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  2. OUR BOYS IN KHAKI—AND OUT OF IT.

    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 words
  3. THE WAR.

    Paris, 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 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    Mr. 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 words
  5. THE LATEST.

    The 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 words
  6. DEPARTING SOLDIERS.

    The 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 ...

    Article : 410 words
  7. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 460 words
  8. CANADIAN SOLDIERS.

    London, 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 words
  9. GERMAN SEAPLANE.

    London, 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 words
  10. MR. HUGHES.

    London, 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 words
  11. FRENCH AIRMEN ACTIVE.

    Paris, 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 words
  12. Fighting with Avalanches

    The 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 words
  13. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

    The 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 words
  14. THE CONTINENTAL.

    Some 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 words
  15. GOULBURN CAMP.

    For 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 words
  16. HOW GERMANS ARE MOWN DOWN.

    Lord 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 words
  17. The Submarines.

    Steamers 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 words
  18. THE MEN ENTRAIN.

    The 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 words
  19. Turkey.

    The 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 words
  20. WHY THE FRENCH RETIRE.

    Paris, 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 words
  21. FAIR RENTS COURT.

    The 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 words
  22. FAREWELL TO ANZAC.

    Oh, 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 words
  23. GOULBURN AND THE WAR.

    A 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 words
  24. BRITISH FRONT.

    London, 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 words
  25. TREATMENT OF BULGARIAN SOLDIERS.

    Deserters 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 words
  26. THE SLINGSBY CASE.

    The 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 words
  27. GERMAN CLAIMS.

    German 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, ...

    Article : 84 words
  28. WEEKLY CALENDAR.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 words
  29. OLD MAN AND HIS TYPISTE.

    Wellington (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 words
  30. COLONEL REPINGTON'S VIEWS.

    London, 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 words
  31. FATAL FIRE AT ST. JOHN'S.

    In 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 words
  32. No Title

    One 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 words
  33. GOULBURN DISTRICT HOSPITAL.

    At 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 words
  34. MARKETING the AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CROP.

    As 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 words
  35. ANOTHER LABOUR TROUBLE.

    A 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 words
  36. A.L.H. BAND.

    The 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 words
  37. THE RUSSIANS.

    Petrograd, 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 words
  38. LYRIC THEATRE.

    A 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 words
  39. ROUMANIA.

    London, 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 words
  40. FIRE AT TARALGA.

    Our 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 ...

    Article : 64 words
  41. GARDEN AND FIELD CALENDAR FOR MARCH, 1916.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 84 words
  42. DEATH OF AN INFANT.

    The 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 words
  43. THE ITALIANS.

    Amsterdam, 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 words
  44. THE WHEAT HARVEST.

    During 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 words
  45. GOULBURN TROTTING CLUB.

    The 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 words
  46. EMPIRE THEATRE.

    The 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 words
  47. ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.

    Fuelman 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 words
  48. GERMAN FLEET.

    London, 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 words
  49. GOULBURN WATER SUPPLY.

    Speaking 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 words
  50. WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE.

    Members 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 words
  51. FEELING IN BRAZIL.

    Rio do Janeiro, March 19.—Germany's declaration. against Portugal has excited public ...

    Article : 47 words
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