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  2. MR. WYNNE DEFIANT

    "A scrap would not frighten me at all; in fact, I rather like them," was the opening remark of Mr Agar Wynne, Minister for Railways, in replying to a ...

    Article : 1,397 words
  3. OCEAN ROAD PLANNED

    "Such a road, apart from the enormous pleasure to be derived from it by thousands of tourists, will be a magnificent proposition, and will bring ...

    Article : 540 words
  4. VOLUNTEERS

    In the 24 hours elided 3 p.m. today, nine volunteers were accepted in Victoria for active service abroad. This is a decrease of 19 as compared with ...

    Article : 29 words
  5. SPAIN'S NEUTRALITY

    A message from Madrid states that the commander of the U boat which sank the Spanish steamer Ceferino (3647 tons) landed at the island of Hierro, in ...

    Article : 139 words
  6. [?]SAILLES DECISIONS

    [?]urged by "The Times" that the [?]ment should make a plain state[?] the military reorganisation in[?] by the Versailles decisions to ...

    Article : 142 words
  7. MEN WHO WILL FIGHT

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 words
  8. AT DISTRICT DEPOTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 words
  9. MUCH ACTIVITY IS SHOWN IN SECURING VOLUNTEERS

    "Eight thousand persons have witnessed the showing of the official recruiting film, No. 3, Australia's Duty and Its Reward, which toured the Echuca electorate last ...

    Article : 304 words
  10. BUSH FIRES CONTROLLED BY EFFICIENT BRIGADES

    Some of the best organised and equipped bush fire brigades in Riverina are to be found in country centres in the Hume Shire. ...

    Article : 172 words
  11. BERLIN'S REPLY TO PROTESTS, DESCRIBED AS A MOCKERY

    Replying to the Spanish protests, Germany has offered to intern, at Pola, (the chief naval station of Austro-Hungary) for the duration of the war ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. MINISTER AND DIRECTOR CONFER UPON RECRUITING

    This morning Senator G. F. Pearce, Minister for Defence, conferred with Mr D. Mackinnon, Director-General of Recruiting, on important recruiting ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. [?]TRIA APPROACHED

    [?]e course of the debate in the [?] of Commons on the amendment [?] by Mr R. D. Holt to the Ad[?]Reply, Mr A. F. Whyte, a ...

    Article : 232 words
  14. GERMAN REHEARSALS

    Mr Hamilton Fyfe, "The Daily Mail's" correspondent at the British headquarters, in describing the German preparations behind their lines for an ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. SWIMMING CLUB TO HELP APPEAL OF WAR COUNCIL

    With the object of raising at least £2000 toward the State War Council's appeal, the Deep Rock Swimming Club intends to hold a carnival on the river near Dight's Falls, ...

    Article : 158 words
  16. WILD SALT WATER BLACKS VISIT IN VIOLET VALLEY

    In the course of his last annual report to the Chief Protector of Aborigines, the manager of the Moora Bulla and Violet Valley aboriginal ...

    Article : 99 words
  17. MENTIONED FOR GALLANTRY

    Mr. W. J. Featherstone, Tait street, Sebastopol, Ballarat, has received word that his son, No. 3786, Private Stanley E. Featherstone, has been mentioned in orders by ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. GERMAN GUNS ACTIVE

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports that there has been hostile artillery fire in the neighborhood of Epehy and Bullecourt. ...

    Article : 45 words
  19. MEMORIAL SERVICE TO AID CORIO'S QUOTA OF 100 MEN

    In order to assist in the campaign to raise the Corio quota of 100 men by March 11, the recruiting officers have decided to hold an open-air memorial service in Johnson Park ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. BRUNSWICK TO AID

    Members of the Brunswick Citizens' Committee, which toward the end of last year raised £3600 for the Brunswick Red Cross, are taking steps to respond to the State War ...

    Article : 107 words
  21. HORSES FEWER IN ALBURY

    According to a return presented at the meeting of the Albury Pastures Protection Board yesterday, there are 1021 fewer horses in the Albury ...

    Article : 84 words
  22. REVENGE AND THE ROPE

    When committed for trial on a charge of having stolen from John Danks and Son, Bourke street, eight electric light globes valued at £315, on February 7, ...

    Article : 267 words
  23. ENEMY STEAMER TORPEDOED

    An Italian submarine on Tuesday afternoon torpedoed an armed enemy steamer near the island of Lussin, in the Adriatic. ...

    Article : 41 words
  24. SOLDIERS' PROBLEMS

    Soldier's Wife. -- A gunner is paid 6 a day. Argiona. -- You might ask for address at Base Records. Gertie. -- Try Pay Office for will first. ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. SOLDIERS GIVE FURNITURE

    That the special appeal of the State War Council for funds is stimulating camaraderie among returned soldiers has been shown. Recently returned soldiers, working ...

    Article : 80 words
  26. SETTLEMENT URGED

    [?] having conferred with different [?] of the Irish Convention, Mr George, the Prime Minister, met [?] delegation on Wednesday. ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. ENEMY MINE DISCOVERED IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS

    It has been announced by the naval adviser to the Government that an enemy mine has been discovered and exploded off Cape Farewell, Cook ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. REPATRIATION AT BALLARAT

    Mr F. G. Clarice, Minister for Lands, spent today in Ballarat in connection with the Soldiers' Repatriation scheme and met the presidents of ...

    Article : 133 words
  29. NAMES FOR HONOR BOARD

    Mr Thomas Rule, head teacher of Canterbury State School informs us that a school honor board has been prepared, and he asks parents, [?]d friends to forward the names of ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. U BOATS' TOLL DECLINES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  31. STUDENTS SEEK RELIEF FROM NAVAL GUARD DUTIES

    Owing to the calling out of the Naval Reserve for guard duties, many students who are undergoing the technical courses at the Gordon Technical College are having their ...

    Article : 69 words
  32. [?]S PALACES OFFERED [?]OR NATIONAL PURPOSES

    [?] announced by "The Daily News" [?]ng George has offered Balmoral [?] for the use of wounded sol[?]d Buckingham and Kensington ...

    Article : 48 words
  33. MEN AND WOMAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING JEWELLERY

    Frank Seymour, George Alexander Craig and Ruby Victoria Smart were charged at the City Court today with having received, between December 1, ...

    Article : 202 words
  34. PICTURE THEATRE OWNERS ARE PUNISHED FOR NEGLECT

    At the Camberwell Police Court to-day the Canterbury Theatre Pty. Ltd. was fined 20 for not having provided proper lighting at three of the exits, ...

    Article : 142 words
  35. "CARRY-ON" CARNIVAL

    Entertainments of a wide variety have been organised by the committee in charge of the arrangements for the "Carry On" Carnival, which opens tomorrow on the ...

    Article : 67 words
  36. "TO KEEP TROOPS' FEET DRY, USE BARK-TANNED LEATHER"

    Questioned today by the Interstate Commission as to the reason why military boots were not able to resist the wet, as asserted by a witness ...

    Article : 98 words
  37. [?]VS COMMIT EXCESSES

    [?]reported that Russian soldiers [?]mmitting shocking excesses on [?] and Islands, and that the [?] inhabitants have fled to the ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. MALVERN PROUD OF SOLDIER

    5238 Sergeant G. F. Williams, who was awarded the Military Medal on November 4 by General Sir William Birdwood at a parade of Australian troops, is ...

    Article : 182 words
  39. DIRECTOR-GENERAL SPEAKS

    Mr D. Mackinnon, Director-General of Recruiting, will speak at Dandenong on Monday evening. ...

    Article : 16 words
  40. NEXT OF KIN SOUGHT

    Anyone knowing the address or next-of-kin or any relative of No. 6338, Private F. W. Ketteridge, 21st Battalion, is asked to communicate with the officer in charge of Base ...

    Article : 37 words
  41. EXPERTS IN LEATHER DIFFER

    Two opposing opinions of the cost of manufacturing sole leather were put before the Interstate Commission to-day. ...

    Article : 86 words
  42. NOTHING OFFICIAL KNOWN OF RUSSIANS COMING HERE

    Mr P. M'M. Glynn, Minister for Home and Territories, stated today that he had received no communication whatever in regard to the cabled statement ...

    Article : 79 words
  43. "ONLY THING THAT MATTERS"

    Captain G. A Burkett, Inspector of Recruiting, writes: -- At the present time the one thing that matters is men, the requisite men to reinforce ...

    Article : 323 words
  44. FLAG APPEAL IN CITY

    Today a special effort was made to push the sale of tickets for the Kitchener Flag Art Union, which is being conducted to raise funds for the relief ...

    Article : 84 words
  45. [?]SH QUESTION ACUTE

    [?]sage from Amsterdam says: -- Polish question is assuming a [?]cute form, owing not only to [?]ion of Polish territories to the ...

    Article : 41 words
  46. SOLDIER'S BODY SUSPENDED WITH PUTTEES ROUND NECK

    Suspended by the neck on a rope fastened to the bough of a tree, the body of a returned soldier, swaying with the wind, was found in a paddock near the ...

    Article : 84 words
  47. GIRLS SLEEP OUT NIGHTLY

    Ivy and Ruby Middleton, charged at the Fitzroy Court today, with having insufficient means of support, were remanded for seven days pending arrangements being made for ...

    Article : 90 words
  48. THE FORUM

    Important factors in the settlement of returned soldiers on the land will be set out by "Politicus" in The Forum page tomorrow. ...

    Article : 60 words
  49. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT

    Soldiers' letters dealing with incidents at the front will be accepted, if suitable, for publication, and payment will be ...

    Article : 79 words
  50. EXCURSION ON WEEROONA

    The second moonlight excursion of the Victorian Railways Institute is to be held on Monday evening, when the Weeroona will leave Port Melbourne at 8 o'clock. The ...

    Article : 73 words
  51. INSECT'S BITE KILLS CHILD

    Frances Wilson, aged six years, daughter of Mr W. M. Wilson, died in the St. Arnaud Hospital from blood poisoning, caused by a bite from an ...

    Article : 40 words
  52. HORSES EAT WHEAT AND DIE

    Several draught horses owned by Mr Rickards eat a quantity of wheat, and five valuable animals died. Twelve others are suffering from the effects of ...

    Article : 35 words
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