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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 20, 1915
Page
2
On Monday March 22 McPhail Bros and Co conduct a sale at Bacclog Marsh starting 12 30 p m sharp featuring fat and store cattle milkers and dairy stock springers pigs sheep and sundries agents are A Burbidge sale to include cattle pigs and miscellaneous farm items from local estate listings.
On Thursday March 25 L A Fairbairn & Co will sell at their Commercial Yards a large sale including 250 cattle with fat store young and dairy categories, 450 sheep with 150 ewes in lamb Leicester rams and 120 xbred and workers, 80 store lambs, drafts of fat and store sheep and lambs, plus horses pigs and sundries.
Tenders invited by the under signed for lease of Messrs Cumming property known as Bracmr located 3 miles from Bacchus Marsh Station and Parwan State School area. 107 acres total with 53 acres rich mats suitable for veerne growing, subdivided into 7 paddocks, watered by Parwan Creek with windmill, tents, stable, cow sheds, machinery sheds. Full particulars from L A Fairbairn Co Bacchus Marsh Ballan Melbourne.
Impounded horse at Bacchus Mursh Shire Pound by Mr Brown of Paewan. Brown thoroughbred gelding with saddle, crown markings noted. Poundkeeper COSGROVE, sale date forecast for April. Also advertised are Farmers' Favorite Seed Drill (£6 3s), Massey Harris Seed Drills (£40 each), engine and chaff cutter, several plows. J TH Cunningham of Melton coordinates.
Sealed tenders addressed to the President at Shire Hall Werribee will be received until 12 noon on March 27 1915 for multiple spall supply contracts across the Shire including Duncan s road Williamstown racecourse road Nellie Street Altona West Footscray Cabbledick s road Ex ford and Eynesbury road and Doherty s road. Specifications may be viewed at Shire Hall. The lowest tender may not be accepted.
Tenders addressed to the President at Shire Hall Werribee will be received until noon on Saturday 27 March 1915 for leasing Cobbledick's Reserve for one two or three years from 1 April 1915. State rent per year payable quarterly in advance with the first quarter's rent and a £2 deposit. Conditions may be inspected at the Shire Hall. The highest tender will not necessarily be accepted.
Tenders are invited at Ballan Shire Hall until 11 am on Monday March 29 1915 for gravelling at Edmonston's 11 chains concrete channel at Edmunds hotel Egerton 3 chains gravelling Ballark road near Tingate’s and 100 yards spalls near Sugg’s Allan. Specifications may be seen at the Shire Hall and a 5 percent deposit is required. The lowest tender will not necessarily be accepted. PIERS KELLY Shire Secretary.
Notice that interest at six percent per annum will be charged on all rates unpaid after April 5 1915 under the Local Government Act 1903. Interest accrues from the date rates became payable until payment or recovery. John V. Porter, Collector.
Shire of Bacchus Marsh notices that all clippings from Boxthorn hedges must be burnt forthwith. Secretary A Mackenzie Tyer?S
A grand concert at Mechanics' Hall Toolern Vale on Friday March 26 features Madame Maggie Stirling with Ruby Dixon and West on Patt plus Melbourne artists. Admission 1/6 with a dance to follow. Proceeds go to Belgian Relief Fund.
A grand social will be held on Easter Monday 5th April to aid the Catholic Sunday School funds. The event features good music and refreshments with tickets priced for gentlemen and ladies. A Jongebloed serves as secretary.
Lost or stolen red and white heifer with W branded on milking rump and neck chain. Public sale notices include cottage for rent and farm equipment, with prices and locations in Bacchus Marsh.
Welton's weekly notes farmers seeding under drought, calls for rain and weir work progress. Five mm of rain in a week, burrs spread, and council urged to curb destruction. Property sold, Melton Gun Club event set for 27 April, and Belgian relief concert planned for April 16 to aid funds.
Local report notes RK Crook bringing eggs from Coimadai over recent months. A “white elephant” is chained to a tree nearby, and Melbourne operated tractors are mentioned. Jack Johnston's Pills are cited in the care context.
A grand Toolern Vale concert on Friday raises funds for the Belgian Relief Fund while a Sunday collection at Christ Church Melton totals £7. Other notes report two hospitalizations, a man’s apoplexy death, a farewell social for Mr and Mrs Chalmer, and upcoming sales and land transfers around Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh.
Bacchus Marsh St Patrick’s day events start with a procession from the grounds, feature athletic contests all day, and close with a concert by the Collier Concert and Comedy Company. Belgian fund donations will be offered. Also notes church services across Bacchus Marsh and surrounding towns with local ministers, plus community notices on staff and military figures.
Bacchus Mamh A N A Sports entries close on Saturday next. The Bacchus Marsh Horticultural show entries close Wednesday week. The Annual Conference of the Australian Natives Association will be held at Port Fairy next week. Werribee tenders invited for spalls and Cubbledick’s reserve lease. Wirth’s circus visited Bacchus Marsh. Ford cars praised for hilly country use.
Local committee organizes a gate of gifts fundraiser at the Mechanics Hall on Friday April 6 at 7 pm to aid distressed Belgians. Mr R H Dugdale provides sales help and donations should be delivered at the ball in the afternoon for neat presentation. Also notes Dugdale’s ill health retirement and butter factory losses and local volunteers for service.
Mr Marchant announces Royal Pictures will be shown on Saturday next the 37th to begin at a listed time with a selection of films likely to entertain local patrons.
Treasurer Thos Anderson sent £100 to the old Mayor's Fund. Dr T B Ryan pledges £1 monthly toward the Igian Relief Fund for the war period. A long list of contributions totals, including Heidelberg Band £7 16s 5d, J Donald £5, Glenmore Ply Ltd £5, Bird & Son £2 2s, with many individuals giving small sums. Stock and produce sales at Bac hs Marsh market raised funds for the Belgian Fund, listing numerous items and owners, culminating in a total of £86 5s 3d and a separate £4 for Myrmiong fund.
Letter to the Express questions a Missioner's sermon urging not to notice the war. The writer cites authentic sources noting war's costs in lives money and devastation, asking for basis of the claim and referencing historical comparisons to current conflicts.
At Bacchus Marsh Court on Thursday March 18 Supt Nolan presided over cases including a motor cycle rider charged with excessive speed and a driver under 18. The bench adjourned the 16 year old case to April 8. Additional defendants faced charges for driving without a license, with the father claiming extenuating circumstances due to horses and NSW practice. Fines of 21 each were imposed on several defendants with related inn liability and liquor charges resulting in combined fines and costs.
Sale notices list upcoming auctions by McPhail Bros. Co on Monday March 22 at Bacchus Marsh market and by L A Fairbairn Co on Thursday March 25 at Ballan Market, with Love and Co and T H Gartaide also involved and entries for Coochin and Boonak. The fragmented text records street or market locations and partner firms.
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