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  • "THE ARGUS" SPECIAL APPEAL £42,458/10/6 RECEIVED.

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  • LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL.

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  • MADAME MELBA'S CONCERT.

    Madame Melba's last appearance in Melbourne this season will be in aid of the above fund. The concert will be given at the Town Hall on Tuesday, April 27. The ... [Article] (74 words)
  • KING ALBERT BOOK CONCERT.

    The following artists have given their services for the King Albert Book concert to he held in the Town Hall on Thursday, May 13:—Misses Margery Grey, ivy Philips, Elsa ... [Article] (124 words)
  • RESPONSE IN THE COUNTRY.

    BENDIGO.—The mayoress (Mrs. W. Wilkie) received a letter from Mr. R. Nunn offering a quarter of an acre of land at Sebastian to be disposed of in aid of the mayoress's fund for the relief of ... [Article] (363 words)
  • MR. HOLMAN. NOT TO BE AGENT-GENERAL. 0

    SYDENY, Tuesday.—Before the opening of the Political Labour Conference, now in session, it was stated pretty freely in general talk on political affairs that the ... [Article] (190 words)
  • BARWON RIVER. INSPECTED BY BOARD OF HEALTH

    GEELONG, Tuesday.—Membrs of the Board of Public Health visited Geelong today to make an inspection of the Barwon River, about which many complaints have ... [Article] (153 words)
  • LATE SHIPPING NEWS. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    FREMANTLE (1,880 Miles).—Arrived.—April 13 —R.M.S. Omrab, from London. ... [Article] (21 words)
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  • FEDERAL FINANCE. TREASURER'S DIFFICULT TASK. CONSIDERABLE DEFICIT PROBABLE.

    At an early stage in the sittings of the House of Representatives the Treasurer (Mr. Fisher) will take an opportunity of acquainting members with the financial situation. ... [Article] (1320 words)
  • GENERAL CABLE NEWS. DISASTROUS COTTON FIRE. LONDON, April 13.

    A large quantity of cotton has been destroyed by fire in Naples. Six thousand bales were consumed, valued at £80,000. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. ... [Article] (65 words)
  • LAW NOTICES.—(This Day). SUPREME COURT. Practice Court (Before Mr. Justice A'Beckett.)

    In the matter of Charlotte A. Dowling (for judgment); in the matter of the trusts of the will of matthew M[?]hell (for judgement); chamber business and orders to review. ... [Article] (148 words)
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  • SATURDAY CLOSING. COUNTRY PROTESTS. OVER 100 APPEALS LODGED.

    Although the compulsory Saturday halfholiday has been in operation for only three and a half months in Victoria, there are already indications of a widespread ... [Article] (1183 words)
  • DEMAND IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—As the result of the recent beneficial rains in the country the Wheat Acquisition Board has received numerous applications for seed wheat. The ... [Article] (112 words)
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  • SEED WHEAT. STATE AID TO FARMERS. SERIOUS COMPLAINTS.

    SWAN HILL, Tuesday.—Yarraby farmers who had ordered seed wheat from the Government have had an unenviable experience. Receiving a notice that the wheat ... [Article] (284 words)
  • MURDEROUS ASSAULT. DEATH OF JAMES GREGORY. TWO MEN REMANDED.

    The two men. George Watson, 27 years of age, groom, and Charles Wilson, 23 years of age, labourer, who were arrested at Wangaratta on Monday on a charge of vagraney, ... [Article] (271 words)
  • CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES YARRA DROWNING CASE. RESCUER UNABLE TO SWIM.

    It was slated at an inquiry yesterday at the Morgue that Aubrey Bryce Douglas, the young man who was drowned in the Yarra after saving the life of a little girl on Easter ... [Article] (227 words)
  • FALL FROM A HORSE.

    While riding on horseback at Preston on March 30 Norman Embleton, 20 years of age, a navy paymaster, was unseated, and received terrible injuries through ... [Article] (77 words)
  • BOY DROWNED AT ELWOOD.

    When bathing off a raft near the foreshore at Elwood on April 4 Arthur Nightingale, aged 14 years, of Regent street, Elsternwick, went out of his depth, and was ... [Article] (101 words)
  • WOODCHOPPER SEVERS TOES.

    MIRBOO NORTH, Tuesday.—D. Hourigan, while engaged in a chopping contest at the Mirboo East sports, had the misfortune to strike his foot while delivereing the first ... [Article] (61 words)
  • KILLED BY HAMMER HEAD.

    WOLLONGONG (N.S.W.), Tuesday.— Thomas Wellings, aged 40 years, employed in the Port Kembla refining works, was killed almost instantly this morning through ... [Article] (65 words)
  • FUNDS FOR THE WAR. AUSTRALIAN PATRIOTIC FUND. "THE ARGUS" LIST.

    We have received the following additional contributions:—Previously acknowledged, £7,556/4/11; A. H. Williams, £1; and Cocos, 10/; total, £7,557/14/11. ... [Article] (31 words)
  • BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY. AUSTRALIAN BRANCH.

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  • LAWN TENNIS PLAYERS. AMBULANCE FUND.

    It has been decided to amalgamate the separate funds now being organised by the women and men tennis players of Victoira, by means of each of which it had been intended to present a ... [Article] (252 words)
  • LAKE BOGA FUNDS.

    SWAN HILL, Tuesday.—The Lake Boga District Patriotic Fund has been closed, £157/17/ having been forwarded to the Lord Mayor's Fund, and £12/1/6 to the Y.M.C.A. Field Service Fund. It ... [Article] (136 words)
  • CONTROL OF MOTOR TRAFFIC. DANGEROUS SPEED.

    Hugh McLachlan was charged at the Hawthorn Court yesterday with having ridden a motor-cycle at a dangerous speed on March 27. Constable Dunn said that he saw defendant riding a motor-cycle ... [Article] (94 words)
  • BOY'S LEG BROKEN.

    DALYSTON, Tuesday.—This morning, when riding to school, J. Carew, aged 13 years, had his leg broken above the ankle through his pony falling with him. He ... [Article] (66 words)
  • WRONG MAN ARRESTED. CAPE TOWN ROBBERY. BRAY DISCHARGED.

    Charles Joseph Bray, a steward, was arrested at Port Melbourne by Detectives Mulfahey and Sainsbury on Sunday on a charge of having stolen £700 at Cape Town ... [Article] (204 words)
  • INDUSTRIAL NEWS. AMALGAMATED TIMBER WORKERS. ANNUAL FEDERAL CONFERENCE.

    The fourteenth annual federal conference of the Timber Workers's Society has concluded its sittings in Melbourne, and many subjects of interest to the industry were ... [Article] (335 words)
  • FURNITURE TRADE SOCIETY. TARIFF PROTECTION WANTED.

    At the annual federal conference of the Furniture Trade Society, held in Adelaide, consideration was given to the need for an increased tariff on imported furniture to ... [Article] (195 words)
  • PROTEST AGAINST CONTRACT WORK.

    PERTH, Tuesday.—The Plambers' Union complains that the arrangement made by the Federal Government with the State Public Works department for the sewering ... [Article] (127 words)
  • TEXTILE TRADE.

    BALLARAT, Tuesday.—A meeting of textile workers at the trades hall to-night was addressed by Mr. McLaughlin, general secretary of the Textile Workers' ... [Article] (124 words)
  • BARRIER WAGES AGREEMENT.

    BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—The labour unions are considering the matter of the agreement with mining companies, which expires at the end of June. It is known ... [Article] (50 words)
  • BROKEN HILL HOTEL DISPUTE.

    BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—The trouble between the hotelkeepers and the employees union is now restricted to nine hotels. ... [Article] (21 words)
  • ST. KILDA RAILWAY STATION.

    At the meeting of the West St. Kilda Progress Association last evening, at the Beaconsfield Hotel, Mr. J. Rowan presiding, Mr. W. H. Matthews moved:—"That the ... [Article] (337 words)
  • SPORTING ITEMS. SYDNEY CITY TATTERSALL'S WEIGHTS. SATURDAY, APRIL 17. HURDLE RACE. About two miles.

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  • RICHMOND WEIGHTS. SATURDAY, APRIL 17.

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  • NEWSTEAD WEIGHTS. SATURDAY, APRIL 17.

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  • MACARTHUR HANDICAPS. SATURDAY, APRIL 17.

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  • MORRISONS AND ELAINE RACES.

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  • ROMSEY ENTRIES. THURSDAY, APRIL 22.

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  • SCULLING. NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—It is reported from Wanganui that the previous negotiations having fallen through, Hannan has issued another challenge to Webb for a match for £200 a-side and ... [Article] (78 words)
  • AMATEUR ATHLETICS. CARLTON HARRIERS.

    The annual meeting of the Carlton Harriers was held at the Amateur Sports Club on Monday, Mr. C. D. Henderson (vice-president) being in the chair. The annula report stated that all the teams ... [Article] (358 words)
  • TRIMMER STRIKES ENGINEER.

    Thomas Smith and Henry Cass, two young trimmers on the s.s. Afric, were charged at the Port Melbourne Court on Tuesday morning with assaulting the chief engineer of the vessel P. A. M. ... [Article] (185 words)
  • RACING CLUB DEFRAUDED.

    George William Coote, painter, a resident of Newmarket, was yesterday, at the Williamstown Court, charged with the larceny of 4/6, the property of the Williamstown Racing Club, on April ... [Article] (438 words)
  • LACROSSE.

    The committee of the Victorian Lacrosse Association met at the Amateur Sports Club of Victoria on Monday evening, Mr. W. W. J. Forster (chairman of commitee) presiding over a full ... [Article] (330 words)
  • THE GUN. M.G.C. PROGRAMMES.

    Wing shots generally are well catered for by the Melbourne Gun Club this week. On Friday the main events will be the C. J. Lane, of £5/5, for the Belgian Fund; a Members' Handicap, of £5; ... [Article] (78 words)
  • POLICE NEWS. CHARGE OF HOUSEBREAKING.

    Charles Turnbull, a young man, was charged at the Coburg Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. Waters, Roberts, and Norman, J.P.'s. with having broken into the premises of Mrs. Scully, in Walsh ... [Article] (243 words)
  • COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT.

    Madame Melba has given a gold medal for the winner of the champion soprano solo at the South street, competitions this year, which will be the society's silver jubliee. ... [Article] (392 words)
  • BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    The employees of the Bendigo Post and Telegraph Offices have agreed to contribute a regular monthly sum to be Bendigo Benevolent Asylum. It is stated that the contributions will amount to ... [Article] (313 words)
  • GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    The Rev. S. J. Hoban, for the past 12 months in charge of the Yarra street Methodist Church, but who has been appointed to the charge of the Sydney Methodist Mission, was on Tuesday ... [Article] (250 words)
  • WATER ILLEGALLY DIVERTED.

    SHEPPARTON, Tuesday.—Carl Hauff and Otto Hauff, two young blockholders on the Closer Settlement at Shepparton, were proceeded against by the State Rivers and Water Supply ... [Article] (257 words)
  • CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.

    CHILTERY, Tuesday.—At the Chiltern Police Court to-day, before Mr. J. W. W. Beave[?] P.M., Frank James Bowyer, who was arrested in Queensland by Detective Sullivan, and remanded to ... [Article] (127 words)
  • LEASEHOLDER'S LIABILITY.

    KORUMBURRA, Tuesday.—At the Country Court to-day, before Judge Eagleson and a jury of four, Louisa Leishman, of Dollar, sued Richard Greenwood Moyes for £60/18/9, for alleged breach of ... [Article] (181 words)
  • NORTHERN MUNICIPALITIES CONFER.

    BENDIGO, Tuesday.—A conference of country municipalitics was held at the town hall to-day for the purpose of discussing the advisability of forming a Northern District Municipal Association. ... [Article] (304 words)
  • CLEARING THE MURRAY BED.

    SWAN HILL, Tuesday.—A large number of men are at present engaged in the work of clearing the bed of the Murray in the vicinity of Nyah. It is hoped that they will be able to cut a ... [Article] (75 words)
  • DANGEROUS SCHOOLROOM.

    COLERAINE, Tuesday.—For many months the brick wall of one of the rooms of the Coleraine State school has been cracked, and lately the [?]ssure has [?] widened that the health officer condemned the ... [Article] (1529 words)
  • WONTHAGGI.

    The question of coal from the State mine being sold to the public was again advocated by the borough council on Monday night, and with a view to furthering a movement in this direction a ... [Article] (70 words)
  • INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  • PATRIOTIC EFFORTS.

    Her Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson has consented to open the autumn show of the Malvern and District Horticultural Socieyt on Saturday, 17th inst., in the Malvern Town Hall. ... [Article] (280 words)
  • CAULFIELD RIFLE CLUB.

    A meeting was held in the Caulfield Town Hall on Monday night, with the mayor (Councillor Eggleston) in the chair, and the necessary steps were taken to form the Caulfield City Rifle Club. ... [Article] (127 words)
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