Mr. Gilbert, the inspector of municipal accounts for Victoria, was in Geelong yesterday morning, and visited the City and two borough halls with ...
Article : 179 wordsThe fighting at Hill 265 is even more obstinate than it was at Douaumont. The Germans were repulsed twenty times, with heavy losses, before the ...
Article : 380 wordsThe Commonwealth Prime Minister Mr. Hughes) had a busy day in London on Wednesday. An office has been established at the Hotel Cecil, where ...
Article : 830 wordsIh their annual report the directors of the A.N.A. [?] at soe length with the active part taken by the Association in every movement to secure the utmost effort ...
Article : 496 wordsAmongst those who will take part in the fancy dress cricket match to-morrow will be Messrs. F. Syer, C. Calder, B. Ran[?] B. Gurr, S. Woods, C. Beales, P. ...
Article : 509 wordsPte. Horace Brownhill writes from Egypt: "A mail has just arrived with the "News of the Week" dated 24th December. It was a Godsend to us, as ...
Article : 120 wordsThe debate on the Naval Estimates was continued in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Mr. Balfour (First Lord of the ...
Article : 513 wordsAt daylight yesterday morning the French barque Laennee was towed to sea, en route to the United Kingdom, with a full cargo of wheat. At present ...
Article : 124 wordsThe whole of the troops at the camp took part in a tactical scheme in the vicinity of the Barwon river last night. A force representing the ...
Article : 350 wordsPolling places for the South-western Province election for the Legislative Council, to take place in three months' time, have been established at Barwon ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Livingston, Minister for Education, has accepted the invitation of the Newtown State School committee to re-open the remodelled school and ...
Article : 68 wordsAfte the encouraging results at the Myers-street recruiting depot on Wednesday, the falling off yesterday was disappointing. Nine candidates presented ...
Article : 224 wordsDr. J. E. Piper, of Latrobe-terrace, has been appointed certifying officer under the Workmen's Compensation Act: Mr. Geo. Thomas, of Geelong, an ...
Article : 47 wordsAt the meeting on Tuesday of the Council of Public Education, Dr. Leeper is to move. "That the question of granting registration to German ...
Article : 74 wordsNumerous entries are being received for the gymkhana to be held by the Geelong West Bowling Club on its green to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock, and the ladies who ...
Article : 138 wordsFrom the point of view of useful training to 31 of the John Murray cadets, the month's cruise of the Dart from Geelong to Hobart and back was ...
Article : 337 wordsIt is semi-officially stated from Paris that though the Germans made some gains on both wings, the general French defences are [?] affected. ...
Article : 196 wordsStarlings are playing great havoc in the district orchards, the apple trees especially suffering. They are very partial to juicy Jonathans, One grower ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 wordsA telegram states that a trawler reports having sighted off Terschelling Island on Monday afternoon a fleet of at least 50 German warships, which ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 wordsA pleasant afternoon was spent by the Belmont branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at its monthly meeting in the Kindergarten ...
Article : 104 wordsSydney, Thursday.—Following upon the policy to do away with large aggregations of men in one camp or to have camps contiguous to one another, it has been ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 421 wordsA German wireless message makes extensive claims, and reads:—"We stormed enemy positions on the left bank of the Mouse on both sides of the ...
Article : 113 wordsEarly last month the residence of Mrs. Sutton, at Colac, was destroyed by fire, and the local police asked that the circumstances be specially ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Defence department has asked the State War Council to report to the District Commandant, with a view to action being taken against such offenders, ...
Article : 90 wordsIt is expected at Capetown that the interned German steamers seized by Portugal in Delagon Gay (in pursuance of the decision to seize all German ...
Article : 63 wordsTurning Franks' corner early yesterday afternoon, a pony phaeton owned by Mr. J. J. Purcell, and driven by Mr. F. Unger, pulled up to clear foot ...
Article : 59 wordsIn accordance with the provisions of the Corporation Act, the Mayor of the City (Cr. A. J. Holden and the town clerk (Captain A. L. Walter) made ...
Article : 86 wordsGreater control over cargo space in vessels leaving Australia for oversea ports, except New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, was the object of War Irecautions ...
Article : 212 wordsGermany has made a fresh proposal to America in relation to the crisis over the submarine campaign. The German Government, London is ...
Article : 62 wordsA correspondent of the merican Associated Press who has visited Verdun states there has been less damage than he anticipated. No buildings have been ...
Article : 98 wordsWellington, March 9th.—Mr. Massey, the Prime Minister, stated that it would be quite impossible for either Sir Joseph Ward or himself to be in ...
Article : 58 wordsIn Mr. W. J. Strickland's [?] gery shop. Mulop-street, in the lunch hour yesterday, a spirit lamp, used for boiling the midday brew of tea, upset, ...
Article : 97 wordsIt is reported in Hong Kong that the rebel forces attacked the forts at Whampon (27 miles south-east of Canton) and also made an assault on the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 wordsThe Home Secretary and Postmaster-General (Mr. Harbert Samuel), replying to a question, stated that the number of German naval and military ...
Article : 83 wordsA Petrograd communique states that the Russian troops on the coast of the Black Sen are pressing the Turks closely. They have captured Rizch, ...
Article : 253 wordsThe annual breakfast of the Laymen's Missionary Movement, was held at Ser[?] [?] Rooms yesterday morning. At [?] [?] on behalf of the executive ...
Article : 125 wordsWilliam Dunlop, of O'Connell-street, was unloading a cart yesterday when the horse moved and caused him to fall. He put out his arm to save himself, ...
Article : 193 wordsInquiry was made yesterday of the Minister for Defence as to certain rumors that one of the transports had grounded in leaving harbor. Senator ...
Article : 89 wordsUnder a new war precautions regulation promulgated yesterday, companies are required to furnish the Federal Attorney-General's Department wish certified lists ...
Article : 238 wordsOn Monday the management coldmittee of Kardinia Park will meet to consider the report of a sub-committee on the improvement of the reserve, ...
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Advertising : 222 wordsThe broken portion of a propeller from one of the three Zeppelins which dropped bombs on England on Sunday has been picked up in Kent. The ...
Article : 38 wordsIt is officially stated that the casualties in the last air raid on the East Coast of England were:—Killed, nine men, four women and five children: ...
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Advertising : 87 wordsThe Board of Trade has concluded its inquiry into the shocking triple railway accident which occurred at St. Bede's (Jarrow), in December, when 12 ...
Article : 57 wordsScarcely more than half of the Fyansford Cement Company's original contract for the supply of 30,000 casks of cement required in the construction ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Fri 10 Mar 1916, Page 3
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