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Newspaper
Queenscliff Sentinel
Location
Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1885
Page
1
An eclectic Queenscliff page lists a sprawling assortment of goods from Crosse and Blackwell including pickles oils jellies and pastes, plus fabrics and haberdashery items. It covers ship schedules excursions lectures gas works council matters church activities and a Bible Society meeting with local civic figures and remarks on defence planning.
The Sentinel reports a proposed excursion from Queenscliff to Ballarat. A plan involves the local Board of Advice organizing schoolchildren’s participation and inviting outside gentlemen to help promote the trip with Drysdale and Portarlington joining. The aim is a hearty reception and a rewarding visit to the city.
A new Bay Excursion Company formed with Port Phillip Steamship and Hotel aims to build a steel 260 foot excur sion steamer for 15100 passengers. The vessel will cruise at 20 mph with luxury amenities and a long deck for easy day trips between Sorrents Greens cliff and Melbourne.
Rev K Wilfred Robinson, agent for Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia, visits Queenscliff to reopen a local Bible society branch. A meeting forms a standing committee with Dr Williams presiding, and sermons outline the society’s aims. The talk recalls the 1804 founding and the scarcity of Holy Scripture across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The society aims to circulate God’s Word worldwide through translation printing and distribution. It reports over 100 thousand Bibles Testaments and portions distributed and claims benefits to every country imaginable. Christian workers, schools prisons and reforms testify to its blessings amid poverty illness and distress.
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