Apparently the running of an art union out Port Fairy way is not all beer and skittles, or milk and honey, or cash and comfort. Some time ago, ...
Article : 317 wordsThe district at present is experiencing a most voluminous rainfall which is creating an abundance of mud everywhere, not to mention also ...
Article : 341 wordsIt is a safe conclusion to arrive at always that the hummer who talks or wrtes about "stiff uns" is stiff himself. If a "sport" has his bob on ...
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Advertising : 763 wordsMr G. J. Markman, Manager of the Port Fairy branch of the State Savings bank, has been transferred to the charge of the Donald branch and ...
Article : 222 wordsThe impression prevails in the minds of a few persons in Yambuk that the secretary of the local hospital (Mr Earle) is paid commission on ...
Article : 103 wordsA marriage of some local interest was quietly celebrated at the Anglican church, Warrnambool, on Wednesday the 23rd instant, the contracting ...
Article : 74 wordsThe matron specially thanks the following for donations (collected by Mr George Brown):—Mr G. Brown. I bag potatoes; Mr L. A. Dowie, ...
Article : 51 wordsA five seater touring Austin motor car is being raffled in aid of the British Red Cross Appeal, and applications for tickets, which are 2/6 each, ...
Article : 43 wordsMr H. S. Bailey, M.L.A. for Port Fairy, has been successful in obtaining the sum of £10 each for the Macarthur and Winslow free libraries out ...
Article : 40 wordsOn Easter Monday, at St Patrick's R.C. Church, Marton, North Island, New Zealand, Mr John Joseph Foley, eldest son of Mr P. Foley, County ...
Article : 66 wordsCaptain Richardson, Senior District Naval Officer, accompanied by a board of examining officers, arrived here to-day to conduct the annual naval ...
Article : 114 wordsNext to the Hon. J. C. Manifold, M.H.R., the most generous donor in this portion of the Western district is Mr W. H. Melville, of Hamilton, ...
Article : 83 wordsRevd Father O'Regan left Port Fairy this morning. He will undergo treatment for throat trouble at St. Evins Private hospital, Melbourne. His ...
Article : 144 wordsThe death occurred at Condah on Thursday last, May 24, of one of the oldest and most esteemed residents of the district in the person of Mr ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 wordsThe following programme was gone through by the pupils attending the local school on Empire day:—National Anthem, the Day We Celebrate, ...
Article : 87 wordsExtracts from letters received from Trooper J. Finn dated April 12th, 1917:—Egypt,—I received your last letters dated 27th February also a lot ...
Article : 411 wordsThe following letter was sent by Mr John Wren to the "Herald," Melbourne, on the 18th May, 1917, and published by that paper:— ...
Article : 249 wordsThe mail for the United Kingdom and the Expeditionary Forces closed this afternoon at one o'clock to allow of arrangements being carried ...
Article : 105 wordsAn enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of John O'Hara, who died from self-inflicted wounds last week, was held at the Hospital ...
Article : 136 wordsThe following letter has been received by one of the chaplains on the staff of the British and Foreign Sailor's society. It is a most pathetic ...
Article : 247 wordsIt is suggested that the Violet Town Mechanics' Institute be closed owing to lack of support. At a public meeting to consider the matter, Mr ...
Article : 122 wordsIt was thought that if the wet weather continued during this week, the Crossley picnic race meeting could not be held on the Kirkstall ...
Article : 51 wordsIt was not anticipated that much money would be available this year for marram grass planting in the borough owing to the belief that public ...
Article : 74 wordsAn important public meeting is convened by the Mayor for Thursday evening in the Town hall to make arrangements for suitably welcoming ...
Article : 314 wordsThe friends and well-wishers of Mr A. S. Rodgers the member for Wannon, in the House of Representatives, contemplate rendering him a social at ...
Article : 356 wordsThe Infant Child Welfare Conference at Sydney was opened by Lady Helen Ferguson on Wednesday. Her Excellency said that in two years and ...
Article : 145 wordsSir,—In connection with the above appeal, the committee wishes to reach a special section of the public in its request for gfts of produce for the ...
Article : 201 words"There are many different forms of stomach trouble," said a well-known specialist recently, "but practically all are traceable to excessive acidity and ...
Article : 177 wordsA large number of young people will foregather at Mr McLaughlin's barn, Toolong, on Wednesday night next, May 30, when a social takes place. ...
Article : 42 wordsA smart arrest was made on the Portland train on Friday morning last. A passenger was joining the train at Gorae, and applied to the guard, Mr ...
Article : 111 wordsThe belief that many municipalities are not rated adequately has impressed itself on the Minister of Public Works who is investigating the whole ...
Article : 178 wordsThe usual annual allocation of £450 out of the Charities' vote has been made to the Port Fairy hospital and Benevolent Asylum. The money will ...
Article : 386 wordsAn interesting brochure has been issued by the Orient company. It is called 'Scraps of Paper-German Proclamations in Belgium and France," ...
Article : 76 wordsReferring to the Peacock Government's proposals to increase freights and fares on the Victorian railways for the purpose of raising an ...
Article : 272 wordsThere would be less side skidding if cyclists would realise the fact that the driving impulses are applied alternately on left and right, so that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 wordsMajor Couchman is travelling Victoria in search of recruits for the Engineers' Unit. The Engineers' Unit is one where the men learn something ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 218 wordsMr A. De Bavay, the eminent analytical chemist of Melbourne, testified at the Supreme Court of Victoria that Sander's Eucalypti Extract compares ...
Article : 164 wordsOn Saturday, Mr S. Lacey, secretary of the Yambuk fair, handed to the hospital secretary £107 5/9, proceeds of the recent highly successful hospital ...
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Port Fairy Gazette (Vic. : 1890 - 1922), Mon 28 May 1917, Page 2
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