15 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
1
A book note announcing The Pitfall by Sir William Magnay with credits to authorship and publishing arrangement. The item references Magnay as author of several works and lists Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. and Melb. & Son as publishers.
Trapped in a sealed vault beneath a ruined tower Dalray and Tilghman fight to escape. They discover a concealed passage that leads to a broader vault and a dangerous slope. A distant, dying voice from a pit reveals a prisoner and a bridging plank, rescued with effort, only to reveal the rescued man is the Baron’s Turkish servant implicated in prior murders.
Directory style item listing contributors and establishments in Bacchus Marsh area with names and roles such as banks hotels mills and tradesmen, including the Telegraph office printers and various suppliers and public offices. The page enumerates businesses and individuals linked to the local exchange and related services.
Fragmentary notice lists Melton telephone exchange hours 9 am to 6 pm Saturday 9 am to 12 noon plus various local businesses and names. Mentions Dixon Bros exs late Capt. usual Eynesbury Golden Fleece Hotel Mac's Hotel Shire Office Simpson & Co Ward H B Williams Mrs M H Gen Store and Rockbank.
Advert showcases wrappers offered by Crisp and Sons on Church Street Bacchus Marsh. Items priced at sixpence. Readable contact details indicate availability through local shop.
A fragmented notice lists Hughes, Permenal, and Permezel with addresses at 99 Queen Street Melbourne and Grant Street Bacchus Marsh. Mentions B. A. Holroyd Permenal attending Bacchus Marsh Court, money lending at 4 percent up to 60 percent of value, and a Bacchus Marsh tinware business offering milk cans, patent tanes, baths, pumps, and mills supplied by Alston and Bevan.
Supply every description of cemetery Kerrings and memorials. We carry a large brook of marble and granite headstones and manufacturing on scale enables us to quote able prices.
Classified ad from Lygon Street studio seeks monumental sculptor and offers state work. Mentions contact phone 2466 and describes services for monuments, with emphasis on broad availability and high quality.
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