs James Morton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive B. Hopkins
France
C. W. Hopkins
Hamilton
Hopkins
Bacchus Marsh
Julia Mahoney
Solner
Cornelius
Mahoney
Duntroon Military College
N.S.W
Gallipoli
Pozieres
Harry Lowrin Moffitt
Melbourne
Gisborne
Retuu
Australia
Geo. L. Moffitt
Werribee
Samuel L. Huxtey
James A. Morton
Grant Street
G. E. Blight
H. H. Bight
Bacchus Marsh Savings Bank
AIF
Fairbank
Fairy
London
Tom
Grant
Alf Fairbank
Bacchus Marsh Football Club
Footscray “Independent
M. Coats
Footscray
Coats
Maurice Whelan
Parwan
Bacchus Marsh Light Horse
George Squires Mitchelson
Mitchelson
Unil
Seymour Camp
Syd, Bird
Sam
Bird
Balliang
West Australia
Lionel
War
Henry McCullagh
H. McCullagh
J. W. McCullagh
Bacchus Marsh Market Report and Prices
Messrs L A Fairbairn & Co report a busy monthly salon at the Corporation yards with 172 cattle 458 sheep 37 pigs yarded. Cattle bidding was slow though fat cattle sold well. Pigs cleared at good prices. dairy cows and heifers fetched higher sums. Fat bullocks and cows commanded top rates. store stock and lambs also noted. BACCHUS MARSH GUN CLUB reports shooting today with the president's brief.
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Messrs
L. A. Fairbairn & Co
Corporation
Red Cross Fund Acknowledgments and Donations
The Hon. Ses Miss Beatrice W Anderson thanks contributors for the Red Cross fund. Donations include £23 from a Flying exhibition by Mr Edwin Prosser, plus multiple monthly collections from Mrs Wm Dugdale and others. Goods donated include socks, cushions, cuffs, washers, and cards. Sent away this week were socks and various items. notes praise from Mi G Davidson A A M C calling a shirt "Top-notch."
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Beatrice W. Anderson
Edwin Prosser
Darley
Miss Edwards
Wm. Dugdale
T. H. Pearee
Misa Straughen
Miss Slack
H. Kerr
G. Ramsay
Mra Bond
Miss McFarlane
Misa M. I. Pearee
D. Ross
W. Mogton
H. M. Hodgson
D. Manly
T. G. Peares
Phillips
Annie Phillips
Janes Urquhart
Florrie Holt
Rowsley Red Cross Thanks And Balance Sheet
The Hon. Sec. Mrs Sharland acknowledges donations including cigarettes books envelopes and paper. Monthly instalments from Mira Greene and others, sale of buttons. Half year balance shows contributions £74 8s 9d, expenditure £80 8s 11d, credit balance £44 4s. Audited as correct. Also a French Red Cross thanks note for aiding forwarding goods.
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Sharland
Una Sharland
Miss Brydon
Mira Greene
P. Morris
Dubout
Kitdly
L. Wandin
Rowsley
French Red Cross Society
Rowsley Red Cross Society
French Red Cross
Frederica Godfrey
Soldiers Letters From Erie 5 Describing Life Behind Front Lines
A soldier writes of night oiling work, perilous rides dodging wagons, and living in a farmhouse with ten men and four kittens. He details makeshift lighting from gas pipes, sparse rations, a Beatrice kerosene stove, and hard, damp conditions. He notes delayed mail, punctures, and worsening roads while in France.
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Erie
Staughton
Francé
Hilletel
Riak
France
Aviator Prosser Delights Bacchus Marsh Crowds At First Flight
Local and General News recounts a record gathering in Fisken street Bacchus Marsh to greet British aviator Edwin Prosser arriving by aeroplane at 2 30. He performed the loop at 2 008 feet, ferried passengers including Mr. Alex Rosa for £3, and sparked talks of an Aviation School with Messrs Carey and Prosser. Proceeds from a Saturday collection totalled £28 10s for the Red Cross. A new concrete bridge at Hopetoon Bacchus Marsh begins preliminaries, while other local notices cover poultry housing, fire brigade meetings, a long‑time resident Mrs. Williams’s death, rabies fines, and land tenders.
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Fisken Street
Bacchus Marsh
Cunningham
Edwin Prosser
Fiskenstross
Mr. Prosser
Alex. Rosa
Parwan
H. Dugilalo
Prosser
Messrs. Carey and
Racehus Marsh
Carey
Ross
Racecoutrse
Red Cross
Messrs
Prosser and
Bacchus Marsh Club Championship Concludes In Busy Golf Day
A mixed foursome today draws a large crowd. The Bacchus Marsh Club Championship finished Saturday with Miss Marjorie Robertson taking ladies honors at 90 and Mr W P Robertson winning gentlemen’s with 159. Committee members are asked to meet at the Mechanics on Monday at 7:30 PM.
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Bacchus Marsh Club
Marjorie Robertson
W.P. Robertson
Bacchus Marsh Debating Society Meeting Note
Next meeting date set for Tuesday week the 22nd inst. Debate topic: should a member of Parliament vote by personal conviction or constituents’ wishes. The fragmentary text references love and pain imagery but lacks clear context or outcomes.
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Weader
Bacchus Marsh Name Debates and Local Progress
In Bacchus Marsh a dispute over the valley’s aboriginal name, Moonliong and Wydarral, mixed with notes on local history, the 1849 land surveys, and a push to open a new Mechanics Institute hall. It covers donations, subscriptions, and debates on trusteeship as the community contemplates a fresh public building and a revived cultural scene.
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Whuse
Cornelius Mahoney
Bacchus Marsh
Shoonjun
Jimmy Cockatoo
Moonliong
Mymiong
Jimmy
Yarra
Wydarrah
Sulky
Tisa
W. Hidor
Meerima
T. H. Mitchell
Dark
Merrima
Korkupervimul
Mechanics’ Institute
W. J. Clarke
RK. Manning
Royal Hotel
BM. Shire Council
T. Staughton
Express
Mechanics
Yorsey
Border Inn Proprietary
Manning
Alfred Deskin
Peter Lalw
Henry Milley
Jeremiah Ryan
Atuighton
Myrmiong
Betiss
William
T. G. Pearce
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Royal Pictures
Bacches Marth Observation Station
Bandinga
Pyke
J. A Johns
Bacchus Marsh Market
Ewos
Lami
Bacchus Marsh Gun Club
RED Cross Fund
Rowsley Red Cross
Hopetotin
Aston Bacvhus Marsh
Fire Brigade
Thomas P. Williams
Egerton
B. Williams
Wales
Theusband
Colac
A. A. Kelly
Alex, Bourke
GOLF
Bacchus Marsh Debating Society
Bacchus
By W
Baek Aca
Eook
Oka
Ruouing
Pearce Bros
Pile
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