Local council meetings discuss roads and public works
Monday meeting records council votes on the President's allowance and costs for road work. Citizens debate funding for the Balliang road grant and a proposed north south deviation, with engineers reporting progress on Gisborne road repairs, culverts, spalls, and bridge work across multiple shire projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crs
G. F. Ramsey
W. Grant Morton
C. L. T. Alkemade
R. S. Boyd
J. A. Brown
J. McMahon
H. Meikle
G. W. McFarland
J. Kerr
D. Robertson
Cr. Morton
Cr. McMahon
Cr. Kerr
Alkemaade
Cr. Boyd
Parwan
Cr. Brown
Cr. Alicemade
Cr. Ramsey
Carrial
Dr. Ramsey
WP. Robertson
The
Highlands
Big Hill
Urquhart's Lane
Tyers
Mr. Robertson
Dr. Kerr
McFarland
McMahon
Kerr
Boyd
Maddingley Park
Darley Park
Clerk of Works to supervise driving the piles at Fisken street bridge
A local council notes the Clerk of Works to supervise pile driving at Fisken Street Bridge with a returned soldier to have preference. Various motions pass or fail on items including road metal cost, stone crusher tenders, revaluations, local government acts, and health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisken Street Bridge
Kerr
H. Dare
Robertson
Bacchus Marsh
Ramsey
Shire Hall
Pentland Hills
Blackwood Road
Pattinson’s Lane
McMahon
Morton
Martell
Hull
Health Department
Rees
Br. J. Ford
Cr. Robertson
Alkemade
Cr. McMahon
Ararat
Robertson Sukly
Carricil
Rowsley Red Cross Donations and Thanks
The Hon Sec acknowledges donations from Mrs Greene including two suits of pyjamas two mufflers two pairs socks and two pairs bedsocks plus slippers from Mrs Kerr and monthly instalments from several supporters. This month sent away includes knitted helmets mufflers mittens socks bedsocks washers and pillowslips shirts pyjamas and slippers. Three letters of thanks arrived from soldiers in France Egypt and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowsley Red Cross
France
Egypt
England
W. Dugilale
T. H. Pearce
Powell
Miss McFarlane
Alice Dugdale
Miss Pearce
Naval Reserve
Miss Taylor
Ethel Dugdale
F. G. Hiscock
T. J. Connor
R. H. Dugdale
Florrie Holt
Elsie Ramsay
Heather Crook
Molly Morton
Campbell
Coming sales notices for Bacchus Marsh and Ballan events
McPhail Anderson Co plan Monday sale on Sept 24. Bacchus Marsh market with L A Fairbairn Co. Oct 4 Ballan sale. Gippsland and Northern Cooperative Selling Co to set late October date. opening sale at Bacchus Marsh planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Fairbairn & Co
Ballan Sale
Gippsland
Grest Peppermint Core Promises Remedy for Church Disruptions
Tarenta and guardians, girls and boys, you’ve heard in church the woeful noise and gloom in winter time. The remedy core advertised is W. B. Woods' Grest Peppermint Core for soothing service interruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Woods
Red Cross Fund Meeting and Pantomime Tea Plans
A Red Cross fund meeting is set for Tuesday at 3 in Shire Hall to arrange tea for pantomime children. Donations acknowledged include cash gifts from Mrs. Dugdale and others, with totals listed. Goods like socks washers and books were sent, and several individuals received thank you letters for sock gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shire Hall
Beatrice W. Anderson
Fundraising Totals Collected by Various Ladies Groups
Local collection led by Mrs. T. TH. Pearce and Mrs. E. Powell raised sums from multiple donors including Mesdames, Misses, and Messrs. across several lists. Totals recorded as £1 18s 6d, £11 6s, and £13 6d with numerous 2s 6d and 1d contributions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. TH. Pearce
F. G. Hiscock
Dally
Emmett
T. Anderson
T.H. Pearce
EF. L. Simpson
G. Dickie
Miss Anderson
H.S. Jones
A. Manly
Albert Hine
C. Wills
C. Barbidee
O'Connor
Arthur Hine
Misses Pyer
E. Powell
W. Grant Morton
W. P. Grant
H. G. Campbell
W. Grant
W. Order
Mesers
W. Mitchell
Simon
A. Shaw
Mr. Pincus
Campbell
Evans
Mesdames Platt
Shea
Messrs
Moss. Brown
M. T. Pearce
W. E. Ramsey
W. Wittick
Wm. Lindsay
Theo. Caspar
F. H. Crook
W. Marshall
Tolmie
Hilton
F. Caspar
D. Morton
Rifle Club Trophy Competition Raises Dampened Spirits
Rifle shooting today features eight shots at 200 and 300 yards for the Club Trophy. A £2 2/2 aggregate trophy across six trophy shoots dates from July 7. Rain and wind dampened enthusiasm, absentees scored lowest, GC L Crisp's team won with 352 total and H E Connor's team followed at 327. other teams posted lower totals amid unsettled conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh Rifle Club
GC. L. Crisp
H. K E. Connor
C. L. Crisp
G. McFarland
W. Lad
W. R. Vigor
Ern. Akers
F. Russell
W. P. Grant
W. I. Grant
J. A. Morton
A. Shaw
J. Wittick
W. Robinson
A. Phalp
W. Densley
Bacchus Marsh Events Swing Through September to December
Coming events list Bacchus Marsh activities from Sept 17 to a December date. Highlights include war pictures at Bacchus Marsh, Royal Show Melbourne Sept 25–29, Babes in the Wood pantomime Sept 29, Bowling season opening Oct 20, Presbyterian Reunion Oct 24, Bacchus Marsh Agricultural Show Oct 31, and a children’s concert in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh
Royal Show
Melbourne
Presbyterian Re-union
War Office films to screen at Bacchus Marsh for soldiers
On Monday next the 17th inst the War Office films Australia in Action and The advance of the Tanks at the battle of the Ancre will be shown at Bacchus Marsh. Proceeds benefit the Returned Soldiers Repatriation Fund. Full particulars on programmes. Subscribing rates given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special War Office
Australia
Pozieres
Bulleecourt
Effect of Moving Pictures on the Eyes
A Bordeaux Medico Chirurgical Society read notes ocular troubles from cinema exposure. Most cases show transient watering and photophobia, but some persist, hindering fine work for days. Flicker and rapid light changes cause discomfort. increasing obdurations can stabilize light, and distance or viewing through fingers reduces glare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medico Chirurgical Society of
Bordeaux
Proszynski
Perkins Advertising Gambit Persuades Merchant
The New York editor recalls how a crafty Omaha trick won a wary merchant over to advertising. A single bold line in the lightest agate section drew inquiries, leading to an explanation and a pledge to advertise. The merchant agreed, and he has been advertising ever since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Omaha
Perkings
The Biggest Weighing Scales Known
An Italian inventor Signor de Lorenzi proposes a porhydrometer to weigh ships and cargo with Archimedes principles. The device’s tested accuracy has led the Italian Government to accept its weights for customs. It allows weighing entire ships with cargo in one operation, saving time and money and enabling real time safety assessments for navigation and damage response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signor de Lorenzi
Archimedes
Boy with marvellous memory impresses Vienna society
A ten year old imbecile boy with an extraordinary almanac memory answers exact dates across centuries. He identifies Easter 1917, Ascension 1923, Carnival length 1924, and patron saints from the calendar, using only mathematical tables beyond 2000 as claimed by doctors. Skeptics note limits before year 1000 or after 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viennese Psychological Society
Wrappers for sending papers to soldiers offered
Crisp and Sons at Church Street Bacillus Marsh offer wrappers suitable for mailing papers to soldiers. Books of twenty five cost 3d and fifty cost 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisp & Sons
Church St
Bac
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bacchus Marsh Council
Siders
Albemadle
Public Health Department
J. Croffield
Shire
Lands Department
Postal Department
J. H. Lister
M.P
Bacchus Marsh Shire
Pan
Municipal Association
Coimadai
le Cocq
Gisborne Road
Coimadai Road
Tilly's Hill
Bennett's
Ballarat
Country Roads Board
Fisken Street
Dowling
Racecourse Road
Royal Pictures
Olga Petrova
Metro
Dorothy
Tom Lannigan
Cupid's
Sharland
RED Cross Fund
Bacchus Marsh and District
H. L. Simon
N. L. Simon
D. Denholm
Perkins
Agate
Thumper
Pearce Bros
Pearce
Bacchus Marsel
Mnes
Commonwealth
WAR Office
Bullecourt. &c
the Ancre
Fashion
Appeal For
Victoria
Christman
Gallipoli
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