A sensational sequence of fatal motor accidents marked the close of last week in the United States. On Friday during a race at Indianapolis in the State ...
Article : 203 wordsThere is nothing new to record in connection with the missing steamer Waratah. The Government of Cape Colony, influenced by recent disasters on the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 wordsMr. John Conway, a once famous cricketer, died in Melbourne on Sunday, and was buried yesterday. Deceased was born at Fyansford, near ...
Article : 648 wordsThe police have been informed that during last night thieves visited the shop of Messrs. Davies and Swaine, tailors. Brunswick-street, Fitzroy. An ...
Article : 108 wordsIt is not yet certain that the wet weather is over. To-day's forecast does not promise dry weather, while the Goulburn Valley is again threatened ...
Article : 83 wordsTwo long overdue sailing vessels have arrived safely at their destinations. One of these is the barque Guerthary, 1930 tons, which left Poro. New Caledonia, ...
Article : 126 wordsGeo. M'lvor, of Richmond, to-day appeared in the City Court to answer a charge of having given Wm. J. M'Namara, Customs officer, £15 to induce him ...
Article : 361 wordsThe flood on the Barwon River had further receded yesterday, and at spaces along the banks hillocks have re-appeared, indicating the normal dimensions or ...
Article : 115 wordsThe report of the electric supply committee of the City Council for the year ended 28th February last, shows that the net profit accruing to the corporation ...
Article : 446 wordsQuite a gloom has been cast over the township of Winchelsea since the drowning fatality at Barwon Park on Thursday last. Numbers of people frequented ...
Article : 173 wordsMessrs. Vickers Sons and Maxim Ltd. of Barrow-in-Furness. are constructing to the order of the Brazilian Government a floating dock large ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Daily telegraph expresses he opinion that there is but little doubt that the French steamer Menarandu has been lost. The Menarauda was bound ...
Article : 48 wordsThroughout yesterday at the industries along the river the cleaning up process was in full swing, and in all the industries steam was up in the boilers and ...
Article : 115 wordsTwo of the passengers on board the Waratah. Mrs. and Miss Lottie Wilson, were formerly residents cf Casterton where they were engaged in teaching ...
Article : 99 wordsA serious naval disaster was narrowly averted on Saturday, and as the result of the mishap the first-class British hatriship Hannibal. 14960 tons is now ...
Article : 138 wordsAt the Belmont Recreation Reserve men have been put on to remove the silt. and members of the club have partly cleaned out the mud-encrusted rooms at ...
Article : 38 wordsA report received yesterday by Superintendent Charles from Mounted-constable Peyton, of Inverleigh, stated that no lives had been lost through floods in ...
Article : 162 wordsA lady, who claims to be a telepathist called yesterday on the Premier and stated she had located the mising steamer Waratah through the medium ...
Article : 81 wordsThe election of a representative for the North-Eastern district on the Agricultural Colleges' Council resulted as follows:—Mr. D. H. Osborne (St. Arnaud), ...
Article : 36 wordsHouseholders who were swamped out on Friday are rapidly settling down in comfort again, and cultivated paddocks, which were inundated and denuded of ...
Article : 38 wordsA foolis practical joke caused the death of six young girls at Offenbach on the Main on Saturday. A girls' school was holding a riverside excursion, and a ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Premier to-day settled with Mr. Croker the amount payable as Sir Thomas Bent's costs in connection with the Land Commission. Mr. Murray ...
Article : 34 wordsEnquiry at the offices of Messrs. John Sanderson, the Melbourne agents of the Lund line of steamers. last night. elicited the information that no news had ...
Article : 153 wordsInquiries made from the police yesterday show that a fair quantity of goods, principally soap, has been returned to the owners. It has not been ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. Watt, the State Treasurer, having got over his hard work in connection with the Premiers' Conference, was questioned yesterday as to his ideas on the ...
Article : 313 wordsThe Alpine climbing season is exacting its usual toll of lives. Already this month there have been twenty fatal accidents to climbers. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe soil having been well saturated by previous rains, it was long before it commenced to throw back the continuous, rain of Thursday last. As a ...
Article : 100 wordsA man named Alex. Finlay, employed at R. Harper's factory. Port Melbourne, met with a fatal accident yesterday. While he was removing a rope from a ...
Article : 119 wordsField-Marshal Viscount Kitchener, of Khartoum. who has concluded his term as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was tendered a farewell banquet ...
Article : 53 wordsThe question has been asked in many quarters whether the damaged industries are covered by insurance. A leading agent, spoken to yesterday on the ...
Article : 57 wordsThe examination, by the vegetable Pathologist of potatoes from the chief potato growing districts in Victoria, which has been steadily proceeding ...
Article : 296 wordsM. Cochery, the near French Minister for Finance, has submitted his Budget to the Chamber of Deputies. He estimates the deficit for 1909-1910 at £8.000.000. ...
Article : 94 wordsWith the Barwon and Lake Connewarre in flood, on one side, and Bream Creek on the other, the residents at Connewarre had their full share of incident ...
Article : 388 wordsThe preliminary tie in the Davis Cup content—to decide whether Great Britain or America shall have the rich of challengin the holders. Australasia— ...
Article : 63 wordsOn Thursday afternoon it was found necessary to resort to artificial light as early as 3 p.m. With the waning of daylight the wind grew stronger, and at ...
Article : 97 wordsA young man named Robert Seeley, a farm laborer, 19 years of age, employed by Mr. Samuel Cooke, of Coalville, accidentally shot himself with a ...
Article : 77 wordsIntelligence has been received that great forest fires are raging in the Kootenay district of British Columbia. Timber valued at millions of dollars, many ...
Article : 52 wordsIt is announced that the Porte has decided to recognise the title of the ruler of Bulgaria as Ferdinand. King of Bul-garia. ...
Article : 32 wordsSince Friday morning'reports of damage and inconvenience in other places have been received. The Queenscliff road is in a fearful state, and the coach from ...
Article : 255 wordsA boy named Charles Roberts, 14 years of age, the son of a farmer at Thorpdale, accidentally cut off two of his toss while chopping wood yesterday. The ...
Article : 64 words"General" Booth, leader of the Salvation Army, who had to abandon a motor tour last week, owing to the recurrence of his eye trouble, has now been ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Porte is acquiescing in the news of the Powers, and will refrain from making direct communication with Greece regarding Crete. The Porte ...
Article : 39 wordsJames M. Fitzsimmons, 41 years yesterday stood his trial in the Melbourne Criminal Court on three charges of falsifying entries in books of the Colonial ...
Article : 115 wordsA commission of the Geelong Presbytery. consisting of the Revs. A. Davidson. H. C. Matthews. J. A. Forrest and R. M. Fergus, with Messrs. J. Pettitt ...
Article : 348 wordsA great avration mretiiig was opened at Rheims to-day. Many aeroplanes—old and new—are to make experimental flights during the week, over which the ...
Article : 41 wordsThe "North German Gazette ' declares that it is not too much to say that there has been for a considerable time upwards of 1.000.000 unemployed in ...
Article : 42 wordsHarold Levy came before Acting Judge Neigbbour in the Second Civil Court. Melbourne, for sentence yesterday, for obtaining money and goods by ...
Article : 277 wordsThe method of advertising adopted by cigarette makers of inserting in each package a photo of a prominent footballer has led to an extraordinary craze ...
Article : 124 wordsWhen it has been necessary to use the police court and morgue at night, the magistrates and police have conducted their official duties in the dull glimmer ...
Article : 79 wordsA wild not occurred at Pittsburg. U.S.A., in connection with the strike of men employed in the Steel Car Works. ...
Article : 25 wordsPresident Taft. in the interests of economy has instructed Mr. Jacob Dickinson, Secretary for War. to reduce the army from 88.000 to 80.0000 men. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn Paywit the wind cleared a strip of couple of chains wide, and uprooted trees, large and small, in its track. At Mrs. Lever's great damage Was done to ...
Article : 94 wordsSeveral tests were yesterday made of the Breakwater Bridge. The structure was found to be quite safe, and Very little delay was occasioned to any of the ...
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Advertising : 167 wordsThe Government will probably seek a dissolution to-morrow. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 36 wordsThe greatest flood since 1880 occurred at Murgheboluc. There were two floods, one a local one, the other caused by the Barwon and Leigh Rivers. On ...
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Advertising : 131 wordsFlood waters have fallen at Ocean Grove, about three feet but if the rain continues will soon rise again. On Saturday Mr. W. Pacey. with the assistance ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Tue 24 Aug 1909, Page 3
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