Auction of a Very Fine Farm at Melton District
An insolvent estate sale in Melbourne lists a 289 acre Melton farm on the Melton to Melbourne road. Improvements include a Swoomed WB house, large barn, machinery shed, and water to the homestead. Absolute sale terms, liberal at sale. Solicitors Dugdale Archer 84 William St Melbourne. auctioneers Keast Morris Miles 608-10 Collins St. L A Fairbarn & Co. St James Buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jookel
Melton
Kororoit
Molton
Melbourne
Messrs. Dugdale & Archer
William St
Keast, Morris, & Miles
Collins Street
Melbourn
L. A. Fairbairn & Co
St James's Buildings
William Street
Notice to bottle dealers and others from manufacturers
Notice from The Manufacturers Bottle Company of Victoria Proprietary Limited. Bottles branded MLB over CV are property of the company and hired for containing ale or stout. Bottles must be returned on demand and may not be destroyed, damaged, or disposed of. Valid until January 25, 1915. G Beckley, Manager. Pavey Wilson & Cohen, solicitors, 360 Collinge Street, Melbourne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MLB
Manufacturers Bottle Company OF Victoria Proprietary Limited
G. Beckley
Pavey, Wilson & Cohen
Collinge Street
Melbourne
McIntyre Bros Famous Ghoom Tea Sole Agency
W Grant Morton secures Bacchus Marsh sole agency for McIntyre Bros Famous Ghoom Tea. Tea in perfection promoted at a stated cost of the i io.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Grant Morton
McIntyre Bros
Ghoom Tea
I Io
Property Sale Notice at Bacchus Marsh
Thursday February 11 sale day at 1 p.m. L A Fairbairn & Co under instructions from Mr Charles Oliver who moved to Melbourne offer Millbank Street Bacchus Marsh property comprising a four room dwelling with detached brick kitchen in first-rate order land over 158 ft by 4 in orchard and garden full particulars from L A Fairbairn Ballan Melbourne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Fairbairn & Co
Charles Oliver
Melbourne
Corporation Yards
Bacchus Marsh
Millbank Street
L. A Fairbairn & Co
Ballan
Sale of Mr R J Bushby property at Bacchus Marsh
Sale at the Corporation Yards Bacchus Marl on the above date at noon includes draught horses two years and older, two light horses, three cows, four steers, five yearling heifers, calves, harvest implements including McCormick machines, seed drill and plows, oil engine, chaffcutter knives. Tenders for grubbling boxthorns and erection of 30 chains of post and wire fencing due Monday February 1 1915. Full land details and tenders via L A Fairbairn & Co Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Fairbairn & Co
R. J. Bushby
Corporation Yards
McCormick
Columbia
Cliff & Bunting
Geo. Muir
Bacchus Marsh
Darley
Ballan Times
John O'Shea
Greendale Road
Bacchus Marsh Race Course Reserve Tender Notice
To let by tender for three months at Bacchus Marsh Race Course Reserve. Tenders close Monday February 165th at 8pm. Apply to F H Crook, Secretary to Trustees. Also to let by tender ploughing of 41 acres. Tenders due February 6. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. William Meikle, Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maddingley
Labilliere Street
F. H. Crook
William Meikle
Bacchus Marsh
Preliminary Notice of Stock and Farm Plant Auction
THURSDAY, Feb. 18. DENSLEY & JOHNSTON have received instructions from Mr. H. Wilkinson, who has leased his property, to dispose of all his STOCK and FARMING PLANT on the above date. Full particulars in later issues, or on application to the Auctioneers, DENSLEY & JOHNSTON, 448-450 Bourke St., Melbourne and Werribee. 1Q SET by TENDER for one or three years, alternate, 1250 acres well fenced and watered by wind mill four miles from Little River Railway Station. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Further particulars from R. HEVEY, Little River, or W. BECK, Moe. Tenders returnable to W. Beck, "Latrobe Farm," on or before 15th Feb 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A. Fairbatrs & Co
Tae VY. Cain
Corporation Yards
Bacchus Marsh
Pam
Coimadat Plain
Gisborne
L. A. Fairbairn & Co
Ballan and
Malboirne
Densley & Johnston
Little River
R. Hevey
W. Beck
Moe
Rockbank
H. Wilkinson
Messrs
Denslay & Johnston
Kennedy
I Mills
Frankston
Christchurch
Meltoi
G. A. Kitchen
M.A. Christ
Bridge Construction Tender at Pyreter Creek 1915
Tenders addressed to the President of Shire Hall Bacchus Marsh must be received by 11 am on Tuesday February 2 1915 for construction of a bridge at Pyreter Creek under the Country Roads Act 1912. Contract options include concrete or timber with specs available at the Shire Office Bacchus Marsh and at the Country Roads Board Titles Office Melbourne. A preliminary deposit of 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus
Marsh
Pyreter Creek
Shire
Bacchus Marsh
Country Roads Board
Titles Office
Melbourne
A. MacKenzie Tyers
Tenders Open for Ballan Shire Road Contracts 1915
Tenders will be received at Ballan Shire Hall up to 11am on Wednesday February 3 1915 for striping bridge works graveling and metalling across several roads and a red decking culvert. Specifications may be inspected at the Shire Hall Ballan with a 5 percent deposit required. The lowest tender will not necessarily be accepted. PIERS KELLY Shire Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shire Hall
Ballan
Simmons' Reef
Whipstick
Tregothnan Lane
Shanahan’s Lane
Morrisons Hill
Sand Creek
Piers Kelly
Shire
PUBLIC HOLIDAY TRIP TO MELBOURNE BOAT TRAIN FARES
A public holiday trip offer for Bacchus Marsh Parwan Melton and Rockbank with boat and train options. Fares differ by age and group including teachers and adults with special return times from Port Melbourne and Bacchus Marsh. Tickets available for one month with last sale date set as Saturday Feb 6. Meals aboard and milk water on Sorrento. Riley Military Band H M Hodgson secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh
Parwan
Melton and
Rockbank
Melbourne
Melton
Port Melbourne
Sorrento
Riley
H. M. Hodgson
Secreterp'et Barcas Marah
J. W. Keating
Melton Mechanics Institute Grand Charity Concert and Ball
Funda for Mechanics' Institute proceeds to aid the widow and children of the late J. Kennedy. JAS H Cunningham and Hon. Lee participate. Admission to CONCERT is 1 shilling 6 pence. Ball double ticket 3 shillings. extra lady 1 shilling. Music good with refreshments. G Coburn Hon Sec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funda For
Mechanics’ Institute
Jas, H. Cunningham
Hon
Lee
J. Kennedy
G. Coburn
POR MEN ONLY TOBACCONIST GOODS AUCTION
Bacchus Marsh notices advertise a sale of tobacco goods at W. J. Wilson's premises starting Wednesday 3 February with Colonial and Imported tobacco in tins full weight, cigarettes in packs, cigars, pouches, knives, pipes and more at bedrock prices. details posted on window. Also event notice for Mechanics' Institute and Royal Pictures show The Little Smuggler with electric light. admission 1 shilling for adults, 6d and 3d for children, at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Wilson
F. C. Pearce
Bacchus Marsh
Royal Pictures
To Let Five Acres Ready to Cut and Dry Pad Dock
The notice advertises about five acres suitable for feeding, with a ready to cut and dry pad dock, listed by Peter Cain in Darley. It also notes an opportunity to bring in eggs as they rise in price, with B. Crook at Millbank Store on Grant Street, Bacchus Marsh inviting consignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Cain
Darley
B. Crook
Millbank
Grant Strest
Bacchus Marsh
PIANOFORTE TEACHER WALDEMAR SEIDEL TO RESUME LESSONS
Mr Waldemar Seidel of Trinity College London and Associated Board resumes teaching on Saturday February 13. Prospective students may write to Seidel at Glen's Colfing St or 157 Hoddle St West Richmond. Also notes Dr F L Nance has begun practice at Bacchus Marsh with consults on Main Street and Melton Tuesdays 2 to 5. Obituary notices express thanks for sympathy after the death of W H McFarlane and Mrs Seery. Charles William Gent, aged 40, and William Henry McFarlane, J P, aged 84, are recorded as deceased at Baronscourt Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pianogforte
Waldemar Seidel
Trinity College of Music
London
Associated Board
Seidel
Care Glen's
Colfing St
Hoddle St. West
Richmond
Bacchus Marsh
Main Street
John Simpson
Melton
Water rights delays plague Victorian storage plans
The article critiques the State Rivers Commission’s handling of water storages in Victoria, noting two years of consideration for Sugar-loaf at Goulburn with little progress. It cites Mr Mead on not extending channels beyond reservoir capacity, contrasts American water rights with precarious Victorian conditions, and questions the Ballanes storage inquiry amid repeated abandoned schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goulburn
Mead
Ballanes
Races revised as Messrs. Farrell and Caburn listed instead
The notice corrects a prior race entry misprint listing Mesare Mat Carberry and T Hornbuckle, with the correct names Sen Farrell and Geo Caburn. The district also notes many flocks of sheep moving slowly along roads for grazing, raising questions about ratepayer road-use rights and protection of their interests. A long list of donors contributed to Mrs. Lovell’s misfortune relief, totaling £30 2s with multiple individuals giving varied amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesare
Mat. Carberry
T. Hornbuckle
Sen. Farrell
Geo. Caburn
Shire Council
T. Missen
J. Sheahan
E. Pitson
A. Horne
R. Gaitskill
J. BR. Smith
A. Paterson
J. Orgill
W. Clements
B. Blacker
M. Paine
Murphy Bros
Mrs. MacIntosh
C. Beatty
A. Trethaway
W. Pinch
J. Standish
Mrs. Tarleton
F. Keating
P. Butler
B. Fowler
J. Missen
A. Shebler
Vbashnie
T. O'Neill
J. Casey
D. Casey
E. Blackman
T. Waters
Ri. Myliea
O. Rowe
J. Dunn
J. Cunninghamn
Toolern Vale Spring Coat Shows Green Growth and Change
Toolern Vale correspondent notes lush spring growth and bright prospects as the season opens. Mr Murnane resumes school duties after three months sick leave. Kaye’s medical rest yields marked health improvement. Rumors hint at a store management shift. Mr and Mrs RB Wynne plan a health trip and Mr J Wynne with family may run the agency, friends wishing them well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toolern
Murnane
Kaye
RB. L. Wynne
J. M, Wynne
Bacchus Marsh Milk Go Meeting Reports 5 Percent Dividend
The ordinary general meeting of the Bacchus Marsh Concentrated Company held at 593 Little Collins street heard that profits fell short last year due to early year milk faults. After remedies, profits improved and a 5 percent dividend was provided. November and December profits reached £6000 to £7000. Retiring director W H McParlane reelected and auditors reappointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh Concentrated
Little
Collins Street
A. Hay
RB. Purbrick
W. H. McParlane
Argus
Bacchus Marsh sale and church notices mix
At Messrs Fairbairn next Bacchus Marsh sale on Thursday 11 February many extra lots of property will be offered. Waldemar Seidel resumes pianoforte tuition on 13 February. Miss Ruby Williams takes charge of Eurobolt School. L G Gibbons transferred to Campbelltown Caustlemaine. Bacchus Marsh Baptist Church holds morning and evening services with midweek meetings. Presbyterian and Methodist church notices and ministers referenced. Holy Trinity annual meeting set for February. Optician Mr Marchant to visit on February 8. Local education and business notices wrap the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Fairbairn
Waldemar Seidel
Ruby Williams
Eurobolt School
L. G. Gibbons
Campbelltown
Caustlemaine
Bacchus Marsh Baptist
Whitechurch
Presbyterian
Bacchus Marsh
Melton
Eorvices
B. Williams
Geelong
Bacchas Marsh
Tenders invited for bridge, removals, leases and sports in Shire
Tenders close Feb 2 for construction of a Pyrete creek bridge on the eastern Shire edge. Separate tenders invite removal of Dosthorn at Darley and district-wide works, with Maddingley hills noted after rains. Leases for Bacchus Marsh racecourse and details for the St Patrick’s Day Sports on Showgrounds are listed. A relief appeal follows for Mrs. G W Gray after her husband’s sudden death at 40, with a concert planned Feb 4 and a local cadet ceremony at the showgrounds. News notes include a Ballan Times fire loss, police court needs, and a farm sale in Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shire of
Bacchus Marsh
Dosthorn
Darley
Maddingley Hills
Shire Counsil
St. Patrick’s Day
G. W. Gray
Mr. Gray
Maddingley Park
Gray
P. F. Emmett
National Bank
Treassurer
W. Williams
J. A. Johns
J. F. MacLachlan Jondly
Thomas Cain
Cornelius Mahoney
Vance
W. Hy. McFarlane
Commonwealth Army
Coates
Simpson
Ladhams
Campbell
Davis
Todd
Wills
Jeffrey
Herald
Reginald G. Shuter
Charles Shuter
Greendale
Victoria
Trish Fusilliers
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gestrict
Jas. H. Cunningham
Bacchus Marsh Racecourse
Hodgson's
HM. Hodgson
Sigive ‘Dined
Papatius Marah
Mt. Cotterell Road
Districts
Woodend, Gisbornu
Hygeia
Melton Market
Phate Bros. & CO
Mac's Hotel
A. Bursmar
Melton Races
Melton Mechanics’ Institute
C. W. Guar
Pierrots
J. F. McLachlan
Will Smain
Lees
Mie
Bob Hous
Lima
Lanriston
Seain Brae
Apely J. G
F. L. Nance
W. H. McFarlane
Hav. B. Williams
Bacchus Marah
Charles William
Sarah Gray
Morantanz
Baronscourt
Bagohus Merch
Williaa Henry McFarlane
J .P
W. H
A.J
Pelton Express
Ons
Lott's
Messrs. Keast & Co
Messrs. Fairbairn & Co
Melton Co
Alub
Forthcomie
Toolern Vale
Istob
Busineax
Collawing
Mon
Vancer Breuision
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