Fire brigade donations and board takeover planned
Ouyen readers are reminded that collectors for the fire brigade will call for promised donations next week. If responses meet expectations a general meeting will form a new body and appoint members. Appliances bought will be held until year end when the Fire Brigades Board takes over maintenance. A meeting of shareholders of a local cooperative fund is also planned for April.
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Fire Brigade
Hie
Fire Brigades Board
Tarwlard
Jouney
Serminal
Unmyer Fatmwe
Faner Mill
al Beismed Abau
Miareholdes
Local and General Briefing Notices From Ballarat District
A garbled local notice mentions Pe CG Perkins of Ouyen and a death at Ballarat Hospital. It notes a 34 year old unmarried deceased and references a railway station prize decoration. The text is fragmentary with missing context and dates.
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Alice
Yive Front
Pe CG
Perkins
Ouyen
Wits
Mtr
W. Moore
Ballarat Hospital
Maller
Ontvest
Progress Association Meeting Discusses School Outreach Movements
At a second Progress Association meeting chaired by Mr Stow the Hatlication department, via Mr Joan Gray, stated enough local children exist for a school and the department will help cover costs. A circular will be printed for farmers, aiming to form a Mailer farmers Mining group to ease rent burden. outcome to be monitored.
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Stow
Joan Gray
Usu
Vice Regal Visit Highlights Mallee Reception
The Vice Regal car tour through the Mallee drew a large audience at the railway station with MPs Sampson and Gray among the crowd. Governors General Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson and Lynld Stanley praised the region's grit amid drought, wheat stacks, and widespread settlement as they discussed future growth and the district’s wartime resilience.
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Sampson
John Gray
Mila
Tom Publishal
Tom Publishal Phows
Gray
Walpesp
Pickering A Farrell
A J Stephens
Glen
Quyes
Watpenp
Ronald Munro Ferguson
Stanley
Victoria
Mallee
Gallpol
Torvald
Elrire
Shea Road
Mille
Farrall
Pickering
Ar Fo
Farrell
Messrs
M.P
Hagelthorn
M.L.C
M.L. A
Kenyon
W. Mitchell
Mr. Kenyon
Glen and
Mr. Stephens
Galah
Murrayville
Those Sports Gatherings at Onyen racecourse program
A local sport day on the Onyen racecourse opens at 1:30 with footraces horse racing weight guessing and novelty events to raise funds for the Wounded Soldiers Fund. A maiden five furlong horse race named Mai fed Hack mace tops the card. A concert and dance follow in the RC Church building fund drive with a Boinka return next week featuring a cnttish concert and ball.
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Onyen
The
RC. Church
Boinka
Bev
Kipling Responds on Australian War Efforts
A 1915 letter from a Victoria teacher praising schoolchildren’s Patriotic efforts prompts a reply from Rudyard Kipling dated December 19 1915. The poet lauds imperial aims and the future achievements of the Australasian Army while noting the war’s impact on rationing and unity among Creeds and colors.
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Victoria
Rudyer Ilaming
Australie
Message on War Effort and Encouragement to Youth
A fragmentary wartime exhortation urges continued national effort and morale. It references youth, schooling, and the idea that sacrifices in this war should have lasting value, ending with a call to give soldiers and workers a warm greeting for the future.
Wheat Scheme Leaves Farmers Sceptical Over Flour Deal
Report on the Wheat Pool controversy notes that Imperial Government has agreed to take 20,000 tons of flour per month replacing wheat, with Victoria contributing 8000 tons and 2500 tons of offal. A ministerial reply states mills buy wheat for gristing at pool rates and by products stay with mills, prompting a forthcoming PLC meeting and a deputation's questions to Hagelthorn.
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Ouyen P.L.C
Victoria
Tain
Hagelthorn
We Want Men Not White Feathers Defends Christina Glen
Miss Christina M Glen writes to defend herself against accusations tied to white feathers during wartime. She argues she did not desert heroes or neglect nurses and urges focus on those aiding patients and hospitals. She asserts collective wartime duty and pleads against using feather shaming to gain freedom.
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Christina M. Glen. Walpeup
Erpch
Howes
Evan & Os
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