By the first train this morning Messrs. Lemmon. Carlisle, Langdon. Plain. M's.L.A., and Owen (secretary), who are sitting as a commission ...
Article : 168 wordsThe death has occurred in London of Mr. Arthur Seddon, who formerly practised as a solicitor in Melbourne. Madame Lilian Osmond has been ...
Article : 299 wordsIn his annual report submitted to Parliament yesterday, the Auditor-General says:- Some features in connection with the ...
Article : 323 wordsLondon, October 18th.—A Reuter message states that the Turkish fleet, which has sailed from the Bosphorus, is not proceeding to the Adriatic Sea ...
Article : 293 wordsPeking, October 18th.—Further particulars of the fighting at Hankau, where, it was stated, 2000 Imperial troops, supported by a cruiser in the ...
Article : 382 wordsA meeting of the People's Party was held yesterday afternoon in the boardroom of the "Exchange" in furtherance of the candidature of Mr. J. F. Farrer, ...
Article : 497 wordsThe Premier yesterday afternoon stated that the Government had decided to fix Thursday, November 23, for the holding of the general election ...
Article : 271 wordsIt has been a source of complaint from the City Council that the Railway Department has done nothing to suppress the dust nuisance arising from ...
Article : 83 wordsA special meeting of members of the Geelong Mechanics' Institute will be held on Friday evening, November 10th, at the classroom to consider the ...
Article : 124 wordsArrangements are being made for the immediate despatch from Adelaide of the car bodies for the Geelong electric trams. Most of the undercarriages ...
Article : 64 wordsThe second reading of the Coroner's Law Consolidation and Amendment Bill was called on. Sir A. Peacock: An appropriate time ...
Article : 801 wordsWellington, Thursday.—The revenue of the Dominion for the half-year ended September 30th amounted to £4,747,336. as against £4,172,794 for ...
Article : 39 wordsLondon, October 19th.—Negotiations between Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Marconi Company for encircling the Empire ...
Article : 42 wordsThe number of lessees under the Closer. Settlement Act in arrears with their payments has, according to the report of the Auditor-General, ...
Article : 66 wordsAs a result or the recent bazaar, the Belmont Fire Brigade will be able to purchase a new competition reel, which is expected to cost £30 or £40. It is ...
Article : 82 wordsBrisbane, Thursday.—One hundred and twenty immigrants are being brought, to Queensland by the R.M.S. Otway, which left London on ...
Article : 44 wordsLondon, October 19th.—In accordance with notice previously tendered 3000 miners at Bargoed, in Wales, have struck work, the men refusing to work ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Auditor-General advises that provision should be made for striking such a rate as would be sufficient to make a satisfactory payment of the ...
Article : 132 wordsAn Education Act 1910 regulation has been passed changing the name of all continuation and agricultural schools in existence when the Act came ...
Article : 47 wordsPekin, October 13th.—-A telegram from Shanghai states that the rebels have captured Nanking, the captial of the province of Kiangsu. The ...
Article : 35 wordsLondon, October 18th.—In favorable [?] conditions the Australasian Rugby League team fulfilled one of the important engagements of their tour ...
Article : 179 wordsThe want of a second practice wicket is urgently felt at present at the oval. Not only will one wicket not stand the strain of continual practice, so that ...
Article : 152 wordsInvitations are to be extended to 50 representatives of the borough and city to a banquet to be held on Wednesday evening, November 1st, to celebrate the ...
Article : 158 wordsThe divorce suit in which Robert Scott, farmer, of Cape Clear, sought dissolution of his marriage with Florence Maud Scott, on the ground of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 wordsSydney, Thursday.—In the Assembly Dr. Arthur asked the Premier what the Government intended to do with the three men committed to various ...
Article : 96 wordsThree claims were last month sent to the Newtown and Chilwell Council by residents who stated that their properties had been damaged by water ...
Article : 83 wordsThose who have seen "The Dream Girl," the story written by a young Geelong lady, Miss Gertrude Hart, and (as mentioned in yesterday's issue) ...
Article : 64 wordsSan Francisco, October 18th.—The dastardly attempt to wreck a train on which President Taft was a passenger has been investigated by the police at ...
Article : 131 wordsLondon, October 19th.—The Budget Committee has been informed that the disaster to the battleship Liberte was due to spontaneous combustion of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 wordsThe annual Licensing Court in Geelong for the issue of auctioneers' licenses has been fixed for November 28th. The date of the licensing court ...
Article : 48 wordsAn application was recently made in chambers on behalf of Mrs. Geo. Gardiner for provision for maintenance from the estate of her late husband. ...
Article : 73 wordsBerlin, October 19th.—"Koelnische Zeitung" publishes an inspired statement contradicting the report published by the "Daily Chronicle" to the ...
Article : 41 wordsMessrs. F. A. Sargeant, W. Moodie and J. Madden, J's.P., disposed of the business at the Police Court yesterday. In a debt case an order was made for ...
Article : 421 wordsAld. Williams, Mayor-elect of Geelong has accepted the position of president of the Geelong Orchestral Society. It is proposed by the orchestra ...
Article : 66 wordsOmaha, October 18th.—Judge de Oourcy, of Massachusetts, speaking before the members of the Prison Reform Association of America, ...
Article : 98 wordsLondon, October 18th.—The arbitrator in the dispute between Messrs. Houlder Bros., and the Newport Corporation, arising out of a strike of dock ...
Article : 65 wordsIts private playing ground in Bourkecrescent, East Geelong, having been sold for building purposes, the original Christ Church Badminton Club has ...
Article : 77 wordsSir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, has left for Paris. He will interview M. Pamms, the French Minister for Agriculture, on the ...
Article : 73 wordsA sensational incident happened yesterday in the South Channel near No. 4 buoy. Mr. W. Watson, in his motor boat, was fishing for schnapper when ...
Article : 282 wordsParis, October 19th.—An explosion of fire damp in a colliery at St. Etienne was attended by serious loss of life. Twenty-six men working below at the ...
Article : 35 wordsA cow belonging to a resident of Connewarre was a couple of days ago bitten by a snake, and died. A snake was killed in a house at Fyansford. ...
Article : 30 wordsLord Carrington, President of the Board of Agriculture, presided to-day at the National Congress on Rural Development. In the course of a speech ...
Article : 78 wordsSpeaking at the German Socialist Congress at Jena, which passed a resolution strongly condemning the attempt to involve three civilised nations in ...
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Advertising : 287 wordsAs a means of celebrating the winning of the junior premiership during the season just closed, the East Geelong Club is holding a social and dance ...
Article : 82 wordsThe transport of coal for the Navy from Cardiff to the north-east coast has been a success. The Admiralty is well satisfied with this experiment in swift ...
Article : 78 wordsDuring the quarter ended September 30th, two complaints alleging cattle stealing were heard at the Camperdown Court; other business included ...
Article : 138 wordsWellington, Thursday.—The conference between the Merchant Service Guild, the Union Steamship Co. and large shippers has not resulted in a ...
Article : 36 wordsA kangaroo from the "Wild Australia" Show made its escape from a cart while getting moved from one part of the city to another. Half-a-dozen ...
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Advertising : 23 wordsThe Attorney-General intimated in answer to Mr. Aikman, that Dr. O'Hara received £1984/6/- for his work done in safeguarding the interests of ...
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