Election candidates named for Bulla district poll 1917
The Electoral District of Bulla declares candidates James Henry Cunningham James Henry Gilchrist and Andrew Robertson for the Victorian Legislative Assembly election. Poll set for November 15 1917 across multiple divisions with polling hours from eight in the morning to seven in the evening. Returning Officer W Grant J.P. confirms the arrangements and polling locations in Bacchus Marsh Broadmeadows Gisborne Melton Sunbury and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Legislative Assembly of
Bulla
James Henry Cunningham
Melton
James Henry Gilchrist
Sunbury
Andrew Robert Robertson
Bacchus Marsh
Wyndham
Werribee
Shire Hall
Laverton
Little River
Metropolitan Farm
Truganina
Mechanics’ Institute
Exford
Balliang East
H. Johnson
Newport West
L. Martin
Blackshaw’s Road
Newport
Mount Cotterill
James Johnson
Tenders for Bacchus Marsh Geelong road works
The Shire of Bacchus Marsh invites tenders addressed to the Shire President at the Shire Hall Bacchus Marsh for Contract No. 1P 1917 18 grading forming and gravelling 530 lineal feet on the Bacchus Marsh Geelong road south of Parwall Station road Plans and specifications available at the Shire Hall Deposits as specified and the lowest tender not necessarily accepted. Shire Secretary Le Cooq 8 1 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Boiis Board
Bacchus Marsh
Geelong
Parwall Station
Shire Hall
le Cooq
Haymes Pty Ltd Old Horse and Cattle Dealers Ad
Haymes Pty Ltd, wholesalers of chaff and grain, lucerne specialists at 551 Flinders Street in Canterbury advertise after hours sales. L Scott of Bacchus Marsh assists, J J Barry of Bacchus Marsh a dealer paying top prices for old or worn-out horses. Dead horses or cattle removed free. 1918 diaries available from Crisp & Sons, Church Street, Bacshaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerne
Flinders St
Phono Central
Canterbury
L. Scott
Bacchus Marsh
J. J. Barry
Crisp & Sons
Church Street
Bacshaw
Pig Truck Set for Gippsland Coop Route From Bading Marsh
A pig truck will depart Bading Marsh on Tuesday November 13 bound for the Gippsland and Northern Co operative Company. J Seel Ford is the agent coordinating the shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bading Marsh
Gippsland & Northern Co-Operative CO
J. Seel Ford
Annual Presbyterian Social at School Hall November 21
The annual Presbyterian social runs at the School Hall on Wednesday November 21 at 8 p.m. A government program of music and elocution is planned with refreshments. Admission 1 shilling. Also note accounts due to December 1. unpaid amounts after date turn over to solicitors Ashman, Tailor. Lost notices and tenders appear from Bacchus Marsh and nearby towns. Farmer appeals for help milking and farm work. Nurse Jenkins begins practice as a Ladies’ Nurse in Darley Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Hodgson
Ashman
Bacelus Marsh
Jenkins
Bees
Darley
Dr H H Field Martell Practice Now At Bacchus Marsh
After acquiring the practice, Dr H H Field Martell is now available for consultations at his residence on Main Street in Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Field-Martell
Main Street
Bacchus Marsh
Bereavement notice for Private J H Campbell in France
B and Mrs J H Campbell and family of Myrtle Bank Bas chns Marsh express thanks for letters cards visits and sympathy after the loss of their son and brother Private J H Campbell killed in action in France on September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Campbell
Myrtle Bank
Baschns Marsh
France
Death notices from World War I era and local obituaries
Notices record Private William B. Wood of the Pioneer Battalion killed in service at Kitchener Hospital Brighton and other in memoriam notices for Mary Elizabeth Caspar, Johnstone Somme casualty Williams, and Margaret Ellis, with family attributions to Urquhart, McRae, Johnstone, Droxson, and others. The items mix military deaths, accidental death, memorial poems, and bereavement acknowledgments from families in Australia and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Kitchener Hospital
Brighton
Bngland
William B. Wood
Pioneer
Law
Robert
Bessien Wood
William Brown
Rose Hall
Pentland Hills
Electors hear J H Cunningham at Melton meeting
Mr J H Cunningham addressed electors at Melton on Wednesday next and Hon A R Robertson spoke at the Melton Mechanics Institute last night with 70 to 80 electors present. Mr J F Minns presided and the candidate received a patient hearing. W Barton of Motion South reported his son Corporal R Barton wounded in action for the third time. The report notes uncertainty about severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Cunningham
Melton
A. R. Robertson
Melton Mechanics’ Institute
Moats
J. F. Minns
W. Barton
Motion South
Corporal R. Barton
Boven
Sorions
Otherwine
Bacehus Marsh Dairmen
Co-operative Association
Jidy
July Bowser
Seanally Party
Wanaratta
Bacchus Marsh
Robertson
Bulla
Baptist Church
Schovlfiell
Baptist College
Holy ‘Trinity
Bavebus Marsh
Raws- Joy
Wakelin Davis
Volmadus
James Lyiliate
Methalist
Bacios Marsh
T. F. Caspar
Staughton Vale
Mer
Melton and Ballan notices and events report
Me J H Gilchrist addressed electors on Wednesday night with Dr Thos Horn buckle presiding. Polling day Thursday the 15th, 7 pm. Rainfall for the week noted. local mills at Moxars Dixon Bros Melton South expanding. A snake bite scare involving Richard Whit caused anxiety. Mars hotel at Melton saw Laurencelot Smith injured with two forehead wounds but non serious. hospitalised for observation. McPhail Anderson & Co held a successful Melton sale for Mr Ry Gait skell. livestock and gear sold. Ballan sports gathering for Red Cross funds announced. En tries for events close today. Ballan and Bacchus Marsh Presbyterian service noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Gilchrist
Thos
Hornbuckle
Mat
Baan
Moxars
Dixon Bros
Melton South
Whit
Richard
Mars Hotel
Melton
Laurncelot Smith
Dunlop Rubber Co
Argyle
Killa
Ry Gaitskell
Mesers, McPhail, Anderson & Co
Ballan
Red Cross
Bacchus
Marsh
Alrink
Matton
B. William
Rowsley Flower Show Delights Local Community
The Rowsley school Flower Show on Zul inst featured a grand display of flowers and plants with cakes and butter on display. The event earned top prizes in Melbourne for a mower collection and praised by judges Mrs Hy Kerr and Mr H Burbidge. Mr L Dubont sold all items at satisfactory prices as parents and villagers enjoyed refreshments and a lively day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowsley School
Zul Inst
Bouaty
Melbourne
A Wandin
Hy Kerr
H. Burbidge
L. Dubont
Bacchus Marsh Community News Highlights
Local concert announced by Miss Nance ONeill and pupils with new programme. A butcher’s delivery accident injures Po Lang. fracture treated by Dr. McDonald. Busy campaign season with agriculture show and multiple political meetings. Williams daughter passes Melbourne Musical Exam. local co op dairy and store plans discussed. Memorial service details and church notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nance O'Neill
Proceis
Po. Lang
E. J. Ford
Bacelin- Marsh
Wemesley
Grant
Main Streets
McDonald
A. Brown
Bacehus Marsh
von Williams
Probyte Larlies
Royal Pictures Show Tonight With Barrymore and Chaplin
The Awakening of Helena Ritchie is dramatised tonight starring Ethel Barrymore. Charlie Chaplin appears in A Night at the Show. The patent medicine danger serial Who's Next continues in The Greed. Free passes for two nights are offered by the Australian Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Ritchie
Ethel Barrymore
Charlie Chaplin
Australian Gazette
Beautiful Women and Digestion Health Claims
An advertisement notes that beautiful women have good digestion and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for the liver and stomach. The pills are described as easy to take and agreeable and are sold by W Grant Morton, Bacchus Marsh, A Comban & Co Woribon, J G Orgill, Roskbank and Meltaa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. Grant Morton
Bacchus Marah
A. Comban & Co
Woribon
J. G. Orgill
Roskbank
Meltaa
Young woman killed in buggy accident near Bacon Marsh
A young wife died Friday evening after a pony driven jinker entrapped by a harness fault. Mrs Caspar of Bacon Marsh was visiting relatives on Wardell Street when the shafts dropped and she was thrown from the vehicle. Doctors McDonald and Pollock could not save her, death due to a fractured skull. The pony bolted, hit a telephone post, and the jinker was wrecked before the animal was captured. The funeral involved military honors and a graveside service led by Reverend Oliver Dowsing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caspar
Bacon Marsh
McRaey
Wardell Strest
Jivkor
Mra
Drs. Meonald
Pollock
Waddell
Gram
Miallingley
Cust
Bass
Gippshod
C. McRar
Thes Brothers
Jushaat
Vanarehed
Oliver Dowsing
Foutseray
R. Bolwan
RACCHUS MARSH MARKET REPORTS STRONG AUCTION PRICES
Misers 1 A Fairbairn Co held their monthly sale at De Corporating yards on Thursday with 162 cattle 2 wp HT and 7 horses yarded. Prices ranged widely with high bids for fat cattle cows calves and store stock. Pigs and sheep sold well and the paddock estate sales fetched solid per acre figures to bidders including Thomas Lidgett and Geo Tickett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fairbairn & Co
Port
Stafford Clark
Merliam Ditto
Lyles
Kate Ay T. Fox
Aicar Myrnioig
Thomas Lidgett
Geo. Tickett
Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club Grant Street Win
The Grant Street win at Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club is slated for 2.30 with The Trudles as the opponent. Further notes appear on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club
Grant Street
MYRMONG Red Cross Acknowledges Donations
The Hon. Sec Mrs Jas Dugdale acknowledges gifts from FH Linsdell Miss Rose Shanahan Miss Mary Fowler Miss Fusler and others including tin milk old linen books and a shipment sent away this week consisting of shirts socks helmets knee pads bandages sweets and other items for the Red Cross drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Dugdale
FH. Linsdell
Rose Shanahan
Mary Fowler
Fus~ler
Bowsley Red Cross Acknowledges Donations and Pledges
The Honorary Secretary Mrs Sharland records gifts including 4 knitted helmets and eggs from Mrs Greene and others, listing monthly contributions by Meade Greene Sharland Lyle Davison Templeton L Dubout and more. Items sent away this month include towels bandages washers socks shirts helmets and a scarf while a soldier in France receives thanks for socks. Flower Day raised funds and subscriptions are noted as 10 shillings and 2 shillings 6 pence quarterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharland
Greene
Meade Greene
Lyle, Davison
Templeton
L. Dubout
Dubout
Rutherford
Pace
M. Kerr
Reid
Min Jana
Routon
Witch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hacchus Marsh Mechanics” Institute
Campane
Ballarat
Will Hatfield
Buck
Til
Ton
Sebel
Alter
Baptist College of Victoria
Pazieres
Churel
E. Pearce
Ibi
State Savings Bank
Elizabeth ST
Ingle & Strange
Costumieres
Bulla Electorate
Country Party
Will Adarass
Lailies
Liberal
John Bowser
The
Economy Party
At & Pan
Ure
J. A. Brown
H. C. Wraith
Melton Express
Vusiice
Francis Wilson
T. & G. Bullding
1 Ton Street
SWANS
Barehus Marsh
Myrmiong
Coimadai
North East Blackwood
Rowsley
Balliany East
O. H. Johnson
Parwan
H. Willsonson
Gisborne
Courthoun
New Gisborne
Macedon
Riddell's Creek
Bullengarook
M. J. Carroll
Upper Macedon
Keilor
Tullamarine
Digger's Rest
Toolern
Sunshine
J. W. McGrath
Deer Park
Scho Rockbank
Albany
Sydenham
Sydenham Hall
Shire OF
Bacchis Marsh
E. R. Haynes, Pty. Ltd
Roward
Ey J. Ford
Bacelius Marsh
Shaugheryard Darley
FJ. Ford
Butehwr
Main St
John Pollock, M.B
Lohnsrow
I Somme
Williams
Paul
Susanah Johneson
Eddey
Port Melbourne
John
Brunswick
T. Manly
Duff
Fitsroy
Sutera
Droxson
Margaret Eliis
Pelton Express
Bacchus Marsh Observation Station
San. Hada
Thare
Ravelisi
Mies Evans
A. Woodward
J. AL Bena
Shire
T. W. Davis
BL Williams
July Wills
Patriotic and Loldliers
Daltrey
Conbruugh
Yale
Fallon
Tmnt
God
Tavailay
Wed Salter
Pozesees
Lye Caretiy
Mise Evans
Meo JP
Melaichhin
Bacchus Marsh Presbyterian Church
William Addison
John Dukelow
Ballin
Royal Pictures
Racchus Marsh
Myrmong Red Cross
Bowsley Red Cross
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