The Autumn Steeplechase, of three miles and a furlong, at Flemington on Saturday, was marked by series of accidents. Of the seven starters only two finished. Canadium fell and was killed. Ramoth fell and sustained injuries that are likely to prevent him from racing again. Ralmara pulled up, and Cobram and Artillery Bill came to grief. Fireworks is shown in the picture clearing the last obstacle alone, though out ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 110 wordsJoining the number of those who have advocated the compulsory teaching of swimming in State schools, Mr Frank G. Tudor, M.H.R. president of ...
Article : 454 wordsIf is announced by Lieutenant-General F. S. Maude, the commander-in-chief in Mesopotamia, that Bagdad has fallen. ...
Article : 219 wordsThere has been no resemblance to the 1915 fiasco in the conduct of the present campaign in Mesopotamia. The advance on Bagdad has been ...
Article : 245 wordsBagdad is a city of great antiquity, and it appears to be an established fact that a city of some importance existed on or about the site now ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 wordsMr. W. Morrow, M.L.C., of South Australia, who recently returned from a visit to India, was questioned as to the feeling of the natives regarding ...
Article : 167 wordsNews of the fall of Bagdad has caused widespread rejoicings in London and the provinces. The difficulty of holding the city ...
Article : 195 wordsStraining his neck to see an event, a small boy fell into the water in the course of the annual display by the Royal Life Saving Society at the ...
Article : 138 wordsA Russian official report dealing with the operations in Asia Minor and in Persia, says:--"We repelled an attempted Turkish ...
Article : 73 wordsMr P. McMahon, superintendent of the Fitzroy Baths, is a staunch advocate of compulsion, and emphasises the need for uniformity in teaching. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 124 wordsAllen Snowden, a tall, well-built young man, when charged at the Fitzroy Court today with having resisted arrest, was fined £2, in default one ...
Article : 123 wordsA distinguished authority on the Middle East and Near East, when interviewed this evening, emphasised the far-reaching moral effect of the ...
Article : 316 wordsSmuggling is a fine art in Bagdad, according to Mr. "W. C. Magelssen, American Consul in Melbourne. From 1906 to 1909 he was Consul there. ...
Article : 807 wordsAt the annual carnival of the Royal Life-Saving Society, held at the Richmond Baths on Saturday, the junior championship of Victoria was won by ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 words"I am taking the place of my son, who has been killed in action in France," said T. A. Haines, a farmer from Loch, when enlisting at the ...
Article : 49 wordsTheir tenth annual picnic was held today at Mornington by the Abbotsford Brewery employes. Numbering 600, the party travelled from Port ...
Article : 55 words"My brother is in France, and he expects to see me over there," said Leslie M'Allum, son of Senior-constable M'Allum, of Swan Hill, when ...
Article : 62 wordsMr W. A. Holman, the Premier, has been facilitating measures for some time for the welfare of ponies working in the mine pits. ...
Article : 146 words"A more opportune time is not needed than the present for the introduction of such a subject as the compulsory teaching of swimming and ...
Article : 402 wordsMembers of the Rubber Workers' Union held their annual outing today at Sorrento. The trip from Port Melbourne down the bay was made on the ...
Article : 44 wordsCaptain A. L. Baird, organising secretary of the State War Council, left by motor-car this morning on a tour of the Flinders electorate, where he will ...
Article : 60 wordsWhile Ruby Edwards, 13, was bathing in Lake Cooper, Corop, yesterday, her hand came in contact with a glass bottle on the bed of the lake, and the ...
Article : 93 wordsCaptain D. W. Edwards, recruiting officer for the Indi electorate, in a message to the State Recruiting Committee, states that interest in recruiting in ...
Article : 67 wordsAt Dights' Falls, Abbotsford, a demonstration of life-saving was given yesterday afternoon by the Deep Rock Swimming Club. About 300 ...
Article : 70 words[?]sh accounts of the Tigris fight[?] describe great victories without [?]tioning the localities. Thus the [?] of Kut-el-Amara is still ...
Article : 143 wordsComplaints have been made to the police by tradespeople that much inconvenience is caused by large numbers of people who congregate at the ...
Article : 86 wordsAddressing a large audience in the public hall, Warragul, yesterday afternoon, Sir Alexander Peacock, the Premier, said that Warragul Shire was one ...
Article : 164 wordsLieut. W. G. Laver, who left Australia with the 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade, on December 22, 1914, was promoted captain early this year. ...
Article : 57 wordsMr William M'Gregor, 84 years of age, a pioneer farmer, of Diggora, died on Saturday. With his sons he farmed on a large scale at Corop, Diggora, and ...
Article : 115 wordsUnder the auspices of the Sportsmen's Committee, of which Mr S. Nathan is the chairman, a recruiting meeting will he held at the Stadium, ...
Article : 45 wordsCopies have been received at the Prime Minister's Department of the two first parts of a series of eight, to form a pictorial story entitled "Australia in ...
Article : 89 wordsCorporal James M'Cormack, son of Mr J. M'Cormack, of Restdown, returned home on Friday night, and was warmly welcomed by the residents. He ...
Article : 51 wordsLetters from Australians at the front are invited, and payment will be made for those published. ...
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The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Mon 12 Mar 1917, Page 1
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