A question has been raised as to the validity of the election of senators in Victoria. It has been pointed out that the Victorian Parliament last year passed a short act, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 wordsCaptain Collins, secretary for Defence, states that he has been authorised by Sir John Forrest, Federal Minister of Defence, to say that the ratee offered for the military ...
Article : 638 wordsThe Lady Loch, which left here last Tuesday week for the scene where the remaining bodies which were washed ashore from the Federal lay, returned to ...
Article : 229 words"The narrow-gauge railway from Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook should be the model for future lines of this kind in Victoria." This is the dictum of Mr. F. ...
Article : 627 wordsThe steamers Ouraka and Barrabool, whch reached Melbourne coal laden early on Saturday morning, and the ship Euterpe, which entered an appearance in ...
Article : 575 wordsThe floods at Koo-wee-rup are rapidly subsiding, but it will be Monday or Tuesday next before some of the settlers will be able to return to their homes. About 60 ...
Article : 485 wordsFurther observations of the comet, to be seen in the early morning eastern sky, have enabled Mr. Baracchi to state that it is the most brilliant seen since 1882. He ...
Article : 563 wordsWeather Chart, Saturday, April 27, at 9 a.m.— High atmospheric pressure covers Australia generally; the highest barometer readings being 30.4in. along the south coast, between Streaky Bay and ...
Article : 126 wordsA cable message was published in "The Argus" of Friday saying that the Earl of Onslow, Under Secretary for the Colonies, when speaking at the annual banquet ...
Article : 125 wordsWe have received the following contribution:— Mr. Harry Rickards's contribution to Miss Lottic Collins's benefit..........£34 1 0 in connection with this contribution Mr. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 187 wordsUniformity in the matter of conflicting Customs regulations is not to be obtained in a day, nor yet in six weeks, as the members of the Interstate Customs Conference ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 wordsA pleasant Sunday afternoon, promoted by the South Melbourne committee of the Federal Relief Fund, took place at the local town-hall yesterday. The mayor (Councillor D. M'Arthur) presided, and ...
Article : 134 wordsThe loss incurred by the various orchardists along the creek flats through the recent floods is very much greater than was at first thought. One orchardist alone had ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Interstate Conference of Commissioners and Registrars of Patents and Trade Marks is experiencing considerable difficulty in its task of endeavouring to ...
Article : 213 wordsAn interesting point under the Income Tax Act has been decided by Mr. Justice Hood upon a special case stated by Judge Hamilton from the County Court. The ...
Article : 434 wordsRecently it was stated in our columns that the officers of the Railway department, in commenting on the financial result of the narrow-gauge railway to Gembrook, ...
Article : 273 wordsThe following rainfall in New South Wales during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. on Saturday is reported:— Armidale, 13 points; Bathurst, 14 points; Cooma, ...
Article : 108 wordsOn Saturday afternoon Miss Nellie Stewart gave a matinee performance of "Cinderella" in aid of the pool children of Sydney. Despite bad weather, £206 was ...
Article : 53 wordsSir,—Referring to Sir John Forrest's remarks that no official intimation of the men's demands have been conveyed to headquarters or to the Minister, may I ...
Article : 221 wordsIt is more than likely that the unknown vessel reported as being ashore near Cape Liptrap was the barque Aldebaran, which arrived in Hobson's Bay from New ...
Article : 262 wordsVery heavy rains have fallen here since Sunday, the Government rain-gauge registering over 4in. up to Wednesday morning. The Yarra and Albert rivers have ...
Article : 109 wordsAt the Tamworth Circuit Court on Friday, Thomas Walter Brown, insurance agent, brought an action for libel against the Citizens' Life Assurance Company, the ...
Article : 103 wordsBoth Saturday and to-day were very wet days in Sydney, as evidenced by the fact that between 9 o'clock on Saturday morning and 9 o'clock on Sunday night 5in. fell. Rain has fallen over a ...
Article : 51 wordsRepresentatives of Western Australia in the Commonwealth Parliament are new reaching Melbourne. Mr. J. M. Fowler is one. He was elected for Perth ...
Article : 785 wordsIn the course of a speech at the complimentary picnic tendered to him by the Opposition, in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. G. H. Reid, M.H.R. the late leader, ...
Article : 257 wordsMr. Barton on Saturday met Messrs. E. G. Blackmore, clerk of the Senate, and Mr. G. H. Jenkins, clerk of the House of Representatives, and went through the ...
Article : 96 wordsAn interesting discovery has been made by Mr.A.N. Pearoson the Government agricultural chemist, in regard to the cultivation of beetroot for sugar-making ...
Article : 481 wordsAt the Central Criminal Court on Saturday Colin M'Donald pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with having, while master of the steamer Euryalus, ...
Article : 203 wordsA meeting of the Political Labour League was held on Saturday evening. The secretary (Mr. Stephen Barker) reports that a deputation of the Fitzroy branch waited ...
Article : 113 wordsTaking advantage of the stoppage of the Clarence mine, the levels which have been connected with the adjoining mines have been barricaded up to prevent means of ...
Article : 218 wordsMr. Barton gave further consideration on Saturday to the list of recommendations for appointment to the Parliamentary staff. Many of the recommendations were ...
Article : 53 wordsThe ship George T. Hay, which has been anchored off Cape Wollamai since last Monday, managed to get out of her awkward position yesterday forenoon, and ...
Article : 54 wordsSir John Quick, member for Bendigo, Mr. A. M'Lean, member for Gippsland, and Mr. R. Harper, member for Mernda, in this state, in the House of Representatives, have ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 417 wordsMr. Wm. Hall, a candidate for the Benalla and Yarrawonga seat in the Legislative Assembly, opened his election campaign at Thoona last night. Mr. W. J. ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Lady Loch has been making her periodical calls at the lighthouses on the eastern coast, and Captain Livingstone kept a sharp lookout on his return from ...
Article : 71 wordsThe census returns give the population of the Riverina municipalities as follows: —Hay, 3,013; Balranald, 759; Deniliquin, 2,642; Jerilderie, 744; Moama, 931; ...
Article : 64 wordsSir,—Having sent "The Argus" report of Mr. Trenwith's speech at Richmond on February 6 last, to Mr. George Howell, I hav received the following reply, dated ...
Article : 364 wordsSpeaking on Saturday with reference to Mr. Fegan's appointment as Under Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr. G. H. Reid, M.H.R., said he regarded the appointment ...
Article : 131 wordsSir,—Permit me to make a suggestion in your columns to the opera-going public. On Monday we are to have the privilege of hearing "The Flying Dutchman," and at ...
Article : 444 wordsTo-day the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new convent which is about to be erected at a cost of nearly £60,000 was performed by Archbishop Carr, ...
Article : 243 wordsThe census returns for the Wagga Wagga census district have been completed. They show that there are 12,674 males and 10,455 females, making a total of 23,129. The ...
Article : 198 wordsSir,—Under the above heading the Rev. Dr Bevan is reported in your columns to have said, at a meeting in Maryborough, "The Bible in State Schools League has ...
Article : 399 wordsMr. Barton has not yet acknowledged the receipt of the letter in which the state Premier, Mr. Holder, invited the Commonwealth Government ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 505 wordsThe Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Compnay's steamer Britannia arrived from London to-day, to lay the heavy end of the cable from the Grange to Cape ...
Article : 67 wordsSome time during the eaily hours of Saturday morning the bar of the Bristol Hotel, at the corner of Rathdown and University streets, Carlton, was raided by ...
Article : 119 wordsAmong the army of Workmen who are engaged in renovating Governmment-house for the fitting reception of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York two have ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 wordsKALGOORLE. sunday.—The lode in No.2 shaft of the OROYA SOUTH company's lease csontinues to open up well. Driving northward, at the 70ft. level, further batch assays of ore taken at ...
Article : 237 wordsA week ago the health authoritices were informed that a Chinaman in King street was Suffering from plague. Search was made, but the sick man could nowhere be found. ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Fitzroy Club Hotel, Brunswick-street was entered by burglars early on Sunday morning, and a quantity of whisky stolen from the bar. The licensee, Mrs. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 29 Apr 1901, Page 6
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