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  2. GENERAL NEWS.

    Members of the Grocers' Association of Victoria have decided to remain open until 10 p.m. on Xman eve, to close on Tuesay, 25th, and Wednesday, 26th December, and ...

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  3. CANVASSERS WANTED.

    Mr. J. H. Cook, general secretary of the Reinforcements Referendum Council, admit ted yesterday that the distribution of "Yes" campaign literature was not being ...

    Article : 134 words
  4. OFFICIAL RED TAPE.

    SYDNEY.—An inquiry which has just been concluded by u special citizens' committee, appointed by the Governor-General, into the administration of Randwick ...

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  5. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Governor-General and Lady Helen Ferguson arrived in Adelaide from Western Australia yesterday. They will leave for Melbourne to-day. ...

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  6. WAR AIMS OF ALLIES.

    Pairs newspapers are full of speculation as to the intentions of the inter-allied conference. Public opinion in Pairs regards the ...

    Article : 138 words
  7. State Recruiting Committee of Victoria.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 315 words
  8. THE SOLDIERS' ATTITUDE.

    BENDIGO.—At a special meeting of Bendigo and Northern District Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Association on Thursday night, a motion was carried in favor ...

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  9. A SOLDIER'S VIEWS.

    The following extracts from a letter written from France by Sergeant C. Lanman, 5th Battalion, A.L.F., a Victorian soldier who enlisted over tow years ago, are of ...

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  10. MEETING AT SOUTH MELBOURNE. SPEECH BY MR. ELMSLIE.

    An nti-conseription meeting was held in South Melbourne town hall last evening, the principal speakers being Mr. Elmslie, leader of the Labor Opposition in the ...

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  11. SENATOR FAIRBAIRN AND MR. SAMPSON.

    MINYIP.—Senator Fairbairn and Mr. Sanrpson, M.P., spoke here on Thursday night in support of the Reinforcements Referendum. The mechanies' hall was ...

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  12. SIR W. IRVINE'S OIPNION.

    SYDNEY.—Speaking at North Sydney on Thursday night, Sir William Irvine said that the choice now before the people of Australia was the choice, which, in his ...

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  13. AN ECONOMIC WAR.

    Lord Lansdowne, in a letter to the newspapers, urges greater co-ordination of the Allied war aims. "It will be a great achievement to end the war honorabley," ...

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  14. MR. MATHEWS AND SENATOR PEARCE.

    Sir,—In your issue of yesterday Senator Pearce is reported to have said that Mr. Mathews twisted a remark by Colonel Dodd to read that New Zealand was ...

    Article : 257 words
  15. HETURNED SOLDIERS SEEK A "YES" VOTE.

    BRISBANE.—Returned soldiers made a strong appeal for a "Yes" vote at a big open air demonstration on Thursday. Addresses were delivered by Corporals Sizer, ...

    Article : 97 words
  16. A UNIVERSITY UNIT.

    At a meeting of the committee of the Medical Students' Society of Melbourne University. held on 10th inst., it was decided to place before the members of the ...

    Article : 335 words
  17. THE USE OF TOWN HALLS.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, on the motion for adjournment. Mr. Hannah protested against the action of the City Council in declining to allow the use ...

    Article : 409 words
  18. IN THE COUNTRY.

    BENDIGO.—A public meeting under the auspices of the local branch of the National Federation was held in the town hall on thursday night, The majority of the audience was appar[?] ...

    Article : 218 words
  19. CATHOLICS AND THE WAR.

    The the grea body of English Catholic women, unlike a few misguided people in Australia, are suffering from no delusion or apprehension regarding the objects of ...

    Article : 299 words
  20. THE "ANTI" PARTY.

    BALLARAT.—Mr. Tador. chariman of the anti[?] compaign committee, opened the Ballarat campaign at the Alfred Hall on Thursday night. There was a ...

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  21. A MEETING AT HAWTHORN.

    A public meeting, convened by the mayor (Cr. Lord), was held in Hawthorn town hall on Wednesday night. There was a large audience, ladies predominating. ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.

    Steps are being taken by the Federal Government to find a suitable market in Australia for the increasing supplies of rubber which are now coming forward from Papua ...

    Article : 377 words
  23. ANTI CONSCRIPTION METHODS.

    Notwithslanding the assurance given by Mr. F. Hyett. general secretary of the V.R.U., that union officials are not compelled to collect for the anti-conscription ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 237 words
  25. DISABLED PRISONERS.

    Some Australians are included among the botch of 508 disabled British offices and men who have been sent to Switzerland from German prison camps. ...

    Article : 36 words
  26. MEETING AT WILLIAMSTOWN.

    The usual noisy clement congregated at the back of the Mechanies institute, Williamstown, last night, during the progress of a conscription meeting and heckled the ...

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  27. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    SYDNEY.—Florence Mathews, 22, of M'Phersonstreet, Ryde, had a remarkable escape from death at Blue Fish, Manly, on thursday. She fell 60 feet over the cliff, and, as far as is known. ...

    Article : 70 words
  28. The Drive in East Africa.

    In an East African official message it is stated the Germans have been dislodged from Simbas, and are reported to be in the vicinity of Rovuma River, short of ...

    Article : 59 words
  29. A SCOTSWOMAN'S MITE.

    One of the most appreciated donations to the fighting fund of the Referendum Campaign Committee was an amount of 2/ from an aged little Scotswoman. She had ...

    Article : 126 words
  30. Killed by Fall of Gravel.

    PENSHURST.—While excavating ballast in a gravel pit Hugh Evans, 46, one of a gang of twenty men employed by the Railway department, was killed by a fall of earth. He was working ...

    Article : 89 words
  31. Pilfering from Goods Trains.

    For fame months the Railway department has been trying to discover a gang which is working a systematic scheme of pilfering from trucks on Ballarat and ...

    Article : 257 words
  32. Burglars at Kaiser's Palace.

    It is reported from Berne that burglars entered Die Kaiser's palace at Wilhelmshoches, and carried off numerous urns, Portland vases, and ancient weapons of ...

    Article : 101 words
  33. Eiderly Single Woman's Death.

    BALLARAT.—A women named Fanny Heard, 58, was found drowned in a water hole [?] her resrdence at [?] lived with her mother in the township. ...

    Article : 31 words
  34. Campaign in the Country.

    ARARAT.—Thelocal branch of the Victorian Railways Union has passed a resolution resffirming its hostility towards conscrlption. SALE.—The Anti-contiscriptionsts opened their ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. DISQUALIFIED VOTERS.

    A correspondent, 56 years of age, born at North Melbourne, of German parents, and having a son at the front, desires to know if he is disqualified from voting on ...

    Article : 146 words
  36. Man's Hand Shattered by Explosive.

    Albert Brooking, 25, a resident of Deer Park, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon while engaged in splitting wood. A charge of dynamite which he had placed in a log exploded ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. Position of Men Aged Twenty.

    TOOWOOMBA.—The Prime Minister made an important statement on thursday regarding the earliest age at which men called up under the Government's ...

    Article : 115 words
  38. Miner Killed by Petrol Fume.

    YACKANDANDAH.—On Tuesday Hercules Robinson, 30. a miner, was overcome by petrol f[?]nes from an engine in a tunnel of the Caledonian mine, near Yackandadah. He died on ...

    Article : 77 words
  39. The Wages of Seamen.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 words
  40. Appeal to Women.

    Dear Soldier's Wives and Mothers,—My husband has been fighting for over tow years, and I think it is time seme other man vent to give him the rest he sadly ...

    Article : 291 words
  41. INSOLVENCIES.

    Willis lds Co[?] of Childers-road, Malern, commission agent. Causes of insolv[?] Depression of business and pressure of cres[?]tors. Li[?] £277 14/2; [?], £330; surplus, £32 5/10. Mr. ...

    Article : 31 words
  42. AUSTRALIA'S DANGER.

    Addressing a recruiting meeting outside Melbourne Town Hall yesterday. Mr. M'Lachlan, M.L.A., said Australia has once been a great living force in the ...

    Article : 143 words
  43. A Cowarly Attack.

    Outrageously brutal treatment is said to have been accorded by anti-conscriptionists to a blind speaker who addressed a meeting recently at Elaine. This gentleman, ...

    Article : 233 words
  44. WORKERS' WAGES INCREASED.

    Mr. Churchill announced in the House of Commons to-day that the decision to abolish leaving certificates made it necessary to readjust the wages of skilled munition ...

    Article : 85 words
  45. LAW LIST—THIS DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 51 words
  46. INVALIDED OFFICERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 words
  47. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 words
  48. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 170 words
  49. Advertising

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  50. MORE OF CONSTANTINE'S TREACHERY.

    The Rome correspondent of the Central News Agency state that ex-King Constantine has ordered the commander of the Greek division which is interned in ...

    Article : 57 words
  51. FIVE RECRUITS A DAY !

    The voluntary system yielded only five recruits in Melbourne yesterday. The actual number of men examined for enlistment at the Town Hall depot was 34, ...

    Article : 81 words
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