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  2. CURTAILING RACING.

    The Setter from Ripon shire council asking that, owing to the insufficient number of volunteers coming forward, the Government should be asked to take action in ...

    Article : 691 words
  3. GENERAL NEWS.

    Murder Charge Dismissed. At the City Court yesterday John Hepplowhite Appeared on remand to answer a charge of having wilfully murdered ...

    Article : 1,100 words
  4. THE WAR FUNDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 words
  5. DAILY WEATHER CHART.

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

    Article : 14 words
  6. NATIONAL SERVICE IN FRANCE.

    The principle of conscription has been long accepted in France, though there were moments when it was more or less in abeyance, those momenta coinciding with ...

    Article : 917 words
  7. MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND RECRUITING.

    Mr. Donald Mackinnon, chairman of the State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, in a circular letter, a copy of which reached Prahran council yesterday, expressed the ...

    Article : 325 words
  8. FOOTSCRAY'S EASTER GALA.

    Though only a few weeks have elapsed since a carnival, returning a profit of over £500, was held at Footscray, that suburb is again being organised for a four days' gala to be held on ...

    Article : 154 words
  9. SOLDIERS' LETTERS.

    A lady who has three sons fighting at the front complains that owing to carelessness on the part of the censor staff she has received another soldier's letter in an ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. ENTERTAINMENTS AT ST. KILDA.

    The mayoress of St. Kilda (Mrs. Carrie Love), assisted by a large committee, is actively engaged in organising entertainments on the St. Kilda Esplanade in aid of the Red Cross Fur[?] ...

    Article : 282 words
  11. SOLDIERS' LEAVE.

    Complaint has been made that the troops at Seymour camp are unable to visit Melbourne when granted week-end leave owing to the fact that the authorities insist upon ...

    Article : 240 words
  12. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 words
  13. THE COMPULSION ISSUE.

    The speech made by Senator Gardiner, Assistant Minister of Defence, at Williamstown on Sunday afternoon was the subject of comment by Mr. F. Clarke, ...

    Article : 357 words
  14. AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 words
  15. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

    The combined monsoonal and Antarctic low pressures which passed across the south-castern parts of the mainland and Tasmania during the past 48 hours were ...

    Article : 272 words
  16. LADY HENNESSY'S DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 words
  17. RAIN IN THE COUNTRY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 408 words
  18. TALES OF GALLIPOLI.

    The Chapter House of St. Paul's Cathedral was crowded last evening, when a lecture on Seven Months in Gallipoli was delivered by Rev. George Green, an ...

    Article : 329 words
  19. GIFTS OF WHEAT TO BUY BAND INSTRUMENTS.

    Messrs. Coots and Speers, farmers in the Tooleen district, recently donated 80 and 20 bags of wheat to the local patriotic fund, and the sale of the grain realised ...

    Article : 114 words
  20. "OUR DAY" FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 44 words
  21. FRENCH RED CROSS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  22. AUSTRALIAN GRENADIERS.

    Now that bomb throwing and the use of hand grenades play such an important part in a soldier's education it is satisfactory to find that the Australian troops ...

    Article : 307 words
  23. MOTOR AMBULANCE PRESENTED.

    On behalF of the artiste of Melbourne, the Lord Mayor (Sir David Hennessy) yesterday presented a motor ambulance to the Defence department. The Minister of ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. FRENCH SOCIETE MATERNELLE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 words
  25. FORECASTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
  26. COMFORTS FOR MINERS' CORPS.

    A meeting of ladies was he yesterday at the Engineers institute, 57 Swanston-street, to devise means by which the Victorian quota of the Miners' Corps can be ...

    Article : 134 words
  27. Y.M.C.A. NATIONAL APPEAL FOR £25,000.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 126 words
  28. SEW SOUTH WALES STATION REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 209 words
  29. EIGHT HOURS JUBILEE.

    The diamond jubilee of the Eight Hours movement was celebrated in Ballarat to-day, and proved a success. Fine, cool weather prevailed, and there was a large ...

    Article : 652 words
  30. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    A cablegram has been received from the Australian Red Cross commissioners, Cairo, asking for large quantities of the following articles:—Bedside cupboards, crutches, ...

    Article : 132 words
  31. ASTRONOMICAL MEMORANDA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 28 words
  32. MAJOR PLANETS.—April 4.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 words
  33. PATRIOTIC EFFORTS.

    So far the Lord Mayor (Sir David Hennessy) has not decided to organise any special civic celebrations in Melbourne for Anzac day, on Tuesday, 23th April. Messrs. ...

    Article : 534 words
  34. SALVATION ARMY EFFORTS.

    The weekly concert arranged by the Salvation Army for the benefit of the troops at Broadmeadows camp was given last night by the bead quarters choir of ...

    Article : 109 words
  35. OFFICIAL RAINFALL RECORDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 945 words
  36. QUEENSLAND STATION REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 223 words
  37. NEW MILITARY HOSPITAL.

    The new military hospital at Caulfield, which is to be opened in the course of the next few days, him not been erected a moment too soon. The accommodation ...

    Article : 241 words
  38. SOLDIERS ON TRIAL.

    Yesterday a court-martial, consisting of Major T. Alston (president) and Captains A. Barnett and H. N. Wollaston, sitting at St. Kilda Barracks, part heard charges against soldiers. In the case ...

    Article : 463 words
  39. COMMONWEALTH PORTLAND CEMENT CO.

    An account presented to Prahran Council gave rise to considerable discussion at yesterday's sitting of that body. Cr. Abraham challenged the account, which was ...

    Article : 175 words
  40. PREFERENCE TO SOLDIERS.

    If the Soldiers' Employment Bureau to continue to perform satisfactorily its function of finding employment for returned soldiers, it is necessary that ...

    Article : 367 words
  41. RAINFALL COMPARISON FOR VICTORIA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 words
  42. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 289 words
  43. A VIOLENT PRISONER.

    As the result of a smart arrest effected by Plain Clothes Constable P. Fitzgerald at Prahran yesterday, a man who game the name of Wally Jenkins, but was afterwards identified as Wally ...

    Article : 513 words
  44. SICKNESS AMONGST VICTORIAN OFFICERS.

    One of the features of the war is the way that C.O.'s of Australian units have fallen victims to wounds and sickness. The commanding officers of Victorian corps ...

    Article : 321 words
  45. IMPORTANCE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

    The first annual distribution of certificates and awards in connection with the Ballarat School of Mines and Industries was held at the mechanics' institute on ...

    Article : 276 words
  46. FAREWELLS TO SOLDIERS.

    KORONG VALE.—Corporal R. M'Nicol and Private D. Symons were entertained by the residents of Woolshed Flat on Saturday night, and presented with illuminated wristlet watches. ...

    Article : 214 words
  47. MONEY FOR SOLDIERS ABROAD.

    Parents and relatives of members of the Expeditionary Force would be well advised not to respond too easily to cabled requests from Egypt. A warning to this ...

    Article : 160 words
  48. RECENT OUTRAGE AT THORNBURY.

    Some time ago a shocking outrage warn perpetrated on a little girl in the school grounds of the Thornbury State school, as the result of which the victim is still in a ...

    Article : 131 words
  49. COMFORTS FOR OUR TROOPS.

    The casual methods of packing which many people adopt when sending private consignments of comforts to soldier friends in England and Egypt has prompted a ...

    Article : 170 words
  50. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 words
  51. TRAM CAR PASSENGER HEAVILY FINED.

    Chas. Merger, for having refused to pay his fare on the Bridge-road tramway last Saturday evening and creating a disturbance when removed from the tram car by Constable Bourke, was, at Richmond ...

    Article : 74 words
  52. BROADMEADOWS CAMP ROAD.

    The Defence department has agreed to contribute a sum of £1750 towards the construction of a new road at meadows, which will be largely used by ...

    Article : 60 words
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