The ideal road, according to Philadelphic engineers, is not made of wood blocks, but an indestructible concrete base and a mudless, dustless, and ...
Article : 82 wordsThe London "Times" in a leading article soys that the report of strikes in Berlin and obscure developments in Austria evoking outbursts of anger in ...
Article : 403 wordsIt is announced by the Admiralty that the British hospital ships Donegal (1885 tons). and Lanfranc (6287 tons) were torpedoed without warning, on ...
Article : 1,304 wordsLondon, April 23rd, 12.5 a.m.—Announcing additional gains, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"We made further progress eastward of ...
Article : 276 wordsMr. W. M Hughes, the Prime Minister, arrived in Bendigo at 11.30 on Sunday night, and spent the night at Hotel Shamrock. Yesterday morning ...
Article : 165 wordsMr. J. St. Loe Strachey, editor and proprietor of the London "Spectator," in an article in that journal, makes a remarkable revelation of the purpose ...
Article : 230 wordsLondon, April 23rd, 1.25 a.m.—The prompt and unmistakable hammering administered to the German destroyers that took part in the Channel raid was ...
Article : 404 wordsSympathetic reference was made last evening at the festival of the Royal Society of St. George by the president (Dr. Moreton) to the deaths during the ...
Article : 128 wordsNews has been received that Mr. Faulkner, vicar in charge at St. Silas' Church of England, has enlisted for active service, and goes into camp as a ...
Article : 145 wordsThe 289th casualty list issued by the Defence Department yesterday morning contains 907 names, made up as follows: Killed in action, 22 officers, 103 men; ...
Article : 402 wordsMr. Balfour and his party were warmly welcomed at Washington by [?]ering crowds. They left England on April 11th by a fast cruiser, arrived at ...
Article : 51 wordsContrary to the custom of the past at coronial inquiries, the Coroner (Mr. A. Aldridge Kelley, P.M.), when hearing statements always writes the ...
Article : 69 words"Artillery fire northward of the Scarpe increased to most extreme violence. Our destructive fire caught moving troops. A counter-attack ...
Article : 48 wordsThe President of the German Reichstag, Herr Kaempf, made a significant speech at a meeting of the Progressive Party Herr Kaempf said that the war ...
Article : 127 wordsSunday evening's accident and subsequent death of Albert Edward Jordan, a married man residing in M'Killop-street, should act as a warning to all ...
Article : 97 wordsMr. Percy Robinson, the London "Times" correspondent at the British headquarters in France, says:—"During the battle of Arras the British aviators, ...
Article : 195 wordsBoth the housekeeper and the war gardener (writes the medical correspondent of the "Daily Mail") should exercise a careful choice in the vegetables ...
Article : 518 wordsLondon, April 23rd, 12.23 a.m.—Reports have been received that the anti-German revolt in Bulgaria has affected 20 towns. German officers have been ...
Article : 91 wordsGerman destroyers fired 100 shells on Calais on Friday night. Some civilians were killed, and about 12 were wounded. ...
Article : 300 wordsGeelong West can "go one better" than the City. At Friday's election a youth aged 15 carried out the duties of scrutineer in the City. The borough ...
Article : 60 wordsFor the Comforts for the Men in the Trenches was held in Mrs. T. B. Dibbs' sitting-room at Mack's Hotel on Friday. The promoters were the boys at Mack's ...
Article : 53 wordsThe German Food Dictator, Herr von Batocki, stated in an interview that since January life in the large German towns has been difficult. The severity ...
Article : 380 wordsTo-night the president and directors of the Comunn Na Feinne are entertaining the members of the Ladies' Committee, who worked so successfully in ...
Article : 88 wordsMr. Joseph Salter represented the Geelong branch of the Victorian Railways Union at the annual conference held in Melbourne at the end of last ...
Article : 131 wordsThe London "Times" correspondent at Athens says that the Kaiser has sent Field-Marshal von Mackensen to command the Turks in Asia Minor. The ...
Article : 205 wordsA meeting of the members of the congregation of St. George's Presbyterian Church will be held this afternoon to discuss the congregational social to ...
Article : 70 wordsLast night it was reported to the police that the ghost had again been seen. About 11 o'clock two little girls were in the vicinity of Swanston-street ...
Article : 55 wordsAfter an illness extending over some months, Mr. Henry Bannister died at his residence, Latrobe-terrace, yesterday morning. Deceased was one of the ...
Article : 314 wordsA serious accident was narrowly averted yesterday afternoon on the Melbourne road near Lara, when a motor car crashed into a train. A motorist, ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Handa Isle will continue loading to-day and sail to-morrow morning for Hobart. The passenger list of s.s. Canberra contains the names of stveral ...
Article : 72 wordsMiss Bessie Harris, an old C. of E. G. Girls' Grammar School student, took out her degree of B.A. on Saturday at the annual Commencement of the ...
Article : 91 wordsOwing to the restrictions placed on the Norton-Griffiths contractors by the New Suouth Wales Government, 800 men have been discharged from the ...
Article : 121 wordsLord Curzon, Lord President of the Council, speaking at Derby last night, confirmed the facts regarding the corpse factories in Germany. "No ...
Article : 187 wordsOwing to the holiday there was no sitting of the Police Court yesterday. Messrs. Reuben Pipe; and W. R. Anderson, honorary magistrates, attended ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Empire War Council has unanimously adopted the following motion, submitted by Sir R. L. Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, and seconded by ...
Article : 106 wordsJames Tribbeth of East Geelong, was treated for a severe dog-bite on the leg. The secretary wishes to acknowledge a donation of pastry from the A.B.C. ...
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Advertising : 133 wordsSt. Augustine's Band visited Melbourne on Saturday. In the afternoon they played in aid of St. Vincent's Hospital. Yesterday they took part in the ...
Article : 101 wordsA statement issued by the Official Press Bureau says:—"A German wireless message accused the British and French of having employed vessels ...
Article : 77 wordsA young la[?]y visiting Geelong with a party [?]m Melbourne had an unpleasant [?]nding to her holiday yesterday. A friend took her ...
Article : 95 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 ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Tue 24 Apr 1917, Page 3
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