A few weeks ago I was staying at a quiet, old, stone farmhouse, situated in a large, lightly-timbered paddock. In the morning, a pair of pretty, ...
Article : 483 wordsWith deep regret we record the death of another old and highly esteemed resident in the person of Mr. Thomas Compton, which occurred on ...
Article : 329 words[Whilst desirous of throwing open our columns for fullest discussion of matters of public interest, we do not hold ourselves in the least ...
Article : 67 wordsThe war has shown that while maintenance of armed forces for self-defence had been regarded by civilised peoples as a commonsense ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 wordsFurther enlistments from Portland for the A.I.F. are—O. Pumpa, K. Stevens, I. Pitts, G. Flowers, and T. Davis. ...
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Advertising : 1,163 wordsCommencing from to-day the bus service will leave Portland for Port Fairy daily at 1 p.m. (Sundays excluded) and for Mt. Gambier at 4 ...
Article : 40 wordsSir,—In reading your admirable report of the proceedings at the Council meeting on Tuesday last, I notice that Cr. Thomas very ...
Article : 231 wordsWord has just been received that Fergus MacLeod, D.C.M., brother of Mr. H. V. MacLeod, of Tyrendarra (both of whom fought in the last ...
Article : 32 wordsThe local Boy Scouts, in response to an appeal from headquarters, completed a successful drive for aluminium on Saturday, and as a result ...
Article : 65 wordsLieut.-Col. G. P. L. Drake Brockman, who last March was court marshalled and dismissed from the Army, has enlisted in the Canadian ...
Article : 84 wordsSir,—Sir Walter Scott wrote— "Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said, 'This is my-own, my native ...
Article : 292 wordsThe continuance of racing in the Western District during the war was considered by the committee of the South-Western District Racing ...
Article : 299 wordsIn its last issue the Terang "Express" says : "To one Terang resident goes a record which I think any man will find hard to beat. This ...
Article : 103 wordsWhy this lovely, melodious, little bird has been burdened with such a name is a puzzle. "Thick-head" is the English equivalent, of course, of ...
Article : 499 wordsIn the recent ban of publication and broadcasting of meteoroligical information there are apparent anomalies which restrict the ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Federal Government's rotary drilling plant engaged in the search fo roil at Nelson has now reached a depth of 2,258 feet in grey sand and ...
Article : 227 wordsA curious paradox present itself to-day in Victoria. With labor at a premium—men in some callings can not be obtained for love or money— ...
Article : 118 wordsSir,—Our position is perilous, but the danger can be vastly increased by unwise conduct. One of the prime moves of our enemies for ...
Article : 165 wordsAustralia Day found me at the annual gathering of the Portland Old Boys and Girls at the Fitzroy Gardens. ...
Article : 319 wordsIn the South African war more than forty years ago, an Africander officer fighting the British, captured a narmored train, and in it a ...
Article : 125 wordsThe second A.R.P. demonstration in Portland took place on Saturday evening, when the work performed by the various units was most ...
Article : 181 wordsThe victors of Gondor were congratulated by Lieut.-General Wethedai, acting G.O.C. East African Command, at a ceremonial parade. ...
Article : 174 wordsThe following rainfall figures are kindly supplied by Mr. J. C. FitzGerald:— Rainfall for the month of January ...
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Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), Mon 2 Feb 1942, Page 2
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