An official investigation yesterday into charges of defective work on portions of the main outfall sewer at Connewarre, revealed nothing of a ...
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Article : 129 wordsMrs. Surgood and Sister Helen acknowledge further donations towards the Mayoress' League for Soldiers' Aid: —Mr. and Mrs. A. Oglethorpe, £1; ...
Article : 689 wordsThe Minister for Defence, Mr. Millen, has approved of the formation of Voluntary Aid detachments throughout the Commonwealth, on a uniform basis, ...
Article : 834 wordsAnother instance of remarkable bravery on the part of an individual Belgian soldier is contained in messaged from Antwerp. The soldier in the ...
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Article : 238 wordsAlthough Geelong has contributed about 150 men to the Expeditionary Force, more are required to bring the quota from this district up to full ...
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Article : 325 wordsA letter from the mayor. Ald. Gurr, was received at the meeting of the finance committee of the City Council last night, Erging that £100 be voted ...
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Article : 76 wordsTo give the ratepayers in the Middle and South wards of the Geelong West borough council where the return of Crs. Madden and E. Molyneux is being ...
Article : 400 wordsDetails of the lighting at Mulhausen on the 8th and 9th are becoming public. The Germans on Sunday shelled the town, the population of which took ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Tue 25 Aug 1914, Page 3
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