The Governor, attended by Captain Conant, A.D.C., reopened the new soldiers' tent at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday afternoon. ...
Article : 599 wordsThe official inquiry into the faulty transport arrangements made for the sick and wounded who were landed from the steamer Kyarva recently was begun ...
Article : 312 wordsAlthough the official State recruiting campaign has concluded, the enthusiasm and interest aroused by the movement are by no means waning. The imperative call ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,456 wordsExtensive arrangements for the successful celebration of Australia Day (Friday next), when collections will be taken up in aid of Australian wounded soldiers, are ...
Article : 762 words—Frazer and Vallance, Photo. LANCE-CORPORAL ALBERT JACKA, Of the 14th (VICTORIAN) BATTALION, AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY FORCE THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN V.C. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 24 wordsA demonstration, under the auspices of the local recruiting association, was held here on Saturday night. Addresses were delivered from the balcony of the literary ...
Article : 158 wordsYesterday afternoon at the hour for closing, the boys of Caulfield Grammar School assembled in the main hall of the school to witness the unveiling of a large sheet ...
Article : 406 wordsIn the Central Park on Saturday afternoon the 1897 quota of senior cadets was handed over to the citizen forces. Prior to the ceremony there was a procession ...
Article : 112 wordsThe hospital ship Ballarat, carrying over 600 sick and wounded soldiers, is expected to arrive at Fremantle either to-day or to-morrow, and will probably arrive at ...
Article : 96 wordsOfficial congratulations have been forwarded to Lance-Corporal Jacka, the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross Gallipoli. The Minister of Defence, ...
Article : 100 wordsThe prowess of Lance-Corpolal Jacka, of Wedderburn, in obtaining the V.C at Gallipoli, was referred to by Cr. E. T. Apps at the meeting of Fitzroy council last ...
Article : 60 wordsAt a special meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, attended by about 200 members, yesterday, the following resolutions were agreed to:— ...
Article : 71 wordsTo-day a new convalescent home for the treatment of the returned Australian wounded will come into being at Sandringham. The military authorities, as already ...
Article : 123 wordsNews was officially received from Egypt yesterday that Colonel J. W. M'Cay, V.D., commanding the 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade (Victoria), had been wounded a ...
Article : 112 wordsReplying yesterday to the message addressed by Sir John Forrest to the people of Western Australia, concerning the statement made in Parliament by Sir William ...
Article : 234 wordsAll additional district fixtures arranged by Kerang Football Association have been abandoned, and in lien thereof four matches are to be played in aid of the ...
Article : 142 wordsConvalescent homes for wounded British and Australian soldiers are to be established in Egypt. Information to this effect was made available last; night by Senator ...
Article : 140 wordsStarting in January last as a modest tent, the structure in the grounds of St. Paul's Cathedral devoted by the Church of England authorities to the interests of ...
Article : 574 wordsIn all probability Brigadier-General Legge will command the new Australian Second Division, the formation of which, at the Imperial Government's request, was ...
Article : 160 wordsThe Northcote council at its meeting last night decided to give an assurance to all employes who had volunteered that their respective positions would be open to ...
Article : 91 wordsIncreased pressure of work on the Minister of Public Works led yesterday to the appointment as Assistant Minister of Public Works of Mr. J. Membrey, M.L.A. ...
Article : 237 wordsAt Menzies' Hotel on Friday a cafe chantent will take place in the lounge, the musical programme being provided by Mr. A. Belman and artists from the ...
Article : 41 wordsLance-Corporal G. F. Mitchell, of the 6th Australian Infantry Battalion, who recently returned from Gallipoli suffering from the effects of wounds, called at this office ...
Article : 147 wordsDrastic notion is to be taken by the military authorities in connection with men who enlist and do not appear to take their places in the ranks. A number of such ...
Article : 169 wordsFormal permission has been granted members of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne to tender for the 4½ per cent. Federal war loan. In moving a motion to ...
Article : 125 wordsA patriotic concert, organised by Miss Laura M'Laine, in aid of the fund for sick and wounded members of the Australian Expeditionary Forces, was given in ...
Article : 277 wordsReferring yesterday to a statement made by the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. D. Culliney, secretary of the United Laborers' Union, denied that he had made a ...
Article : 156 wordsAt the meeting of Fitzroy council last night it was resolved to offer the use of portion of the local town hall to the Defence department for hospital purposes ...
Article : 42 wordsIn view of the large number of officers and employes in the corporation service who have enlisted for active service (97 up to the present time), it has become patent ...
Article : 303 wordsThe statement was made at a meeting of the Geelong and District Band of Hope Union on Saturday evening that invalided soldiers from the Osborne House Military ...
Article : 90 wordsIn reply to a letter from the Lord Mayor (Alderman Sir David Hennessy), as president of the Australian Patriotic League, in reference to the issue of badges to men ...
Article : 682 wordsAt a largely attended meeting of the Lady Northcote Permanent Orchestra Trust Board, specially called for the purpose, and held on Friday last, sympathetic ...
Article : 213 wordsThe Minister of Defence announced yesterday that Colonel R. Wallace, District Commandant of Victoria, had been granted leave of absence on account of ill-health. ...
Article : 218 wordsThe East Malvern branch of the Red Cross Society has had its funds augmented to the extent of L.H from the sale of fish. Mr. Mulcaby, of Flinders-street, Melbourne, gave a day's ...
Article : 98 wordsSir,—May I through your kindness make two further requests to our generous arid sympathetic citizens. First, on behalf of the mayoress, that all willing to assist in ...
Article : 158 wordsTo-day 14 volunteers were medically examined, and 11 passed the test. Another batch of 33 was sworn in, and 126 recruits left for Seymour camp. ...
Article : 488 wordsLast week a resolution was passed by the committee of the whole of the Fitzroy council recommending the council to grant local picture theatres permission to open on 1st August for ...
Article : 394 wordsThe Bookmakers' Association of Victoria tendered a send off to the following members, viz.:—Messrs. D. J. O'Neill, W. Tietgens, L. Almon, A. Phillips, and the following sons of members, ...
Article : 111 wordsAntonio Nail, 19, a native of [?] peared at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Anelize Velcher. Constable Frost stated that on ...
Article : 65 wordsArrangements are being made for the despatch of a commissioner to Egypt who will deal with all the stores sent by the Lady Mayoress's Patriotic League, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 261 wordsIn view of recent criticism in Parliament regarding the stamp of horse that was being acquired on behalf of the Government for army remount purposes, several ...
Article : 128 wordsSpeaking at the annual smoke social of Che local branch of the Victorian Railways Union on Saturday night, Mr. Jewell, M.L.A., said it was inconceivable that the ...
Article : 66 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Overseas held yesterday evening, the following were elected to the committee of the club:—President, St. David Hennessy; vice-presidents, Sir Alexander ...
Article : 96 wordsIn addition to contributing £100 to the Victorian Red Cross Fund for Australian Sick and Wounded, the English, Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd, has donated a similar amount to the ...
Article : 46 wordsThe employes of Hicks, Atkinson and Sons Pty. Ltd. have shown their sympathy with the Victorian Red Cross Fund for Sick and Wounded Soldiers in a thoroughly practical manner, and every ...
Article : 95 wordsThe kitchen committee of the House of Commons decided on 9th June that on and after the 14th a war tax of 3d. should be charged on each meal served in the ...
Article : 94 wordsA meeting of representatives of religions bodies to-day decided to ask the mayor to take steps to arrange for the cessation of all business from 11 a.m. till noon on the ...
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Advertising : 28 wordsIn Hawthorn town hall this evening Mr. Nicholas Joy will stage the comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, in aid of Lady Stanley's appeal. Mr. Charles Mnmby's orchestra will assist. Seats ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 27 Jul 1915, Page 8
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