Mrs. J. H. Hope, one of the leading enthusiasts of the Geelong A.W.N.L., gave an "at home" at the new Masonic Hall yesterday afternoon to meet ...
Article : 241 wordsTo all citizens who have the interest of the State as a whole at heart the proposal to expend large sums on the improvement of the Spencer-street ...
Article : 408 wordsA London telegram states that the condition of the Hon. Roderick Ward, son of Lord Dudley, is improved, though the patient is still unconscious. The ...
Article : 472 wordsLondon, April 10th.—The Women's Social Political Union denies the reported suffragettes plot to blow up the stands of the Crystal Palace on the day ...
Article : 402 wordsLondon, April 9th.—Mr. Grahame White, the well-known aviator, has submitted another offer to the Government regarding aerial defence. He offers to ...
Article : 460 wordsLondon, April 10th.—It is understood that the Powers' reply to the Allies practically accepts the Bulgarian demands regarding the new frontier. The ...
Article : 186 wordsBerlin, April 10th.—The new Army Bill was further debated in the reichstag yesterday. The measure was referred to the Budget Committee. The ...
Article : 114 wordsThe first senior football match of the season is to he played at the Geelong oval to-morrow afternoon, when the Geelong and South Ballarat teams will ...
Article : 179 wordsSydney, Thursday.—Dr. Zlotwowski, Chairman of the Committee controlling the State Tuberculosis Dispensary, reports that the results have exceeded the ...
Article : 61 wordsConstantinople, April 9th.—The plot against the Sultan and the general unrest is causing the authorities much anxiety, and drastic steps have been ...
Article : 108 wordsThe annual meeting of the Hibernian Club was held last night, with the president (Mr. J. Conway) in the chair, and a good attendance of members. The ...
Article : 106 wordsAll persons of the age of 21 who have resided in Victoria for six months or in the Corio electorate for one month must be enrolled on the Federal ...
Article : 77 wordsConstantinople, April 9th.—The opposing armies west of Techataldja spent yesterday in burying their dead. The Turks buried 400 Bulgarians, in addition ...
Article : 29 wordsIn declining the suggestion of the D.R.O. for Corio that there should be a polling booth at the Hospital for patients and inmates, the committee ...
Article : 120 wordsSofia, April 9th.—Two classes of territorial troops have been sent to their homes on unlimited furlough. ...
Article : 20 wordsRome, April 9th.—The illness of the Pope continues to cause much anxiety. The Pope's sisters have been summoned, and his brother Angelo has already ...
Article : 131 wordsAt the last examination for certificates of competency under the Local Government Act, the following district candidates passed:—Mr. L. St. G. P. ...
Article : 48 wordsSome two years ago the Water Supply Commission expressed the opinion that there were about 1000 acres of land some two miles from Castlemaine ...
Article : 104 wordsSt. Petersburg, April 9th.—There is much public indignation at a police order, due to the Pan Slay movement, prohibiting all meetings and street ...
Article : 37 wordsWe have received, per Mr. D. McDonald, Mechanics' Institute. 7/- towards the fund to erect a tombstone on the grave or Oswald Preston from "Seven ...
Article : 30 wordsTokio, April 10th.—Japanese merchants threaten to boycott the Panama Canal Exhibition at San Francisco unless the anti-Japanese legislation ...
Article : 123 wordsLondon, April 9th.—A further sitting was held to-day by the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire whether responsibility rests ...
Article : 340 wordsMayor D'Helin and Cr. Dickins intimated to the Public Works Committee of the Geelong West Borough Council last night that members of the Board ...
Article : 103 wordsMr. Mervyn O'Gorman, superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Factory, writes to "Flight" that the Government is still seeking improved engines ...
Article : 345 wordsAnother accident happened yesterday at the large saw bench at the Oriental Timber, Mills, North Geelong. Edwin Schefferle, aged 40, was feeding in a ...
Article : 119 wordsA meeting of the Wheat Commission will be held at State Parliament House to-day. The secretary, Mr. Owen, will submit the report which has now been ...
Article : 107 wordsOttawa, April 10th.—In the Dominion House, of Commons yesterday, Mr. Borden, the Prime Minister, introduced the Closure Bill with the object of ending ...
Article : 71 wordsHeavier supplies of butter were forward at the Geelong auctions yesterday, and prices were easier, though the further decline or 1d. reported from ...
Article : 113 wordsThe Water Supply Commission has recommended for purchase 1500 acres at Murrabit, in the Koondrook district. It consists of river flats and is very good ...
Article : 72 wordsA young horse driven by P. F. Martini, van proprietor, played up at the intersection of James and Little Malopstreets yesterday afternoon, and with a ...
Article : 108 wordsSydney, Thursday.—The racehorse Bariot has been sold for 1500 guineas to go to India. ...
Article : 18 wordsParis, April 9th.—A shocking story of murder and cannibalism on the part of convicts has been received from French Guiana, South America. Four ...
Article : 84 wordsSydney, Thursday.—A number of the leading dramatic, musical, comedy and variety artists co-operated in a vaudeville matinee performance at the Tivoli Theatre this ...
Article : 49 wordsRepairs are being effected to the shore end of the Yarra-street pier to fit it for the use of the bay passenger steamers, after Monday week, when the ...
Article : 70 wordsAt June 30th, 1912, the total coat of the Victorian railways, with over 3675 miles open for traffic, was £34,552,998 10/3. This amount is exclusive of the ...
Article : 84 wordsNobody around Geelong can assist the police in identifying the body of the man found in Limeburner's Bay last Sunday morning. In the hope of ...
Article : 73 wordsOn Tuesday evening about 80 men responded to the invitation of the offcers of the union to a "Social evening for men" in the Parish Hall. The ...
Article : 459 wordsSydney, Thursday.—Mr. Joseph Cook, leader of the Federal Liberal party, spoke at Rhyde last night. He said he had too much faith in the abiding intelligence of ...
Article : 447 wordsNews from America by the latest yachting journals shows that fresh trophies have befallen Captain Voss. well-known in Geelong, with his little ...
Article : 96 wordsLondon, April 10th.—Speaking at the City Liberal Club dinner last night, Sir Rufus Isaacs, Attorney-General, said the time was approaching when ...
Article : 38 wordsThe passenger traffic on the suburban lines has increased in the eight months ended February, 1912-13, as compared with the corresponding period in ...
Article : 109 wordsA fine of £2 was recorded at the Melbourne City Court on Wednesday against the young man Arnold, arrested at Inverleigh for larceny of an ...
Article : 57 wordsLondon, April 9th.—Mr. W. A. Watt, Premier of Victoria, to-day inspected Tilbury Docks. He declares that considerable extension is necessary in order ...
Article : 96 wordsLondon, April 9th.—The trouble over the non-unionist question at Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire, has been settled for the time being. Owing to 16,000 ...
Article : 99 wordsA new departure has been made by the Railway Commissioners in providing extra trains for the Melbourne Eight Hours' Day gathering on the 21st inst. ...
Article : 54 wordsW. E. Thomas, modern American dentist, advertises that he may be consulted at Rushbrook's, chemist. Malopstreet. Fittings and appliances have ...
Article : 286 wordsRepresentatives of the farmers in the Rokewood district, on the Newtown Beeac line yesterday interviewed the Railway Commissioners and complained ...
Article : 114 wordsTowards the end of last month a Geelong West bricklayer who had a job at Winchelsea purchased a ticket at the railway station. When leaving Geelong ...
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Advertising : 296 wordsBuffalo, April 10th.—A strike of carmen on the International Railway led to serious riots. Troops bayoneted the crowd, and during the mellee three ...
Article : 52 wordsA cablegram has been received from London by Mr. H. W. E. Manisty, a member of the Naval office staff, stating that the Australian cruiser Sydnor had ...
Article : 36 wordsWashington, April 9th.—The new Tariff Revision Bill proposes a concession of 5 per cent. on goods conveyed in American ships. Treaties existing ...
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Advertising : 95 wordsWhen the Ministers of Agriculture of the various States met in Hobart there were one or two points that it was felt should be dealt with by future ...
Article : 420 wordsLondon, April 10th.—The wheat markets are firm and quiet, and prices unchanged. There is practically no bidding for cargoes. ...
Article : 22 wordsWhen the Creswick Fire Brigade sent its reel to the recent. Fire Brigades' Demonstration at Geelong it failed to reach its destination owing to ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Fri 11 Apr 1913, Page 3
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