Captain J. Hesketh is to be Assistant Director of Army Signals. Lieutenant M. H. Cruickshank is to be staff officer at Thursday Island. ...
Article : 240 wordsOil of efficiency has been dropped on the machinery for the formation of the expeditionary forces, and plans for the assembling of the men at ...
Article : 357 wordsConflicting opinions circulated, regarding necessaries and comforts for our soldiers seem to be interfering with and disheartening many of our ...
Article : 300 wordsWalking up (Swanston stree a.m. between two assistants.[?] as a hospital, Hurse, Liberty Herald" Man' of Mystery, was id[?] ...
Article : 96 wordsAn enthusiastic meeting of 300 women interested in the movement to provide clothing and comforts for the expeditionary force was held at the Moonee ...
Article : 122 words"War is on, and we want to be in it," is the declaration of hundreds of volunteers today. "Britain is in, and we want to help keep her on top." ...
Article : 191 wordsMr A. Dunstan, Deputy Coro[?] found today, that Edward Mann[?] Davis, jockey, 15, of Tennyson street Malvern, who was fatally injured ...
Article : 181 wordsMilitary officials arc pleased at the readiness of boot manufacturers to meet requirements. The contract price is 1110 a pair. ...
Article : 23 wordsMiss Crocker, honorary secretary of the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses' Association, has forwarded, the complete list of applicants,who have volunteered ...
Article : 64 wordsRequests to be permitted to work employes overtime in order to execute promptly orders received for equipment for the Australian Imperial ...
Article : 114 wordsMembers of the Lyceum Club have been invited to Join a first-aid class, under the auspices of the St John Ambulance Association. If sufficient ...
Article : 37 wordsMany volunteers for the Expeditionary force have ben examined by Dr. Ebsworth, and declared fit for service. ...
Article : 23 wordsMrs. S. Dennis,. Mayoress of Northcote, has formed a committee to make flannel garments in connection with the Lady Mayoress's Patriotic League. ...
Article : 35 wordsLieutenant-Colonel R. H. Featherstone, who is organising Red Cross voluntary aid work on behalf of the medical branch of the Defence ...
Article : 114 words"I have just received a cheque for five thousand guineas from Howard Smith and Company," said Alderman D. V. Hennessy, when referring today ...
Article : 201 wordsVictoria Barracks are still besieged by men who have heard the call to arms, and there is a constant stream, of applicants from an early hour. ...
Article : 87 wordsIn the Lecture Hall at the Collingwood Town Hall on Monday a meeting is to be held to consider the best means of assisting in the patriotic movement. ...
Article : 42 wordsPhillo, Burrabadeen, and Moo[?] engaged at Flemington tomorrow have arrived from Bonnie Yale. ...
Article : 17 wordsProceedings taken by the Board of Health in the District Court today against A. Sculthrope, director of the Guild Hall Picture Entertainment, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 wordsState school children are subscribing to purchase material for clothing which several women have offered to make up. ...
Article : 24 wordsAlbert Vockler was charged at the Caulfield Court today with ha[?] used insulting words at the Cau[?]racecourse on August 1. A fine of ...
Article : 54 wordsApproval has been given to the following appointments and transfers in the Commonwealth Military Forces:-- Lytton Defences--Lieut.-Col. J, H. Cannan, ...
Article : 141 words"If our selling rates are fixed by law our profits will be increased," said Mr F. A. Hancock, secretary of the Grocers' Association, today, referring to the ...
Article : 237 wordsIt is understood that the 3rd Brigade of the expeditionary Force will be raised in Queensland South Australia. West Australia, and Tasmania. Colonel ...
Article : 90 wordsThomas Wilson, 53, laborer, [?] played in the Railway duplication works at Malvern, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital today ...
Article : 66 wordsThe agents for Wolfe's Schnapps report that there has been no increase in the price of their article, and there is no intention to make same, also that ...
Article : 43 wordsInquiries are being made by the Collingwood police for Ernest Virgo, of Abbotsford, who on Wednesday, w[?] committed at the Court of General ...
Article : 48 wordsNewcastle Patriotic Fund now reaches nearly £1000, exclusive of £1000 given by the Newcastle Jockey Club. The decision of the club to vote this sum. ...
Article : 59 wordsAlderman D. V. Hennessy, the Lord Mayor, has intimated Ills intention of presiding at the meeting to be held in the Town Hall tomorrow night, in ...
Article : 202 wordsIf the public continue to support the Lady Mayoress's Patriotic League in the manner it has done this week, the contingent, will not only be ...
Article : 602 wordsI find that in some quarters a paragraph published in "The Herald" on Wednesday, headed "Goods From Germany," has been taken in a wrong ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 wordsA meeting of residents of Brighton has been convened by Cr. T. Wilson, the Mayor, for Monday, at 8 p.m., in the drill room, in connection with the war. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 wordsEmployes of George and George Pty. Ltd. are organising, a subscription to the Patriotic War Fund. ...
Article : 18 words'There is a firm market for cement, which is a prime necessity in modern building, and holders' attitude is strong, owing to the interruption of ...
Article : 140 wordsBrigadier-General W. T. Bridges announced this afternoon that a large number of militia and trained men had volunteered for service in the ...
Article : 29 wordsHolding that there was no negligence on the part of the defendant, the Full Court, consisting of Mr Justice a'Beckett, Mr. Justice Hodges, and ...
Article : 251 wordsIn aid of the Patriotic Fund, the Concordia Glee Club, with Miss Laura Hobson, will give a concert in the Glen Huntly Hall on August 26. ...
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Advertising : 176 wordsFrom practical experience as one of the rank and file in the South African war, I may say that for months on end men in the field were ...
Article : 190 wordsRecognising that there are a number of British reservists who have been called to arms, and who will not be able to look after their families while ...
Article : 90 wordsIt is not the intention of the Victorian Ministry, at present to follow the reported example of the West Australian Cabinet and propose the ...
Article : 154 wordsThe migration to Oregon deserves to be commemorated, for it was one of the great migrations of history (says "The Portland Oregonian"). ...
Article : 244 wordsCr. F. J. M'Laren, Mayor of Fremantle, is convening a meeting of citizens to form a citizens' defence corps. The meeting will be held tomorrow ...
Article : 64 wordsNurse Rawson has advised not to send mittens to the Australian soldiers going home. I would point out the great difference between tho German ...
Article : 105 wordsPassenger lists on interstate shipping has shown a decided falling off in the past week, especially in connection with the steamers which usually carry large ...
Article : 160 wordsA no circumstances is the public called upon to pay more than one Penny for any copy or "The Herald." No advance has been made in the wholesale price. charged by "The Herald" to newsvendors, but the ...
Article : 121 wordsUp to noon today the Lord Mayor's patriotic fund had reached £2209, exclusive of £2000 voted by the Sydney Stock Exchange. ...
Article : 145 wordsIn surveying the life of Dr Franklin as a whole the thing that most impresses one is his constant study and singleness of purpose tp promote the ...
Article : 70 wordsSister Rawson states that hot-water bottles would be most useful to the troops on active service: I would suggest that the chemists of Melbourne ...
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The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Fri 14 Aug 1914, Page 14
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