12 Jan 1918
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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1918
Page
1
A wartime appeal urges every fit man to enlist, stressing loyalty to fallen mates and the duty to defend free citizenship. It frames refusal as betrayal, describing a stretched military and the empire’s demand for manpower.
Tilghman and Dalray plan a daring night escape from the Nagar island detention while a Turkish inquiry drags on. An English yacht captain, Sir Robert Ward, offers covert help, and the pair work with him to slip away aboard the Lavoda under cover of darkness. They weigh risks, fund safety, and set a course toward Naples with their fate uncertain.
An OCR fragment lists numerous local businesses and residents in Bacchus Marsh including the Australasian Grain Co Parwan Border Inn Mrs H Jones Express Office Crisp Sons printers and other names. The item resembles a directory or community notice with multiple entries such as banks hotels undertakers and merchants.
Fragmented OCR entry lists exchange hours from 9 am to 6 pm and 9 am to noon on Saturday with various garbled phrases and names. It mentions prices and a looping line about obtaining a tree and a person named Chuck, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
An old newspaper notice advertises Bacchus for best confectionery fancy goods toys and fancy work materials kept in stock. It also states trust and other moneys to lend at current rates.
Messrs Hughes Permezel and Permezel solicitors list offices at 99 Queanstreat Melbourne with BE A Holroyd Parmesel as a principal. Holroyd Permezel will stand at Bacchus Marsh Court on Saturdays and be available for consultation the evening before at the Bacchus Marsh office for a fee of twenty shillings.
Hordeer Tinsmith Plumher Gas fitter advertise grand street Bacchus Milk Cans from 5 gallon wards. Also Joyce's and Harvey Ghew's patent TANKS made of the Best Material at Melbourne prices. Ale Beths Pumps and general Tinwass Alston's and Bryan's Wiki Mills supplied and fixed.
An old classified notice by Taylor and Sons Monumental Masons at Nicholas Street Footscray offering oem otery Kerrings and mem or tals for a maze weave grae ico m six stone works.
A fragmentary report hints at a factional clash between Best of Wetk and Biete leaders, with unclear details on location and participants. The readable bits suggest political or organizational infighting, but specifics remain uncertain.
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