The Governor-General and Lady Helen Ferguson, attended by Mr. Geoffrey Luttrell, were present last evening at the screening of the film My Four Years in ...
Article : 315 wordsCHILTERN.—Members of the shire council have entered heartily into the scheme for the repatriation of returned soldiers, and in addition to shire ...
Article : 283 wordsAdmiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord, in the course of an interview, made the following statement of British naval determination:- ...
Article : 127 wordsThe situation in Ireland is quiet, pending the further development of the Government's recent disclosures regarding the Sinn Fein-German plot. ...
Article : 511 wordsThe Chief Federal Prices Commissioner is still awaiting the decision of the Crown law authorities as to whether prosecutions should be launched against the conductors ...
Article : 122 wordsTelegraphing to the "Daily Chronicle" from France yesterday. Mr. Philip Gibbs stated:— "The heavy enemy shelling in Ypres, ...
Article : 2,560 wordsWith the idea of giving still greater effect to the resolutions carried at the recent conference on recruiting convened by the Governer-General to promote unity. among ...
Article : 117 wordsEnlistments in Victoria last weak fell short of the required quota of 330, totalling only 266, against 379 the previous week. The, recruiting authorities are hopeful of ...
Article : 45 wordsMaster bakers of Ballarat and Bendigo yesterday represented to the Minister Controlling Prices that owing to the increased cost of manufacture aud distribution sales ...
Article : 105 wordsMALDON.—As a result of the recruiting band's visit, four recruits were enlisted and accepted. Several others have expressed their intention of enlisting at an ...
Article : 34 wordsFood riots have occurred in several Russian provincial towns. There was serious rioting at Nijni Novgorod, where 10,000 employes of the Sormovo works declared a ...
Article : 258 wordsSir,—I have had several inquiries as to whether the insurance extends to recruits who are already in camp, and I beg to state that any recruit, sailor or soldier, ...
Article : 190 wordsA large deputation of hawkers and other retailers urged the Victorian Prices Commissioner yesterday to recast the fixed rates for rabbits. The deputation urged ...
Article : 152 wordsIn addition to the gifts of land for returned soldiers, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sargood and Mr. L. J. Weatherly, referred to in yesterday's issue, a free offer of 550 ...
Article : 58 wordsJames Brodie, late of Wangaratta, retired farmer, who died on 2lst March, by his will of 25th August, 1916, left £3845 personalty to relatives. ...
Article : 228 wordsSeven allotments of Crown land have been proclaimed open for returned soldiers who hold qualification certificates. The blocks may be taken up under selection ...
Article : 47 wordsThe French Minister of Marine, M. Leygues, told the Parliamentary army and navy committees that during April Great Britain and America built 40,000 tons more ...
Article : 108 wordsFears of shortage of supplies of linseed which were entertained by Australian crushers, as well as by other importers, have been allayed in a measure by the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 227 wordsWhen exactly is a man repatriated? The question—one of deep interest to returned soldiers and the community generally—is not as simple as to many people ...
Article : 292 wordsThe month of June has been set apart for an appeal on behalf of the Lady Mayoress's Patriotic League and the Victorian division of the Australian Comforts ...
Article : 140 wordsA British official message from the Italian front states:—"Since 18th May our air force has carried out numerous raids and reconnaissances, and has destroyed 24 ...
Article : 48 wordsThe United States Food Controller, Mr. Hoover, has issued a statement warding the people of the United States that they must continue to save wheat, at least until ...
Article : 120 wordsMr. Justice Isaacs, when the Full High Court assembled yesterday morning, said he was sorry that, owing to unfortunate circumstances, Mr. Justice Barton was not ...
Article : 617 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the New York "Herald" states that there is un[?]eniable evidence from Antwerp that Germany had resolved upon violent measures ...
Article : 187 wordsThe Trades Hall Council having agreed to be represented on the industrial committee created under the repatriation scheme, the secretary (Mr. C. Gray) has ...
Article : 52 wordsSYDNEY.—The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" in Fiji, in a despatch from Suva received on Monday, states that feeling in the islands is strongly against ...
Article : 236 wordsThe Geneva Red Cross Society has published the principles governing the Franco German convention for an exchange of prisoners. In addition to an exchange as ...
Article : 143 wordsThe work of the repatriation authorities in Victoria in connection with the vocational training of returned men is rapidly increasing. At the end of last week no ...
Article : 268 wordsNotwithstanding the disclosures already made concerning the manner in which the Defence authorities in Victoria distributed orders for repairs to Government motor ...
Article : 322 wordsA Cuban Minister, in confirming the reported breach between Mexico and Cuba, stated that if, because she was in a state of war, Cuba passed measures which in ...
Article : 74 wordsVarious new regulations relating to the organisation of the Australian Army Medical Corps were published in military orders issued on Saturday. In the case of ...
Article : 446 wordsThe following American official messages, received by wireless, have been handed to us by the American consul in Melbourne:— ...
Article : 297 wordsSYDNEY.—Further evidence taken by the commissioner inquiring into the price of boots showed that shoes are being made that. are not wholly composed of leather. ...
Article : 141 wordsSixty clergymen in London diocese are joining the army for combatant service. The Board of Trade has closed down 507 Hun businesses in England. Their capital ...
Article : 74 wordsUnder the repatriation scheme provision is made for the appointment of a special industrial committee in each State, comprised of delegates from the labor ...
Article : 166 wordsThe Acting Minister for the Navy, who also controls the Commonwealth Government's ship-building activities, has bad several offers made to him by private ...
Article : 293 wordsBRISBANE.—A deputation, representing the Master Tanners' Association of Queensland, waited on the Premier, Mr. Ryan, on Monday, and asked for his assistance in ...
Article : 78 wordsSYDNEY.—Arguments in favor of antishouting legislation were placed before Senator Millen, Minister of Repatriation, by a deputation representative of the ...
Article : 112 wordsThe report on repatriation will be presented to-night to the Presbyterian Assembly by Principal Gray und Rev. W. Borland. The Right Rev. the Moderator, ...
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Advertising : 203 wordsThe next contingent of returning wounded will reach Melbourne either tomorrow or Thursday. The military, authorities were unable yesterday to ...
Article : 173 wordsThrough the generosity of old collegians and other friends the council of the Ballarat College is offering several scholarships to deserving cases of sons of soldiers or sailors killed or permanently ...
Article : 55 wordsSYDNEY.—The State Cabinet on Monday decided that Parliament would be called together on 12th June. The Premier, Mr. Holman, said that it will not be an ...
Article : 68 wordsTwenty thousand Catholics, headed by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Bourne, and Bishop Ward, and including canons, priests, nuns, monks, chaplains, ...
Article : 58 wordsWhilst playing football in a match at Merri Park on Saturday, Arthur Hutcheson, 40, of 355 Edward-street, East Brunswick, was severely injured. During a ...
Article : 52 wordsThere was considerable disappointment in the city on Friday because the supply of the higher priced Red Cross buttons ran out. Those who were unable to obtain these will be pleased to ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 28 May 1918, Page 5
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