Amongst a sheaf of new wages boards determinations received by the Minister for Labor are several which concern Geelong and district industries. From ...
Article : 183 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Bayles said he wished to ask the Government if they could inform him later on if the Geelong Harbor Trust ...
Article : 282 wordsLondon, August 10th.—The great fire at the Carlton Hotel yesterday originated in the shaft of the kitchen lift. It quickly involved the three upper floors ...
Article : 218 wordsLondon, August 10th.—It is estimated that 20,000 dockers, 36,000 car men, 7000 lightermen and engineers, 6000 coal porters, 8000 laborers, 8000 ...
Article : 629 wordsPerth, Thursday.—The following is the fulltext of the report by Mr. W. T. Stead, of his interview with Mr. Fisher, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, which ...
Article : 1,546 wordsThe prospect of having to do without sugar is only realised by those who are aware how largely it enters into our food supplies. The outlook has been ...
Article : 203 wordsLondon, August 9th.—The debate in the House of Commons on the reasons for disagreeing with the amendments of the House of Lords in the Parliament ...
Article : 340 wordsA meeting of the Sheep Dog Trial committee, held yesterday, was attend[?]ed by Messrs. D. Aitken (chairman), T. Mckim, H. T. Pride, A. G. White, W. ...
Article : 158 wordsA brief reappearance in the bay trade as substituto for the Edina was made yesterday by the s.s. Courier. She will not take up the season's running till ...
Article : 102 wordsSydney, Thursday.—The Wharf Laborers' Association has adopted the agreement of the Australian Steamship Owners'Federation, although the rates of ...
Article : 107 wordsLondon, August 10th.—Mr. Meyer, American Secretary for the Navy, is at present visiting England with a view to reducing the expenses of the United ...
Article : 124 wordsWith the exception of a stretch from the Mechanics' Institute to Latrobe-terrace in Ryrie-street, all the earthenware conduits for underground ...
Article : 122 wordsWellington, Thursday.—A bad motor accident occurred in the narrow road which leads up the Manuwatu Gorge. The road is cut out of the precipitous ...
Article : 212 wordsBroken Hill. Thursday.—The following resolution has been carried by the Barrier branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association:—"That we urge the Acting ...
Article : 292 wordsMr. Lloyd-George received a deputation representing the Associated Chambers of Commerce on the subject of State insurance, and headed by Lord ...
Article : 401 wordsWashington, August 10th.—It is feared here that a serious hitch in connection with the Anglo-American arbitration treaty has arisen in the Foreign ...
Article : 84 wordsMr. J. C. King, who got a walkover for the Kardinia Ward seat in the City Council, vice ox-Cr. Neil Campbell, resigned, has, it seems, enjoyed a stroke ...
Article : 75 wordsMessrs. Pettitt Bros., timber merchants. Mercer-street, have obtained the contract for supplying 1200 turpentine piles. 60 to 70 feet lengths, to the ...
Article : 52 wordsHot and dry weather continues to be experienced in the city. To-day the thermometer reached 95d[?]g, in the shade. Last month was the most rain ...
Article : 83 wordsCalcutta, August 9th.—Eight barges loaded with burning straw are now floating down the Hooghly River. The Howrah bridge and shipping on the river ...
Article : 50 wordsA grant of £105 has been allowed by the Government to the Geelong Fish Acclimatisation Society for the acclimatisation and distribution of fresh water ...
Article : 42 wordsRome. August 9th.—Grave fears are being entertained concerning the condition of his Holiness the Pope. Although the doctors in attendance upon him are ...
Article : 60 wordsIn response to requests from the district the Education Department has agreed to reserve an additional area of two acres for State school purposes at ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. D. S. Oman, M.L.A., has re turned from his health-recruiting trip to Sydney much benefited. Mr. G. L. Bolden, manager of the ...
Article : 298 wordsNew York, August 7th.—Mr. James Hammond, the aged millionaire, of typewriter fame, has set sail in a gasolene launch on a cruise which he is ...
Article : 176 wordsOn Saturday members of the Geelong Artillery indulging in rifle practice at the ranges at East Geelong will have the advantage of the new telephone ...
Article : 89 wordsMessrs. F. A. Sargeant, W. Moodie, John Madden and W. B. Wilton, J's.P., disposed of the business at the Police Court yesterday. Four inebriates, who ...
Article : 100 wordsBerlin, August 9th.—A lock-out of the metal workers has taken place at Leipzig and several towns in Thuringia. Altogether 22,000 men are affected. ...
Article : 40 wordsAdelaide, Thursday.—The revenue for the last financial year was £4,181,172, compared with £3,985,805 for the previous year. Railways advanced ...
Article : 92 wordsGibraltar, August 9th.—A marine disaster, involving appalling loss of life, occurred near Tarifa, 21 miles southwest of here, last night. During a ...
Article : 119 wordsSince the City Council agreed to an arrangement with the Electric Supply Company so that the South Geelong railway line may be regraded to open ...
Article : 65 wordsA resident of Skene-street, Newtown, yesterday reported to the police that articles of clothing had been stolen from a clothes line. The sneak thief entered ...
Article : 406 wordsNew York, August 7th.—A well-known professor of economics many years ago declared that if every Chinese could be persuaded to increase the length of his ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Bill authorising the Geelong Water and Sewerage Trust to increase its borrowing powers by £50,000 for water reticulation, was circulated ...
Article : 90 wordsThe announcement was made that, after all expenses have been paid, the proceeds of the great Shakspere ball recently given at the Albert Hall, ...
Article : 208 wordsAt the Crystal Palace in connection with the Festival of Empire, his Highness the Aga Khan (the leader of the 65,000,000 Indian Mohammedans) ...
Article : 215 wordsA few weeks ago a little girl, named Mono Young, met with a serious burning accident, and sustained severe and extensive burns on various parts of the ...
Article : 107 wordsDespite Mr. Du[?] the Government Geologist, adverse report on the supposed oil fields at Anglesea, there is sufficient faith amongst Geelong speculators ...
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Advertising : 326 wordsThe annual examinations of the pup[?]s attached to the Ashby State school were commenced yesterday by the district inspector (Mr. J.C. Rowe, B.A.) It is ...
Article : 50 wordsSenator M'Gregor, the Acting Minister of Defence, who lays claim to royal Scottish descent, thinks that the Scottish folk of Australia are becoming ...
Article : 130 wordsAdelaide, Thursday.—A large number of lacrosse enthusiasts witnessed the departure by the express this afternoon for Melbourne of the South ...
Article : 94 wordsAll the electoral registrars in the divitions of the Federal electorate of Corio have received neat portable cabinets for the storing of all electoral papers, which ...
Article : 55 wordsLondon, August 9th.—In the second innings of the match Hampshire versus Kent, commenced at Canterbury on Monday, C. B. Fry, who made 123 in ...
Article : 39 wordsDesertion was relied upon as the ground for dissolving the marriage between George and Annie Clarke yesterday. The petitioner, who is a horse ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Fri 11 Aug 1911, Page 3
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