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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 06, 1915
Page
2
Bacchus Marsh auction listing by J A Fairbairn & Co. details cattle milkers springers sheep pigs and sundries for sale at the corporation yards with farm implements and land offerings. next sale scheduled for March 1 1915 under instruction from Mr M Vallence and includes 2 acres of growing maize near the railway station.
L A Fairbairn and Co under B J Bushby train sell at noon items from property sale including draught stock gelding mare filly two-year-olds light horses cows steers yearlings heifers calves crossbred ewes wool machinery seed drill disc harrows roller winower oil engine chaffcutter and tools with items like McCormick reapers bounders and equipment.
Notices read that James V. Cain, selling his remaining properties and relocating from the State, will auction his Contained Plain Pad Dock property of 245 acres at 1 p.m. The farm, on Gishorne Road near Bacchus Marsh, comprises three paddocks with 100 acres cultivated yielding strong crops. more land could be cultivated with moderate cost. L. A. Fairbairn & Co, Bacchus Marsh, Ballan and Melbourne handle the sale.
L A FAIRBAIRN and Co under instructions from Mr Charles Oliver who has moved to Melbourne will auction yard parcels in Bacchus Marsh on sale day at 1 pm His property on Millbank Street Bacchus Marsh comprises a four room dwelling with detached brick kitchen in first rate order and land element including a 158 ft frontage with orchard and garden Full particulars from L A FAIRBAIRN and Co Bacchus Marsh
Tuesday February 16 auction on site features all draught and light horses, extensive working plant including harvester reapers and binders ploughs harness and travelling house. Also wheat hay five tons and sundries. Further particulars via posters or auctioneers Burns Sparrow Geelong. Funds for Mechanics Institute. Also for sale Cunlwood drill engines chaffcutter and plows at Melton Bacchus Marsh notices.
W Grant Morton has secured the sole agency in Bacchus Marsh for McIntyre Bros Famous Ghoom Tea. The product is described as Tea in Perfection at the coat of the ordinary.
Densley and Johnston advertise an absolute sale by public auction on the given Thursday at 1 30 pm. Mr H Wilkinson has leased his property and all stock farming plant tools and utensils will be sold. Items include draught horses cows pigs sheep harness machinery and household items with returns of detailed inventories. Further particulars from the auctioneers in Bourke Street Melbourne and Warrnbee.
Tenders invited for formation of roads Cornwall road Derby road Mitchells lane Sheahans lane and supplies of apalls at Hopkins road Monaghans lane Ballarat road with 200 and 800 cubic yards. Plans and specs at Shire Secretary's Office Sunshine. Walter J Andrew Secretary.
Shire of Bacchus Marsh invites bids for Contract No. 1/15 construction of a bridge at Pyrete Creek under the Country Roads Act 1912. Tenders close 11 am on Tuesday February 9 1915. Specifications available at Bacchus Marsh Shire Office and Country Roads Board Titles Office Melbourne. Preliminary deposit 4 percent. Shire Secretary A Mackenzie Tyers. Bacchus Marsh January 14 1915.
Sealed tenders addressed to the President at Shire Hall Bacchus Marsh are invited until 11 am on Tuesday February 9 for repairs and works at Kennedy's Hill Coimadsi Boggy Creek Urquhart's Hill with a 5 percent cash deposit. The lowest tender is not guaranteed acceptance. A public meeting at Mechanics Hall Blackwood on February 17 at 8 pm will elect a Truster to the Recreation Roseign. By order of the Council Pliers Kelly Shire Secretary.
Department of Public Works Melbourne issues call for tenders by 4 March for remodelling State School 28 Bacchus Marsh. Deposit £10, security 4 percent. Details at Public Works Office and Bacchus Marsh Police Station. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. Commissioner F Hagelthorn.
The Toolern Vale Mechanics Institute hosts the Harvest Home Bald meeting on Friday February 26 at the above Hall. Admission for gents is 2 shillings 6 pence and ladies 1 shilling. P Murnane is the honorary secretary. A separate notice offers election support from T H Skene for the Coimadai riding vacancy following Dr W H McFarlane's death.
Multiple notices advertise to let Bacchus Marsh Race Course Reserve for three terms or three years with immediate possession and tender deadline Feb 15 8pm. Also offers for 1250 acres near Little River station, 81 acres ploughing, brick house in Clark Street, and various local sales and services in Bacchus Marsh including dressmaking and piano teaching with Seidel.
Dr F L Nance announces commencement of practice at Bacchus Marsh and says he can be consulted at his Main Street residence beside Mr John Simpson. He will also consult at Melton on Tuesdays from 2 to 5 pm and at Rowsley. Black horse hair white hind fetlock noted.
Merce Ge Teo wed at Mt wr Roman Catholic Church by Father Horan. Third son of the late Mr. Kenny, residing in Bacchus Marsh. Also a death notice for Burras aged 63, wife of Charles Blythe and mother of Mrs. P Wheeler. The Pier town reference marks the location.
Fragmentary notice references Melton Geprens Established 105 and a dated remark about a world after the war, foreseeing governing human fate and widespread suffering. The readable text hints at a speculative or editorial stance on cosmic or geopolitical order without a clear event or date.
A local Melton district page reflects on science and democracy, noting Wynter’s insanity definition and a critique of political economy. It lists community items: McPhail Bros market, Braybrook road tenders, Melton Shire notes, church services, harvest festival hymns, weather, wild duck closure, quail season, gun club revival, and a cricket match between Footscray and Melton Coursing Clubs with a dinner at the Golden Fleece. Auction notices include Loft’s farm sale and Stoughton Vale clearing sale, with various firms handling sales and advertisements. The report also covers charitable efforts, a motor ambulance appeal nearing two ambulances, and a crowded program of song and recitation at a Kennedy benefit ball with local musicians and dignitaries.
The annual meeting of electors for the Church of England at Bacchus Marsh was held on Tuesday to elect churchwardens vestrymen and auditors for 1915. Eight vestrymen were chosen with nominations listing A C Sinton as churchwarden and a slate of vestrymen and auditors. Remarks paid thanks to attendees and singers. rector noted A C Simon’s indisposition.
Tonight at the Royal Pictures a drama titled The Struggle screens. It portrays life at a Far West military post with hardships and dangers, accompanied by other subjects.
At Messrs Fairbairn's Bacchus Marsh sale on Thursday 21th February several extra lots including Property will be offered. Church and public notices cover services at Bacchus Marsh and surrounding towns, council vacancies, road works, and local events. A Bay excursion, quail shooting warnings, and local advertisements round out the community bulletin.
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