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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
2
The Shire of Werribee invites tenders at 32 o'clock noon on Saturday January 9th 1915 for secondhand horse harness piping and purchase of a secondhand water trough at Little. Tenders must be endorsed with the bidder’s name and the full tender amount. The highest bid will not necessarily be accepted. D A Little Shire Secretary.
Train schedule notice lists Melbourne bound services from Ballarat with all stations to Bacchus Marsh included. Fares shown include Ballarat 1st class 10s and 2nd class. Tickets close noon January 29. Particul ars at stations. E B Jones acting secretary.
Foundation Night features a Monday February 1 event with a charity concert and ball to aid the widow and children of the late J Kennedy. Concert admission 1 shilling 6 pence, ball double ticket 3 shillings extra for Indy 1/-. Good music and refreshments. G Coburn is Honorary Secretary.
W Grant Morton has obtained the Bole Agency in Bacchus Marsh to market McIntyre Bros Famous Ghoom Tea. The note promises tea in perfection at ordinary cost and seeks a smart crew for Bedal Cafe on Main Street Banbone.
Dr. F L Nance announces start of practice at Bacchus Marsh and will be consultable at his Main Street residence beside John Simpson. He will also see patients in Melton each Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 5.
Welton Express discusses the tension between the Country Roads Board and local councils, arguing boards bear responsibility without power and councils hold power with no duty. It notes Bacchus Marsh bridge issues, road measurements, upcoming Bay excursion, and local church notices amid wartime ambulance fundraising efforts by the Australian Women’s National League in Melton.
A meeting at the Mechanics Institute discussed aiding Mrs Kennedy after her husband’s death. George Coburn was named secretary. Plans include subscription lists and a grand charity concert and ball on February 1. Residents urged to help. ladies to provide refreshments.
An advice note urges parents not to neglect whooping cough and recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It claims the remedy loosens mucus, eases exporation, and counters pneumonia with prompt frequent dosing, listing sellers W Grant Morton Bao shus Marsh A Comben Co Werribee.
The Baptist Church Tennis Club annual subscriptions are set at 7/6 per year or 5/ for half year, payable in advance and now due. Bacchus Marsh teams visited Ballan last Saturday for a friendly, with a return match planned. Match scores show Bacchus Marsh ahead in games, totals 69 to 42.
Bacchus Marsh Baptist and Presbyterian churches hold Sunday services and midweek meetings, plus a Sunday school picnic planned for Maddingley Park. Rail inquiry visits the Bacchus Marsh to Staughton Vale route, while a reservoir proposal at Simmons Reef is argued by rainfall comparisons. Local property sales include E Peares purchasing Wilson’s Main Street site. bank frontage and modernization loom. Council discussed Camperdown baths and M.I. club room use. notes end amid brief local business chatter.
Tenders will be called for the camp work and returnable in three weeks with approval by the Country Roads Board. If all goes well the bridge opening may occur near its fourth anniversary of washout. The Hopetoun bridge on the Melbourne Ballarat road is deemed doomed and a new bridge is to be erected and reported to the Country Roads Board. The council will also raise the Water Commission about diverting storm water from Main street and upgrade the Courthouse grounds with a foot bridge for convenient voting access. Further street improvements and Crook Street pathway enhancements are advocated by Dr Wells, with broader plans as population grows.
Mesers L A Fairbairn Co held the usual monthly sale at Bacchus Marsh Corporation Yards on Thursday. Yarding total included 135 cattle 129 sheep 17 pigs and 2 horses. Demand for stock was very keen with notable price rises in cattle and sheep. Best cows fetched 7 to 8 guineas 13 and sixpence, fat cows 6/15 to 10/2/6, heifers in lines 4/5 to 8/, calves 13 and 14 shillings, bulls to 6/13/6, lambs 16 shillings.
In Bacchus Marsh Court on January 14 the magistrates presided by Mesars Lyle and Grant Morton dealt with multiple cases. James Cain and John Coghlan faced costs orders on unpaid goods and services. Whelan and Robinson were fined for school neglect. O Keefe faced a child care neglect charge adjourned to Feb 1 with cost arguments. Other orders included fence adjournment in Merriam parish, Maguire fined £1 for riding unlicensed motorcycle and £1 3s 6d for loud noises. Mitchell charged £35 for dangerous driving in Main Street with speeds cited up to 80 mph, while witnesses placed vehicle speeds at 25 to 40 mph.
Rainfall data for Bacchus from 1880 to the early 1900s shows varying yearly totals. Several years marked as notable low or high values appear, with references to year labels and scattered garbled notes about letters for soldiers and war maps.
Notes from Lieut Hugh Armytage son of Mr Harry Armytage detailing marches and actions near Aisne Bethune and La Bassée. He describes nights of concealment, spotting German positions, reporting to battery commanders, and a close call with Shells and Black Marias. He recounts riding with an infantry officer, clearing a machine gun, and sustaining a fall from a mare while shells burst nearby.
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