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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Government experimental wheat plots on Messrs. Ryan Bros.' farm at Pine Hills, near Berrigan, N.S.W., have been harvested under the supervision of ...

    Article : 546 words
  3. AUSTRALIA'S NEW ARMY.

    There are needed for the firing line 25,000 Victorians, and they have to be ready in the camps in ten weeks. It has been done in the past; it can be done now if those ...

    Article : 700 words
  4. BRITISH MILITARY SERVICE.

    There is no need to doubt that the country is on the eve of a great occasion, and the House of Commons on the eve of a momentous decision. London is simmering ...

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  5. THE WHEAT SCHEME.

    The Minister of Agriculture yesterday announced further sales of wheat abroad. In an official statement he made available for publication he said:— ...

    Article : 458 words
  6. DAILY WEATHER CHART.

    Explanatory notes. Rain has fallen. Light. Gentle or Mod. R Thunderstorm. Fresh. Strong Breeze. Fresh gale. R. Rough. M. Moderate. S. Smooth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. BRIGHTON.

    A preliminary meeting of the Brighton recruiting committee was held last night in the local town hall, the mayor (Cr. J. B. Grout) presiding. Mr. W. A. Adamson, ...

    Article : 187 words
  8. METROPOLITAN AREA.

    At the request of the State Recruiting Council, the Lord Mayor has appointed a recruiting committee and sub-committees within the city of Melbourne to consider ...

    Article : 173 words
  9. RECRUITING IN N.S.W.

    To-day's recruits totalled 449, and of these 362 were accepted. This makes 1843 accepted for four days. Men from Snowy River marched out of ...

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  10. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

    Although the reports from South Australia have not been received the isobaric chart was completed from those received from Western Australia, and shows that ...

    Article : 284 words
  11. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 351 words
  12. RECRUITING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    For the week ended on Monday last the number of recruits accepted in Western Australia was 323. To-day in Perth 50 passed for service. ...

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  13. LOCAL COMMITTEES.

    Important alterations were made yesterday by the State Commandant and the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in the instructions which have been issued to local ...

    Article : 211 words
  14. RECRUITING IN COUNTRY.

    The local district recruiting committee for Tawong shire has to date received 400 replies to census papers. Of this number 35 are willing to enlist at once, and 25 ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. COMPLAINTS BY FARMERS.

    In reply to the statement of the Minister of Agriculture regarding the issue of certificates to farmers who gave a lien on their crops to the Government, the ...

    Article : 161 words
  16. "CONFIDENTIAL" REPLIES.

    The State Recruiting Committee is at present considering the question of who to appoint to serve on a central committee to investigate recruiting replies which, the ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. COUNTRY NEWS.

    During 1915 26 insolvency schedules were filed at Ballarat. showing debts totalling £21,291, with assets amounting to £12,023, the aggregate deficiency being £9268. ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. NEW MEDICAL UNITS.

    The defence authorities estimate that at least 150 medical officers will be needed for service with the medical units that are to accompany the new Australian force ...

    Article : 149 words
  19. YESTERDAY'S BAROMETER (Corrected).

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 words
  20. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    The danger of lighting a fire with kerosene was emphasised yesterday in the case of Mrs. Mary Perks, 48, living at 35 Primrose-street, Mconce Ponds. She was lighting the copper fire early ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. FINAL MEDICAL DEPOTS.

    The principal medical officer has arranged to despatch a military doctor and a military officer for attestation purposes by Monday next to each of the new final ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. FORECASTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 words
  23. THE CORNSACKS QUESTION.

    The appearance yesterday of resellers on the cornsacks market was the first, indication of an improvement in the outlook for the farmer in need of bags. It ...

    Article : 183 words
  24. BENDIGO.

    Bernard Nugent, laborer, who had been having been conviction a week ago on a charge of having been found by night without lawful excuse on the premises of Mr. F. Sweeney, a ...

    Article : 144 words
  25. Infant Dies Through Drinking Caustic Soda.

    COLAC.—An infant named [?] Gray, aged eighteen months, died at Colac Hospital through drinking out of a tin that had contained [?] soda. The father, Mr. J. D. Gray, who is a ...

    Article : 73 words
  26. DISABILITIES OF THE "SLACKER."

    The Defence department has notified the State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee that men who are of military age and are eligible for active service should not be ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. NEW MILITARY HOSPITAL.

    For some time past the Director-General of Medical Services has been considering the advisability of reserving the military base hospital in St. Kilda-road entirely for ...

    Article : 180 words
  28. Child Drowned in Dam.

    STAWELL.—On Wednesday afternoon Wm. Joseph Tippet, aged 3 years 5 months, son of Wm. Joseph Tippet, of Austin-street, Sodden, was drowned in a dam on the property of Frank ...

    Article : 149 words
  29. OFFICIAL RAINFALL RECORDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 681 words
  30. GEELONG.

    At the city police court on Thursday a man named James Harrison was committed for trial on a charge of having obtained a cheque for £6 by means of false ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. MORE SOLDIERS FOR MELBOURNE

    Over 230 soldiers left Ballarat camp on Thursday for Melbourne, where they will undergo further training, preparatory to going to the front. The camp band ...

    Article : 38 words
  32. COST OF LIVING.

    Mr. Ovington, secretary of the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, states that on the question of coal wholesalers and retailers have been called upon to ...

    Article : 120 words
  33. GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND RECRUITING.

    "Party, atten—shun !" yelled the recruiting sergeant, as the Governor-General. Sir Ronald Ferguson, entered the recruiting room at the Town Hall quite unexpectedly ...

    Article : 347 words
  34. LATE MINING NEWS.

    SYDNEY.—The third half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd. was held on Thursday, Proposing the adoption of the reports and statements of ...

    Article : 216 words
  35. ALLIES' STRENGTH.

    General Joffre, in a stirring Army Order, states:—"The Allies' strength is growing incessantly. It is holding uncontested the command of the seas. Germany has been ...

    Article : 196 words
  36. RECRUITING SERGEANTS AT BENDIGO.

    Sergeant-Major Warren, who prior to his enlistment last year was in the employ of Messrs. Leggo and Co., has returned from the front disabled. He is ...

    Article : 62 words
  37. CASTLEMAINE.

    About 130 men, the last of those trained in the local camp, left at 10.50 on Thursday morning for North Williamstown to undergo a ten days course of musketry ...

    Article : 94 words
  38. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYES ASKED TO ENLIST.

    The mayor of Bendigo, Cr. Beebe, has convened a meeting of representatives from different public bodies, with a view to appointing a committee to carry out ...

    Article : 134 words
  39. THE DISLOYALISTS.

    Some excitement was created at the Trades Hall yesterday consequent on at attempt to hold an anti-recruiting meeting. During the morning leaflets against ...

    Article : 164 words
  40. THE EMBARGO ON EXPORT OF BUTTER.

    A special meeting of shareholders in the Colac Dairying Company was held today to protest against the embargo on the export of butter. ...

    Article : 221 words
  41. CO-OPERATIVE MINE PROPOSAL

    The proposal of Mr. T. J. Hewitt, of Daylesford, that the miners' association, should take over the suspended mine of the Victoria United Company, Ballarat ...

    Article : 270 words
  42. MINING AT BENDIGO.

    BENDIGO.—South New Moon, resumed operations on Monday, although with a reduced number of hands. Crashing was started on Wednesday, but it is probable they will not clean off until ...

    Article : 84 words
  43. EX-POLICEMAN SENTENCED.

    At the police court to-day ex-Constable Foley, who was recently dismissed from the force, was sentenced to three months imprisonment under the first offenders' act ...

    Article : 47 words
  44. UNIONISTS ADVISED TO IGNORE CARDS.

    Further opposition to the Government's recruiting scheme comes from the Amalgamated Miners' Association. The A.M.A. has carried the following resolution:— ...

    Article : 69 words
  45. R.M.S. KARMALA AT FREMANTLE.

    FREMANTLE.—The P. and O. liner Karm[?] arrived from London on Wednesday, with the following passengers:—For Adelaide: Miss Thompson, Mr. Bethune and son. For Melbourne: Mes[?] ...

    Article : 96 words
  46. HINTS FOR SOLDIERS.

    A pamphlet prepared at Victoria district head quarters for distribution among the men in camps throughout Australia gives a number of valuable hints to men entering ...

    Article : 119 words
  47. INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF CAMPS.

    Major-General M'Cay, the inspector-general of the Australian Imperial Force, left Melbourne yesterday by the Sydney ex-press, on a visit of inspection of the ...

    Article : 64 words
  48. DEALING WITH RECRUITING REPLIES.

    At a meeting of the Eaglehawk borough council on Thursday night the mayor (Cr. Oswald) announced that he had convened a meeting of representative public bodies ...

    Article : 62 words
  49. NAVAL EXPEDITION ON LAKE.

    The commander of a British naval expedition on Lake Tanganyika (East Africa) reports that on 26th December the expedition attacked the German armed steamer ...

    Article : 69 words
  50. LONDON MARKETS.

    Received by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd.:—London, 5th January.—Tallow: Little or no business on a c.Lf. basis has been done, but ...

    Article : 58 words
  51. INSOLVENCIES.

    Divid Leviston, of Anderson-street, Ballarat, coach driver. Causes of Insolvency: Sickness in family, want of employment and pressure of creditors. Liabilities. £28 1/3; assets, £5; ...

    Article : 39 words
  52. AUSTRALIA'S EFFORTS IN WAR.

    Speaking at a breakfast given by the Citizen's Committee to the reinforcement at the town hall on Thursday, Mr. A. J. Hampson, M.P., said that some people ...

    Article : 117 words
  53. Advertising

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    Advertising : 198 words
  54. RECRUITING REPLIES FROM MERRIANG SHIRE.

    A good deal of confusion appears to exist locally among those who have received the war [?] forms, as to the proper place to send the enlistment ...

    Article : 85 words
  55. THE DISTRICT QUOTAS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,735 words
  56. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 179 words
  57. EQUIPPING THE TROOPS.

    Large orders are at present being placed by the contracts branch of the Defence department in connection with the provision of equipment for Australia's new army. ...

    Article : 98 words
  58. RAINFALL COMPARISON FOR VICTORIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 32 words
  59. LORD BRASSEY'S YACHT AS HOSPITAL SHIP.

    Lord Brassey has made a gift of his well-known yacht Sunbeam to the Government of India. The yacht will be fitted out as a hospital ship. ...

    Article : 37 words
  60. MAJOR PLANETS.—January 7.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 words
  61. A BRIGADE OF VETERANS.

    A proposal has been made to the defence authorities that picked men, over 45 years of age, should be allowed to enlist for service in the new Australian force of 50,000 ...

    Article : 237 words
  62. RETURNED SOLDIERS FORM ASSOCIATION.

    A number of returned sick and wounded soldiers last night formed an association to look after the interests of the men with regard to amelioration of conditions, pay, ...

    Article : 37 words
  63. Advertising

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    Advertising : 29 words
  64. ASTRONOMICAL MEMORANDA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
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