Balliang School Fair Boosts War Relief Fund
Balliang residents and schoolchildren raised funds for the Education Department War Relief Fund with a Friday fair. Students organized stalls, a dance, and an auction, raising £28 9s 1d. expenses left a credit of £27 18s 1d, boosting the school fund to £190 9s 1d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mom Ook
Balliang
Education Department
War Relief Fund
Lady Stanley
Australian Red Cross Society
McMahon
A. Ford
H. Johnson
Builiang East
H. Redden
Ivy Beamish
Maude
A. Vanston
F. McMahon
W. Cashmore
B. Burgess
A. Reither
H. Bissell
M.C
Melville ‘Vansian
Tom McMahon
J. D. Hamilton
W. T. Leats
Reliable Home Made Remedy For Colds And Coughs
An advertorial note touts HEENZO as a reliable home made remedy for colds bronchitis influenza and sore throat. It claims the preparation can be made at home by adding HEENZO to warm water following simple directions and contrasts the cost with ready made mixtures. It notes HEENZO is stocked by chemists and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heenzo
Local school completes self denial week funds and Soldiers' Comforts aid
A self denial week raised funds for the District Treasurer amounting to £3 5. The Soldiers' Comforts appeal received last week a large cargo to Montague Depot including butter eggs sugar apples tea and more. A clearance sale at Mr R L Wynne’s hosted by L A Fairbairn & Co drew a full crowd and sold all household goods. Wireless operator A N A O’Hara, with the 1st Squadron Australian Flying Corps, lies in Port Said hospital with malaria after campaigns in the Jordan Palestine area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
R. L. Wynne
Messrs. L. A. Fairbairn & Co
N. A. O'Hara
Port Said
Australian Flying Corps
Jordan
Palestine
Public meeting planned to honor enlisted volunteers
Drs Purcell and Robertson convene a meeting for Saturday evening at the Mechanics Institute to discuss planting an avenue of lives in honor of locally enlisted volunteers for Active Service. A football match at Mr M Griffin's paddock drew a large crowd, Bacchus Marsh 41 to Myrniong 25, with a postmatch dance and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrmiong
Bacchus Marsh
Monthly sale at Bacchus Marsh Market ro port held
At Bacchus Marsh Market 168 cattle 609 sheep 7 pigs 3 horses yarded. Large buyer turnout. brisk competition for sheep fat cattle and best dairy cows. Dairy cows top £29 10s Ayrshire, other prices £18 to £29/10. Sheep sold well. fat wethers 35–36d, fat ewes £1 3s to £1 7s 3d, fat lambs £1 5s9d to £1 7s11d. Calves 10d to £1 8s. Weaners and store stock also quoted with varied ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesars
L. A. Fairbairn & Co
Roport
Ayrshire
Dugdale & Linsdell
Myrmong
Staughton Vale residents plan working bee on main Bacchus Marsh road
A local meeting at Balliang hall on Saturday discussed a Working Bee to cart spulls onto the main Bacchus Marsh road. It was decided by a large majority to cart out 50 yards and seek council approval to crush the carted goalls and form the road. Dr McMahon and S C Bird led volunteers, with many district residents pledging support and more to be interviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balliang Hall
Bacchus Marsh Road
Bacchus Marsh Shire
Dr. McMahon
S.C. Bird
Bacchus Marsh Faces Darley In Junior Football Clash
Bacchus Marsh travels to Darley for a junior football match with Melton on a bye. The Bacchus Marsh selection includes Brislaw Fewster Gillespie Holmes Dugdale Scott Huckle Cowan Dowling Denholm Phillips Wilkins Moffatt Connor Daly Smith Murphy. Myraong visit last week produced a 6 3 to 4 7 defeat for Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh
Darley
Melton
Red Cross and Association
Myraiong
Bacchus Marsh Red Cross Trench Night To Aid Xmas Gifts
Aweating will be held on Tuesday next 16th inst in the Shire Hall at 8 o'clock. Business includes adoption of report and half yearly balance sheet. The note lists monthly and other donations, parcels received, and letters from soldiers and workers acknowledging support from the Bacchus Marsh Red Cross and local guilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shire Hall
Beatrice W. Anderson
Pearns
Coimadai Limeworkers’ Fund
Alkemale Bros
J. Sloss
G. W. Anderson
Allan
W. Densley
Jim Urquhart
Hon. Lee
Euster
P. J. Vallence
Harrie Oliver
W. Brennan
I P. Doyle
C. R. Edwards
Roy Edwards
A. Durward
R. K. Barry
P. Barry
TI. Allan
Bacchis Marsh
Solr
Rowsley Red Cross Social and Donation Report
Rowsley Red Cross committee and friends plan a social evening and dance at Rowsley Hall on Wednesday 24th inst to support the French Red Cross. Admission 6d. prizes include silver coin. Donations listed include clothing and tobacco items, with multiple members thanked for goods and monthly instalments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
L. F. Duhoot
Rowsley Red Cross
Rowsley Hall
Sharland
Greene
Lyle
Red Cross Gifts and Donations at Myrmiong Fair 1918
A detailed roll of acknowledgments and receipts from the Myrmiong Red Cross Fair held 1 June 1918. Donations listed include food, clothing, and craft items from many locals such as Mr W Berry Miss Robertson Mrs Wilkie Mr Cresswell and Mrs Sugg. Cash contributions, raffles, and prize returns are itemized, with net proceeds totaling 79 pounds 0 shillings 4 pence. I. L. Clark serves as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
See
Jas. Dugdale
Mr. Alberton
Mary Fowler
Agnes Fowler
W. Berry
Imail
Myrmiong Red Cross
Robertson
Wilkie
C. Palmer
R. White
A. J. Cresswell
Jas. Lidgett
W. Smith
W. Cowan
Nap
Myers
James Cowan
B.M
C. Cowan
FH. Linsdell
Dugdale & Linsdell
T. Myers
John Muir
Surman
G. Cowan
Federal Milk Co
Case Milk
Grace Myers
J. Muir
H. Linsdell
F. H. Linsdell
Jas. Dugilale
Pearce Bros
P. Shanshan
G. Sugg
Clarke
D. Graham
C. Sugg
R. Lidgett
Misa A. Marx
Melba Clark
Blanche
Mata
G. Ward
J. Graham
W. Symons
Mr. W. Berry
Mr. Cresswell
Mr. Short
Mr. Hall
Mr. Chambers
Me. T. McMurtrie
Mr. Green
Mr. G. Hackett
Mr. G. Sugg
J. Lilgett
Crisp & Sons
I. L. Clark
Red Cross Donations Acknowledged In Toolern Wale
The Hon See Miss K Bplay acknowledges donations with thanks from Wellwisher Patriot and Miss Higgins. Gifts include socks shirts and linen. Monthly subscriptions total £3 3d. Items sent away this month include 20 pairs socks 15 shirts 20 pillowslips one face washer and books and papers from Mrs Walter and Miss McLeod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Bplay
Higgins
Mre. Walter
McLeod
Sufferers urged to use Chamberlain's Pain Balm
Sufferers from sciatic pain are urged to try Chamberlains Pain Balm for prompt relief. The advertisement asserts the balm offers quick relief and is worth many times its cost, with distribution by W. Grant Morton and various retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Grant Morton
Bacobus Marsh
A. Comben & Co
Werbee
J. G. Orgill
Rockbank and
Malton
McPhail and Co Auctions Include July 18 and 22 Dates
Auction notices list McPhail Anderson Co and Montag Baeshos March with sales at Belling Co. and Northern Co-ops. July dates mentioned include the 18th and 22nd, with various consignors and items to be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPhail, Anderson & Co
Montag
Baeshos
Markal Gillead
Northern Co-opersos
Belling Co
Ballan Mur
Soldiers Letters From France May 1918 From Bacchus Marsh
A letter from Harry Moffatt of Bacchus Marsh written May 26 1918 reports he is alive and well in France. He describes good weather and moonlit nights, bombardments by enemy planes, green fields with crops and red poppies, fruit trees and strawberries, living in a damaged chateau, and daily tasks loading soap and wool for transport. He notes gas exposure at a shelled factory, front line near Amiens, swimming and fishing, no Paris leave yet, and his 20th month in France with few illnesses or hospital stays.
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France
Amiens
Paris
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy touted for child bronchitis
Common among children bronchitis is described as easily triggered by minimal exposure. The remedy Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is recommended to quickly relieve wheezing in young lungs. Sold by W Grant Morton Bacchus Marsh A Comben & Co Werribee J G Orgill Bockbank and Melton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W- Grant Morton
Bacchus Marsh
A. Comben & Co
Werribee
J. G. Orgill
Bockbank and Melton
Random Rhymes and the Open Road Through Melbourne Echoes
A reflective verse piece contrasts public scandal with the lure of travel from Murray to the sea and the Werribee river. It evokes birds, sunset, autumn leaves, and words on winds while critiquing civic council in a wandering meditation on modernization and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Exon
J. A. Brown
Benedictine Powders from Italian Nuns Reach Australia
Italian Benedictine anti gout rheumatic and sciatica powders prepared by the Benedictine nuns of Pistoia Italy are now available in Australia. Shipments arrive regularly from the Pistoia pharmacy. A free information booklet is sent on request. Campbell & Co Mer cantile Chambers 349 Collins St Melbourne sole agents for Australia and New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pistoia
Italy
Australia
Campbell & CO
Mercantile Chambers
Collins ST
Melbourne
New Zealand
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Bam
Ebada
Bacchus Marsh Market
Staughton Vale
Bacchus Marsh Red Cross
Miss Anderson
Inort
Guild Avery Succasa
Royal Pictures
Bat
Jay
Harold Lockwood and
May Allison
North Carolina
Harold Lockwood
Sanford Quest
Australian Gazette
Mybmong Red
Aan
Harry Moffatt
Wayfarer
Ingram Bros. Practical Opticians
Ingram Bros
Opticians
Swanston St
Commonwealthge
Bank «Australia Bead
Sydney
Ees
Fis
London
Warminster
Balledury Plain
Rabaul
Ile
Forel
Commonwealth
United Fred Deposit On Savings Bank Department
Atall
Mrania
PeerSinees Australie Rapaktesismen
Oisiings
Britain
The
Pacific
Interstate and International Savings Bank
Pacilation Kell
Wa Denibon Miller
C. Medling
GEO
Dickie & Sons
Main Street
Grant Street
Taylor’s
Taylor's Cash Store
Express
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