Boxing Day Sports at Bacchus Marsh Draws Large Crowds
Boxing Day events at Bacchus Marsh drew spectators despite heat and rain. Highlights included draught-horse races the Batcheu Marsh Cup and a crowd-pleasing bicycle contest while Miss Amy Castles and Madame Lama Connie performed in the evening. Officials praised volunteers and park trustees for supporting Park funds amid irrigation challenges and a dry, tinder-like oval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Dickie
J. F. McLachlin
Trustees
Water Commission
Les Hand
Tradesmen’s
Windebop
How to Break Up a Cold in One or Two Days
A Sydney article advises prompt action at the first cold symptoms a dry cough and profuse watery discharge from the nose. It claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken every two hours on onset counteracts the cold and restores health within a day or two noted by W Grant Morton Bachelors Marsh and A Comben & Co Weribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. Grant Morton
Bacshus Marsh
A. Comben & Co
Werribes
Notice of Mining Lease Application in Blackwood District
A 1916 notice by Albert E. Turner on behalf of The Daylesford and Blackwood Gold Mining Company announces an application for a fifteen year mining lease over quartz gold ground on the Eastern belt of Yankee Reef in the Blackwood area. Details include ownership, boundaries, infrastructure, and proposed operations with a filing date in January 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwood
Albert BE. Turner
Daylesford and Blackwood Gold Mining Company
Golden Point
Amalgamated
Yankee Reef
Crown Landa
Blackwoull
Albert E. Turner
Merrimu House Boarding Scene on Grant Street Bacches Marsh
A fragment describes Merrimu House at Grant Street Bacches Marsh offering boarders and visitors accommodation. The text includes garbled names and phrases such as Telsant Wiehe Prep and A. Puatt, with unclear service terms and modern styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telsant Wiehe Prep
Ubling
Empire's Call at Maddingley Park Remembers Soldiers
Boxing Day event in Maddingley Park saw Dr John Wills welcome three returned Private Chas Lyle and Private Coates wounded, plus Private G G Paterson returning to the Front. also farewells to Volunteers W T Horder Mark Usher and Corporal J B Bennett. Census cards urge men for service as Hon Russell Clarke enlists. A London cable reports Dr Albert G Miller of Bacchus Marsh killed in France, age 31, medical officer previously with RAM and Middlesex Regiment. he married Miss Marjorie Levey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maddingley Park
John Wills
Patriotic Committee
Chas, Lyle
Coates
G. G. Paterson
Wills
W. T. Horder
Mark Usher
J. B. Bennett
Hay
Mr. Clarke
Sir Wi Clarke
Rupert Clarke
London
Albert G. Miller
Albert Miller
Melbourne
Bacchis Marsh
Be Prepared For Colic Diarrhoea Remedy
A vintage advertisement urges preparedness for bowel troubles with Chamberlain's Golic and Diarrhoea Remedy. It touts avoiding fruitless trips to closed chemists or absent physicians and promotes immediate purchase. Sold by W Grant Morton Bacchus Marsh and A Comben & Co Worribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. Grant Morton
Bacchus Marsh
A. Comben & Co
Drought Affects BullenGaroook District Crops and Sawmill
From Ove Own Correspon. Ont. the BULLENGAROOK district reports drought leaving fields thirsty for cane and potatoes suffering though most crops were cut and stacked with yields above average. McCashney's sawmill workers take official holidays and a two to three month halt is discussed. A rabbit trapper James Reilly was found dead in Jas Fitzgerald's kitchen on Sunday night. Fitzgerald has fled, police moved the body to Gisborne for an inquest. evidence suggests the man had been drinking and died from accidental suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Correspor
Onr
Cain
McCashney
James Reilly
Jas
Fitzgerald
Gisborne
Toolern Vale School repairs proceed with funded tenders
The Toolern School repairs are finally to be carried out after tenders were accepted. The project aims to modernize the building for comfort. A fundraising effort led to purchasing a double gold Albert and soldier's locket for Keir Master- sergeant Wynne at Seymour Camp, with an autographed autography letter prepared by 86 subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitum Vux
Wasserver
Toolern School
Keir
Wynne
Seymour Camp
Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club in New Year clash
Three 9 from the Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club visited Ballarat on New Year’s day and were easily beaten by Central Bowling Club. The green was keen and hard to master. A very enjoyable day ended with Mr Kerr and remarks from President Mr H Dugdale. Year end singles won by Miss McFarlane and Mrs Alt Shaw. gentlemen runners-up Mr D Hogan and Mr W Williams. Entries open for a mixed tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club
Ballarata
Central Bowling Club
Kerr
BR. H Dugilale
Miss McFarlane
Alt. Shaw
Failies
D Hogan
W. Williams
Rabbit Destruction Urges Vigorous Action Across State
J Matthams Acting Chief Inspector warns inspectors and landholders that drought and flood cycles shaped rabbit control last year. Despite reductions, migration and flooding reduced one breeding cycle yet next months demand renewed, vigilant destruction to curb remaining rabbits before the next breeding season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Matthams
Seaview Seaside Property Listing Noted at Bacchus Marsh
A fragment notes Seaview property details attributed to Victoris Parede of Fitzroy. It states consultation possible at the A B C Tes Booms in Ryan's Corner, BACCHUS MARSH, indicating a local listing or inquiry point with no further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaview
Ab Victoris Parede
Fitzroy
A.B.C. Tes Booms
Ryan's Corner
Bacchus Marsh
Soldiers Letters From Gallipoli By Henry Lay
Letters from Henry Lay of Bacchus Marsh describe Gallipoli digs with the Divisional Miners’ Company. He notes tunnel work under Turks, frequent shelling, minor wounds, hospital stays, and exchanges with English Red Cross staff. He praises colonial troops, recalls large bombardments, captures, and ship gunfire, and worries about winter on the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lay
Bacchus Marsh
Gallipoli
Tan
Ani
Navy
Jnet
Tam
Johnny Walker
4Th Brigade
England
Autralia
Que Chap
Egypt
Lemnos Island
Peninsular
Red Cross
Lay
Bacchus Marsh Red Cros Society
Latties’ Guild
Baccha
March
Vic
Australia
Bacchus Marsh and district servicemen listed by name
A long roster from Bacchus Marsh and surrounding districts names numerous residents, including W. Allan, Jas Bushby, Isaac Brunt, Raymond Boyd, Alf Farrow, Arthur Hine, Alex Murdoch, Thos OLeary, James OLeary, and many others. The list tags killed, wounded, or serving, with locations such as Balliang, Coimadai, Myrniong, Parwan, Blackwood, Greendale, and Balliang East. The document compiles families, enlisted men, and former residents who joined military service in various capacities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh
W. Allan
Wa. Brennan
Jas, Bushby
Isaac Brunt
Raymond Boyd
Patrick Barre
Fred
Brighton
J. R. Bennett
Frank Crook
Webb Crook
Chan Crook
Clark
J. R. Calderwood
W. G. Chippindall
IR. Croton
J. Cosgrove
We Cook
Henry Hodson Campbell
Walter Croweh
Edwin Cobham
Balliang East
Geo. Davis
J. B. Fullerton
Coimadai
W. G. Hogg
James Johaneen
William Bennett
Archie Clark
Percy Oswin
James Bourke
Michael Bernard Coghlan
David James Coghlan
Wm. Alex
Drever
Ted. Hales
Myrniong
Gordon Graham
Aicard Mocha
A. D. Hollyhoke
BH. Main
Leslie Myers
Gilbert Cowan
David Craig
Archie Campbell
Parwan
A. Downing
R. Downing
R. Drummond
Greendiale
Robert Wilwon
Robi. Lidgett
G. Allan
Roy Main
W. E Peters
F. Webster
Webester
A. Young
Cowell
A. McArthur
Harry Condom
Wm. Post
Jas, Connell
Hotham Jones
James Usher
M. KR. Cuthbertson
William Vallence
Jttne
Roy Burbidge
Lawrence Roland Burbidge
Georg Gibson Paterson
E. A. Farrow
Jas
Almond
Chas
Wallace
Jack” Turnour
Ae Moore
Colin Pe
Geo. ‘Thomas
Cyril ©. Bruilsbank
Andrew Briilebank
Me Kirkwood
Harold Jones
Frank Findlay
Chas. Clarke
Frederick George MaNulty
J. Connelly
H. G. M. J. H. Emmett
Eilect
Thos Thos
Zz Smith
Gordon T. Smith
Gerald A. Little
Ernest Oliver
Neil McLacklan
Albert Samuel Tilley
Robert George
OO Yatek
Wm. Belon Fambily
Athol Stuart
Clive BH. Hopkine
Henry Arthur Ellis
W. H. Gax
Oswald M. G. Cox
Jobe A
Charles A. Low
Percy Cockerill
W. F
Shields
T. Rawlinson
Edward Blake
Melville Smith
John Gardiner Smith
John Milton Clews
Ross Grant
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H. Deus
Tov
A. Phalp
J. King
Boye
H. Valence
T. Trethowan
Bocklunk
J. Forsyth
Deer Park
Yans
R. H. Ladhams
A. W. Ladhams
Iyds
Tradesmen’s Aes
Amap
R. Hijwrth
Bo Sack
W. Mackie
Whelan
Heefer
Ewig
Jruess
H. James
J. Hickey
J. J. Clarke
Mise Mudge McCoppin
Amy Castles
Qiow
Madame Lama Conly
P. G. Wilmot
Bess
Victor Trotman
Dickens
Pickwick
Ken McKay
Mom
Ken
Annie Laurie
J. F. McLachlan
Uly
Oberon
Dardanelles
Mise E. Perry
Ruth
Claire Hillman
J. A. Johns
Park ‘Trustees
Merrimu
Grant Street
Bacches Marsh
Torms Modereis
A. Puatt
Pregriskeen
Commonwealth
Treasury
Commonmesseh Bank OF Australia
ANIL
ANT Bank
Bullengarook
Toolern
Vale
Commonwealth di Bank
Asean Wun General
Uglied Kinedom and
Gurrees Socom Speed
Tetera Ald
Savings Bank Department
Victoria
Simon Bros
Moss Rose
Grant Morton
Cecil Pincus
LDS
Univ. of Melb
Urgeon
Ghoom
Fea
Cale
Colin Todd
Robi
Taylor
W. Todd
Packington Vallence
J. H. Vinning
Charles Waterhouse
Maurice Whelan
Harry Watson
Balliang
Harold Cashmore
John Cashmore
Aretha Cashmore
W. Dukelow
Stipley Witham
Thomas Dodemaide
Beggs
Firth
R. Edols
H. Howard
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