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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
2
The Closing Market of the year features a Tuesday sale starting 12 45 with cattle sheep and pigs offered. Peter Heagney acts as district rep and agent, with entries invited for the Gippsland and Northern Co operative sale, including store cattle and hogs.
Gippsland Northern Co operative Selling and Insurance Co announces reduced commission on sales of farm stock at Newmarket to 24 percent for the year ending 30/4/17. Turnover 1,954,026 pounds, bonuses 56,998 pounds, dividends 9,716 pounds. Monthly sale at Ballan on the second last Thursday. consign all produce to the company for profit share. Local agent A. W.
Melton Minstrel Entertainment hosts a grand concert and ball at Melton Mechanics Hall on Boxing Night to aid the Melton Red Cross with double tickets priced at 2 shillings 6 pence and 6 pence for extra ladies. A separate grand concert and dance at Toolern Mechanics Institute on Friday December 21 features Miss Ross pupils and the Farce Paddy Miles Boy with tickets 1 shilling 6 pence. Also an Open Air Meeting for conscription in Melton Main Street Sunday at 3 pm and a Complimentary Social for Returned Local Soldiers in Mechanics Hall on Saturday with musical program and dance followed by refreshments.
Bernard's School Bacchus Marsh presents its annual concert on Wednesday next December 19 at the Mechanics Institute Bacchus Marsh. Admission two shillings with half price for Chikiron. Commences at 8.
Mrs J F McLachlan agrees to repeat her successful convert to aid Maddingley Park funds. Admission Adults 1 shilling 6d. Reserve seats extra. Children under 12 one shilling. Book via Mr Fy Gi Hiscock. All contributions requested by 22nd December. W R Vigor, Hon Sec ANA Bacchus Marsh Branch No 99.
The Express will not be published on Saturday December 29. Advertisers and correspondents should note the change and publish as usual in January. R and Mrs Churches express thanks for the many expressions of sympathy in their recent bereavement.
Death notices mourn several service members with ages and parents noted. Ersnt Walter Corrie aged 29 and 6 months of Matra, George Cowell aged 19 years 11 months, Private Cowell son of C W and late J M Cowell, killed in action in October 1917. Additional memorials for Mount Kororoit Melton Elizal Moylan Renabscat and others penned by family members reflect remembrance and grief across Melbourne and Geelong communities.
A collage of notices including lost livestock and branding near Darley. claims against the estate of Peter Murphy in Bacchus Marsh with a January 21, 1918 deadline. sale ads for ducks, geese and honey. tenders for excavating dam at Darley Fire Brick. job ads for a certificated bookkeeper and a nurse. and an oats or barley buyer seeking quantities in Parwan.
Coghlan Boase and Company advertises weekly sales for fat cattle and sheep every Tuesday, pigs on Wednesday, and horses on Friday, with store and dairy cattle also on Friday. All stock consigned to the firm will receive personal and immediate attention. Phone 331. Tattersall's Bazaar Ballarat.
Tenders for supply of forage to police and other stations in Victoria for Commonwealth Government run from 11 am on Tuesday January 15 1918. Contract period March 1 1918 to February 28 1919. Details published in Victoria Government Gazette December 5 1917. tender forms and conditions from Tender Board Treasury Melbourne. A J Pracock Treasurer Melbourne November 26 1917.
Local Melton notices report anti conscription speakers in Main Street and a reinforcement meeting at the Mechanics Hall. Church services across Melton and surrounding towns, including Ballan, with holidays, fundraising concert details, school gathering, and condolences for a fallen soldier.
Railways announce holiday excursion tickets to and from all stations except suburban from December 12 to January 1, with returns allowed after December 25 to February 1. Journey must start on ticket date and may be broken. On dates December 12 to 24, return cannot begin before December 25. GEO. H. Sutton secretary. Mechanics Institute Bacchus Marsh hosts public meetings December 17 and 18 with speakers supporting government proposals.
State School Rowsley will unveil a War Memorial Tablet honoring pupils on Friday December 21 at 8 p.m. The ceremony will be conducted by Hon J H Lister M.H.R. and Hon A J R Robertson M.L.A. A collection will be taken to help defray the tablet’s cost. Joseph Wandin, HLT.
A busy Bacchus Marsh segment lists upcoming talks at the Mechanics Institute by Eustace Wilson, school fund events, and market changes. It covers holiday closures, church services, student music exams, a hospital incident, a plant installation, harvest reports, and a charity dance with Rot Cross fund-raising.
The Water Commission provides full supply figures for Pyke's Creek Reservoir with a height of 78 feet and volume of 14,850 acre feet. Present supply equals 14,850 acre feet. Last weekly return shows no output.
Measured at Bacchus Maresh Observation Station the Melton reservoir shows a height on wange and volume around 17,000 acre feet. Estimated inflow and flow rates noted as 25 percent cubic feet per second while records reference 17,000 acre feet repeatedly.
Monthly sale in the Corporation Yards saw large attendance with cattle prices steady to strong and sheep yarded sold except for 27 lambs. Fat cattle and vealers commanded high figures. pigs were dull. Properties in the Murphy estate were auctioned to buyers Martin Deveny S. Webillor and John Deveny at various per acre prices, including Greenwell’s farm to John Deveny for £705.
A fragment advertises health tips urging diet revision and humble appetite control to avoid stomach troubles. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy. The incomplete notice lists multiple vendors and an almanac for 1910 with unclear publication details.
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