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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1916
Page
2
Monday January 24 McPhail Bros will sell fat and store cattle milkers and springers pigs sheep and sundries at Bacchus Marsh at 12 30 pm. 44 dozen good corn sacks. A Burbidge, Agent. Thursday January 27 at 12 oclock sharp preliminaries before cattle sales.
Land sale advertisement for Ballan by Gippsland and Northern Co operative Selling and Assurance. Details include allotments near Ingliston Railway, Crown Allotments, drainage, water supply, and three percent reserve. Vendors encourage inquiries to agents in Melbourne.
Farm to let tenders invited for a seven year lease on Woodsisde estate comprising 117 acres with full particulars on application. L A Fairbairn & Co, Bacchus Marsh.
Tonight Saturday January 15 at Mechanics Institute Beochus Marsh shows by powerful electric light. Featured Winning The Futurity and Charlie Chaplin The Tramp in a lively program with other acts. Admission children 6d and 3d. Whitework specialties and toilet requisites also stocked.
A D Blair general blacksmith and wheelwright and harvesting machinery expert bought the business at Myrmong formerly run by Mr Wade and offers all classes of work at ruling prices. Patronage solicited.
The Electoral Registrar at Melton Railway Station, Alexa Cameron, publishes objections to names on the General List of Electors. Full particulars of persons objected to are available at the registrar’s office without fee. Dated 4 January 1916.
Electoral Registrar Dickie Char reports objections to certain names on the General List of Electors. The document lists Gibbons and Holmberg among others with addresses in Georgia and notes rights shown to the General List. The date cited is June 5 to June 6, 1916.
Wake notice by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission Bacchus Marsh District warns legal action to recover all amounts owed. The Collector F. M. Engel states 14 days from the date, January 14, 1916.
A series of recruiting campaign meetings will be held in Myrmong and at the State School on January 17 and 18. Speakers include Cr. D. Robertson, Cr. P. Purcell, J.P. Balliang, Cr. M. T. Greene, Wy, de Al Brown, and J.P. J. Wills, with Cr. James Kerr and Cr. G. L. T. Alkemade also listed.
Saturday January 29 service from Ballarat to Melbourne via all stations to Bacchus Marsh. Fares: Ballarat first class ios. 3d second class 73.2d. Tickets close noon January 28. For details at stations, GEO SUTTON Acting Secretary. Also notices: Wanted smart man for Chat Mills. apply Pearce Bros Bacchus Marsh. Lost black mare with broken mouth between Bacchus Marsh and Geelong. finder rewarded. Miss Symington pianoforte teacher resumes tuition January 24.
Christoper Crisp and Bacchus Marsh wish to thank all for sympathy during their bereavement. B and Mrs G West and family thank friends for letters and cards of sympathy at their bereavement. Also thanks to Mears Willa McVicar and Mr Congrove for cabs.
Bacchus Marsh Market reports a well attended sale with 110 cattle and 36 pigs yarded. Prices rose to late rates for fat stock, with fat bulls and cows showing strong demand and dairy cows ranging from £10/ to £12/7/6. Forward and young cattle sold from £3 to £9/10, bacon pigs £3/10 to £4/7, porkers £2 to £2/17/6, and a Mt Blackwood property known as Wilkie’s sold for £8 10/ per serv to neighbor Peter Murphy.
Messrs A Fairbairn and Co report private sales on account of Thomas Edwards Parvin Road Bacchus Marsh Lot 271 108 to Maury Vallence Muddingley at £17 per acre A paddock 37 acres sold to J and C Watson Woodside Bacchus Marsh at £16 10 per acre Also sale for Mrs J and Lyle Bacchus Marsh Lot 17 Manor House Estate Manor Street to Miss Ellen Meehan South Melbourne for £31
The Gippdand Selling Co. offers land at Ingliston belonging to Mr Wilson Coulter without reserve on Thursday 27th inst at Balun. The notice mentions local weather notes, railway traffic, and agricultural updates including threshing machine activity and stock sales.
A varied programme is advertised for this evening featuring the popular Gazette and a Charlie Chaplin comedy.
Bacchus Marsh Shire Council forms Central Committee for recruitment with local meetings in Myrniong Balliang Coimadai to nominate three members. Australia pledges 50 000 more volunteers. Agriculture ministry seeks 400 farmers. Railway posts, weigh bridges, and bridge works planned. Market and tenders noted, plus Red Cross lecture in February. Church services listed for Bacchus Marsh Myrniong and nearby towns.
The Bay excursion to Sorrento is planned for Monday 7 February. The Shire Council grants a public holiday and any surplus goes to the Wounded Soldiers fund. Roy Ord Inglis is returned unopposed as Balun Shire Council member to fill the East Riding vacancy after Dr Cann’s resignation. Ballrangers receive £200 for main road works. govt funds to Bacchus Mars Council mirror that sum. The article notes local debate on road development and water supply, with mentions of various civic matters, incidents, and Red Cross fundraising acknowledgments.
Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club prepares for a visit from Ballarat Central Club on Saturday the 22nd. Bacchus Marsh selections include J G Wells J K Brown G W McFarland W D Hogan captain Heath F R Manning J A Johns H G Campbell captain W Mitchell R H Dugdale H U Blight M Butterfield captain W E Rainey W Williams A A Crisp P Emmett captain. A combined ladies and yeoman doubles event is set for Tuesday the 18th with a preliminary round to cut entries.
An early 20th century ad-style note claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy clears culture beds in the throat to prevent pneumonia and other infections when taken at the first cold symptom. It lists W Grant Morton and A Comben & Co as sellers and mentions Boling Marsh.
The Hon. Soc. Mrs Sharland acknowledges generous gifts from Mes Brylyn Simmons and others for the Rowsley Red Cross branch. Items include slips cushions towels books and clothing. Contributions total £6 0s 0d with expenses and balance shown. praise for public generosity and support of the Red Cross during the period ending December 1882.
A wounded officer at Mudros writes from No. Australian General Hospital praising Australian nurses for their hard work under harsh conditions. He notes cold huts, long shifts, and the nurses’ courage, saying mothers and wives bear the enduring suspense while soldiers receive glory. He signs with gratitude and respect.
The article urges all eligible persons to subscribe to the second issue of the Commonwealth War Loan. It notes a 42 percent rate of interest but emphasizes the duty to support the Empire in total war, welcoming subscriptions from £10 upwards and indicating that particulars are advertised.
The notice calls for fifty thousand men for Australia's New Army with fourteen thousand as reinforcements this month. It lists regional quotas including Bacchus Marsh with 384 fit men and a monthly reinforcement of 40, Melton with 190 fit men and 7 monthly reinforcements, and Werribee with 576 fit men and twenty monthly reinforcements.
The Angus correspondent profiles the Turnour Brow dairy farmers of Barehus Marsh, noting two brothers enlisted early and a third now serving. With three remaining, they plan to draw lots over which stay to run the farm as duties pull them toward the front. Charles Waitson heads to the Front to fill the void caused by a brother's death, with progress reported on the casualty.
Water Commission full supply shows Guage 78 feet and 14 850 acre feet, present supply 2 2 inches 0 acre feet, last weekly return 17i din 1050 acre feet. Present output 454 cubic feet per second, last week 14 cfs. Water deliveries week ending Jun 8 total 265 acre feet from rights 221 acre feet, sales 31 acre feet, Urban and Stock and Domestic 13 acre feet.
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