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Newspaper

Geelong Advertiser

Location

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Date

Dec 27, 1913

Page

4

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Christmas Gifts Aid Geelong Seamen and Community

The Geelong Sailors Rest thanks donors and volunteers who provided gifts and a Christmas tree for seamen. Contributions from Misses Lesaght, the Sheridan sisters, and numerous locals funded treats, biscuits, flour, eggs, and toys. A holiday fund drive by local grocers and bakers raised funds, while the station saw brisk Boxing Day traffic with trains crowded and revenue surpassing last year.

Sisters of Merez Sc. Catherine's Girls Orphanapetreat Miss Lesaght Lily Wily Sheridan Kelly JW Miss Barry Aire. Grellis Jags F. O'Brien Grocers’ Association Por A. Butcher LVS F. A. Marendaz Ig. Lamand Mord. Bayley Ireheay HL. Chan. Norlin Alma Vera O’brien M.moylan Iinse Crownbill M. and Moloney A. Chamberlin T. Scully W. Brown Bizray Trant Wittie Farre Geelong K. W. Hudson Geelong Hospital As Master’ Grocers’ Association Geelong Master Bakers’ Association Ballarat Melbourne

Sailor Stabbed On Yarra Street Pier

On the Yarra street pier last night Jamies Doran aged 23 of the s s Noonoo warra was stabbed in the back by an unknown assailant. Doran and mates were seated when the sailor attacker accused him of fighting with seamen from another ship. Doran denied it and was seized, then stabbed as the assailant fled. He was treated by Dr. Bell and sent to hospital. Senior Constable Douglas is seeking the offender with a vague description.

Yarra-street Jamies ‘Doran S.s. Noonoowarra Ani Doran Tioran Bell Douglass

Geelong Obituary Notice and Local Dispatches

A Geelong area column lists residents and visitors with moves and honors. Personal notices detail D Richards illness, Rev Griffiths return from Raith, the L Renauw family back from America for a wedding, and J Bartlett receiving appreciation through a cheque. Arthur Alfred Cools takes a new high engineer post on the frontier Dorset voyage. Mary Gibner mourns at Geelong Hospital after a typhoid illness, death bringing sorrow to the Trades Hall circle.

D. Richards Webh Wueensla Chiles Ernstanl Ter C. Blockart Repir von Meads Juts W. Gritiths Gormerly J. Dbartlere All Saints' Church Snowtown A. Whiteler Precutor Kelly St. Pauls Cathedral Melbourne Bartlett Arthur Alfred. Caols A. L. Cook Geelong Dorset Corio Alabourng Cook J. C., Brown Satterly North Shore Gordon Weehinical College Jas. P.gibner Mary Eléspital

Boxing Day Activities in Melbourne Feels of Holiday Warms

Melbourne crowds joined Boxing Day excitement as wind shifts brought warmth and changeable weather. Excursions by steamships ferried thousands to seaside resorts while the Victoria South Australia cricket match opened at the Melbourne ground. The Cross League jubilee and Irish concert drew audiences as theatres offered matinees and evening performances. A dramatic river incident saw three Bombala firemen desert mid voyage and three aboard the ship reported missing before two volunteers reboarded to help. the vessel later found two firemen short.

Chrittams Bay Mourilyan Courier Cooges Hygeia Ozone Weerpona_ sill Port Phillip Ned Melbourne Cricket Ground Victoria South Australia League of ‘the Cross Maétton Hellene Cvenice Bombala Sydney Wiliamstown Vesel

Russian Reuter's Telegrams on Siberian Vendetta Tale

Reports from St Petersburg describe vast rumors of a great Siberian discovery. Gangs of adventurers clash with police. guards slain during robbers’ siege. An army lieutenant is guarded to prevent reprisals by a Caucasus brigand family. Zelim Shan’s camp aided a siege against brigands. Now vendetta fears rise.

Petersburg Siberia St. Petersburg Lange Nugvers Yuniserle Nasmelimthks Miritinse Kibboll Ihan Sibiroff Zelim Shan Zelim Kliou

Coroner's Jury Strikes Fire Fatal Child Inquest

London December 25 The coroner in Omagh Tyrone case refused medical evidence citing personal responsibility for the doctor’s fee and directed a verdict of fatal burning. The jury objected and was locked in a dark room without food until the coroner relented after four hours and summoned a doctor.

London Omagh Conmity Tyrone

British Strike Activity At London Wharves Near Christmas

London reports considerable wharf activity amid a ongoing strike with signs of progress. Strikers are expected to return to work on Monday as relief efforts continue. In Leeds four hundred gas workers resume work next Monday after stoppages. The Londons relief ship provided extra Christmas allowances to families of strikers.

London Strawj

Steamship Combine Forming Commonwealth and Dominion Line

The amalgamation will unite T Royden’s steamship Amalgamation Q with Indra line vessels and five ships from the Star line Corry and Company. No public share issue planned. The new line will operate after April with fortnightly calls at Tangiers before Marseille and on return journeys from Australia with Tangiers calls.

Royden’s_ steamship Indra Line Dha Star Line Corry and Company Commonwealth and Dominion Line Australia Tangiers Morocco Marseilles Rom

Stag Home for Girls Opens in Four Cities

Hostels for women and girls funded in memory of W T Stead, Titanic victim, open today in Westminster Hoxton Leeds and Bath. Two more East London hostels planned. If funds grow, additional homes will offer lodgings at four shillings per week, aiming to be self supporting with international contributions from South Africa and New Zealand.

London W. T. Stead Review of Reviews Westminster Hoxton Leeds Bath South Africa New Zealand

British Christmas Weather And Relief Figures

London on December 26 reported a bright sun and frozen streets as Christmas festivities ran full swing. The city saw broad attendance at services and family gatherings while relief figures showed 102,887 receiving aid in London and 732,894 in workhouses with 29,928 receiving outdoor relief, a decline but viewed as disappointing.

London Teudun St. Mare's Sandringham Ticheate

Beal Cargo From Africa Reaches Wellington Amid Labor Turmoil

Beal’s first Africa cargo of 7000 tons arrived on Wednesday at Wellington. A 1000 ton Sverro shipment from Newcastle and a 3009 ton load planned for next week. Arbitration unions form as towns report improved business with strike fallout easing.

Wellington Africa Newcastle

Fireproof steel Lenin tests in railway protection

In view of recent disasters the Tisneyshire and Yorkshire Railway Company test fireproof steel Lenin equipped with emergency pyits. Gun reservoirs gain automatic valves to prevent van escape. Ved from Paris to air via Beiri with 27 miles to Cairo. 120000 Bulgars destitute due to Balkan wars and severe weather. Trouble brews in Armenia as reforms lag and arms move from Canossus into the region.

Firi Proof Stredtran London Tisneyshire and Yorkshire Railway Company Bal Katis Tarte i Belgaria Ik Weine Armenia Canossus

Bishop Moorhouse 1st Retirement in Quiet Life

The aged Bishop Moorhouse, once head of Manchester, lives quietly at Poundisfer Dirk. Born November 11, the 87 year old scholar reads theology, philosophy and lighter literature daily. Visitors from Australia recall his influential clerical career and his enduring vigor in old age.

Chirehizan Bether Australia Eakey Moorhouse Disho Melbourne Sus Ralia Ube Seo Manchester Hps Poundisfer Dirk Thidor Amstradia

The Cardinal's Will Question in Rome Courts

December 26 Rome reports Cardinal Rampulla's 1899 will leaving £10,000 awaiting probate due to pending litigation. Princess Alberi, widow of the Duke of Campobello and the late Cardinal's nephew, claims a later will favors her son and that she is guardian. A search for Glis's will has yielded no results, and the Princess has lived apart from her husband.

Rome Rampulla Alberei Duke of Campobello

Sewcastle Miners Fidget Over New Year Work Plan

Fragmented report notes miners in the Sewcastle area resisting the New Year afternoon shift as coal demand rises. Widespread hesitation and possible sympathy action loom if Slobburn refuses to work, while Feers and other pits press for progress. the scene shows tension over winter coal operations.

Feers

Emotive conference for TEA.CILS women in Victoria

A December report notes a conference of TEA.CILS women’s branches in Victoria. Representatives from Geelong and other areas planned sessions at Cathedral Hall, with emphasis on organizing activities for the new year and forthcoming events.

Geelong CILS Victoria Geelong Brancs Walsit Ceary Tran H. Thacker Rericstreat

American trade slack and wartime fears in late December

A New York dispatch notes broad business slack amid tariff and ear tax changes, with unemployment fears lowering demand. It mentions wage inflation needing restraint to reduce living costs, plus scattered notes on Paris hospital patients, Sikorsky's aircraft, and headmaster attitudes toward pronunciation reforms.

New York America

Treat Pimples With Cutanea Ointment Method

A compact guide promotes Cutanea Ointment and Cattenra Soap for pimples, blackheads, and rough skin. It claims minutes of use can reduce inflammation, irritation, and visible blemishes, with additional cleansing steps using water and other products. The text reads like a household remedy column.

Willy Cattenra Mileoriy Tinyna

Granby FCT Meets and Drives Hard in The Favor Grad

Fragmented OCR text notes Granby FCT events and drives, referencing a meet and drivers. It mentions hopes for a victory and possible ironies or tensions surrounding the event, with limited readable details about participants or affiliations.

Granby

A Batch of Disasters on Sea and Land

A serious railway accident at Gromingon yesterday left five killed including the prime minister’s son and twelve injured. A sea disaster near Morocca reported one sailor wounded. In Copenhagen a storm sank three fishing boats, nineteen drowned.

Hague Gromingon Vas Y Linder Gibraltar Derombey Ih Liverpool Port Saahag Moracca Mars Toxbrugh Necnseany Copenhagen Toramboy Thorshabn

Explosion at Torre Annunziata Fireworks Factory

A terrible explosion occurred today at a fireworks factory in Torre Annunziata, 12 miles from Naples. Several workers were killed or badly injured in the blast with many fed outright.

The Nervous Factors Women Health Discussion in London

Dr. Shaw leads a London Institute talk on The Nervous Factors in Women's Health, debating how outdoor life and dress affect female physiology and psychology. The piece surveys shifts in behavior, marriage, and gender roles, noting tension between propriety and modern sporting interests.

Chive Shave Lnstitute Asgiens London Shaw Royal Collee of Physicians Kaidl oWamer Fela Ovidi Viswal Interms Sofon Beronig Parry Alex Puzhh Altriiaa Patristiom Ero Wamam Ford Mike Hem Shordler Teunycon Jaon Womma Sante

Fatal Jinker Accident at Port Molhinene fete

Yesterday afternoon Mrs Hines of 83 Ross Street Port Molhinene hosted a fete with her children and Mrs Curtis. They planned a ride on a jinker when the vehicle became unstable. Mrs Curtis was knocked down and three others injured. One child died at the scene. the victim was taken to Melbourne Hospital. Authorities report a cautious investigation is underway.

Hines Ross-Street Port Molhinene Curtis Jinker Peng Cartis Certis V. Tres Melbourne Hospital Hove Tooele

Unclear OCR Health Patent Remedy Ad

An OCR fragment promotes a patent remedy for stomach and nerve ailments. It mentions Kernot's piles of heals and an eclectic formula claimed to purify the Wood and invigorate the system. The illegible text includes stray names, contact lines, and device-like phrases.

Chielowe

Stile Quibbles Over Town Hall Site Debates

A reader attacks Mr Bostock for quibbling over the Grammar School site versus a marked square plan for a new town hall. The piece recounts council meetings, private spending, and contested inspections, arguing the Advertiser’s stance on transparency and the proposed project’s cost and benefits.

Bostock Tusday Loewi Owing Vey Neon Gramtoar Hama Aluel Queblichiv Shaws— Wadsertiser Advertiser Lendar wAdvertiser LAWS SS and Advertiser N. Ews Times Quay Afr. Daird Councillara Pyrthy Lee Gielve Aninds Tunird Tartiemont Secara

Rough in Bass Strait with rough seas and damage

An officer describes a severe Bass Strait voyage with rough seas near Low Herd and Cape Nelson. Vessels Ulysses and Indarra faced heavy seas while others from Adelaide fared worse. Safe arrival noted despite damaged lifeboats and rolling decks from the storm.

Loongana Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Tinnever

Ballarat Saddler Walter Micha Dies After Illness

Walter Micha of Melia and Morrell saddlers died suddenly yesterday morning after attending a family gathering. Earlier, a two days match between Geelong Matting Association and Widbirat began at Ballarat City Oval with Geelong's Bo Nanizin leading scorers at stumps.

Walter Joseph Micha Melia Morrell Ruins Gealong Matting Association Widbirat Tallarat City Oval Bo Nanizin Wilkie I. Byrne Ball Howl

Opening of State Events and Public Expenses Report

The record lists numerous ceremonial openings and official visits across Victoria and surrounding districts, detailing costs for track openings, ministerial visits, royal ceremonies, funerals, relief efforts, and various commissions. Notable items include expenses for coronation preparations, railway screenings, floral wreaths, and conveyances for Legislative Assembly members.

Wirtsiusvown Marlinaent Uf Sumi Gunitiry Gutoranenk Soca Diriskeno Woorknin's Dali Conterswee Tasarion Worlarteny Muntvarile Symonds Channel Gippeland Ho Lady Fuller Ouyen Durrayville Hiway Legislative aAssembly Proms of Victoria King George V Monbulle I. O'Callaghan Pelce T. Gleeson Railway Department Sree Society Waa

Children Run The Little Commonwealth Court At Dorset Farm

A London correspondent describes a community of delinquent youths in Dorset’s hills where children aged‑outcasts run their own laws and standards. A girl judge presides with a clerk as complaints range from deceit and rough play to neglect and cleaning chores, with sentences like scrubbing tools and orderly bedtime. The court’s uniquely stern yet inventive rulings reflect emerging social consciousness among these youths.

London Mowerg Fat Batcombe England Dorsets Daily Chronicle Lia Commonwealth Jndee Trenkine Istance Coniivanrealth

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