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Newspaper
Melton Express
Location
Melton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 23, 1916
Page
2
Monday sale in Bacchus Marsh by Incptial Anderson & Co at 12.30 pm features fat and store cattle milkers and springers pigs sheep sundries fat sheep ho re harness. 20 bags barley 3 fur dice plough Robinson. A Burbridge, Agent.
Public auction at Bacchus Marsh designated for Thursday 12 October at 11 30 a m of 68 acres 3 roods 21 perches allotments 17 A and 17 Ad parish Cominadai Bourke County with dwelling outbuildings and volcanic soil suited to grazing dairy. Mortgagee sale terms cash or 2350 on mortgage under French credit for 30 years at 6 percent.
R L Wynne informs residents of Toolera Vale Melton Coimadai and surrounding district that he is retiring from business and will begin a final clearing sale on Saturday two weeks hence with all lines in drapery iron mongery and crockery ware reduced by ten percent He thanks customers and hopes cordial relations will continue.
All applications for water must be in writing to the District Secretary and judged at the Local Office of the Commission in Bacchus Marsh. Bac F. M. Engel is listed as the official at Bacchus Marsh.
A public meeting will be held at Shire Hall Melton on Saturday September 30 1916 to elect a Committee of Management member for Recreation Park Melton. Applications for Health Officer positions up to 1am September 29 1916 with salary £15 per annum. Tenders due 1am September 29 1916 for cleaning Shire Hall street lighting Melton and Top Jern Vale horse and dray work. specifications at Shire Office Melton. Also tenders due 12 noon September 30 1916 for supplying Isaite sent Spalls to crush 1500 cards of metal on Geelong Bacchus Marsh Main Road in Shire Hall Werribee. Cash deposits apply. D A Little Shire Secretary.
Werribee invites tenders for multiple contracts including water supply works at Qubbledick's Ford windmill and tanks, a dog kennel at Shire Yard, and cleaning channels at West Footscray for 12 months. Plans are at Shire Hall. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. cash deposit required with tender.
Tenders invite bids returnable to Agents by Saturday 23 September for an eight month lease of 80 acres at Lucerne Land on Mrs Scott s farm Parwan Vale Immediate possession available Full particulars on application L A Fairbairn & Co Bacchus Marsh Melbourne area shop known as Melton Shoeing Forge to let currently occupied by A J Sawyer formerly run by J N Byrnes with a bye connection of customers Further particulars from J N Byrnes 24 Ascot Vale Rd Flemington
In a Melbourne Show related agreement Bacchus Marsh story keepers vow to close their shops on Wednesday. Signatories include Hodgson Anderson Co Ashby Roas Heath Oliver Ar strong Medling Johna Grant Morton Crook Bailey Pearce Bros and others.
A euchre party and dance fundraise on Friday 29 September at Coimadai School to aid the State Schools Patriotic Fund. Admission sixpence. gatherings include a social and sale of gifts on Wednesday 11 October with refreshments and moonlight. Also allied fair notices and a probate claim notice for Martha Mary Winderlich estate with claims due 15 October 1916.
Tenders addressed to the President at Shire Hall Werribee for the right to graze sheep on the Werribee Reserve from 1 October to 31 December 1916 will be received until 12 noon on Saturday 30 September 1916. Highest tender not necessarily accepted. Include cheque or cash for full tender with each bid. D A Little Shire Secretary.
Shire of Bacchus Marsh issues final notice that Boxthorn must be destroyed within 14 days or labor will be put on at the owner's expense without further notice. Order signed by A Mackenzin Tyers at Shire Hall Bacchus Marsh dated Sept 23 1916.
Fragmentary OCR lists a tailor shop Main 51 Bacchus Marsh with Gill and Pope shine and par catting lines, mentions inspection via West Gell Street Bacchus and White-Leghorns with Brennan’s streins, and references Lodge Bechech Bacchus Se.
The Melton Shire announces a special Royal Show train from Bacchus Marsh at 1 pm. It lists a Water Commission irrigation exhibit, a public meeting to elect a Recreation Park Trustee, tenders for hall cleaning and lighting, and a call for a Health Officer. It notes rainfall, Queen Carnival votes, and local accidents while naming residents and venues in Melton and Rockbank.
Charles Shobler dies of meningitis after a Melbourne to Melton journey and quarantine follows at Clark's Golden Fleece hotel where inmates are prisoners. Fa-Dr Frank Butler Keilor Councillor dies after five months illness. Funeral at Keilor Cemetery. Greyhound news notes Miss Notlent wins stakes and bracelet at Essendon Kilmore, valuation of racing trophies and Elwes Welsh cob advertised with Royal Show view and entries.
Werribee Shire invites tenders for works and for grazing rights at Werribee Recreation Reserve. council to meet on Saturday. Rain threats ease drought as farmers graze crops. Footscray Court fines issued to Kingsville householders and dairymen. A Closer Settlement house burned. charity aid announced. Metros Farm Rd Cross hosts a ball on 26th. girls Elsie Beamish and Gladys Troup lead a children’s concert raising Red Cross funds. Recruiting meeting held at Mechanics Institute with notable speakers.
The Bacchus Marsh column lists a busy week with a school vacation starting Monday 25, a land sale of a vegetable farm at Kilengarook, irrigation water policy updates, and multiple church services. It notes the Water Commission delaying irrigation charges, a Bible Society lecture, Salvation Army fundraisers, a picture entertainment, and a dance benefiting the Red Cross. Also reported are horticultural show plans, boxthorn eradication notices, a dog racing triumph, and reservoir comparisons between Pyke’s Creek and Exford Weir affecting local water supply.
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