Additional donations of eggs for the hospital have been, received from Airs. P. Mathoy of Bannockburn four dozen, and "A Friend." Belmont, five ...
Article : 124 wordsYesterday a proclamation was issued by the Governor-General formally proroguing the Federal Parliament from Wednesday next to February 7th. ...
Article : 285 wordsDelhi, December 21st.—His Majesty the King, who is now on a shooting tour in Nepaul, is meeting with much success in his pursuit of big game. On ...
Article : 216 wordsLondon, December 21st.—Mr. Reginald McKenna, the Home Secretary, formerly First Lord of the Admiralty, writing to his election agent, refers ...
Article : 157 wordsThe King Edward memorial clock, subscribed by tho citizens of Geelong, was officially started in the post office tower at noon yesterday. Altogether ...
Article : 1,855 wordsMontreal, December 21st.—Colonel Sam Hughes. Minister for Militia, proposes to institute training schools in every regiment in Canada. ...
Article : 114 wordsSydney, Friday.—Mr. Justice Isaacs, in the High Court, to-day, concluded his reading of his judgment in the coal vend case. There were 40 defendants, ...
Article : 1,056 wordsOn Tuesday the Geelong High School celebrated the close school year by a picnic at Bartwon Heads. The weather in the morning looked ...
Article : 251 wordsLondon, December 21st.—The conference of miners, representing 700,000 men, has resolved to take a. ballot on January. lOth on the question of a ...
Article : 418 wordsLondon, December 21st.—Miss Emily Davidson, the well-known suffragette, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having placed lighted ...
Article : 109 wordsTripoli December 22nd.—Italian troops yesterday defeated 3000 Turks and Arabs at a place beyond Aszara. Turks and Arabs occupying the oasis ...
Article : 178 wordsFrank O'Neil, of Queenscliff-road, whilst working at the Pivot Stove Works yesterday, got a piece of steel in his eye, and attended the hospital ...
Article : 60 wordsThe judging of the year's work of the students at the National Art Gallery, Melbourne, has just been completed and it is pleasing to note that Miss ...
Article : 89 wordsMr. A. A. Farthing, M.L.A., was yesterday appointed a member (for the employers) of the Hotel Employes' Wages Board. ...
Article : 66 wordsParis, December 21st.—There was a sensation in the Montmartre portion of Paris to-day. Four armed robbers entered a bank and shot at and wounded ...
Article : 60 wordsWinnipeg. December 21st.—Crime is rampant in Winnipeg. Dozens of: citizens have recently been held up by armed men and robbed. Several people ...
Article : 53 wordsAbout 120 camp stretchers and mattresses came to hand by rail from the Defence Department's store in Melbourne yesterday for the use of the ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Prime Minister announces that Ministers will in future be paid liberal travelling expenses when away from home on business. The Prime Minister ...
Article : 203 wordsTeheran, December 22nd.-—Serious fighting has taken place between the Persians and Russians at Tabriz. The Governor's palace was bombarded. ...
Article : 57 wordsLondon, December 21st.—The case in. which Francis Henry. Page. William Henry Glendinning. and Frederick Marshall are charged with having black ...
Article : 151 wordsBound for Bombay, via northern ports, the steamer Uganda, of the British-India fleet, left Corio Bay early yesterday morning with a shipment of ...
Article : 52 wordsPeking, December 22nd.—Yuan-shikai, the new Chinese Premier, was interviewed yesterday. He declared that he would never agree to the creation of ...
Article : 30 wordsA work which should be instructive in budding politicians has just been added to the Mechanics' Institute Librrary. "Proportional Representation: A ...
Article : 95 wordsLisbon, December 21st.—Rainstorms and cyclones have been experienced in many parts of the country and along the coasts, and have done great ...
Article : 99 wordsThe appointment of Messrs. T. Hogg, J. A. Arthur and J. A, Norris as a board to inquire into and report upon the metropolitan gas supply was ...
Article : 191 wordsAt the Geelong Police Court yesterday, Mr. Head Murphy, P.M., delivered his reserved judgment in the test case brought by tho Factories ...
Article : 479 wordsParis, December 22nd.—'The Chamber of Deputies has adopted a modification of the Workmen's Pensions scheme. The retiring age is reduced from 65 to ...
Article : 112 wordsAll yesterday afternoon's trains were delayed in their departure from Geelong owing to a break in the three-inch water main which fills the tanks from ...
Article : 70 wordsLondon, December 22nd. — The "Sporting Life" attributes the defeat of the Englishmen to over-caution, and says that Hordern is the visitors' most ...
Article : 63 wordsSuperintendent MacKinnon yesterday completed an inquiry into three charges against two local constables. On one charge only was there anything for ...
Article : 56 wordsVancouver, December. 22nd.—The Australian cadets received a civic welcome here. Although the weather was wet, they marched through the ...
Article : 66 wordsArising out of a personal dispute between two members of the Geelong Fire Brigade after practice a fortnight ago. One of the pair has been suspended for ...
Article : 49 wordsSydney, Friday.—Although the stormy session of the Legislative Assembly is over, Mr. Willis, the Speaker, does not find his lot an altogether ...
Article : 129 wordsLondon, December 2lst.—Judgment was given in the Divorce Court to-day in the Statham v. Statham suit, on the question whether the Gaekwar of ...
Article : 64 wordsLondon, December 22nd.—The wheat markets are quiet owing, to the receipt of reports of better weather in Argentina. There is more disposition to sell. ...
Article : 77 wordsAt an expenditure of about £70, an asphalt tennis court has been laid down in Christ Church grounds. The court is to be formally declared open at 3 ...
Article : 57 wordsThe text of the decree issued by the Pope on the subject of Roman Catholic laymen suing priests in State courts has been published here. It ordains ...
Article : 59 wordsMr Read Murphy, P.M., was busily engaged yesterday in dealing with pension application. He granted six invalid pensions at £26 per annum. IN ...
Article : 498 wordsPerth. Friday.— The Legislative Assembly last night agreed to the Legislative Council's amendment to the Trans-Australian Railway Bill that land ...
Article : 83 wordsIndianapolis, December 21st.—The sequel to the scene in the local court house yesterday. when the county prosecutor (Mr. Baker) had a dispute ...
Article : 81 wordsWellington, Friday.—The New Zealand Parliament has been prorogued until the 10th January. The Premier Sir Joseph Ward, has not declared his ...
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Advertising : 263 wordsSydney, Friday.—The New South Wales Government has evidently determined to strongly fight against any attempted grab by the Commonwealth ...
Article : 122 wordsAt an inquest in tlio Cork Workhouse on Kate M'Carthy, spinster, aged fifty-eight, it was stated that she weighed 23 stone. She was about to bo ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. George Alexander Redford. who has been examiner of plays in England since 1895, has resigned his position. Mr. W. Watt, State Treasurer, is spend ...
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