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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
2
WEDNESDAY NOV 47 L A FAIRBAIRN & Co sell by public auction at Mrs H Mitchelson’s residence Main Street Bacchus Marsh at 2 pm. Furnishings include piano dining suite extension table overmantle carpet linoleum rugs beds chests wardrobes chairs and more with miscellaneous sundries and farming gear.
Monday November 22 warning targets all persons taking fish from streams or waters by illegal swans or in close season. Inspector J W Tolmie urges prosecution. Also items for sale include binder knives canvasses batter belts phenyle. Painter and paperhanger service offered by D Ryne c/o H M Hodgson Bacchus Marsh.
A list of coming events includes Bowling season opening on Saturday November 13 at Bacchus, Jubilee at Christ Church Myrdong on November 17 and 21, Red Cross Concert at Coimadai on November 24, Bacchus Marsh Presbyterian Jubilee services on December 5 and entertainment on December 6, with a horticultural show scheduled for April 8, 1916, and other items such as Rare at Myr Miong on June 1.
A D Blair has purchased the harvesting machinery business formerly run by Mr Wade at Myer Mong. Blair announces readiness to undertake all classes of work at ruling prices and solicits patronage from customers.
Exford Young Men’s Club hosts a grand plain and fancy dress ball to aid Red Cross funds at Exford Hall on New Year’s Eve December 31 1915 with double ticket pricing. Melton notices offer a cow and a stray horse and draught horse reward. rewards cited for stray livestock and loss of PF branded calf foot.
Final notice warns all accounts due to Geo. Dickie & Sons will go to solicitors for legal recovery after November 30. Tenders for grazing Loch Treig Mt Wallace Little’s Eagle’s can be emailed to Ballan or Mt. Wallace addresses until November 22. Duncan McDonald handles the sale of 136, 109, and 104 acre properties, either as one lot or separate lots. A Mt Stibnite Mining Co shareholders meeting is set for Monday evening at 7:40 with the Legal Manager present.
An old newspaper ad warns readers to treat colds seriously and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as preventing pneumonia. It claims the remedy offers quick relief in advanced cases and prevention in early stages. The ad lists sponsors W Grant Morton Bac thus Marsh and A Comben & Co and urges subscription to Express.
Fragmentary obituary note recalling Christina Aude who died and Willis Frederick who died in Perth with dates and local placements. text shows garbled fragments and memorial phrasing without clear full details. Source contains names and memorial context but no cohesive event description or complete dates.
The Melton district notes a mild harvest start with variable yields and several events. Keast Morris & Miles offer Oak Park farm of 235 acres on the Mi Catterill road for executors of the late James Mackintosh, while the Tennis Club reopens for the season and the Exford Young Men's Choir hosts a Red Cross fundraiser ball. The Melton Gun Club held a monthly shoot with notable results, Moylan’s racehorse Boyce set a new hurdle record at Williamstown, and J Riddell’s Ayrshire cattle won multiple prizes at Whittlesea. Local infrastructure progress continues on the weir, and a bushfire near Goodman's Creek was contained. A death at Mordialloc follows heart failure, with funeral arrangements in Melton.
The pall bearers named include F Atley son P Atley jon I D McKenzie G Jongebloed J Casey D Casey P Coburn and E Carew. Father Glee son delivered a long and impressive service at the graveside. Hotelkeepers face annual Licensing Court in Bacchus Marsh Ballan and Melton Licensing District on Saturday December 4 at 10 am.
Furniture sale at Mrs. Mitchelson’s Bacchus Marsh advertised by L. A. Fairbairn & Co on Wednesday 17th inst. Church notices list Baptist Church services at 11 and 7:30 with Pastor St Whitchurch, Church of England at 14th inst, and various congregations including Presbyterian Methodist and Catholic events across Bacchus Marsh, Rowsley, Melton, Balliang East and St Kilda. Jubilee opening of Christ Church Myrniony on 17th with Bacchus Marsh Choir, Salvation Army meetings on 20th and 21st led by Colonel McMillan and Captain Haworth, and district notices echo town improvements and Ford car sales data for Victoria households.
At Bacchus Marsh Corporation yards Messrs L A Fairbairn & Co held their monthly sale. 191 cattle 30 sheep and 18 pigs were listed with cattle in excellent condition and demand keen leading to an almost complete clearance at high rates. Prices ranged from £12 to £15 for best cows in milk or springers, with mid lines from £8 10s to £11. Bulls and beef cows also sold strongly while lighter stock and weaners fetched lower prices. Also included are oddly formatted stray notes on cooking and an unrelated recipe fragment.
Harvest is fair with busy time. Tooleen Vale Guy Cub suspends operations till next year. Select Committee met. Mosars, R Barrie, and H Campbell welcomed. Works approved include tightening wires, new posts, gravelling, and shelter shed porch door repairs. Correspondent urged Department to finalize last year works. Mrs Campbell reports sending frostbite eyes to Base Hospital and sugar lugs collected for soldiers.
The Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club opens this Saturday afternoon at the Mechanics Institute rear green. Ladies provide afternoon tea. Howry skurry competition to be played. Bowls must be tested to 1912 or later. Singles entries taken on opening day for a tournament starting about the 20th. Club party to Sunshine on Saturday the 27th.
The Bacchus Marsh Fire Brigade invites the public to the opening ceremony on Saturday afternoon the 27th at 4 30 led by Chief Officer Lieut Colonel T S Marshall who will lay the foundation stone. A complimentary social follows the next evening for stall holders and assistants.
Tonight shows a two reel Charlie Chaplin comedy His Night Out plus the final two episodes of Trey of Hearts serial. Do not miss the intriguing finale as the program continues this evening.
At Bacchus Marsh Court on Thursday November 11 before magistrates Real Murphy and others, Staley Buxton granted transfer of Canns Family Hotel Blackwood from Rebecca Cann. Several defendants fined for offences including failing to vaccinate. others adjourned for 14 days. A case against Amy Beatri Brain and Mrs James Hehir involved insulting words. Hehir fined £1 and costs £1 16s 6d or seven days.
The passage explains that a wagon should carry load evenly on front and hind wheels with any difference favoring the hind wheels since they are larger and sink less. It notes load position relative to the team does not increase draft, and when towing a ground-dragging load the pull is lighter the closer the team is to the load because more of the force acts upward, reducing friction.
McPhail, Bros, & Co announce a sale event on Monday November 22 at the Bacchus Marsh market. The notice highlights a public auction, inviting buyers to attend and bid on available goods. Prospective bidders are advised to arrive early and review catalog items.
The tenth annual report of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission notes Bacchus Marsh district lining 34 miles of channels and near completion of the Weeribee Werribee storage schemes. It details Molton and Pyke’s Creek reservoirs, drainage catchments for Weerihee River, and irrigation district valuations with receipts and loan figures for 1915.
Full supply shows 78 feet gauge with 14 850 acre feet available. Present supply records 3 600 acre feet. Last weekly return notes 3 540 acre feet in storage with output at nil.
Coming bases for a furniture sale listed by L A Fairbairn and Co on Wednesday November 17 at Mrs Mitchelson's Bacchus. The notice notes introductory basing events and invites attendees to view items.
Lieut. Packington Vallence writes from Egypt detailing Red Cross operations in Alexandria and Cairo. He notes over 200 voluntary helpers, stores, and hospital support, with extensive aid to hospital ships and trains, daily hospital visits, and messages to families. He also mentions October 1914 store beginnings and July arrangements, plus thanks to local societies for support.
Lieut W F W Shields of the 6th KSLL attached to the 5th KILLL, son of the late Rev W H Shields of Hughley, Shropshire, died in action on Saturday the 25th. Born in Buckham, he was educated at Eton and Oxford and received his commission in 1914. He became a lieutenant that year and went to the front five weeks before his death. He was 22 years old.
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