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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 06, 1916
Page
2
On Monday September 25th McPhail Anderson and Co. will sell at Bacchus Marsh at 12 30 for fat and store cattle milkers and springers pigs sheep and sundries. Fifty fat sheep three fur disease plough Robinson A Burbidge agent.
A. SLU AIRAAIRN and Co. announce sales of cattle, 136 head, 500 sheep, 100 ch and ewe wethers, bred ewes with lambs, one percent Leicester rams, odd fat and store stock. Also horses pigs and sundries. Involving Sunrises Institute Bacchus Marsh with drama and comedies listed in brief.
Credit Foncier offers farm loans from £30 to £2000 at 6 percent interest and a 1 percent principal reduction rate. Loans secured on Freeholds or Crown Leases may be made freehold later by paying the balance of Crown Fonts. No mortgage deed charge. Early payoff options with fees apply within five years. after five years no penalty. Forms available at State Savings Bank branches or by writing to The Inspector-General, State Savings Bank, Elizabeth St., Melbourne.
R L Wynne announces retirement from business in Tonlern Vale Melton Polmesel and surrounding area. He will start on Saturday the 12th with reductions of 10 percent on drapery iron mongery and crockery ware to clear stock. J Lodge Rosebank Bacchus Marsh advertises eggs for sale from White Leghorns Pope and Brennan strains 7/6 and 5/ per setting.
Tenders invited to return to agents by Saturday September 23 for an eight month lease of 30 acres of Lucerne Land on Mrs. Scott’s Parwan Vale farm with immediate possession. L A Fairbairn & Co Bacchus Marsh advertise. A going concern shop at Melton Shoeing Forge now occupied by A J Sawyer formerly J N Byrnes is to let. Further details from J N Byrnes Ascot Vale Rd Flemington.
Tenders addressed to the Secretary c o W Horler Grantstrest due by 6pm Tuesday September 19 for removal and extension of shed erection of picket fence and construction of ceiling in shop Specifications may be seen at Mr Horder s The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted
Royal Show Week notice from Bacchus Marsh signatories closing their business on Wednesday September 27 and detailing a social event at the Exford Young Men's Club hall on Friday September 22 1916 with music and refreshments and ticket prices.
Classified lines advertise sewing services and supplies by Mrs Sayward and Pearce Bros, sale of a waggon and tomato plants by Jack Smith, rabbit skin buyers R Crook, Lost Buck Ferret reward Roy Landsell, horseworks set for sale L A Fairbairn Co, sewing machine sale Miss Hawkins, plus a death notice for Lena Eater and family relatives as active service.
The Council of the Shire of Ballan intends at its meeting on October 2 1916 to impose a general rate of one shilling and threepence in the pound on net annual value of rateable property for the year October 1 1916 to September 30 1917. Estimates under the Local Government Act 1915 may be inspected at the Shire Office Ballan. By order of the Council, John V Porter Acting Secretary.
Welton Express notes Melton Presbyterian Church will not host its annual social but anniversary services Sunday with Rev. Williams preaching at 9.30 Holy Communion 11 and 7. Social at Exford Hall Friday week by New Melton Young Men's Club. Harold Scarce and Willie Robinson new volunteers named. Burton learns son William wounded in action. Belgian fund acknowledged. Conscription referendum set for October 28. Rail enrollees warned to sign up by Monday 18. Rainfall 15 points. extra rain needed. forecasts grim.
On Wednesday last Campbell and Sons held a clearing sale for Trench and Moran at the Exford Weir. The crowd was large and spirits high as prices rose for draught horses, a boiler, and a cottage. The event also announced plans for a Jumble Fair on Boxing Night and a Queen Carnival with several titled categories.
At the Metropolitan Board of Works meeting on Tuesday the Farm Committee reported four tenders for excavating breaking up and stacking 1500 cubic yards of spalls at the Metropolitan Farm Werribvo and recommended accepting the lowest bid from T Pavey at 2/10 per cubic yard. In the Werrilee meeting last week Mr W H Ladhams dog Master Brittlewood won the Metropolitan Farm Stakes worth £12 19s and Mr Geo Muir's Simple Queen was runner up in the Duntin Gulla Stakes worth £6.
A health warning urges treatment to prevent complications like catarrh pneumonia or consumption. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is promoted as the best treatment for colds, aiding expectoration and mucus liquefaction. The product is described as pleasant to take and narcotic free, sold by W. Grant Morton in Bacchus Marsh and A. Combon & Co in Warrnibles.
Meyers McPhail Anderson & Co plan a Bacchus Marsh sale on Monday week the 26th. L A Fairbairn & Co shift their Ballan sale to Thursday the 21st due to the Royal Show. Bacchus Marsh Agricultural Society committee meets at 2 pm on Thursday the 21st. Presbyterian leaders and church services are listed for Bacchus Marsh and surrounding towns with times and speakers including Rev J Gray and Rev T Wakelin day. A Bacchus Marsh mount reunion is announced for Wednesday November 6 in the Prov[ince].
Our correspondent reports in Toolern Vale that Gunner A. J. Missen, grandson of Mrs. McIntosh, received an autograph jotter amid a group of friends on final leave. A welter of Red Cross donations followed, including clothing and toiletries, while a planned local gift of a wristlet watch was abandoned due to regulations.
The Council of Agricultural Education offers 20 scholarships for Dookie or Dongerenong Agricultural Colleges to students from State and Agricultural schools. Scholarships cover instruction and free maintenance, enabling diploma or certificate completion. College reports include olive oil production, olive seedlings distributed, and poultry yields with notes on feeding trials.
In Bacchus Marsh on September 14 magistrates heard Josph S. Camm plead guilty to cutting trees on Crown roads near Parwan without proper permit. He claimed a Forests Department timber royalty and permit history, but was fined 2 pounds plus costs of 1 pound 17 shillings 6 pence. The council sought to stop the nuisance, noting prior warnings and permits misaligned by district.
Messrs L A Fairbairn & Co report a full attendance at the Bacchus Marsh Market in the Corporation Yards on Thursday. Cattle and dairy cattle demand rose with cleared yarding. best dairy cows fetched 10 to 13 10, Jersey heifers 8 to 17/10, fat cows up to 18/5, store cows 7 to 9, yearlings 4 to 5/10. Pigs ranged 19 to 40. The property at Rowley in the late Thomas Manly estate was offered with 7 acre to Mr Jos Manly, 17 acre to Mr Henry Manly, 40 acre passed.
The weekly return from the Weller Commission lists full supply levels for Pykes Creek Reservoir. Gauge height 78 feet with volume 14,850 units and 25 feet 2.081? foot. Last week's report shows nil.
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