A very pleasant function took place at the Commercial Hotel yesterday at the conclusion of the Shire Council meeting when a complimentary dinner was ...
Article : 439 wordsYesterday was the hottest day experienced for the new year. The oppressive conditions were due to a strong northerly wind which sprang up ...
Article : 97 wordsIt is feared that the dispute between the coal miners and proprietors may develop into serious proportions. Reference of the question of the ...
Article : 128 wordsSix survivors from the wreck of the tank steamer Oklahoma. which broke in half during a fierce storm off Sandy Hook, reached New York to-day on ...
Article : 353 wordsThe "Standard" this morning returns to the subject of Mr. Lloyd-George's strong dislike to increased expenditure on armaments as revealed ...
Article : 203 wordsState Ministers say they feel certain that Mr. Watt, the Premier, will regain the Essendon seat by a majority of at least 1000 votes. but they ...
Article : 278 wordsMembers of the Country Roads Board are now engaged in preparing a scheme of roadway communication for the shires which take in the Otway ...
Article : 140 words9,284 buildings, worth £6,371,617, were constructed in Sydney in 1913. This is a record for the city. ...
Article : 30 wordsA woodcarter named J. Bright was prosecuted by Inspector Ritter at the Geelong Court on Tuesday for carting wood on the afternoon of Saturday, ...
Article : 147 wordsA heated discussion took place today it the meeting of the Board of Health. Members complaining of their want ...
Article : 105 wordsThe "Morning Post" states that the negotiations between Mr. Asquith and Mr. Bonar Law on the Home Rule question have proved abortive, Mr. ...
Article : 55 wordsDamage to the extent of £7,000 was done today by a fire at Robinson Bros.' garage, Kempsey. The plant and accessories were destroyed, ...
Article : 50 wordsPeter Buchanan, son of Mr. A. Buchanan, and P. Johnson had a narnow escape this morning when driving a milk waggon to Springfield. ...
Article : 70 wordsDavid Williams was, clubbed and robbed of his watch and chain by two men at Pyrmont this morning. He was treated at the hospital. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe widow of the late Sir Edward Moss, the well-known music-hall proprietor, who died in November, 1912, is contesting his will. She claims that ...
Article : 90 wordsIt is pleasing to note that the capabilities of Portland Bay for the deep-sea trade continue to be recognised, as shown by the advance in the size ...
Article : 93 wordsAn efficient system of registering private hospitals, whereby they will be placed under a competent central controlling body. is being devised by ...
Article : 263 wordsThe New Zealand estate of the late Sir. John Logan Campbell. of New Zealand. has been passed for stamp duty at £227.966. The death duties on the ...
Article : 710 wordsWilliam Condon was caught in the belting at Whiddon Bros.' tannery today. Both legs were broken and his head fractured. He succumbed shortly ...
Article : 36 wordsAbout 8000 people. including the Governor-General. today attended at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to see the American baseballers. The visitors ...
Article : 146 wordsThe chief feature of the evidence today at the court-martial at Strasburg on Colonel von Reuter was the sharp conflict between the statements ...
Article : 204 wordsThe output of the Colac Dairying Company for the month of December was 250 tons. as against 236 tons for the corresponding month of 1912. The ...
Article : 49 wordsThe two-storey residence of Mr. J. C. Wilkie, woolbroker, who is an inmate of a private hospital, was gutted by fire at Darling Point today. ...
Article : 77 wordsVery severe earthquake shocks have been experienced in Peloponnesus (that part of Greece which lies south of the Gulf of Corinth. The shocks ...
Article : 60 wordsA basket picnic will be held under the auspices of the Liberal Club and A.W.N.L in Jubilee Park on Saturday afternoon next. when political ...
Article : 61 wordsTwo dozen eggs were left at the "Standard" Office yesterday for the local Hospital. being one dozen each from Miss May Esam and Master ...
Article : 47 wordsMiss Irene Una Harris and Mr. Jack Castle Harris. of Mayfield. left Newcastle on Thursday with the intention of drivin" to Mildura. on the Murray ...
Article : 322 wordsThe last of the series of three billiard matches of 18,000 up between George Gray (Australia) and Tom Reece (England) was continued to-day. ...
Article : 75 wordsKenneth Smith, aged 19, fractured his spine through diving into two feet of water at the Semaphore Baths to-day. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe January number of the "Home and Garden Beautiful." a Melbourne journal devoted to house architecture and gardens. contains some very ...
Article : 88 wordsIt is notified that a ball and supper, in aid of the No. 2 Fancy Stall, will be held in the Panmure Mechanics' Institute on Thursday. 15th inst. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe marriage took place in Berlin today of the Hon. John Power Bertram Ogilvy Freeman Mitford.K.C.B., fourth son of Lord Redesdale.' and ...
Article : 155 wordsThe secretary of the Warrnambool Hospital desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a cheque for £2/10/ from the Pernetual Executors' ...
Article : 43 wordsA shopkeeper at Cro[?]don was yesterday fined £30. or three months imprisonment. for selling margarine as butter. He had previously been fined ...
Article : 47 wordsSpeaking at Pietersburg last night. General Botha said a Bill would be introduced next session to prevent strikers interfering with free ...
Article : 68 wordsBy the coastal steamer Casino, on Tuesday, 900 bales of wool from Port Fairy were landed in Geelong for the next wool sals on 22nd inst. In all ...
Article : 46 wordsThe trustees of the Friendly Societies' Park will hold their first entertainment in aid of the Park improvement fund next Tuesday night. ...
Article : 104 wordsOwing to the spell of dry weather, with occasional heavy wind, the late potato crops have been considerably affected, and unless rain comes soon ...
Article : 81 wordsThe "Daily Mail" says the poor response to the New South Wales loan indicates that acute congestion still exists. ...
Article : 51 wordsLord Edward Ward, Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the War Office, who was raised to the peerage on January 1, has resigned his ...
Article : 60 wordsA man named John Johnstone, employed on Mr. R. Skilbeck's threshing machine, met with a painful accident yesterday. The machine was ...
Article : 229 wordsAccording to evidence given by a constable at the Richmond Court today, the occupants of the State motor car were obscured by smoke in Bridge ...
Article : 122 wordsWeekly stock sales at Koroit by Messrs. O'Brien Bros. and Murch and Tavlor. Meeting of Ladies regarding ...
Article : 38 wordsThe "Neue Frei Presse" declares that the Triple Alliance has decided to accept Sir Edward 'Grey's proposals regarding the Aegean Islands. ...
Article : 28 wordsA terrible tragedy in sordid circumstances has occurred at Berdegal, in Spain. Senor Palacie, who died recently at ...
Article : 90 wordsMelbourne is like a hungry giant, ever receiving flocks of sheep and herds of cattle from the country. For the three months ended December 31, ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Eumeralla leaves Melbourne for Warrnambool on Monday at 4 p.m. The Casino leaves Warrnambool for Melbourne this day. at 5 p.m. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe wheat market is steady and prices unchanged. Business in cargoes is restricted. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe following weather forecast was issued at nine o'clock last night for today for Victoria by Mr. Hunt, the Commonwealth Meteorologist ...
Article : 42 wordsContracting tetanus through a sprig in his boot piercing the ball of his foot, John Beaton. seven years of age, died in the Hamilton Hospital ...
Article : 41 wordsThe ballot amongst the sailors and firemen of Dublin has resulted against a resumption of work. ...
Article : 22 wordsMr. G. S. Mackay advertises that he has £15.000 to lend in sums to suit borrowers. No commission will be charged. ...
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Advertising : 344 wordsThe boy, Henry Costello, knocked down last night at North cote by a motor car, died to-day in the Melbourne Hospital from a fractured ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. William Cecil, a son of the Rev. Lord William Cecil, brother of the Marquess of Salisbury, has decided to adopt a stage career. He is to ...
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The Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1872 - 1879 ; 1914 - 1918), Thu 8 Jan 1914, Page 3
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