A progress report of hte Committee of Public Accounts was laid upon the table. of the Legislative Assembly Yesterday. The Particular matters to which the committee ...
Article : 840 wordsRedistribution of Seats Bill read a first time.—Meran Racecourse Site Bill, Learmonth Land Resumption Bill, Surplus Revenue Bill, Municipal Endowment ...
Article : 903 wordsA large and enthusiastic meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. F. T. Derham was held in the supper-room of the Port Melbourne Town-hall last night, the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 114 wordsInstrutions are to be issued at once by the electoral authorities to the state electoral officials, that they are to advertise not later than Monday in two newspapers ...
Article : 53 wordsThe attempts in Saturday's "Age" to belittle Mr. T. Skene in the eyes of the farmers of the Grampians are laughed at here. Mr. Skene is accused of having endeavoured to ...
Article : 254 wordsAlthough some of the states have been behind hand in completing the federal rolls, the electoral authorities learnt by telegram yesterday that all difficulties having been ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 243 wordsA conference in connection with the Women's Liberal League of New South Wales was convened to-day, and a formidable business-paper prepared, but Mrs. ...
Article : 110 wordsLast night Sir William M'Millan addressed a very large audience in the School of Arts in furtherance of Mr. M'Lean's candidature. The chair was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 294 wordsMr. Knox addressed a large meeting of ladies in the Malvern Town-hall yesterday afternoon. Councillor Parslow occupied the chair, and there was nearly 200 ladies ...
Article : 222 wordsAs was generally expected, the nominations yesterday showed that the fight for the seats in both Houses of the Federal Parliament will be between the National ...
Article : 281 wordsThe alleged forced marriage case was finally disposed of to-day, the suit for the nullity of marriage by George Henry Webb against Maggie Maud Cheesbrough being ...
Article : 176 wordsColonel Templeton addressed a meeting in the town-hall, Prahran, last night, when about 250 persons were present. The mayor (Councillor Densham) presided. ...
Article : 893 wordsThe death of Mr. George Meares, C.M.G. which took place yesterday morning at his residence, Grosvenor, Glenferrie road, Malvern, will be learned with sincere ...
Article : 345 wordsMr. Charles Monteath held a public meeting of the lady electors of the St. Kilda division of the electorate, at the Presbyterian schoolroom. Alma-road, yesterday ...
Article : 138 wordsAn important question to shipowners and consignees of cargo was decided by Mr. Justice Owen to-day. Messrs. Briscoe and Co. had sued the master of the steamship ...
Article : 196 wordsSir.—Mr. Barbour's speeches, characteristically laboured and involved, seem to consist partly of the parrot-like repetition of the old exploded stock arguments used by ...
Article : 184 wordsMr. Max Hirsch spoke here for the second time to-night, the Mechanics'-hall being filled with the largest audience present at any meeting held during the present ...
Article : 74 wordsMessrs. Smith and Derham addressed a large meeting at the Mechanics' Institute, and had a very good hearing. Mr. Smith said the people were ...
Article : 1,054 wordsBENDIGO, Tuesday.—A request was made to the Benevolent Asylum committee to-day, on behalf of Mr. D. Smith, the Labour candidate for Bendigo, for ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. J. L. Carruthers, leader of the Liberal and Reform Party, has issued an appeal to the electors in connection with the referendum on the question of the reduction of ...
Article : 219 wordsLANG, LANG, Tuesday.—At a meeting of electors in the Yannathan Public-hall last Saturday evening, a huge majority of those present pledged themselves to support Mr. ...
Article : 71 wordsCommencing to-morrow a daily train service will be instituted on the Whitfield line. The train now leaving Toolamba at 11.41 a.m. for Echuca will leave at 11.35 a.m. An ...
Article : 85 wordsAt the Presbyterian Church last evening the preacher, Mr. S. Williams, missioner at Poowong, preached a sermon against women voting at elections. He based his ...
Article : 264 wordsSir,—Being in Melbourne lately I had the luck to hear that impersonation is to be hugely practised in the city at the polls. There seems to be little chance of ...
Article : 129 wordsAt the South Melbourne Court yesterday a young man named George Douglas who is undergoing a sentence of two years imprisonment for storebreaking was sentenced to an additional six ...
Article : 645 wordsA remarkable travesty of the known views of Mr. Henry Williams (who is oppoing Mr. M'Coll) was recently published in Melbourne. He was made to say that he ...
Article : 517 wordsFrom Saturday next until January 2, 1904, inclusive, the Railway department will issue holiday excursion tickets to and from all Victorian railway stations, and all stations ...
Article : 52 wordsSir,—It is rather extraordinary to find so many cases in which the Federal Parliament, in attempting to improve the old procedure, really made a mess of things. ...
Article : 320 wordsALBURY, Tuesday.—The Rev. Canon Spencer, of St. Matthew's Church, Albury, has been appointed to the position of registrar of the diocese of Goulburn, rendered ...
Article : 43 wordsRedistribution of Seats Bill further consideration in committee.—Good progress made. Members were all expectancy. It was ...
Article : 1,020 wordsGEMBROOK.—On Friday last the Railway Commissioners paid a visit to Gembrook, and were met at the station by a number of residents, viz., Messrs. A. Crichton, A.E. Walker, J. D. Bratby, ...
Article : 185 wordsA sensitional suicide took place at Sandgate to-day, A man named George Sandmacker, had been wandering about the township for the past few days. This after ...
Article : 90 wordsCARAMUT.—On Friday evening an instructive paper on "Hints to Women Voters" was read by Mrs. E. R. De Little at the meeting of the local Reform League, ...
Article : 69 wordsOn the motion for adjournment in the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. M'Donald asked what action was being taken with respect to mechanics working ...
Article : 154 wordsThe conference between Messrs. Smith and Temperely, respecting the Millar's karri and Jarrah Company, and the delegates from the men at the mills, was ...
Article : 129 wordsOne of the most curious anomalies in the Electoral Act is in connection with voting by post. It is specifically enacted that the application for a postal vote certificate must ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 wordsGEELONG, Tuesday.—The evening train from Port Fairy to Geelong on Tuesday was again nearly 40 minutes late in reaching Geelong. In consequence the train for Melbourne was behind time in ...
Article : 44 wordsA branch of the Naval League was formed here, this evening. Sir John Dodds was appointed president, and His Excellency the Governor patron with an influential ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. Hannah, Bradford-hall, Preston (women electors), 3; Alphington, 8. Mr Hume Cook, Public-hall, Coburg, 8. Mr. Grundy, Bates's Hall, Coburg (women electors), 3; Bennett and ...
Article : 233 wordsSir,—As the postal authorities have stated their reason for not allowing the aborigines of the Commonwealth to carry mails to be that the aborigines cannotread. ...
Article : 228 wordsSir,—In your report of the deportation of the Frenchmen from the gaol to the boat you mention the fact of their calling upon my name as their advocate. ...
Article : 222 wordsSir John M'INTYRE addressed a large meeting at Drouin on Monday evening in the Mechanics'-hall. There was a considerable proportion of ladies present. The candidate ...
Article : 1,149 wordsThe Government has promised a subsidy of £1,000 for the Wellington Industrial Exhibition in November next. The Department of Agriculture has ...
Article : 183 wordsAt a meeting of the Cranbourne branch of the Reform League, held at Lang's Hotel this afternoon (Councillor M'Pherson in the chair), there were about a dozen members ...
Article : 265 wordsIn Queensland (says the "Sydney Morning Herald,") it is possible that a question may be raised which will have the effect of the High Court being moved to say ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 9 Dec 1903, Page 9
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