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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 22, 1916
Page
2
On Monday January 24 MCPHAIL BROS and Co will sell at Bacchus Marsh at 12 30 p m sharp fat store cattle milkers and springers pigs sheep and sundries 14 dozen good corn sacks 250 box posts A Bubbidge agent
Crown allotments in Gorung parish total 93 and 70 acres known as the Reserve Paddock and adjoining land near Inglis ton Station. Easy terms, cash £100 balance in installments. Properties offered separately. owner resides in Gippsland. Inspect before sale. agents at 491 Flinders Lane Melbourne ready to arrange flexible terms.
On Thursday January 27 at the Commercial Yard L. A. Fairbairn & Co will sell 200 cattle fat dairy and store types 750 sheep including 120 bred ewes 84 full and crossbred ewes 90 bred and lambing ewes 110 crossbred wethers 190 store lambs fat and store sheep 4 horses pigs and sundries.
G Dawe monumental sculptor at Laon and Princes streets Carton Blom 2166 J Hender Mussagey Besiner manufacturer and transporter of all classes of monuments. Work executed any act of State. Best all work lowest rates satisfaction guaranteed.
Tenders invited returnable to agents before Saturday February s t Feb for 3 to 7 year lease of Mel Keily s Homestead known as Woodside with 17 acres possession March full particulars from L A Fairbairn Co Bacchus Marsh also Goodman s Creek properties 74 acres fenced 3 acres lucerne dwelling house four rooms Back Creek 41 acres Blue Gum Flat 12 acres details from L A Fairbairn Co Bacchus Marsh
L. A. Fairbairn & Co instructed by Mrs John Macarthur of Bal lank will sell a clearing sale on the Bal lan farm at an early date. Full particulars later Bacchus Marsh.
Agricultural farm to let for five years near Melbourne offers 304 acres with good homestead stabling and outbuildings, well fenced and water available including 70 acres of fallow. Tender invited by L A Fairbairn & Co Bacchus Marsh for full particulars.
Notice states that the partnership L A Fairbairn & Co of Melbourne Bacchus Marsh Ballan and Ballan has dissolved by mutual consent on January 1 1916. Lachlan Alexander Fairbairn Robert Hartley Dugdale and Robert John Fairbairn remain linked to new partnerships with others in Melbourne Gunald and Bacchus Marsh while new associates join. various notices name Campbell Erasor Myers and Edgar Smith as partners or agents under the L A Fairbairn & Co banner.
Sealed tenders addressed to the President at Shire Hall Werribee will be received until noon on Saturday 29 January 1916 for multiple contracts supplying quarried bluestone or spalls to meet specified yardage on Tarnelt Davis Davis Don can Laverton Gee long Hobbs Werribee Park Hogan Say er Melbourne Gee long Little River Rothwell, with plans viewable at the Shire Hall and cash deposits enclosed. The lowest tender will not necessarily be accepted.
Weighbridges in the Shire will be CLOSED during Testing according to a public notice. For dates refer to Bridges notices. By order, A Mackenzie Tyers Shire Secretary dated January 15 1916 Bacchus Marsh Mechanics Institute and Free Library. The annual meeting of Members will be held at the Mechanics Institute on Thursday January 27 at 7 pm. Business includes Receive and audit Balance Sheet Election of Officers and appointment to Committee. Secretary F I Crook
Melbourne to Bacchus Marsh trains announced with several services on January 31 leaving at 8 35 pm returns at 7 40 pm all stops between Sunshine and Bacchus Marsh express and two division service Ballarat to Melbourne January 29 first at 10 53 am stopping Ballan Bacchus Marsh Melton Footscray second at 11 20 am stopping all usual stations extra train January List January Melbourne to Bacchus Marsh at 3 3 am return from Bacchus Marsh at 7 40 pm Melton 8 7 and 8 33 pm 740 pan. recommended for ample comfort GEO H Sutton Secretary.
Advertisements list profits for a charity drive with a time table and fares for next week. Names include H. M. Hodgson and A. Shebler offering lost ferret reward notices. Also an office for setting at A.N.A Buildings and a piano teacher with study prospects linked to Trinity College of Music London.
Vida Manley Victorian Nightingale, famed singer prospect, is advertised to appear at the Mechanics Institute Bacchus Marsh on Monday 24th January with supporting acts and electric light shows. Tickets priced 2 shillings and 1 shilling with children half price.
In fond remembrance of our old friend and comrade William Henry McFarlane who died on 23 January 1915. Inserted by M.E. and J.W.
A heavy rain is needed for stock water as the Weir work nears completion with finishing expected in June. Four-horse loads push to be first at the mill, while Farrell & Sons plan a bore at Melton Park to supply stock water for several paddocks. Hay stacks appear after a good season. Melton Gun Club adjourns to Golden Fleece hotel on Wednesday. Red Cross meets Tuesday. schools resume Monday. tenders called by Feb 5 for a 304 acre Melton farm lease.
Messrs Hornbuckle and Barrie report sheep milled by dogs, while 8 to 10 stray dogs perished from strychnine. Keast Morris Miles sold 25 acres near Melton to Holden. Werribee Shire invites tenders for spalls for maintenance across the shire. Bay excursion set for February 7. public holiday granted, surplus to Wounded Soldiers fund. Prime Minister Hughes urges Australians to join the war effort. Pink dresses fade after washing. skip bluing and rinse with clear water.
Toolern Vale reports the success of former pupils Lex Morgane taking a science post at Horsham Technical School with a £175 annual salary and Dora Grant preparing for a Melbourne training college appointment. Me Davey honey yields decline due to the Rutherglen fly. tomato plots show sickness and flowering losses from thrips across gardens.
A preliminary meeting at the State School on Tuesday formed a Central Recruiting Committee with Bacchus Marsh. About 30 citizens attended. Dr John Wills and Dr Alkemade addressed the gathering on the national crisis. W J Allan and J Bennett were elected to the committee with A B O’Hary as secretary.
McPhail Bros announce Bacchus Marsh sale next Monday at Goodman's Creek Tor eule with Goodmans Creek properties. Balliang clearing sale for Mrs John McArthur to be dated. Fairbairn Co. overseeing these and new partner Cum Myers to rally buyers and sellers. Bacchus Marsh Shire weigh bridge in Grant street officially tested and open. Pearce Bros. bridge testing. Shire bridges at Rowsley and Porwan to follow. Church services listed for Bacchus Marsh and surrounding districts with times and pastors.
A Bacchus Marsh program includes Miss Vida Manley the Victorian Nightingale performing on Monday 24th with films, a mechanics institute meeting on Tuesday 27th, and extra rail fares listed for 29th and 31st. The St Patrick's sports day is set for March 1. Local auction house L A Fairbairn & Co talks of firm expansion and new partners in Melbourne and regional offices including Ballan and Bacchus Marsh.
The Mining Registrar for Blackwood reports a new reef near the Clunes shaft, 700 ft southeast of the shaft, within the eastern Yankee roof belt. The Co operative party from Daslenford and Blackwood has tested quartz, extracted rich samples, and plans further development with a 30 acre lease.
The wind-up meeting of the Picnix Race Club held Saturday elected to publish the balance sheet showing income £43 0 6 and expenditure £243 9 6. Receipts included gates race cards and stalls while expenditure covered stakes printing advertising and licenses. Audited as correct by G. McFarland, 15/1/16. Rumors of an additional meeting during Easter week urged a public gathering to finalize plans and broaden support.
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