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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 27, 1915
Page
4
A collection of eggless puddings detailing Pearl Barley Pudding with apples baked slowly, Date Pudding with bread crumbs and spices, and Banana Pudding layered with brown bread crumbs. Each recipe describes ingredients, mixing steps, and baking directions for a nourishing dessert or supper dish.
May save a life. Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy relieves stomach pains and diarrhoea. Useful in summer fruit seasons or drought when water is scarce. Keep a bottle on hand. may save pain and life. Sold by W Grant Morton Bacchus Marsh and A Comben & Co Werribee.
Mr W J Brockie recorded by the Dental Board of Victoria visits Bacchus Marsh at Mortima House Grant 81 every Thursday and Saturday by appointment or any other day from 9 a m to p m.
A writer argues true courage hinges on imagination and instinct rather than stoic bravery. He cites a traveler’s boast of danger as proof that fear often governs action, not reasoning. A simple test with a hot object behind glass shows natural instincts overpower resolve, revealing courage as needful restraint of impulse.
A scattered Varieties page blends jokes, aphorisms, and odd observations. It contrasts rural virtue with city vanity, notes aging odds on life, and includes casual dialogue bits about a barber, a preacher, and schoolyard pranks.
Miss Murphy of Main Street Bacchus Marsh operates a confectionery in the town under the business name Best Confectionery Fancy. The notice lists the party and location, indicating a local firm serving residents with sweets and related goods.
A. D. Blatr announces acquisition of the business formerly run by Mr. Wade and offers all classes of work at varying prices. Patronage solicited.
Terms for mares to cover Terma six pounds per mare and two pounds payable January 1 1916 with balance on proving in foal. Horses named include LORD NORTHCOTE 677 and KELM'S PRIDE 337. Mare with foal at foot two shillings sixpence per week dry mare two shillings. Limited mares accepted. John Dugdale Rocehill Farm Myrmiong P O September 8 1915.
Thoroughbred NADIR NADIR a 16 hand dark colt by Haut Brion from Meridian, with St Simon and Marden lineage, shows a string of six furlong wins including the AJ C Princess May Stakes and Epsom Plate, plus a 7 furlong Mentone Spring Handicap triumph. Holds Government Life Certificate for soundness, mares welcomed with no responsibility. Terma £4 4. Donald McIntosh, Owner.
Midland is a handsome powerful horse with good bone and muscle. He stands 15.1 hands and is a dark bay with excellent temper and action. By Maitland, imported by Mr John Field of Tasmania, Maitland undefeated in shows with forty five first prizes. Terms two pounds ten shillings and one pound down with balance if mare proves in foal. Jas Wyllie Bacchus Marsh.
St Patrick, a rich dark dappled bay horse at 15.2 hands, with soundness certificate and hereditary disease free. Bred from Young Oster Ley lineage, linked to Flying Perfection and Merry Lege strains. £4 4s mare terms, guarantees on mares, care with no liability, breeders urged to meet before placing mares. Also ads Broadbent road map of Victoria and Riverina price one shilling from Crisp & Sons.
A chaotic tale recalls Wilkins and a schoolmaster who desired Wilkins's sister. Friction grew as pranks turned to violence, culminating in a dramatic confrontation with the master punished and the rival wounded, revealing a brutal, taboo motive behind the conflict.
A historical account describes a daring Libby Prison escape during the Civil War. Prisoners expanded a tunnel from the warehouse prison into the yard after weeks of digging 17 days toward freedom. Of 109 who started the tunnel, 59 escaped, 48 were recaptured, and two died in the attempt.
A German trader brings odd pebbles to Capetown from the interior and offers them for sale. A dark youth samples two stones, finds they resist marking and suspect they may be diamonds, realizing a potential immense fortune if confirmed. The scene hints at Rhodes’s dawning discovery of a diamond field and global interest in Karoo finds.
A traditional rite grants a newborn Lapp child a reindeer which becomes his or her property as the child grows. As soon as a baby is born a reindeer is given and, growing up, all subsequent deer belong to that child. By adulthood the child possesses a full herd, valued far above ornate spoons from relatives.
The article notes that temperature variations do not occur beneath 600 feet of ocean depth, with a philosophical analogy comparing life to a railway journey where passengers endure the ride as it nears the end. It also lists cookery books and recipes including Australian Everyday Cookery and Every Lady's Journal Cook Book.
A long enlistment roll from Bacchus Marsh and district lists hundreds of locals by name, marking wounded and killed among units across Balliang East, Coimadai, Myrnong, Parwan, Blackwood, Greendale, and other areas. The roll includes soldiers connected to ships HMAS Encounter and HMAS Warrago and notes enlistees who later served elsewhere. It closes with a patriotic pledge about fighting for a worthy purpose.
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