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A well attended meeting of the Soldiers' Reception Committee was held at the Council Chambers last night and the Mayor (Cr. Swinton) ...
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At a meeting of the council of the Grocers' Association of Victoria, held an Melbourne on Tuesday night, the prices fixed under the authority of ...
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The annual race meeting of the Port Fairy Club will be held on Saturday, 9th February. the programme will be found in our advertising ...
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Good tracing is assured for the summer meeting of the Warrnambool Racing Club, to lie held next Saturday afternoon. Special trains will be run ...
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A general meeting of the above League will be held at the Drill Hall at 8 o'clock to-night, when office bearer will be elected. ...
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We yesterday received for the Warrnambool Hospital one dozen eggs each from Miss May Esam and Master Willie Wilson; and books and ...
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Japanese Fete, Botanic Gardens. Concert and dance. Woolsthorpe Mechanics' Institute Concert, Koroit. Mechanics ...
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High water at Warrnambool.—This day:—8.58 a.m.; 9.15 p.m. ...
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In an articles in "The Leader" of the 5th inst., their agricultural reporter states that, 20 acres of beet on the Lindenow fiats (Gippsland) ...
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MR. HUGHES.
WILL HE VISIT ENGLAND. (United Service Special Cable.) London, Wednesday.
The "Manchester Guardian" says there is reason to believe that the report that Mr Hughes, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, has been ...
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PERSONAL.
DEATH OF CR. ORMSBY.
The sturdy, pioneers who came to Australia in the early days of settlement to carve out homes for themselves in this new land and establish ...
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WEST FRONT.
SNOW POSTPONES OFFENSIVE. STRONG RAID REPULSED (Reuter.) London, Wednesday.
Reuter's correspondent at the British headquarters telegraphs:—"Heavy snow has again fallen, post-poning indefinitely the much ...
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SUFFERINGS IN GERMANY.
FOOD RIOTS FREQUENT. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN TELL TERRIBLE STORY. (United Service Special Cable.) London, Wednesday.
Mrs. Spies and her granddaughter Miss Lipke, of Toowoomba, Queensland, who were on a holiday in Germany in 1914, are being repatriated. ...
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ITALIAN SUCCESSES.
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. (Reuter.) London, Wednesday.
A British official message regarding the operations of the British forces in Italy, says: "Our aero planes in the past week ...
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SERBIANS AND BULGARS
SOWING SEEDS OF DISCORD. PLIGHT OF BULGARIA. (Reuter) London, Wednesday.
Reuter's correspondent at the Serbian headquarters, telegraphing on 14th January, says the Bulgars are unsuccessfully attempting to repeat ...
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FRENCH SOLDIERS.
INCREASE OF PAY. (Reuter.) London, Wednesday.
Router's correspondent in Paris says a Bill has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies increasing the daily allowance for soldiers at ...
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Router's correspondent at' Tokyo says an avalanche has occurred in the province of Niegata, and that 173 persons were buried. ...
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WAR BONDS SELL FREELY.
WORKERS INVEST SAVINGS. (Published in "The Times.") London, Wednesday.
There were record sales of British war bonds last week, £36,000,000 being realised, bringing the total amount for 15 weeks to £266,000,000. ...
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SHELLING OF YARMOUTH.
SUBMARINE OR CRUISER? FOUR DEATHS REPORTED. (Reuter.) London, Wednesday.
It is officially stated that Yarmouth was bombarded from the sea on Monday night. fire opened at 10.55 and lasted five minutes. Twenty ...
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"The Times" correspondent at Yarmouth says it is believed the raider was a large submarine or light cruiser. The residents were retiring ...
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FIGHTING IN PALESTINE.
RAID MADE ON VILLAGE. (Reuter.) London, Wednesday.
A official despatch from Palestine says:— "Despite had weather our aircraft bombed the Jenin aerodrome and the ...
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Sir Edward Kemp, Canada's over seas Minister, writing in the "Pall Mall Gazette" on Canada's war effort says that altogether 400,000 ...
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FIGHTERS FOR THE STAGE.
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Arrangements are proceeding for a theatrical company from the Australian Imperial Force to visit England and give performances in did of ...
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THE ENTOMBED MINERS.
FOUL GAS HAMPERS. (Reuter.) London, Wednesday.
It is believed that the 137 miners entombed in the Halmer End Colliery in Staffordshire are nearly a mile and a half from the bottom of the pit. ...
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STEAMER SUNK.
(Reuter.) London, Wednesday.
Router's correspondent at Amsterdam says the steamer Westpolder, with a crow of 18, from Rotterdam to England, was torpedoed or ...
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CABLE TRAMS.
QUESTION ON CONTROL. Melbourne, Wednesday.
To-day a deputation from municipalities waited on the Minister for Public Woks and urged that cable trams were the property of the ...
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FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.
NO-CONFIDENCE DEBATE. Melbourne, Wednesday.
In the House of Representatives to- day the debate on the no-confidence motion was resumed by Mr. Blakeley (N .S. W.) who supported the motion ...
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Mr Tudor regards Sir Wm Irvine's proposal for a conference as nebulous and would like something more definite before the matter is ...
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GERMAN QUARREL
EXTREMISTS AND MODERATES. ANNEXATION SCHEMES. (Published in "The Times") London, Wednesday.
"The Times" correspondent at Amsterdam says that Berlin talk is full of rumors showing the severity of the crisis. The Kaiser summoned Count ...
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While the Pan Germans continue the annexationist campaign the following incidents testify to the presence of other currents of opinion in ...
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The State Treasures will meet to-morrow to discuss financial matters. All the States, with the possible exception of Tasmania, will be ...
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Younger's announce that their Great Summer Sale starts on Tuesday next. On our fourth page they advertise particulars of some of the ...
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RUSSIAN RABBLE
OPPOSING ARMIES MINGLE SCENES AT THE FRONT. (Published in "The Times.") London, Wednesday.
Mr. Ward Price, the British press representative on the Italian front, telegraph: "Austrian prisoners who have been ...
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Reuters correspondent at Petrograd says the Bolsheviks have arrested the staff of the Roumanian legation and confined them in the fortress ...
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GARDEN FETE.
A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT. GATHERING AT BOTANIC GARDENS.
The annual Garden Fete in aid of St. Joseph's School and Presbytery was opened in the Botanic Gardens last night and attracted a large ...
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The ordinary meeting of the Town Council was held at the council Chambers on Tuesday and was attended by the Mayor (Cr. Swinton), Crs. Anderson ...
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