Last night the anniversary celebrations of the Bond-street Methodist Church were continued, with the Rev. J. McBride in the chair in the form of a sacred concert ...
Article : 215 wordsOpinion in military circles in Bucharest is that Austro-German efforts in the Carpathians are slackening. The enemy troops are fatigued and unless ...
Article : 424 wordsThe London "Times" correspondent at the British headquarters states that the German airmen have grown bolder. They have largely increased their number of ...
Article : 536 wordsA conference was held by the Geelong branch of the Y.W.C.A. at Edgecombe, Aberdeen-street, yesterday. The morning session, attended by the greater number or ...
Article : 596 wordsThe correspondent of the "Morning Post" with the British Army says:—"If the optimists who preach of Germany's imminent collapse, had an aeroplane ...
Article : 309 wordsIt is stated by the Rome "Tribuna" that the Austrians are feverishly fortifying Trieste, and that numerous bluejackets are reinforcing the garrison. ...
Article : 227 wordsSydney, Monday.—There is a strong movement on foot to declare all coal "black." Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Goal and Shale Employes' Federation, stated ...
Article : 317 wordsThe Hon. W. Kendell, M.L.C., agrees with his colleague, the Hon. H. F. Richardson. that voluntary recruiting has failed, and he declines to have anything more to do ...
Article : 154 wordsAs a result of communications between the Imperial and Commonwealth Governments, wool coming under the definition of "burry merino" is to be allowed to be ...
Article : 222 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at Washington states that the sinking of the American steamer Columbian has aroused the greatest interest and ...
Article : 273 wordsSydney, Monday.—In view of the prolongation of the coal strike, the Lord Mayor is taking steps to provide substitutes for gas and electric light. The tramway ...
Article : 87 wordsSurprise was expressed by public men yesterday at the announcement in the "Advertiser" that the Colac people are seeking to have the Geelong Lands Office removed to ...
Article : 141 wordsRemarkable admissions have been made by Baron Kurthy, Food Dictator of Hungary, as the result of an investigation into the conditions existing in ...
Article : 287 wordsSixteen steamers are now laid up in Melbourne as a result of the coal strike. Should the trouble continue, the number must be increased. The Chillagoe, which arrived ...
Article : 213 wordsAs it was found that the mail service between Dean's Marsh and Apollo Bay and the coaching arrangements would be seriously interfered with, it has been decided ...
Article : 93 wordsA Russian communique received on Sunday afternoon says:—"After a bombardment which lasted all day in the Lipitiza-Dolnai-Soistelniki region, in ...
Article : 71 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reports that the enemy artillery is active at Les Boeufs and Eancourt P Abbate. The British twice discharged gas north of ...
Article : 151 wordsWhen the Amending Railway Trust Bill was before the House, Hon. H. F. Richardson, M.L.C., moved an amendment at the request of the Municipal Association ...
Article : 155 wordsThe Railway Commissioners yesterday presented a report to Mr. H. B. McKenzie, the Minister, on the situation arising out of the coal strike. Mr. McKenzie was ...
Article : 78 wordsA Britsh official report from Salonika says:—"On the Struma front our patrols encountered detachments of the enemy and took some prisoners." ...
Article : 283 wordsCommenting upon Dr. von Bethmann—Hollweg's speech in the Reichstag, the "Frankfurter Zeitung" says:—"The Chancellor is making it still more ...
Article : 118 wordsInstructor of the wool-sorting operations at the Gordon College, Mr. E. Plumridge, has been selected by the committee appointed by the Commonwealth Government to ...
Article : 63 wordsReuter's correspondent at Copenhagen states that in consequence of the British Consular warning to the authorities at Warhus that English coal and coke ...
Article : 68 wordsWellington, Monday.—Mr. John Dowgday, a prommont Miners' Union official at Westport, said on Saturday that he was not in a position to say at present whether the ...
Article : 147 wordsThe hygienic fountain donated by Mr. James Hill, chairman of the Harbor Trust Commissioners, is to be placed at the entrance to the new subway. In design it will ...
Article : 168 wordsM. Marcel Hutin, writing in the "Echo de Paris," expresses the opinion that the Somme offensive, which he says cannot now give big ...
Article : 180 wordsOfficers' classes for the 69th Infantry have been altered from Thursday night to Tuesday night in each week. At this evening's class the syllabus item is "Night Operations," ...
Article : 39 wordsA distinguished neutral, writing to the London "Times," discredits the German casualty lists, which the Berlin censors delay and suppress. ...
Article : 188 wordsIt is reported in shipping circles that the Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Ceduna will leave Melbourne on November 15th for Queensland ports via Geelong. She is a ...
Article : 82 wordsReuter's correspondent at the French headquarters, who has visited Fort Douaumont, says: "The Germans abandoned the fort hurriedly on October ...
Article : 395 wordsIt is stated that the appointment of General Sir Reginald Wingate, Sirdar of the Egyptian Army and GovernorGeneral or the Soudan, as High ...
Article : 266 wordsLast week's demand for firewood was active, and it is estimated that the excess of orders over an ordinary week prior to the coal strike was between 200 and 300 tons. ...
Article : 71 wordsA large crowd gathered round Sutton's window yesterday afternoon, when a new musical machine was exhibited. The contrivance consists of two darkies who fight ...
Article : 50 wordsEleven men whoso claims for exemption were refused at the City Court last week marched out to camp from the Newtown Drill Hall yesterday morning. If a man can ...
Article : 97 wordsAt the meeting of the Geelong Grammar School Council yesterday it was decided to bold the annual break-up demonstration on Friday, December 15th. Sir W. H. Irvine ...
Article : 39 wordsAt a cost of £299/18/- the Buckley's State School has been remodelled, and the teacher's residence, which was previously attached to the building, has been removed to a ...
Article : 56 wordsA message received from Athens says that during the evacuation of the left bank of the Struma river, the Bulgarians burned eight villages and deported ...
Article : 48 wordsA French communique says:—"North of the Somme some progress was made on Saturday night north of Saillisel, and also in the eastern portions of the ...
Article : 272 wordsAt yesterday morning's assembly of the Gordon College a letter was read from the Director of Education intimating his pleasure at the recent essay competition, and ...
Article : 69 wordsThe London "Times" proprietary decided that an increase in the price is preferable to a reduction of the size of the newspaper. The net circulation ...
Article : 224 wordsYesterday the ropeway from the cement works to the quarries at Batesford was running, and a large supply of raw material was delivered. The rotary kilns are not in ...
Article : 60 wordsReuter's correspondent at Serbian headquarters states that the Serbs captured the crest of the hill at Tchuke. the dominant height in the region, and ...
Article : 205 wordsConfirming the decision of the Cabinet, the State Executive Council yesterday fixed December 27th, 1916, and January 2nd, 1917, as public holidays in addition to the ...
Article : 44 wordsAt the tourist bureau in Ryrie-street pamphlets of Geelong arid various other places in Australia are available for distribution. Mr. J. Blakiston states that Geelong ...
Article : 210 wordsCr. Thomas Higgans, who with Mr. J. F. Baxter will represent the Gordon Technical College at the Melbourne conference on Australian timbers, forestry, and ...
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Advertising : 130 words(Such of the cable news on this page so headed has appeared in the London "Times," and is cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be ...
Article : 47 wordsWith 28,750 votes, Miss Mary Saunders (Commonwealth) was crowned Queen of the Allies at the fete in the Ashby Hall last night. Votes for the other candidates were ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Tue 14 Nov 1916, Page 3
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