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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 16, 1918
Page
2
The Gippsland Northern Co operative Selling and Insurance Co Ltd will hold their usual monthly sale at Ballan on Thursday November 24 starting 1 30 pm. They will offer cattle sheep pigs horses sun dries and other entries invited. A W Flack is agent in Ballan.
Monday November 25 Bacchus Marsh Market held by McPhail Anderson & Co at Baschus Marsh at 1 o clock sharp. Fat store and dairy cattle sheep milkers and springer. Sheep woolly tamuts pigs and sundries hay rake. Peter Heagney district representative Main Street.
Wednesday December 11 at Scott s Hotel Melbourne sale of Surbiton Park Melton about 1001 acres near Werribee River Exford Weir three miles from Melton station and three miles from Rockbank improvements include a five room homestead detached kitchen stables and outbuildings windmills water laid on to paddocks. Liberal terms five percent interest with £1000 cash £1000 in two years and balance up to ten years. Apply W S Keast Melbourne and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd Melbourne.
The Shire of Bacchus Marsh announces the Municipal Sheep Dip is available in small lots on Wednesdays only. It cannot be used on sale days. Charges are 14 shillings per sheep until January, then 11 pence per sheep from February 1. Arrangements must be made a day or two beforehand with Mr Mark Usher or at the Shire Office. Le Cocq, Shire Secretary, 1 November 1918.
The Shire of Werribee calls for sealed tenders to be received by 6 pm on Monday 25 November 1918 at Shire Hall for contracts including Hopper's Lane road works water supply at Werribee Recreation Reserve renovation of Shire Hall and road metal works on Melbourne Geelong and Geelong Escuhs Marsh routes. Plane and specifications are at Shire Hall. Also invitations for Inspector and Ranger by 11 am on Friday 29 November 1918 with salary 65 pounds and preference to returned soldiers.
Under the Victorian Scottish Union auspices a Monday event at the Mechanics Institute Bacchus Marsh supports widows children and dependents of Scottish soldiers and sailors who sacrificed. The notice seeks attendance and sympathy for the relief effort.
The Melton Minstrels announce a benefit concert for Mr. A. Cameron of Melton South to be held in the Mechanics Hall Melton on Saturday November 30. J Dixon serves as honorary secretary.
A gathering to be held at Bacchus Marsh Show Grounds commencing at 1 p.m. with John Wills as President and W Grant as Treasurer. Gymkhana Committee members include Messre F B Manning W Freer and J 8.
A local notes and entries for a pony and horse event list races and prizes. Highlights include Sheep Dog Demonstration, Pony Jump, Pony Trot, Draught Horse Race, Flag Race, Driving Competition, Potato Race, Jumble Race, and Open Handicap Trots with monetary prizes and entry fees. Closing dates for nominations and post entries are given, with admission prices and a grand concert announced.
A concert and dance will be held at Balliang Mall on Wednesday November 20 to raise funds for the YMGA Army and Navy Appeal. Organised by W. T. Loats the honorary secretary, the event features a concert dance refreshments and aims to support the appeal.
Fringed with multiple events in CoimadaI and Rowsley to support the YMCA Army and Navy Appeal. Concerts and dances feature the Barehus Marsh YMCA Concert Company and local organizers including A B O Hara Hon Lee and Bulman C E Hosken. A meeting at Parwan school on Wednesday at 3 30 p m invites all interested in YMCA work. Euchre tournament and dance at Rowsley Hall on November 21 with tickets 1 6d and dance 1 shilling for men Moonlight offers social entertainment and fundraising in support of the fund.
An illustrated YMCA lecture titled The Trail of the Red Triangle with the Boys at Home and Abroad is set for Saturday at 6 p.m. in Melton Mechanics Hall. Admission is free with a War Work Appeal collection led by Anna M. Staughton. Kelvin Grove Private Hospital announces open admission for maternity cases with Dr. in attendance. Nurse Jenkins listed at Bacchus Marsh.
Deceased estate Gilby in Estate R offers 260 acres at Black Hill near Toolern Vale through Dixon & Son Gisborne Auctioneers. Also offered are a 5 ft McKay harvester in guaranteed good order and a Victorian house to be removed. Listing by J H Cunningham Melton.
Dance at Mechanics Institute Bacchus Marsh on Tuesday November 26 with Mrs Kennedy and Mr Monte Mackenzie tenor visiting Thursday morning November 2 at Presbyterian School Hall to offer singing tuition. Eggs for sale and local job notices. Deaths and in memoriam notices from Bacchus Marsh area.
A notice urges Presbyterians to attend Thanksgiving services for Allied victory. It lists offerings at Bacchus Marsh at 11 and 7:30, Melton at 3, and seeks a young lady attendee or dentist applicant at Main St. church.
The Melton Shire invites applications for Laspector and Ranger, with preference to returned soldiers. A social evening with the Ladies' Guild at Christ Church hall is planned, plus services across Melton areas. Memorial services for Privates Nepton and Misson are rescheduled to Nov 24 and Dec 1. The Melton Minstrels hold a benefit for Mr. A Cameron. A public meeting formed a committee to welcome returning Anzacs on Friday. Flower Day proceeds praised, with a large turnout and a total of £8 17s 01d raised.
Entries for the Yamala carnival events close soon with markets at Bacchus Marsh and Ballan, plus a procession and dog demonstration. A grand YMCA concert, ladies’ tea, bake-off penalties, and several benefit functions follow, highlighting Scottish entertainment, a state school swimming project, and church services across Bacchus Marsh and surrounding towns.
Royal Pictures presents films featuring Wallace Reid Mae Murray and Louise Huff with a Quaker girl subplot. Admission for children is 6d with 1d tax paid by management. Werribes Shire Council invites tenders for works including C.R.B. supply and a lot on Geelong Bacolius Marsh road Ballinng East. Council meets Monday 35 Remember the Y.M.C.A. appeal donations urged to Vocal Hon. See. BR. Balan foot 6. B Basiany
Messia Fairbairn and Co reported a brisk sale at Balliang with 176 cattle 316 sheep 8 horses and 2 pigs yarded. Dairy and fat stock led demand with prices ranging to 21 for a Jersey cow. stores moved slowly and horses were hard to sell. A clearing sale was also held by Messrs Dode Maids and Son at Balliang on Wednesday with strong bidding except for horses.
A meeting is scheduled for Tuesday next the 19th inst in Shire hall at 3 o clock. Home Nursing class meets Tuesday evening next the 19th inst in Lodge room A N A hall. The Hon Secretary Miss Beatrice W Anderson acknowledges with thanks. Monthly collections Miss E Dugdale one pound nineteen shillings. Other donations Daure Muirs barn per Mr Grattidge one pound seventeen shillings sixpence. Cigarettes Mrs H Kerr sent away this week eleven pairs socks nineteen shirts six pairs cuffs.
The Hon. Sec. Mrs Jas Duggidale acknowledges thanks for gifts including books from Miss Fowler and Miss D Muir plus bandages. This week 16 shirts 15 pairs socks and bandages were sent away. Letters of thanks from soldiers arrive to Miss M Clark Mrs P Shanahan and the Hon. Sec. (2).
The Empire’s Call notes the death of ex-pupil Second Lieutenant Brian Gerald Maloney of the Royal Minster Fusiliers, tied to the Royal Air Force, killed Sept 23 in an airplane crash at Rochford Aerodrome Essex. He was 29, son of C Mahoney of Taneatna Bay of Plenty, formerly Tokoiti headmaster. His brothers Alic and Edmund also died serving. Mrs Mahoney is daughter of Rev Andrew Bett, an early Presbyterian minister in Tapanui. Eugene P McCarthy, son of Mortimer and McCarthy Darley, joined the Light Horse Q and serves in Palestine and Egypt.
Fragmentary note warns against self medicating nerves with stimulants and narcotics. Mentions common errors in folk advice and cautions readers about dangerous effects. Contains misspellings and unclear references but centers on avoiding drug use to steady nerves.
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