The want of a music library has been often felt in Geelong. Artists spoken to on the subject would not have a library upon an elaborate scale: several ...
Article : 255 wordsAn Admiralty report dealing with the obmbardment of Zeebruggo on Saturday morning, says:—"Portion of our Dover forces successfully carried out ...
Article : 281 wordsMr. Beach Thomas, "The Daily Mail's" correspondent at the British headquarters in France, telegraphs:—"The plodding light of the last ten ...
Article : 331 wordsLondon, May 14th. — Engineers' strikes are in progress in various parts of the country. There is no immediate prospect of a general return to work. ...
Article : 305 wordsMr. P Robinson, the London "Times" correspondent at the British headquarters, relating deeds of courage by English North Country troops, says:— ...
Article : 209 wordsAmsterdam, May 13th, 11.55 p.m.—A telegram from Berlin states that Dr. von Bothmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, has gone to Vienna, where ...
Article : 225 wordsMr. M. H. Wright, the secretary of the Geelong and District Rifle Club's Union, attended another conference of the unions. Reports showed that since ...
Article : 72 wordsFor the first time this season two ships are berthed at Corio Quay. Another is expected to reach the railway pier in the course of a day or two. ...
Article : 95 wordsFour volunteers took out papers yesterday; A. Bernsten, a laborer, of Geelong West, and two others, who do not wish their names to appear, were ...
Article : 131 wordsCrs. Rowe and Jennings yesterday made an inspection of the Beach Estate in order to consider a request of the owners for additional street lighting. It ...
Article : 78 wordsNext Sunday the Rev. H. Stanley Hollow hopes to dedicate a Litany, Desk and Litany Book at Christ Church. The former has been ...
Article : 187 wordsThe London "Observer," describing the lighting on the West front, says:—"The Canadians will win back Fresnoy. They are now war-hardened troops of ...
Article : 111 wordsWhen the mail car driver tried to open the letter pillar in Aberdeen-street yesterday, he found the lock choked up, and he laud to bring a mchanic ...
Article : 112 wordsIn the course of a speech in the Reichstag the German Food Dictator, Herr von Batocki, said he was convinced that the supplies of food in ...
Article : 200 wordsFrench and English newspapers make the voiled announcement that the Allies during the past week "got a grip of the submarine situation," and that they ...
Article : 242 wordsIt is officially announced that the House of Commons, in secret session on Friday, considered the committee's report on the war credit for 2500,000,000. ...
Article : 329 wordsLondon, May 14th.—All the correspondents pay a warm tribute to the courage of the Australians, newspapers featuring it in their headlines. Mr. ...
Article : 308 wordsSunday, 4.19 p.m.—"Om artillery and rifle fire broke up violent enemy attacks on the Craonne plateau, north of Kheims, and in the region of Maison ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Ladies' Guild in connection with St.Stephens' Church conducted a Rummage Fair last Thursday and Friday at the Parish Hall, with the result that ...
Article : 82 wordsLast evening a meeting of soldiers who took part in the South African war was held at the Returned Soldiers' Club under the chairmanship of Lieut. ...
Article : 146 wordsThe following accounts await payment at the local sub-treasury:—J. T. Anderson, Bellarine Shire Council, Bannockburn Shire Council, J. Bannister ...
Article : 85 wordsThe general tone of the German newspapers reveal the keenest anxiety us to the future. The "Frankfurter Zeitung," after ...
Article : 240 wordsLondon, May 14th.—The Admiralty States:—"Our naval forces destroyed Zeppelin [?]22, which was travelling over the North Sea this morning. ...
Article : 23 wordsBlakiston and Co Pty., Ltd., of Geelong, last week were proceeded against in the High Court, Sydney, before Mr. Justice Barton, by Robt. Miller, on a ...
Article : 247 wordsPetrograd, Sunday. — M. Gutchkoff, Minister for War, says that if a definate agreement is reached with America, who has undertaken to ...
Article : 268 wordsUnder the supervision of Mr. Day, Transvaal Square is undergoing a transformation. The ground, wherever practicable, has been ploughed, and ...
Article : 114 wordsMadrid, Monday.—A German submarine sank the Spanish steamer Carmen, which was on her way to C[?]tte. The Spanish Government is protesting, ...
Article : 48 wordsYesterday the Hon. H. F. Richardson received a letter from Mr. M'Lellan, ex-M.L.C. for Richmond; part of it read: "I left the House because ...
Article : 77 wordsSunday, 4 p.m.—"There were patrol encounters last night north-westward of St. Quentin and north-eastward of Le Verguier. We advanced our posts at ...
Article : 212 wordsReplying to two deputations, one of which urged the State purchase of the liquor trade, and the other prohibition during the war, Mr. Lloyd ...
Article : 105 wordsParis says that moderate estimates put the German losses in killed, woulded and prisoner in the present French offensive from 16th April to 1st May at ...
Article : 42 wordsInquiries made yesterday into the case of the above elicited the fact that a sister of the widow is residing with her; she is a qualified laundress, and is ...
Article : 146 wordsSome time ago the inspector secured a number of samples of milk from various vendors. These were submitted to the Government for analysis. Out of ...
Article : 48 wordsThe London "Times" correspondent at Salonika says that 11 men have been charged with conspiracy to murder M. Venezelos (the leader of the Greek ...
Article : 78 wordsThe London "Times," in a leading article regarding the controversy on horse-racing, says that the paramount question is the maintenance of the ...
Article : 80 wordsThe only business transacted at the police court yesterday was the making of an order for £6/8/6 with costs, in a debt case. Messrs. W. R. Anderson, ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Loudon' "Times" correspondent at Odessa says that a deep impression has been created by a recent speech by General Brussiloff, the famous Russian ...
Article : 210 wordsCountry News, Shipping, Commercial, Fortune Tellers Fined, Geelong and District War Funds, Burglar's Kit Found, The Railway Inquiry, etc. ...
Article : 26 wordsWashington, Sunday. — The first legislative step toward the conservation of the food resources, and an advance toward a "dry" United States, ...
Article : 99 wordsThe balance-sheet for the tournament presented to the committee of the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club, showed a profit of £46/18/11 had been made. The two ...
Article : 64 wordsAll the tickets sold in connection with the concert for the hospital recently promoted by the Geelong Wset Council, are not yet to hand; the hon. ...
Article : 264 wordsA Russian message states that one of the giant Ilia Mourometz aeroplanes unexpectedly fell 10,000 feet at Monasterzyska, in Galicia. Its crew of six ...
Article : 112 wordsMr. P. Robinson, the London "Times" correspondent at the British headquarters, telegraphs:—"On Saturday we forced our way frontally into the ...
Article : 134 wordsM. Marcel Hutin, writing in the "Echo de Paris," gives a vivid picture of the difficulties that the Australians surmounted. "The Crown ...
Article : 111 wordsThe difficulty at the Hobart hospital, following on the resignation of the honorary medical staff as a protest against the admission of wealthy patients to ...
Article : 88 wordsMr. Donald Mackinncon, Director-General of Recruiting, received a telegram yesterday from Sydney, stating that a Sportsmen's Unit of 150 men had ...
Article : 105 words"An amazing and unrehearsed incident excited the troops to almost hilarious delight in spite of the grim conditions of the battle. A number ...
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Article : 134 wordsClaiming to have repulsed British attacks and regained the lost ground at Bullecourt, a German official message says:—"Great English attacks from ...
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