Melton Shire Council Minutes May 31 Meeting
Oxoimany meeting with present listed. financial items include payments for Hallu, E Toohey, J W Casey and others. Discussed government grants for Exford bridge, thistle control Act amendments, Red Cross and repatriation appeals, road works at Exford, Ballarat and Melbourne Bendigo routes, and budget pressures.
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Eltonshire Council
Oxoimany Meeeting
Howell
Robinson
Walter
Hornbuckle
Minns
Missen
Holden
Townving
Browns
Leake
CRB
Hallu
Ron
E. Toohey
J. W. Casey
Malbourne- Benligy
B. D. Gilby
Bulla
Melbourne
Bendigo Road
Ballarat Road
Ballarat
E Toohey
W. Casey
J. W. Caoy
Bendigo
R D. Gilby
Department of Public Work
Melton
Werribes
Exford Bridge
Department of Lands
Djerriwarrh
Mooraljanook
Federal Municipal Employees’ Union
Reseau
Drs. Robinson and Leake
Shire of Keilor
Gillespie’s
Plumpton Road
Shire of Dandenong
Thistle
Board of Land and Works
Townsing
Victorian Sailors' and Soldiers’ Insurance Trust
Department of Repatriation
C. E. Barrie
Gai
Mims
How to Make a Good Non Poison Cough Mixture
An advertised home remedy touts HEENZO a nonpoisonous herbal extract mix for a chest and throat cough cure. It claims warm water and sugar render a pint ready to use from HEEN 20, warning against opium based syrups for children.
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Haan
Yeading Choian
Don Row
Local Balliang Events Set With Hall Opening And Arbor Day
Farmers report crops blooming as the community lines up events including a welcome home for Private Sam Boggs and send-off for Private Archie Davis at the local hall on Friday 14th. An official opening of the Mechanics Hall is planned for Friday 21st with a Parliament member performing. Arbor Day activities at the local school on Friday 28th include Red Cross gift sales, a concert, and a hall change.
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Sam, Boggs
Archie Davis
Apeeches
Red Cross
Red Cross fundraiser a great local success in Myeniong
A Saturday evening fair and raffle in Myeniong raised funds for Red Cross. The event drew modest entries but featured high quality exhibits and a lively concert. Prize winners included G Myers, D Muir, and A Myers among others. Management praised Mr Dugdale and Mr Berry for leadership and assistance as totals rose toward 75 pounds, with a plan for ongoing monthly or quarterly donations.
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Red Cross
Han
Dugdale
Berry
G. Myers
H. Lidgett
D. Muir
A. Muir
A. Myers
M- Cowan
Miss Willison
Nott
Racent Cfurt
Farlane, Picx
Red Cross meeting appeals for supplies at State School
Our own correspondent reports a Red Cross meeting at the State school with good attendance of local ladies. Miss M. Smith asks for nugget tins petrol tins toothpaste tubes and old rags to be placed in a store box for sale to fund Red Cross efforts. A lorry incident injured a Cockbill employee. he was treated at home. A sports meeting is planned for Bacchus Marsh showgrounds on Friday June 15 with proceeds benefiting the Red Cross.
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Braybrook
North
Rockbank
East
Holden
Minns
Melton
Meliom
Melton Bridge
Molin
Hordbuckle
Leake
Robinson
Department
Walter
Black Hill Road
Breakneck
Bubock
Honor Avenue
Halden
Sunbury
Drs
Red Cross
M. Smith
Cockbill
Bacchus Marsh Showgrounds
Earaday
Beeasekiy Chyerh
Visit of itinerant Training Band to Bacchus Marsh
A well attended meeting arranged a visit by Ballarat trained band arriving by the mid day train on Wednesday week 19th inst. Children, cadets and returned soldiers will welcome them with a lunch at the railway station and a procession to the Shire Hall for a civic welcome. Evening social at Mechanics Institute includes performances and supper. Thursday features a church parade and Solemn Requiem Mass at St Bernard's, followed by a United Memorial Service at 7 30 pm with a souvenir program. Departure by mid day train on Saturday 28nd. Recruiting Officers will interview eligible men. locals may offer billets to visiting party members.
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Ballarat
Shire Hall
Mechanics’ Institute
St. Bernard's Church
Sam
Father Gleason
Red Cross
Plac
Brown Parker
F. G. Hiscock
W. Grant Morton
E. Pearce
R. H. Dugdale
ALLIES FAIR BACCHUS MARSH Ruffles Sweets Stall Results
At ALLIES FAIR BACCHUS MARSH various stalls reported prize winners and top items. Notes list names such as Mr H W Charlton and Miss E Gould along with prizes including a gold brooch and a wallet, with unclaimed prizes available at The Pharmacy.
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Jardinore
H.W. Charlton
E. Gould
B. H. Dickie
Sonny Jin
Adams
W. J. Allan
Coimadai
Gimera
Reg. Simpson
Black Cats
Miss Dugdale
J. Taylor
Main St
Royal Pictures at Royal Pictured House Tonight
A three fold programme features Olga Patrova in The Soul of a No a five part drama, the first chapter of The Black Box a fifteen part mystery with 2000 ft length, and a sequence of adventures by train boat horseback and motor car. Charlie Chaplin appears in The Sew Boarder along with other acts as advertised.
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Olga Patrova
Charlie Chaplin
Melton Muni Sale Listed Amid Cooperative Land Sale
Fragmentary notice mentions Melton Municipal, land and Northam Co operative. References a sale, actors include Mr T B volt and the Of land context. Details are unreadable but indicate an auction or land transfer connected to local cooperative interests.
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Melton Municam Sa
BACCHUS MARSH RED CROSS Acknowledgments and Donations
The Hon secretary Miss Beatrice W Anderson records monthly collections by Miss Dugdale Miss Mahoney Miss Phillips Mrs Vallence and others. Donations listed by Mr Timmons Mrs W Morton Miss Morton Mr Silvie Shea. sent away socks shirts. Acknowledgments for parcels from Beggs Emmett Phillips Moor Anderson Barry. Letters from soldiers and 112 returned South Australian soldiers given afternoon tea.
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Beatrice W. Anderson
Dugdale
Miss Mahoney
Miss Phillips
Vallence
Timmons
W Morton
Miss Morton
Silvie Shea
Beggs
R. Emmett
W. T. Phillips
G- Moor
W. A. Anderson
R. Barry
Mesdame
Allan
Dickie
Pearce
Miss White
Rowsley Red Cross Acknowledges Donations and Sales
The Hon. Sec. Mrs Sharland thanks donors including Mrs Greene for socks and gowns, Mesdames Green and Kerr for funds, and Miss Manly for rattle tickets. Donations total £18 18 shillings with appeal proceeds of £16 12 shillings. A Canadian soldier in France sent a letter of thanks for a pair of socks via the local Red Cross.
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Sharland
Greene
W. Hine
Shire
L. Dubout
Davisi
M, Kerr
Manly
Reno Davison
France
Red Cross
Beginning Treatment At Once For Cough Warns Of Risk
A health notice urges early treatment for weak throats citing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a preventive measure. It warns that delaying makes relief harder and names vendors W Grant Morton Bacchus Marsh A Comben Co Webben J G Orgill Rockbank and Melton as sellers.
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Chamberlain
W. Grant Morton
Bacchus Marsh
A. Comben & Co
Webben
J. G. Orgill
Rockbank and Melton
Bacchus Marsh Observation Station Subscription Notice
Subscription offer for Express publication at Bacchus Marsh Observation Station with terms listed as 10 per year and 2 per quarter, urging immediate action.
Church Decorum at Holy Trinity Church in Bacchus Marsh
Letter to the Express urges parents to curb disruptive Sunday evening behavior by youths at Holy Trinity Church Bacchus Marsh. A church officer had to intervene after talks with several attendees and a group of six girls, calling for reverence in worship and the removal of abuses from church and family life.
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the Express
Sir
Holy Trinity Church
Gallipoli
Chareh Im Bacchus Marsh
Pyke's Creek Reservoir Water Figures
The Water Commission provides full supply and present supply figures for Pyke's Creek Reservoir. Full supply height 78 feet, volume 14 850 acre feet. Present supply 10 368 acre feet. Last weekly return 10 040 acre feet. Current output is nil.
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The
Water Commission
Melton Reservoir Water Supply and Rheumatism Remedy
Melton Reservoir reports full supply 80 feet and 17,000 acre feet. Tiit and Tift yield fast outputs of 16,240 and 15,605 acre feet respectively with no return. Lame shoulder is commonly rheumatic muscle pain. Chamberlains Pain Balm provides prompt relief and is easy to use.
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Chamberlain
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Bank Rising
Resalvea
Browne
Dixon Bros
Joseph Anderson
Asylum Road
Digger's Rest
E. Cole
Wally Minns
Gisborne
Dr. Leake
Toohey
Drs. Minns
Hormbuckle
C. Charlton
Spalls
Exford Road
Keating
Lloyd
Chains
Brooklyn Road
A. Shebler
Troup'’s Road
M. J. Cahill
Crs. Robinson and
Royal Pictures
Jane
Dane
Olga Petrova
Magdalen
E. Phillips Oppenheim
New Boarder
Australian Gazette
Bleris
Eharp
Balliang
Bacchus Marsh Red Cross
Rowsley Red Cross
Bacchus Marsh Observation Station
Max
Pyke's Creek Reservoir
Melton Reservoir
Pearce Bros
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