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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
2
On Monday May 8 at 2pm L A Fairbairn & Co. will auction Mrs McEwan’s household goods at her Pilmer Street residence. Items include washstand, double and single beds, linoleums, furniture, bedding, kitchenware, glassware, crockery, gas stove, farm tools, a horse and jinker, bicycle, and sundries.
L A Fairbairn and Co announce a sale on Wednesday May 5 at 1.80 p.m. at Mr F J Ashby’s residence in Lerderberg street. The auction covers valuable household furniture, harness, and sundries including a Blackwood dining suite, oak bedroom suite, sideboard, ärts, sewing machine, linens, beds, garden items, and numerous harness sets. Proceeds also include an additional sale of furniture for Mr H W Hodgson.
On Wednesday May 5 after Mr Ashby and then Mr H W Hodgson will sell at his residence in Lerderderg Street a large lot of furniture and effects including walnut sideboard marble top washstand sewing machine dining chairs piano stool beddings mirrors scales and sundries plus hay and horse gear auctioned items follow descriptions and quantities with a wagonette saddle bridle jinker harness and half ton lucerne hay listed by L A Fairbairn & Co.
Notice from Minister of Public Works F W Hagelthorn states three months from April 22 1915 to obtain an Order in Council to unite the Southern Riding of Melton with Braybrook and to unite the North and Eastern Ridings of Melton with Keilor under the Loyal Government Acts Amendment Act 1914. The joint report of two Inspectors shows Melton’s rates for the year ended September 30 1914 did not reach £1500. Dated Melbourne April 22 1915.
Public notice announces Parwan Trucking Yards will be ready for traffic and Mr J A Brown of Hill Farm Parwan appointed as agent to handle treating and consigning fat stock to Pearson Rowe Smith and Co at 416 Bourke Street Melbourne.
GEO. DICKIE & SONS announce books will close on May 1 and business will operate on strictly cash terms. All goods will be sold at reduced prices, thanking customers for past patronage. Also listed are Phonyle, Cast Shears, and cookery books available from Crisp & Sons, Bacchus Marsh, including Australian Everyday Cookery and Every Lady's Journal Cook Book.
Shire of Bacchus Marsh calls for opened tenders to 1 pm Monday 10 May for Contract 7/15 supply of ispalle at Pentland Hill and Contract 8/15 forming and metalling at Parwan. Specifications are at Shire Hall. Tenders require a 5 percent cash deposit. The lowest tender is not necessarily accepted. Shire Secretary A Mackenzie Tyers.
Notice of poll for one councillor positions at Bacchus Marsh Riding dated April 22 1915 listing candidates Frederick Richard Manning and George F Ramsey. Poll to be held Thursday May 6 1915 from 8 am to 4 pm with returning officer W Grant Morton. Additional notices from Manning and Ramsey request support for vacancy caused by Dr J G Wells resignation.
Shire of Ballan invites tenders at Shir Hall Ballan up to 11 am Monday May 3 1915 for Contract No 26 Metalling 6 chains Trentham road between Blackwood and Barrys Reef and Contract CRB No s Supply of 400 c yd asphalt on main road Cemetery hill Gordon Tender deposits required lowest bid not guaranteed. Also notices for St Bernards School Hall Bacchus Marsh euchre party May 12 and Belgian Red Cross funds grand social at Balliang May 7 with ticket prices 1 shilling 6 pence and 2 shillings for gentlemen ladies. Plastic clay products Clayoline Modelins advertised for school work at 6d and 8d boxes from Crisp Bons Bembiss Murb.
An all nations fancy dress pageant with a plain and fancy dress ball under the Women’s National League will be held at the Mechanics Institute Bacchus Marsh on May 5. Tickets available. costumes must be registered with the doorkeeper. Also notices of sewing services, sales and lettings in Bacchus Marsh. Births, deaths and obituaries listed with local details.
The article argues on Saturday March 1 1915 that new Shire boundaries are misaligned. It calls for extending Bacchus Marsh Maddingley Road District to Greendale and Pyke's Creek to maximize subsidies, and supports transferring the South Riding to Melton Shire. It notes voters lack Councillor status and warns of broader insolvency from ballot box overuse.
Mossré McPhail Brox will hold their regular monthly market at Melton today. A Melton Coursing Club meeting is set for Monday night to draw for the Wednesday meeting. Crops have improved with recent rain though grass grows slowly. Rainfall for the week totals 6 points, helping vegetation. onion weed spreads, burrs persist but are sanded in, and stock may ingest burrs when windy.
Chronic chest complaints and a 1/6 peppermint cure advertisement frame Melton Shire realignment. The Melton Shire revenue under 1/2d rate prompts disintegration with South Riding joining Braybrook and North plus East Riding joining Keilor. Based on 1914 15 Municipal figures Braybrook leads in valuation. Melton has largest area. A deputation to the Minister with Hon A B Robertson support is planned to appeal keep matters as is.
The Local Government Acts Amendment Act 1914 allows amalgamations for councils with rate incomes under £300. Notices warn eight boroughs of district unions, and Minister Hagelthorn plans Orders in Council for many mergers including Broadford with Kilmore and others. Councils have three months to object. more mergers may follow, per the Argus report.
A charity concert for the Red Cross fund is set for Monday May 24 Empire Day. A radio group meeting to plan the event will be held Tuesday at 3 oclock in Shire Hall. The programme features patriotic songs and children tableaux with all Alice sequence anthems. Further details to follow.
A fragment reports furniture sales by L A Fairbairn and Co at Mrs McEwan’s Pilmer street Bacchus Marsh on Monday next and Ashby s and Hodgson’s Leyderberg street sale on Wednesday next. It notes ratepayers choosing a relative for the Council table after Gr Wells resigns, with polls closing at 4 pm and mentions Molton Market near McPhail s.
Local notices list Baptist and Church of England services in Bacchus Marsh, with timings at Bacchus Marsh, Rowsley, Coimada, and Balliang East. Debating Society plans, social ball to aid Belgian relief, Balliang races, and various branch meetings are announced along with civic updates on grants, road work, and local leadership changes.
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