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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
4
Sir Thomas Mackenzie argues for a longer term as High Commissioner for New Zealand amid calls to extend wartime controls. Roberts, Food Controller, notes 32 million tons of produce stored since January 1918, over half meat, urging a policy of Empire supplies to end dependence on outside markets and avert price crises.
A Naples ecclesiastical meeting on April 3 carried a unanimous motion protesting reports of a March 28 meeting debating abolishing clerical celibacy. Mgr. Petrone and others signed the denial, asserting no such discussion occurred and reserving rights to legal action. The statement appears in the newspaper Agendi.
The Full Bench held that while an arbitration award remains in force, the Arbitration Court cannot entertain new claims on matters settled by the award. The April 1917 award set minimum rates for gas workers, with keepers to 1920, and the court refused to hear new disputes arising on broader topics, though it allowed doubt about clerks and night outdoor work. Justice Barton led the majority with others concurring. dissenters included Higgins and More Powers.
In Geelong the Chief Justice presided as trustees of a 1864 indenture sought dissolution. The Free Church of England faith waned and the church building served a different body. Court weighed distribution of funds to a charity, likely Geelong Hospital, with issues of religious object and proper recipient direction.
A discussion on applying a charitable trust to a religious object faced debate over proper purpose. The Attorney General objected to a permanent scheme but trustees favored directing funds to a local church related to the trust’s original aims.
Fragmented OCR notes Wellington budget items. Mentions per head debt figure 2190, references to the Act and names unreadable. Includes garbled words and stray phrases, lacking clear events or dates.
Dr Henry addressed prophetic questions at a school hall meeting as he warned of growing lawlessness and violence worldwide. He cited rising anarchy in Russia and unrest in Winnipeg while linking decline to church worldliness. Amos led solos and a Belmont quartet performed during the service.
At the Wednesday meeting of the Newtown and Chilwell Public Works Committee, progress on the resurfacing of Marnock Vale road was reported with an adjoining owner donating stone and a crusher to start next week. Plans for a £1600 barrel drain and a £200 Latrobe Terrace improvement were approved to be funded from near-year revenue, with several street widening and frontage agreements in progress. Other items included council involvement in grave supply logistics, opposition to a road widening proposal, and a conference on river access. the meeting adjourned with mayor Gr Laidlaw and Doctors Shannon Purnell and Frier present.
Mr J Dew repeated a lecture on the League of Nations for the AWNL branch after a prior popular talk to the veteran Guild. He outlined past Peace League efforts, cautioned against German expansion and urged civic support for a cooperative international order and civilised warfare rules.
The Royal Agricultural Society council appointed delegates to attend the Farmers Congress and Ballatration events. Appointees include D. WLennan MLA, Bar Syme, and Stex St. O.7 GibS, among others, for the Ist and 2nd sessions.
Fragments from a historical page show unreadable names and places. The readable portion hints at a local item or notice but lacks clear subjects or actions to identify.
Wool and knit fabrics advertised with various measurements and colors. Describes fleece lining, waist elasticity, sizes for women, and multiple price points per yard. Lists fabrics like cream, white, sky blue, and amethyst with 7 inch wide trim options. Indicates super quality and standard yardage bundles.
An old clipped advertisement page markets fountain pens and ink. It features product names like The Swan and Neptune with prices such as 12/6 and 6d. It promotes listening to W. J. Griffiths the pen expert and an event at Filly in a Plas.
Ladies' aide announces Ringwood gloves in navy brown and cream sold at 2/11 to 7 TM. Gloves are all wool and seamless, with smart heather cashmere options in women sizes.
Entertainments note for Geelong Theatre announces Mrs Charlie Chaplin appearing in Lois Weber’s For Husbands Only tonight. Six reel feature stars Toni Widle with untamed romance as Van D’Arcy, plus Carlyle Blackwell in By Hook or by Crook and Pathe News. Audience urged to enjoy the new production with music by Fred Earle’s orchestra.
A vaudeville act featuring Lieutenant Lee and partner is promised at His Majesty's Inentre with Asiatic wrestling highlights learned in wartime. The Sailors Rest concert featured Miss Cuttriss and Miss Hillier, with songs by J Hill, Gowry, Davis, and Dorothy Dungan. The program closed with a farewell hymn as crew members applauded and woollens were distributed.
The Bannockburn Shire Council met to discuss correspondence from the Treasury about Victorian stock and sinking fund additions, post issues, and costs. Debates covered gravel imports, motor vehicle taxes, mail service for Steiglitz and Durdinnarrah, and resisting Commonwealth postal centralisation. The council approved stone purchase, culvert costs, and road works near Meredith, while planning commemorations for fallen soldiers and delaying meetings to July 22.
Mir John Little Kasuia Mocrabuel street has been advised by the Defence Department that his comrade Seret Reg D Little is back from over three and a half years service aboard Port Napier. Letters from Lieut Norman Chain- Piutt report he was well and hopeful for Australia, while others like Cpl E V Haddresl and Pte H G Bowden prepare to arrive on transports. many families await reunions as furloughs and torpedoed service histories surface amid Melbourne and Geelong district notices.
Reports list multiple vessels sailing from the United Kingdom and leaving for Australia with Fremantle arrivals in June. Vessels include Kaiser-I-Hind Karigola Leicestershire Orar Soudon and others, with dates ranging May to June and port moves to Adelaide Melbourne Albany and Fremantle.
A fragile passage warns kidneys are dangerous and silent, urging early treatment to prevent death. It recounts Mr A Wanders from East Geelong praising Doan's Kidney Pills as relieving backache and pains, claiming the medicine aided his suffering and mobility.
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