SYDNEY.—A practical demonstration of the efficacy of the "fire dope," said to have been obtained by the police from some of the twelve members of the I.W.W. now on ...
Article : 352 wordsA deputation representing the Queenseliff borough council waited on the Railway Commissioners yesterday with a view to securing a modification in the train service ...
Article : 165 wordsFollowing on the withdrawal of the compulsory service proclamation a warrant has been signed by the Governor-General authorising the release from prison of all ...
Article : 148 wordsFurther consideration was given yesterday by the Australian Wheat Board to the question of financing the new wheat crop. Negotiations are proceeding with ...
Article : 119 wordsAt Ballarat East council on Monday the mayor (Cr. A. Levy) announced that it had been decided to reduce the local post and telegraph office to the fifth grade, and the ...
Article : 195 wordsThe State school children physical training demonstration that was interfered with by rain on Saturday is to be repeated in full next Saturday at Melbourne Cricket ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 627 wordsAmongst yesterday's arrivals were two Royal mail steamers. Each vessel replenished bunkers. On her way from Sydney to Western ...
Article : 344 wordsAccording to the estimate formed by Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, Superintendent of Agriculture, the Victorian wheat yield in the coming harvest should approach ...
Article : 512 wordsNo time has bean lost by the Victorian military authorities in demobilising the citizen soldiers in the compulsory training camps. There were nearly 4000 men under ...
Article : 103 wordsA public meeting was held in St. Kilian's Hall on Sunday for the purpose of raising funds for the relief of the poor people who arc suffering from the effects of the recent ...
Article : 70 wordsAt the Licensing Court on Saturday, before Mr. Bartold, P.M., the licence of the Albion Motel, Wesley Hill, was transferred from Elizabeth Curtayne to William Knox. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt the request of the British Government, the Commonwealth defence authorities have arranged for the despatch of a considerable number of munition workers ...
Article : 290 wordsBERRIGAN.—Jerilderie hospital, owing to the inability to secure a staff, has been closed indefinitely. ...
Article : 21 wordsSYDNEY.—Additional factories must close down shortly-those that have been using coke. The naval authorities have announced that the only persons who can ...
Article : 38 wordsQUEENSCLIFFF.—Constable Black has arrested Sergeant Harold Robert Halsam on the charge of having attempted a serious offence against a little girl, aged 5 years. Haslam was acting as ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Arbitration Court proceedings between the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company and the Tramway Board, in regard to the taking over of the property ...
Article : 278 wordsSYDNEY.—Further additions were made on Monday to the fleet of idle steamers in port. The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Orara, employed in the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 462 wordsSTAWELL.—For some years past the fumes from one of the ore-treatment planes have caused considerable pertur[?]tion amongst residents in the vicinity, and the Stawell ...
Article : 72 wordsSYDNEY.—About twenty men were overcome by monoxide fumes from auxiliary power generators in the "Sunday Times" office early on Sunday morning. ...
Article : 97 wordsTUNGAMAH.—The rain of the past month has caused district farmers some anxiety regarding their crops. The unseasonable conditions favored the development of disease, and "dead heads" and ...
Article : 79 wordsTAUjAXGATTA.-T!ie new piunt ami buildings light -nd |>oucr uiight be deait mtill. recently added to the local Li been t:iLcn over bv the ilirccl has decided to tjkc loxal kl factory )»v "" ". "inipanj ha.c lilt r iliat tiu ipply of cleoiric ...
Article : 61 wordsLITHGOW.—On Monday morning the manager of the small arms factory, Mr. Ratcliffe, , instructed the lorrymen to proceed 10 Eskbank yards and load coal for ...
Article : 81 wordsThe full effect of the regulations limiting the use of motive power to industries of national importance and others specifically exempted for good reasons is now being ...
Article : 403 wordsMANSFIELD.—A four-roomed unoccupied wooden dwelling, situated in Chenery-street, owned by Mr. H. D[?]dailler, was totally destroyed by fire at 11.30 p.m. on Friday. The property was ...
Article : 35 wordsThe only enlistments recorded in Victoria yesterday were those at the Town Hall depot. Here 67 men applied for enrolment, of whom 40 were accepted, 31 ...
Article : 114 wordsPleading guilty to breaking a fire alarm in Elizabeth-street on Saturday night, Albert William Forbes was fined £5, and ordered to pay 9d. to replace the glass. ...
Article : 348 wordsBERRIGAN.—Urana Pastures Protection Board has decided to object to a proposed exchange by F. S. Falkiner and Sons Ltd. of about 5[?]80 acres on Tuppal Station, in the land district ...
Article : 410 wordsULTIMA.—At a meeting of the local branch of the Farmers' Union on Saturday some trenchant remarks were passed regarding the report of Lands department ...
Article : 206 wordsSir,—Could not the men who are on strike to obtain an eight hours bank to bank day be put to work on contract or piece work terms? If the employers agreed ...
Article : 66 wordsSir,—In your report, winch appeared in to-day's issue of "The Age," dealing with the decree of the Minister in charge of the new Federal Department of Works and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 318 wordsADELAIDE.—On Monday 20 volunteered, and 9 were accepted. PERTH.—Sixteen recruits offered on Monday and 13 were accepted. ...
Article : 24 wordsIn connection with the State Ministry's proposal to obtain brown coal if possible from Morwell, the question arises whether the State itself would be permitted by the ...
Article : 75 wordsReferring again yesterday tn the suggestion that arrangements should be made for Australian girls to marry by proxy soldiers of the Commonwealth who are now serving ...
Article : 239 wordsSir,—Let me support Mr. Courrier in his statement regarding the superiority of the egettes over briquettes. When I was a lad, 40 years ago, travelling through ...
Article : 184 wordsECHUCA.—A deputation of wheat growers on Saturday afternoon arranged an interview with Mr. U. M'Kenzie, Minister of Railways, for the purpose of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 356 wordsThere is a serious shortage of tanpaulins for covering consignments of grain in transit on the railways. At the outbreak of the war the Railway department had ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 wordsIt was announced at the Fitzroy council last night by Cr. C. C. Lewis, a member of the Fitzroy, Northcote and Preston Tramway Trust, that that body had acceptem a tender for the ...
Article : 160 wordsIn order to conserve coal supplies it is probable that the City Council will reduce current for street lighting. Alderman Cnbena, at yesterday's meeting of the ...
Article : 105 wordsIn connection with the button day on Friday, 1st December, in aid of our discharged soldiers, the hon. organiser (Mrs. A. S. Woolcott) desires that ladies willing ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 186 wordsWhilst riding to work on his motor cycle along Riversdale-road, Auburn, yesterday morning Gordon Steele, 26, electrician, residing at 18 Albert-street, Surrey Hills, collied with a milk cart, ...
Article : 71 wordsWith a view to securing uniformity of instruction in musketry training it has been decided to appoint a director of musketry in each military district to ...
Article : 91 wordsSPRINGHURST.—A fatal accident occurred at about 1 p.m. on Saturday to Mr. Joseph Sanderson, farmer, of Boralina. Accompanied by Mr. W. Melville, jun., he left the the railway station ...
Article : 149 wordsAfter going into committee last night the Fitzroy council decided to leave the rating of tramways properties in the municipal area the same as it has been for the last few years. It was ...
Article : 112 wordsWARRAGKNABEAL.—A deputation representing Warracknabeal foundry and conch building firms interviewed the Minister of Works (Senator Lynch) on ...
Article : 149 wordsSir,—We take this opportunity of thanking, through your columns, Mr. J. R. Overell, of Kooyong-road. Malvern, for his valued gift of a dining billiard table for use ...
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Advertising : 313 wordsADELAIDE.—At the request of the British Army Council, the Minister of Defence has decided to organise a military railway unit for service abroad. Interviewed on ...
Article : 149 wordsULTIMA.—At a meeting of fanners on Saturday morning the proposal of the Commonwealth Government regarding the advance to be made upon the new wheat ...
Article : 205 wordsAlthough Doncaster shire council's electric lighting scheme has only been in operation since February last, there are now 120 consumers. The cost of running the electric supply mains to the ...
Article : 43 wordsWAGGA.—The death of a well-known district farmer has occurred near Harefield. It appears that while John Duncan Lamont was riding around a sheep paddock on his estate at Kooringal, ...
Article : 91 wordsSir,—I desire to voice the indignation of many mothers of young children and of others who were caught in the storm at the Stonnington fete on Saturday, at the ...
Article : 122 wordsSeveral of the miners' deelgates attended a meeting at the Guild Hall last evening, at the invitation of the Women's Political Association, to explain the case for the ...
Article : 575 wordsSYDNEY.—Ella M'Godrick, aged 26, a native of Queensland, and a promising stager, fell over the rocks at Mainly on Sunday afternoon, and was killed. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 196 wordsBALLARAT.—The open prize meeting of Ballarat District Rifle Club's Union took place on Saturday. There were 100 marksmen engaged, and Capt. Salmon, of Buninyong, had charge of the ...
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Advertising : 78 wordsThe secretary of the Red Cross Society, Federal Government House, would be glad to hear form anyone knowing the address of Mis Gludy Ivy Redhead. A letter has been received from her ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 28 Nov 1916, Page 6
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