Yesterday's fruit markets were remarkable by reason of the extremely short supplies. Apples, which comprised the bulk of the offerings sold at up to 17/- per case ...
Article : 231 wordsGeelong's 'flu census rose on point yesterday. Admissions exceeding discharges by one. The figures were: In, 2, out, 1; remaining, 10. ...
Article : 322 wordsAt 11 o'clock yesterday morning the ex[?]ve officers of the unions affected by the Seamen's strike saw the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt. ...
Article : 1,421 wordsIn a statement which he made yesterday, Mr. Prendergast, M.L.A., State Opposition [?]ader, contended that there was no necessity for half the restrictions imposed upon ...
Article : 774 wordsMr. G. J. Dethridge, who has been appointed a Royal Commission to enquire, among other things, into the methods [?] engaging wharf laborers for work on ...
Article : 654 wordsGeelong builders' laborers have decided to approach employers with a view to settling the dispute between them. They asked by loiter yesterday for a conference. The ...
Article : 257 wordsParis, June 2nd.—At the Chateau of St. Germain, when the Allies' peace terms were presented to the Austrians, M. Clemenceau stated that he was portant articles. His tone was less cold than at Versailles, and the speech did not contain an ominous reminder of the terms they must expect, as did ...
Article : 376 wordsMany residents of the Lara district have been inquiring whether it is the invention of the Geelong Water Trust to proceed with the extension of Lara when the ...
Article : 209 wordsChaplain Neville has been on a short un[?] tour, at which he gave addresses on his war service, and appealed for proper repatriation of the diggers. He went first ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Geelong Wharf Laborers are not interested in the Melbourne laborers' dispute, as there is no picking-up bureau here. There are no Geelong men attending the inquiry ...
Article : 992 wordsThe Soldiers' Club now has its visitor's book. Mrs. Arthur Woolcort, C.B.E., who gave it, retained it to obtain the signatures of the French ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Rev. C. E. Edwards will probably remain in Geelong, acting Vicar of St. Paul's Church, until the Rev. W. E. Wood is free to take up the work. Mr. Edwards, ...
Article : 138 wordsParis, June 3rd.—It is anticipated that the Allied reply to the German counter proposals will be handed to the Germans at the end of the week, ...
Article : 58 wordsCommenting upon the difficulty of some of the Shire Councils in obtaining returned soldiers for work under the Repatriation grant, the secretary of the Ocean Road ...
Article : 213 wordsParis, June 1st.—A message from Copenhagen says that a correspondent telegraphed that Petrograd had been taken by the [?]sthonians and Finns. ...
Article : 28 wordsSimla, June 9th.—The village of Ba[?]nber, south of Peshawar, was suspected of harboring had characters, and was therefore surrounded by ...
Article : 177 wordsSix seamen having volunteered to man the vessel, the coast steamer Moonah will leave Melbourne for Lorne, Rye, Ap[?] Bay and Port Campbell. She will be the ...
Article : 162 wordsMr. Jas. Galbraith, who is doing practically the whole of the canvassing in connection with the Karadinia Park sports scheme, continues to meet with success. Quite a ...
Article : 86 wordsA petition has been sent to the Mayor of Geelong West, Cr. G. F. Moreland, J.P., by the ratepayers of the borough, requesting him to convene a p[?]ne meeting for ...
Article : 90 wordsIn conti[?]ance of their policy of terror[?]sing loya[?]sts, seven masked men, presumably unionists, at about 8 o'clock on Wednesday night attacked a loyalist worked ...
Article : 411 wordsWhen the influenza e[?]demic increased the number and the amount of pre[?] the strike is having an opposite effect. Insurance companies are finding that people ...
Article : 94 wordsHenry Conolly 12 years, Maude-street, railway gatehouse, was playing football so strenuously that he gashed his knee to the extent of a need for five stitches. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe President of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures, Mr. J. Cuming, yesterday referred to the allegation made in extreme [?] that temployers generally ...
Article : 131 wordsMessrs. J. Hill, L Walter, G. F. Moreland, D. Rhind and T. Spowart were on the bench at the Police Court on Thursday. An order against a man since deceased for ...
Article : 66 wordsSir,—In reply to your paragraph of the 12th inst. on "Why Elingsen [?] Not Play on King's Birthday, I desire, with you[?] kind permission, and in fairness to my[?], ...
Article : 333 wordsThe steamer War Fantail pulled out into the stream yesterday morning and sailed in the afternoon. Owing to a hitch in the supplies of wheat going forward to the ...
Article : 124 wordsThe following news matter appears on Pages 5 and 6:—Country News, Friendly and Debating Societies Obituary, U.S. Brewers Defy Mr. Wilson, Leigh Shire ...
Article : 89 wordsAn aviation squadron comprising three Sopwit[?] and four A[?] ma[?], in charge of Capt. [?] M[?]mara, V.C., accompanied by Lieut. J. ...
Article : 334 wordsIs [?]till watching against the influenza and Dr. Piper, the medical attendant, rings every day to see if "all's well." Luckily his services are no longer required. But for ...
Article : 102 wordsWhen in Melbourne on Thursday, Mr. R. Parnell, M.L.A., explained to the Premier the success that was attending the efforts to raise money for Barwon River ...
Article : 241 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the State Executive Council the term of Mr. C. E. Norman, as Chairmen of the Railway Commissioners, was extended to September 30th ...
Article : 208 wordsParis, June 3rd.—General labor unrest in France is growing. There are 500,000 people on strike throughout the country. Of these 200,000 are ...
Article : 46 wordsThe promoters of the new glass [?]dustry are well pleased with the support accorded. Several leading citizens have promised to take shares, in many cases ...
Article : 14 wordsSir.—Ballarat has thought fit to honor her soldiers by planting an avenue of trees. Why not Geelong? A splendid approach to our city would be an avenue from the ...
Article : 216 wordsWinnipeg, June, 11th—A serious riot occurred to-day in connection with the general strike here. A crowd of strikers attacked a number of war ...
Article : 54 wordsThere was on good deal of discuss[?] "Observer's" letter in the "Advertiser" yesterday, expressing the opinion that advocates of the cause of temperance were in ...
Article : 214 wordsBrisbane.—Acting [?] Hunter announced yesterday that three new stations in the west had been acquired Keer[?]goola, at [?] ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Fri 13 Jun 1919, Page 3
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