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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1918
Page
4
A collection of kitchen instructions detailing preserves and preservation methods for greens and peas, various sauces for boiled chicken, layered scalloped turkey, muslin and coffee mould desserts, roast veal with careful stuffing, a hearty hash of cold meat, three egg dishes including omelette souffle and devilled eggs, plus baked escalloped eggs. Each item provides steps and ingredients aimed at midcentury home cooks.
The jury retired to consider the verdict and stood eleven to one for acquittal. One stubborn juror, an old gentleman, held out while resting his chin on a bamboo cane. The hours wore on, the old man slept, the cane dropped, and the jurors discovered the cane contained Irish whiskey. They passed it around, woke the owner, and the night ended with the holdout finally changing his stance and voting to acquit as well.
Myrniong Telephone Exchange entries list Dugdale family lines Rowhill 2Y Dugdale W and Linsdell Clifton Vale 20 Lidgett Hillfeld 3M Lidgett Chesterfield 23 Myrniong Co op Butter Co MX and Y departments on party line operating 9 am to 9 pm Saturdays and 9 am to 1 pm none
The Roll of Honour lists numerous servicemen and women serving King and Empire in the Great War, including J. W. Allen, Frank Adams, Raymond Boyd, Patrick Brighton, and many others across multiple towns and units. The article closes with a royal quotation affirming the resolve to fight for a worthy purpose until victory.
Mr W J Brockie informs Bacchus Marsh residents he will provide modern and painless dentistry in all branches at Merrimg House Grant Street Hours daily 930 am to 8 pm The Dental Board of Victoria records this notice Stationery of all kinds advertised at low obtainable prices.
Boll of Honor unveiled listing old pupils including J. Minns J. McPherson T. J. Lang Horace Lang William Dodemaide William Whiteside Frederick Coburn Charles Moulsvale R. Pratt D. Pratt L. Norton Norman Lang T. O Callaghan S O Callaghan J O Callaghan William Black III K Wilson E Carew F G McNulty W Warde A Cantton F Neal PF Neal K Neal J Ryan F Ryan C Ryan P Williams F Chalmer James Kinnersly George Tyler Albert Dylee James Spring Gordon Wilson Henry Collins Howard Wade William Richie John Field W D Keating over omitted names urged to send corrections.
R L Wynne storekeeper carrier and general agent Toolern Vale says all business will be done in store to cut delivery costs. He claims lowest prices and highest quality. Waggon to Melton Railway Station runs Monday Wednesday and Friday. Agencies include The Crown Separator and Northern Assurance Co. printing of all kinds offered by Crisp & Sons Express Office Beauhus Marsh.
A Brazilian snake hunter curates a live deadly snake in a glass jar in his hut. Night heat sparked sleep, a crash followed as the table toppled and the jar shattered. He leapt to safety, felt a bite in the heel, dictated a will, then realized the snake remained coiled in the corner.
A Western Canada tale unfolds by a river as an old man recalls a quarrelsome wife. She refuses to cross a flooded bank, insisting on her course, and she drowns after a dramatic chase, amid a crowd's mix of humor and shock. The scene shifts to social banter and marriage talk, ending with a humorous misread of fate and affection.
The Di rector-General of Recruiting defends voluntary enlistment as Australia must recruit 7 000 men monthly. He praises Anzac forces and Birdwood, recounting 315 000 volunteers who left homes to serve. The piece urges Australians to volunteer, calling for action without awaiting orders.
The text urges constant calls for reinforcements as Australian divisions suffer heavy losses. It extols frontline soldiers and insists every fit man must contribute to supporting forces in trenches. It frames understrength units as a national disgrace and asserts Australians’ right to defend freedoms.
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