Perhaps it was curiosity took me there, but to the local military camp I went one afternoon. I fancy (mind you, it was only fancy) that the guard at the gate looked at me hard. Perhaps ...
Article : 1,181 wordsParis, March 13.—The German losses at Donaumont pale into insignificance compared with those of last week. German artillery for nine hours searched Vaux Plateau with a deluge of ...
Article : 196 wordsMr. J. D. Falconer, of this city, has been appointed judge of dancing at the St. Patrick's Day celebration at Young on March 17. Mr. Falconer judged the dancing competitions at ...
Article : 348 wordsThe daily review estimates the losses around Verdun now at 200,000. A communique states: There has been no infantry action north of Verdun. ...
Article : 82 wordsThe contingent of soldiers who left Goulburn early this (Tuesday) morning were entertained on Monday evening by the committee of the Soldiers' Club at Carrawarra. The men with ...
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Advertising : 460 wordsLondon, March 12.—The "Weekly Dispatch" says: "Two hundred Canadian soldiers secured seats, and ridiculed and stopped a silly melodrama entitled 'The Love Thief' in the Queen's ...
Article : 130 wordsLondon, March 12.—A German seaplane was sighted off North Foreland (on the coast of Kent), at midday. British aeroplanes from Dover drove off the intruder. ...
Article : 27 wordsLondon, March 12.—The "Morning Post," referring to Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, states that he has dared to say what no British statesman has said since the war. If ...
Article : 128 wordsParis, March 12.—A communique states: We carried out a destructive fire on the enemy's works at Mauricourt (southward of the Somme) and in the Nouvron region, There have ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Austrians and Italians have developed a deadly avalanche warfare. Gigantic avalanches of snow, earth, rock, and trees were precipitated by shelling the mountain side, under ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Goulburn branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society held its annual meeting in St. Saviour's Church Hall on Monday evening. His Lordship Bishop Radford presided. ...
Article : 1,164 wordsSome of the preliminary heats for the boxing contests to be brought to a conclusion at the continental on Monday evening next were decided on the showground on Monday night. The ...
Article : 163 wordsFor the first time the Goulburn camp on Monday passed the thousand mark. The total, did not, however, long remain, as the departure of the contingent for Liverpool reduced the roll ...
Article : 126 wordsLord Northcliffe, in his message to the "Weekly Dispatch," said:—"It is difficult to guess Germany's reasons for flashing astounding falsehoods round the world. The Crown ...
Article : 139 wordsSteamers plying between Flushing and Tilsbury have resumed and are carrying 2500 empty barrels, which it is hoped will keep a vessel floating if it is mined. ...
Article : 38 wordsThe contingent, numbering 220, left by the Cooma mail at 1 o'clock this morning. The men marched from the showground headed by the camp band. There was a fair crowd at the ...
Article : 130 wordsThe persistent rumours respecting peace negotiations by Turkey are premature. The position is that the Austro-Germans are still strong notwithstanding the animosity of the people. ...
Article : 81 wordsParis, March 13.—Military experts emphasise that General Petain is not prepared to sacrifice thousands of men uselessly, as the Germans re doing. No French retirement since the outset ...
Article : 84 wordsThe first case called in this newly-constituted court was one in which the-plaintiff, James Fingleton, M.L.A., applied for a reduction of the rent he paid (18/ per week) for a 5-roomed ...
Article : 247 wordsOh, hump your swag and leave, boys, the shins are in the-bay, We've got our marching orders now, it's time to-come away; ...
Article : 225 wordsA pleasing little ceremony and presentation took place at Christ Church Sunday-school, West Goulburn, on Sunday afternoon last, when an ex-scholar and teacher, Corporal Edwin ...
Article : 329 wordsLondon, March 12.—General Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We exploded three mines eastward of Vermelles with satisfactory results. The artillery on both sides is active about Albert, ...
Article : 109 wordsDeserters state that Bulgarian soldiers are shockingly treated. They are not allowed to write letters home. If they grumble at the food they are ordered twenty-five blows on the naked ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Judges have decided that Teddy Slingsby is the child of Lillian Anderson, and say it is impossible to believe Mrs. Slingsby's story. Her husband, as guardian, was condemned to ...
Article : 131 wordsGerman official messages state:—We exploded mines and occupied the craters north-eastwards of Neuville, in the Artois region. The enemy unsuccessfully attacked the sector of the Meuse, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 wordsWellington (N.Z.), Monday.—A message from Invercargill states that a fortnight ago Edward Henry Smith. a married man 70 years of age, and his typiste, Myrtle Scott, aged 20 years, ...
Article : 101 wordsLondon, March 13.—Colonel Repington, the military correspondent of the "Times," in reviewing the whole situation, remarks that the Germans have bluffed us well. The Egyptian ...
Article : 167 wordsIn a fire at St. John's, Now Brunswick, explosions destroyed and sunk the steamer Matatua at the docks, where she was loading cargo for New Zealand. The captain was killed. The ...
Article : 46 wordsOne of the most difficult and intricate postwar problems that Canada, South Africa, and Australasia will have to face is the vexed question of alien immigration. Here we have ...
Article : 835 wordsAt the last meeting of the hospital committee notice was given of three motions. One raised the point whether the dismissal of the ex-matron was formal, the qualifications of three members ...
Article : 598 wordsAs the Government has undertaken to market the rich wheat harvest of the past season steps are being taken to see that everything is done to prevent damage and wastage, and ...
Article : 201 wordsA stoppage of work occurred to-day in the factory of the Australian Glass Company, Waterloo. Nearly a thousand hands are affected. The men subsequently resumed pending the ...
Article : 298 wordsThe following is taken from the "Australasian Bandsman," the official organ of the Band Associations of Australia:—"The annual contest of the N.S.W. Association has been won ...
Article : 173 wordsPetrograd, March 13.—A communique states: The enemy on our western front near Boersmunde threw large-calibre mines on our trenches. We attacked at the village of Le Tatche ...
Article : 125 wordsA good programme was presented at the Lyric on Monday night to a large audience. "Stolen Goods," with Miss Blanche Sweet in the principal role, occupied the whole of the second ...
Article : 191 wordsLondon, March 13.—The "Daily Mail's" Odessa correspondent states that Bulgarians attacked a Roumanian vessel on the Danube north-eastward of Rustchuk, and an Austrian ...
Article : 85 wordsOur Taralga correspondent reports:—A shed and its contents, comprising 30 tons hay, a large quantity of grain, fertiliser. and reaper and binder, the property of Mr. Robert Baxter, were ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 84 wordsThe City Coroner (Mr. H. O'Brien) opened an inquiry on Monday afternoon into the death of an infant named Raymond Phillip Coggan, who died on Saturday at the residence of Mrs. J. ...
Article : 105 wordsAmsterdam, March 12.—An Austrian communique states:—The Italians all day and night are vigorously bombarding our positions on the Doberdo Plateau, the bridgehead at ...
Article : 123 wordsDuring the week ended March 11 there were 17,535 bags of wheat despatched from stations in the Goulburn district. Harden led with 8195 bags, and 3901 were despatched from ...
Article : 90 wordsThe annual meeting of the Goulburn Trotting Club was held in the Town Hall on Monday night. Mr. A. Ball (vice-president) presided, and there was a fair attendance. The annual ...
Article : 85 wordsThe now programme presented at the Empire on Monday night contained many attractive features. The principal item was a six-reel dramatic subject entitled "The Spendthrift." ...
Article : 138 wordsFuelman Warburton, who was injured at the coal stage on Saturday morning and admitted to the hospital, was this afternoon reported to be doing well and out of danger. The patient ...
Article : 122 wordsLondon, March 13.—The "Daily Mail's" Rotterdam correspondent states that the German fleet is preparing to move, acting on the theory that, if Germany is to lose the war, she will ...
Article : 108 wordsSpeaking at the Mayoral entertainment on Saturday evening Ald. Betts spoke of the benefit which the sewerage system would be to the city. He said that there was a splendid sheet ...
Article : 110 wordsMembers of the above have dealt with about 3600 cards sent in in reply to the recruiting appeal. Mr. A. M. Barton, secretary of the subcommittee, had previously carefully arranged ...
Article : 92 wordsRio do Janeiro, March 19.—Germany's declaration. against Portugal has excited public ...
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), Tue 14 Mar 1916, Page 2
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