Historical information

Notice on the bathing of horses in St Kilda, issued by the Department of Public Works in 1911.

Physical description

Notice, printed on white cotton, in black lettering

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PORT OF PORT PHILLIP
ST. KILDA
BATHING OF HORSES
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED for public notification that BATHING OF HORSES is PROHIBITED from any part of the foreshore extending from the St. Kilda jetty to Point Ormond, excepting that portion of the beach lying between the outlet of the main drain at the foot of Shakespeare Street and a point in line with the north side of Dickens Street where bathing of horses is permitted on days other than Sundays and Public Holidays before the hour of Nine o'clock a.m. Horses led by or from a boat or boats may be bathed within the limits allowed for bathing, as above defined, at any time during ordinary week-days, and before Nine o'clock a.m. on Sundays and Public Holidays.
W.H.EDGAR
Acting Commissioner of Public Works
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Melbourne 27th April 1911