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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 08, 1917
Page
2
Bacchus Marsh Market sale by L A Fairbairn and Co on Thursday 13th Sept in the Corporation Yards. Sale begins 11 am with 150 cattle including milkers and springers, fat and store cattle, 500 sheep with weaners and ewes. Ayrshire bulls pedigrees listed. next sale date October 4th noted.
L A FAIRBAIRN & Co. offer property at Ballin for sale by auction. The heredity listing includes 20 acres with brick dwelling, water by springs, and paddocks on the west side. the house and fittings described as nearly complete. Terms: half cash, balance later. Also notices for J J Barby Jun seeking hides skins bottles old iron lumber.
Figures show nominal capital of 250000 with 57015 subscribed and 49106 paid up. Fat stock commission reduced to 24 percent for shareholders due to strong support from graziers across the state. Turnover 1954026, bonuses 56098, dividends 9716 for year to 30 April 1917. Monthly sale at Ballan on the second Thursday. local agent A W Flack Ballan. Adelbourne Experience. Fit and Style guaranteed. Grant St Bacchus Marsh.
A fragmented excerpt reflects calls to government to prohibit wartime penalties and aid the soldier effort. It cites an appeal from Earl Roberts viaTimeslike papers urging national unity and moral support for servicemen, including Overseas volunteers, amidst ongoing war.
Classified brief: eggs for setting offered by J Lodge at Rosebank Bacchus Marsh. Three pence per dozen. Local poultry vendors note availability and price for setting purposes.
The Gippsland selling event at Melton on 4 October is advertised as a stock sale. Various local items include the Morton Shire Council president election, a leg injury update, Blind Concert support, and Charles Iglis’s Melton arrest and Ballarat committal on multiple charges with warrants outstanding.
A Saturday night gathering at Melton Mechanics Hall welcomed local soldiers home from active service with hearty hospitality and speeches by Rev Love Rev Egan and local councillors. The event featured generous refreshments provided by ladies and a turnout that reflected strong community support. Later, McPhail Anderson & Co. held a quarterly cattle sale with prices reported up to £16 for cattle and various sums for cows and heifers amid a fair turnout and demand for store stock. Rainfall for w
The program tonight features Dorian's Divorce and the Greed serial about a great American magnate, plus other subjects. The Frow Pass is slightly tattered with four prizes, and a War Office film Austin Action depicts Pozieres and Bullecourt, with The Advance of the Tanks at the Battle of the Ancre. Proceeds aid the Returned Soldiers Repatriation Fund.
A warning that hoarseness in a child with a chill signals a possible croup attack. Recommends giving Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy promptly to stop the cough. Sold by Wy, Grant Murton Bae, Mars A. Comben & Worritee, J. G. Orgill, Rockbank and Morton.
A Bacchus Marsh note discusses Monday meetings for the presidency amid rotation concerns. A Balliang hare shoot saw 14 starters and about 74 hares captured plus a fox. Ballangers noted Red Cross fundraising. T A Fairbairn Co plans a royal show exhibit conveyance ram. A field trial of a new grader and leveller for lucerne irrigation will occur next Tuesday at Toon gabbie, promising efficiency gains.
The Bacchus Marsh Shire president seeks fit men for National Service, especially horse drivers, with applications at the Shire hall. A bridge project over the Werriher river at Fisk Street nears completion as contractor Tonkin has piles on site. Royal Australian Naval Band played in Maddingley Park, praises for high class music. Church services listed for Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist congregations. Market notices and property sales announced by L.A. Fairbairn & Co. A seasman named Ha Ten suffered injuries after an accident near the Bacchus Marsh post office. At the local court, drill attendance under the Defence Act prompted adjournments to October 4. Olive oil production details and a brownout of local events noted. Descriptions of World War I depots, training, and Australian troops marching, with reflections on discipline, logistics, and morale.
From our own correspondent Mr C Bost broke his leg in a horse accident and is in a hospital in Geelong. A hare and rabbit drive yielded 74 hares 30 rabbits and a fox with skins to be sold for Balliang War Relief Fund. Anakin Hall dance raised £1703 for Balliang State School War Relief Fund. Balham residents report no new building. plans for a hall construction are in the works.
An account notes Myrnong residents visiting Werrilee Gorge Park where blooms, rainfall, and scenic beauty are described. The Red Cross meeting details include a centerline event with speaker Ant N Writs and social evening prior to his 4 inte Comp for Artiya Sery Nee.
On Friday evening schoolchildren hosted a gala at Vale hill with a knitting and doll-creating contest run by the Royal Red Cross. Winners included Maggie Wilson and Jessie Barrie for knitted items. best knitted pair went to Doris Lewis. A sock- knitting contest backed by local youth raised funds to aid wounded soldiers. Items collected included food, tobacco, soap, clothing, and safety pins, with 69 pairs of socks to be sent to Government House and remaining donations to Caulfield Military Hospital.
A note urges rapid treatment of colds to prevent serious illnesses. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is claimed to loosen the mucus relieve the lungs aid expectoration and help the body expel the cold. Sold by W Grant Morton and various local dealers in Bacchus Marsh Compton and Warrnambool and Orgill.
In January 1915 the Bacchus Marsh Shire Council ordered tenders for a safer timber bridge over the Lorderderg River at Hopetoun. After delays and floods, Ballarat contractor Jenkins won the contract at about £1,100. Work began but faced setbacks with foundation changes and flood damage. The completed reinforced concrete and steel structure carries two 40 ft spans plus a 261 in timber approaches total length about 410 ft 6 in, designed for standard highway traffic.
Water Commission figures show full supply at 78 feet with 14 850 acre feet of volume. Present supply totals 14 850 acre feet. Last weekly return lists 11 850 acre feet. Output last week is nil.
Report on the Pyke Creek tunnel linking Nes 2 and 3 shafts making 20 chains walkable. Completion will yield an 80 chain tunnel with an Werribee river diversion weir to raise water to Ke's Creek reservoir, supplying full 80 feat 17,000 acre feet.
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