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  2. THE MISSING TRAWLER.

    The fact that the missing Federal trawler Endeavour is described by maritime experts as an excellent sea boat, capable of riding out a violent gale, leads the ...

    Article : 122 words
  3. DAILY WEATHER CHART.

    Explanatory notes Rain ha fallen. Light. Gentle or Mod. R. [?] Fresh. Strong Breeze. Fresh gale. R. Roughs M. Moderate. S. Smooth ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  4. REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE WAR.

    The leader of the Opposition, Mr. J. Cook, in referring to the latest proposal of the Commonwealth Government with reference to the despatch of reinforcements ...

    Article : 352 words
  5. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 words
  6. MISBEHAVIOR OF SOLDIERS.

    The riotous disturbances caused in the city by soldiers from Broadmeadows camp on the night of 20th December, has been the subject of inquiry by the Federal ...

    Article : 392 words
  7. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Mr. William C. Anderson, formerly chairman of the Independent Labor party, has been returned unopposed for the Attarcliffe seat in the House of Commons, in ...

    Article : 292 words
  8. LOSS OF MONEY ORDER FORMS

    The robbery of a sum running into hundreds of pounds in gold and notes from one of the safes at the G.P.O., followed by the clever abstraction of £2000 in ...

    Article : 213 words
  9. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 words
  10. GRANTALA TO MAKE A SEARCH.

    Fully coaled and equipped for a long cruise, the Adelaide S.S. Co.'s steamer Grantala cleared out from Sydney to- day to join in a search for the missing trawler. ...

    Article : 65 words
  11. BELGIAN NUNS' CHRISTMAS GIFT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 20 words
  12. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 170 words
  13. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    In returning a verdict of death by poisoning by her own hand, the Coroner yesterday said there was evidence to show that Jane Augusta Dahl, 31, who died at ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. NEW FACTORIES ACT.

    Important alterations in the State industrial law are to be effected under the new Factories Act, which comes into fore on Friday. One of the principal ...

    Article : 371 words
  15. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

    The great tropical "low" over Queensland has moved but little during the last 24 hours, but it is gradually taking on cyclonic outlines, and may be expected to ...

    Article : 294 words
  16. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Cornelius Caine, late of Swanwater, farmer, who died on 4th December, left by will dated 11th December, 1913, [?]4866 realty and [?]420 personalty to his widow and children. ...

    Article : 30 words
  17. THE CENSORSHIP.

    PROSECUTION OF A NEWSPAPER. The methods of the censorship system were the subject yesterday of a further statement by the Minister of Defence. ...

    Article : 282 words
  18. BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 125 words
  19. "THE LEADER."

    The illustrations in "The Leader" this week may be pronounced of a varied character. There is a motor bus picture, showing Collins-street looking west, which gives ...

    Article : 403 words
  20. DRIVER'S FALL PROVES FATAL.

    On Christmas eve Michael O'Callaghan, a driver, employed at a quarry at Clifton Hili, was observed by a little girl to fall forward from the lorry he was driving. ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. THE GERMANS AT COMPIEGNE.

    An old doctor, native of Alsace, who has been practising for many years at Compiegne, refused to leave the town at the approach of the Germans. He remained ...

    Article : 864 words
  22. RAINFALL COMPARISON FOR MELBOURNE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 words
  23. Victorian Branch.

    The following contributions have been received by the hon. treasurer of the Victorian branch Red Cross Society, Mr. John Grice, Metropolitan Gas Company, Melbourne:--Amount previously ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. RIVER GAUGINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 371 words
  25. GIRL DROWNED IN A BATH.

    Hephizibar Dixon, 12 years, who lived with her parents at 292 Milier-street, North Fitzroy, met her death on Sunday last in an extraordinary manner. She was having ...

    Article : 150 words
  26. THE BELGIAN NUNS.

    Eight or nine of the Sacred Heart convents in Belgium have been destroyed by the devastating Germans. When the call for assistance came one of the first to ...

    Article : 293 words
  27. FORECASTS.

    (issued at 9 p.m. Tuesday, 29th December.) VICTORIA.--At first unsettled and sultry in the far east and north east with some rain; cool and showery south of the Divide, chiefly near the coast, ...

    Article : 216 words
  28. SENIOR CADETS IN CAMP.

    The quiet reaches of the Upper Yarra are now the scene of military operations upon a small scale. Khakee figures move to and fro amid the gum trees and over ...

    Article : 264 words
  29. CHILD DIES FROM EATING UNRIPE FRUIT.

    A magisterial inquiry was held at Williamstown yesterday by Mr. R. Stone, J.P., into the death of an infant named Horace Bessinger, three years of age. The child ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. THE RAILWAYS.

    The Minister or railways yesterday notified that Orders in Council had practically been put through to provide additional sums of money to carry on with expedition ...

    Article : 67 words
  31. ELDERLY MAX DROWNED.

    Early yesterday morning the body of an elderly man was seen floating down the Yarra river near the Morgue. A boat was obtained, and Constable Speed removed ...

    Article : 69 words
  32. CASTLEMAINE LOCOMOTIVES.

    The second locomotive completed by Messrs. Thompson and Co., of the local foundry, to the order of the Railway department, steamed out of the workshops ...

    Article : 51 words
  33. STORMS IN SOUTH SEAS.

    The telegraph manager in Sydney reports having received from the Pacific Cable Board further details of the recent severe gales and floods among the islands of the ...

    Article : 145 words
  34. ASTRONOMICAL MEMORANDA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 words
  35. MR. FISHER IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia, was tendered a civic reception here to-day. The mayor of Auckland, Cr. Parr, said the visit was most opportune. ...

    Article : 422 words
  36. TWO FUNDS TO CLOSE.

    Some misconception has arisen through the Lord Mayor's announcement that the Patriotic Fund will be closed at the end of this month. That has been interpreted ...

    Article : 172 words
  37. WAGGONER FOUND UNCONSCIOUS.

    At 5 a.m. to-day Thos. Wood, of Alexandra, was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state. About 1 a.m. a man named Lawson saw a pair of horses ...

    Article : 85 words
  38. MAJOR PLANET'S.--December 30.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 44 words
  39. ELMORE-COHUNA RAILWAY TRUST.

    At a meeting of the Elmore-Cohuna Railway way Trust it was agreed not to hasten payment of compensation to landholders on the line. The trust considered it was ...

    Article : 89 words
  40. OFFICIAL RAINFALL RECORDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 347 words
  41. NAVAL CADETS AT JERVIS BAY.

    At the end of January the naval cadets of the Commonwealth will start their work in the new college at Jervis Bay. Arrangements for their reception are now ...

    Article : 120 words
  42. BENDIGO CARTER'S DEATH.

    The inquest concerning the death of Samuel James Bruce, a carter, who died in the yard at Steward and Hunter Bros.' cordial factory, in M'Crae-street, on ...

    Article : 162 words
  43. SWAN HILL'S POOR TRAIN SERVICE

    The mixed train evil is fully demonstrated in the Swan Hill service, and has reduced business to a chaotic state The train arrives at most unexpected times. ...

    Article : 92 words
  44. PASSENGER LOST OVERBOARD.

    A saloon passenger, Mr. W. H. Berry, was lost overboard from the steamer Moeraki on the voyage from Wellington to Sydney. Berry, who is supposed to have ...

    Article : 105 words
  45. HELP THE BELGIANS.

    Sir,--Now that the Patriotic Funds are closing, may I, through the medium of your paper, appeal to the ever- generous public to still help the homeless and starving ...

    Article : 277 words
  46. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    Sir,--It was with a feeling of delight that it read this morning in your much-valued columns two letters on the subject of free railway passes for our sailors in the R.A.N. ...

    Article : 492 words
  47. WORK AND WAGES.

    The first conference of the federal executive of the General Textile Workers' Federation of Australia was held at the Trades Hall, Geelong, on Saturday last. ...

    Article : 197 words
  48. HOLIDAY MAKER'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    A very sudden death occurred here last evening. A young woman named Mary A. G. Wyett. 22, who resided at Brunswick, was walking along the new pier when she ...

    Article : 60 words
  49. FIRE IN A BRISBANE SHOP.

    A fire broke out in Gallagher and Co.'s drapery establishment in Queen-street, today, but the flames were soon got under control. The stock, which was ...

    Article : 57 words
  50. NEW SOUTH WALES STATION REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 words
  51. SPECTATOR INJURED BY WOOD CHOPPER'S AXE.

    Whilst one of the wood choppers was trimming a log at the local sports yesterday, Mr. C. O'Connor, of Carrajing, slipped whilst in front of the competitor's axe. He ...

    Article : 57 words
  52. ALLEGED ROBBERY IN COMPANY.

    Three young men, named Alexander M'Ivor, George Barry and Les. James Hore, of respectable appearance, were charged at South Melbourne court yesterday with robbery in company of a watch and ...

    Article : 98 words
  53. ELDERLY MAN FALLS OVERBOARD.

    William Henry Hammond, 70, a drover, fell overboard from the steamer Hunter on the passage from Newcastle to Sydney at 4.30 a.m. to-day. The vessel put back, ...

    Article : 42 words
  54. THE POLICE COURTS.

    Before Mr. W. Johns, J.P., at Fitzroy yesterday, Thomas Butler, a young man, was charged with having behaved in a riotous manner on Christmas eve. Constable Ballantine stated while ...

    Article : 118 words
  55. PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL.

    BUNYIP.--The cool weather during the past week his given a great impetus to the onion and potato crops on Kooweerup Swamp, and a splendid season is assured. ...

    Article : 48 words
  56. QUEENSLAND STATION REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 561 words
  57. "ONE MAN ONE JOB."

    At the last meeting of North Fitzroy branch P.L.C. Mr. R. M'Millan criticised at length the order of the Postmaster- General (Mr. Spence, M.P.) prohibiting ...

    Article : 144 words
  58. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Your article directing attention to the very considerable decline--almost a total cessation--in the contributions of goods or money to help to mitigate the ...

    Article : 115 words
  59. MEMBER OF FISHING PARTY DROWNED.

    A sad drowning fatality occurred last evening at the locality known as Number Two Rocks. Five young men were swept by a huge wave from the rocks, from which ...

    Article : 69 words
  60. COCKATOO DOCK YARD DISPUTE SETTLED.

    The dispute at Cockatoo naval dock yard has been settled. Representatives of the men waited on the general manager today, and announced that they had held a ...

    Article : 86 words
  61. Advertising

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    Advertising : 180 words
  62. SCOUTS AT BALNARRING.

    A detachment of 45 of the Second Carlton Imperial Boy Scouts, under scout master Corben, arrived at Mornington on Christmas day on their way to Cole's ...

    Article : 93 words
  63. CADETS IN CAMP.

    One hundred and fifty cadets, drawn from Camperdown, Terang, Colac, Warrnambool and Cobden, are in camp at Port Campbell. They left by train on Saturday, ...

    Article : 82 words
  64. MELTON, Tuesday.

    During the last four months the working party of the district has made and sent to the Red Cross Society the following:--232 articles of flannel clothing, 185 ...

    Article : 67 words
  65. CLONCURRY MINES TROUBLE.

    The men employed by the Hampden Cloncurry Co. have refused the company's terms. The company is now paying full wages, the same as formerly, while copper ...

    Article : 37 words
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