A successful concert by the pupils of St. Joseph's .Roman Catholic School, Brompton, was given in the schoolroom on Thursday, to raise funds to provide a bed for the wounded soldiers. ...
Article : 73 wordsBy the last mail the Hon. D. J. Gordon, M.L.C., received a communication from a friend in high official circles in England giving information in connection with ...
Article : 214 wordsThe recruiting officer at the Currie Street depot had a busy time on Tuesday morning, and were not able to deal with all the men eager to enlist. At 1 o'clock ...
Article : 97 wordsThe steamer Ballarat, with a large contingent of Australia's disabled soldiers. arrived in the Semaphore roadstead shortly after dawn on Tuesday. At about 7 a.m. the ...
Article : 1,219 wordsThe employes of the Bunyip Soap Company, limited, Southwark, met at noon on Saturday and made presentations to Mr. Robert Crompton (manager) and Mr. Joseph Crompton, who will ...
Article : 72 wordsThe State Military Commandant (Col. Sandford) and the District Naval Officer (Commander Burford) will attend a luncheon meeting of the Adelaide Chamber of ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Cyclists Ritle Club, one of the old established marksmanship organizations of the city, has said good-bye to men of its ranks departing for two of Britain's wars. The fact was recalled ...
Article : 712 wordsCapt E. T. Sexton, of the "famous 10th," has his left arm in a sling as the result of a shrapnel wound. He was not long in action on Gallipoli before he ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 348 wordsLong before the arrival at Wayville West of the special train carrying the homecoming warriors, an eager crowd had gathered at the eastern entrance to the ...
Article : 1,113 wordsMOUNT GAMBIER, August 2.—The committee which was appointed last week to arrange for a public recruiting meeting here held its first meeting to-night. The ...
Article : 138 wordsOn Tuesday Mrs. A. H. Seager, accompanied by two hospital workers, visited the steamer Ballarat at the Outer Harbour. In behalf of the Cheer-up Society ...
Article : 52 wordsLieut Col. S. P. Weir, V.D., of the South Australian 10th Battalion, had a very narrow escape from death. Writing to Mr. L. C. E. Gee, the Chief Registrar ...
Article : 235 wordsA satisfactory arrangement has been made between the Defence Department and the Nurses' Association regarding the allowance that is to be made to nurses for ...
Article : 308 wordsSome concern is being felt by the Defence authorities at the number of recruits who, having enlisted and taken the oath, have failed to report for duty after ...
Article : 57 wordsTo-day's attendance of volunteers at the central recruiting depot at the Victoria Barracks numbered 452, of whom 331 were passed as fit. This number was not as ...
Article : 182 wordsPte. P. E. Wilkinson, of B Section of the Australian 4th Field Ambulance, has sent to his parents at Mount Lofty a readable account of his experiences on ...
Article : 450 wordsAt a meeting of the Methodist centenary celebrations, which was held at Franklin street church on Tuesday morning, Pastor J. E. Thomas referred to the marking of ...
Article : 126 wordsWhen a youth named Frederick Charles Sloper appeared before Judge Eagleson at the Bendigo Court of General Sessions today, he pleaded guilty to having stolen a ...
Article : 347 wordsTV Rendezvous Cafe at Glenelg was crowded on Tuesday evening with members of the Glenelg Sailing Club and friends, who assembled to tender a farewell social to 10 clubmates, who recently ...
Article : 223 words"What do you think of war?" The question was put to Pte. W. A. Sheppara of the 10th Battalion. "Tip-top," he said with a relish for the ...
Article : 276 wordsIn reply to a demand made by an All British Association meeting, for the removal from positions of alien enemy subjects employed in the Government service ...
Article : 251 wordsThe Secretary of the South Australian Cricket Association has been advised of three additional players from the North Adelaide B Grade Cricket Club who have enlisted and gone to the ...
Article : 197 wordsA bill has been introduced in the Legislative Assembly by the Attorney-General (Mr. Mackinnon) to give full effect in the State to legislation already passed by the ...
Article : 102 wordsThe first of a series of Cheer-up concerts was given in connection with the new military camp at the Jubilee Exhibition, in the Y.M.C.A. Hall on Monday night, and was greatly appreciated ...
Article : 72 wordsAlthough the trip in the Ballarat on the whole was a rough one, the men were all the better for the recuperative effects of the voyage. Some were still pale, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 511 wordsThe activity of the board of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company in the direction of producing munitions of war is not to be confined to the making of steel at the New ...
Article : 242 wordsMrs. Keily writes:—"The need for fynets for our soldiers is urgent and immediate. Lady Brown's suggestion "to make flynets of strong cotton net" has been acted upon, and a great ...
Article : 151 wordsA whole year gone, and yet these people still Refuse to realize that I am It The ruler of the world by right divine, By right of brains and military skill! ...
Article : 661 wordsAn Australian artillery officer, in a letter to The Morning Post, says, in reference to the fighting at the Dardanelles:—"I think we have done well with the guns. ...
Article : 307 words"I was struck in a wrist by shrapnel, and the tendons were ripped away." remarked Pte. G. R. Rambert a "Tenth" man. "I don't know," he added. ...
Article : 346 wordsMiss Racey Schlank writes:—"In reference to a letter I wrote recently, which was kindly published by you, in regard to bags for the belongings of our wounded ...
Article : 258 wordsAmid an affectionate group formed by his wife and children, Major Baker told in simple but graphic words the story of his part in the gallantry of Gallipoli. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,046 wordsInstructions have been issued by the Prime Minister's Department as a result of a decision of the Federal Cabinet that members of the public service serving at ...
Article : 87 wordsAn officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, told a friend at Southampton:—The saddest sight of my life was a young lad from the firing line, who didn't look a ...
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Advertising : 152 wordsAt the last general meeting of the South Australian District of the Australian Journalists' Association it was resolved that the Secretary (Mr. S. E. Pratt) should forward a letter to ...
Article : 257 wordsA member of a Victorian machine gun section, wounded in the back with a Turkish bullet, interested several travellers en route to Adelaide by train with in ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Wed 4 Aug 1915, Page 10
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