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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1915
Page
2
Plans and full particulars available from sole agents H A Wood & Co at National Mutual Buildings 395 Collins Street Melbourne and Swan Hill. Inspect by appointment. Property contains 10 250 acres and is open for inquiries.
Notice lists Fat Store Young and Dairy Cattle drafts plus sheep at $50. Reads like sale catalog entry with minimal details and no additional context.
Sealed tenders addressed to the President at Shire Hall Werribee will be received until noon on Saturday June 26 1915 for four contracts including light construction on Shaw's and Edgar's roads in Werribee and Little River plus clearing Beadle's road and girders repairs on Kirk's Bridge at the boundary of Werribee and Corio Shires. Plans and specs are at Shire Hall Werribee with a 5 percent cash deposit. The lowest tender is not guaranteed.
Notice of an extraordinary election for one councillor in the Coimadai Riding to fill the resignation of Dr. M. F. Cain, to be held Monday 5 July 1915. Nomination papers due by 24 June 1915 at 11:00 am at the Shire Hall Bacchus Marsh. nominations shown to Deputy A Mackenzie Tyers. Includes local farm sale and a nominating letter from G W McFarland.
Intending patients are urged to leave notice at the A B C Tea Rooms Ryan's Corner Bacchus Marsh and at Seaview 78 Victorian Parade Fitzroy for consultations.
Tenders close at 11am on Monday July 1915 at Ballan Shire Hall for contracts including gravel work on Korobell road lighting on Egerton street Lamps bridget Pattinsons Lane over Myrmiong Creek and Coxs bridge alterations and repairs. A 3 percent cash deposit is required and the lowest tender may not be accepted.
Notice invites tenders for Lucerne Paddock in Lord Street opposite a residence with bids due by Saturday the 26th. The Bacchus Marsh Dairymen Cooperative Association informs shareholders to collect a dividend at the company office. Also promotes Fairy Pantomime with 23 performers, costumes, choir, and acts including Pharaoh the Magician to entertain Bacchus Marsh audiences with Magic and Black Art. A dance follows with admission 1 shilling for gentlemen and 6 pence for ladies at Mechanics Hall on Wednesday June 30 at 8 p.m.
A farmer’s aid named Big Ben promotes efficient sowing and yields. The product quotes Ben Franklin about plowing while others sleep, appealing to farm owners seeking larger harvests.
A Melton District Patriotic Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday evening June 21. Tenders are invited until June 30 for clearing about 100 acres of land at Rockbank with box trees stumps and stones. Let as a whole or in 25 acre blocks, completion by September 15 1916. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For details apply to Percy Butler Rockbank.
A special general meeting of the Bacchus Marsh Agricultural and Pastoral Society is set for June 24 1915 at 2 pm to decide whether the annual show will be held. Secretary C F Hegarty urges members to attend along with separate minstrel club gathering the day before to discuss funds. Tenders are invited for a brick fire station for the Bacchus Marsh Fire Brigade and police warns trespassers at Nidgaea Pak farm.
R and Mrs Arthur Hine request thanks for expressions of sympathy shown during their bereavement. They thank TW Davis for indoor arrangements and acknowledge the support received from friends and neighbors.
Dulcis Irene Simpson aged 25 dies after long illness in Melbourne on June 18. She was the beloved daughter of John and Emma Simpson and sister to Gertrude and Mrs F C Pearce and siblings John Frederick Herbert and James. The notice notes her ties to Bacchus Marsh.
The article discusses Bilton Gxpress advocating a coalition at the federal level, arguing legislative action hinges on both houses, which cannot unite without mutual goodwill. It mentions political stagnation until Canberra’s Parliament is moved and years pass to form a First. Weather notes: 9 points rainfall, crops thriving, grass slow, heavy wind then rain. Local notices include donations to the Melton District Belgian Fund, new Shire market yards at Werribee opening, road and bridge tender calls, and the Ballan Agricultural Society’s Patriotic Show on Nov 24 with no prize money.
Mr C J Hogan allocates funds to Melbourne and St Vincent Hospitals and the Melton Mechanics Institute. A Melton Patriotic committee meeting is set for Monday, while the Melton Gun Club hosts today’s shoots and trophy events. Shire boundary talks, road works funding, and railway pickup requests are planned amid social events for Corporal MacPherson.
Bacchus Marsh Council faces riding account issues with errors noted by Mr. MacKenzie Tyera while Werribee Shire maintains proper records. A special Bacchus Marsh Agricultural Society meeting is set for Thursday afternoon to discuss the annual show. Ballan Shire invites tenders for works including a timber bridge at Pattinson's Lane, Myrmong. A social and euchre event is planned at Rowsley on Wednesday night. A Deputy Postmaster General letter to Mr A T Ozanne confirms a public telephone silence cabinet will be provided at Myrmiong. Fifteen years since the amateur minstrel club closed in credits. a meeting is called to decide the fate of the remaining pounds. The Red Crows fund is favored for current support. The season is favorable for planting, with Mr Geo Smith of Ballarat offering shrubs and windbreaks via Bacchus Marsh agent Mr H E Connor.
Property sale pitches near Melbourne Ballarat line. Public notices include church services and a lantern lecture by Rev P C Nall on East Bengal. Local government road works, tenders, and council decisions feature, with Melton coursing club results and Western District sporting notes.
Indigestion and weak digestion wear the body and brain due to imperfect assimilation of food. The tablets stimulate the digestive organs to promote complete digestion and regular bowels, claimed to restore nourishment and energy.
At Bacchus Marsh Court on 13 May three young men Havard Barry William Nolan and Robert McGregor were each sentenced to three months imprisonment for assaulting Mr W Lyle J P as he walked home with a companion on Easter Saturday around 1130 p m in Maintreet. The attack occurred after a remark about Lyle, who was chairman of the Beach and had fined McGregor for being on licensed premises on a Sunday. Evidence included from Lyle Doctor Ryan and Constable Barrett. On appeal the judge sought to temper Barry and Nolan with fines of 10 pounds each in default three months Imprisonment, while McGregor’s conviction stood with a heavier view of the offense. The fines were paid.
Dixon Bros of Melton deny adulterating chaff claiming their two mills produce pure hay and chaff. They rebut anonymous allegations that chaff from other districts is mildewed or mixed, stating they have never mixed straw or rubbish and run a first class article. They request that the Express publish the facts to protect their name.
At an executive meeting the Country Roads Board authorised acceptance of tenders totalling £4691 for works in several municipalities including Shire of Alberton £1564 15 Shire of Belfast £303 5 Shire of Keilor £146 13 4 Shire of Ruthar glen £2586 16 The award also approves Maears Madden tender for Melbourne Geelong road works in Shire of Werribee at £1818 3 0. The note ends with unclear garbled text.
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