It was evident on Saturday morning that something unusual was going on in the Treasurer's room at the Commonwealth offices. Sir William Lyne was in close ...
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Article : 107 wordsThe famous Italian racing motorist, Cedrino, was killed yesterday on the track at Raltimore, U.S.A. Cedrino, who was the holder of two ...
Article : 145 wordsHis Majesty the King's colt, Perrier, has become first favourite for the Derby, to be run on Wednesday. He is half a point shorter in price than Norman III. and a ...
Article : 82 wordsIt is suspected that while the Kaiser was visiting Corfu, his summer residence on the Mediterranean, a few days ago he was being followed about by an anarchist, who was ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Victorian revenue returns for May —the 11th month in the financial year— were announced by the state Treasury on Saturday. They showed another decrease ...
Article : 240 wordsA list of the ships of the American battle fleet, together with the length of the vessels, their draught, and the number of officers and men on board, has been received ...
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Article : 1,013 wordsOn Saturday, July 4, His Excellency the Governor and Lady Talbot w[?] leave Melbourne by the afternoon express for Sydney. They will embark at Brisbane on July 8 for ...
Article : 1,002 wordsThe starters for the English Derby on Wednesday will include the French colt, Azote (by Arab—Saida), owned by Mr. James R. Hatmaker, an American residing ...
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Article : 110 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.— The comparative statement of the consolidated revenue shows a decrease of £97,244 for May, and an incease of £708,557 for the eleven months. ...
Article : 81 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Hugh Lea, member for St. Pancras East, and a Government supporter, endeavoured to show the inconsistency between the ...
Article : 86 wordsPERTH, Saturday. — The revenue for the month, including the Commonwealth surplus of £66,577, was £265,317, against £250,044 received during May last year. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe toast of "The President" was honoured after that of "The King" at the Liberal Union Club's dinner to Mr. Balfour last night, held at the Hotel Cecil. ...
Article : 91 wordsBuenos Aires has been the scene of a disastrous street collision. An electric tram-car came into collision with a train on the San Martin railway line. ...
Article : 47 wordsOakleigh was busy and crowded on Saturday afternoon. There the Melbourne Hunt Club held its opening meet of the season. A large muster of huntsmen and spectators ...
Article : 902 wordsMr. Balfour, the leader of the Opposition, was the guest of the Union Club at a dinner given at the Hotel Cecil. Lord Lansdowne, who was Secretary for Foreign ...
Article : 137 wordsMr. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presided at the annual dinner of the Imperial South African Association last evening. In the course of his speech he ...
Article : 137 wordsIn honour of the French visit the King has bestowed upon M. Pichon, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Admiral Jaureguiberry, commander-in-chief of the ...
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Article : 433 wordsIn his address yesterday to the annual meeting of the Women's Unionist Tariff Reform Association, Lord Milner, who expressed the conviction that a change was ...
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Article : 22 wordsDr. Brown, inspector of food for export, has forwaded to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Swinburne) another report upon the arrangements necessary to ensure an ...
Article : 178 wordsConsols closed on Saturday at £88, or an advance of [?] since Thursday. ...
Article : 19 wordsLord Mount Stephen, who it was lately announced had increased his gifts to the King Edward Hospital Fund by devoting to it the interest on £1,000,000, has since ...
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Article : 59 wordsThe wool sales of the May series closed to-day. The market was firm. Prices were unchanged. LONDON, May 30. ...
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Article : 301 wordsThe Imperial Service Order, which is awarded for meritorious service to the empire, and has been restricted to members of the administrative or clerical branches ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 246 wordsThe following are the Frozen Meat Trade Association's market quotations, based on actual sales of hot less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb or 25 quarters of beef of ...
Article : 353 wordsTelegrams were sent from the Prime Minister's office on Saturday to all the Commonwealth sub-treasurers in the states, instructing them to pay to the states the ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. J. Woolf, solicitor, recently wrote to the Crown Law department, complaining that he, as a representative of relatives of victims in the Sunshine railway disaster, ...
Article : 259 wordsPERTH, Saturday.—The Colonial Treasurer (Mr. Frank Wilson) has received the following telegram from the Commonwealth Treasurer:— ...
Article : 52 wordsSir,—In connection with the visit of the American fleet. I trust the Commonwealth Government will see their way clear to take at least representative detachments of the ...
Article : 134 wordsWhen the House of Representatives meets to-day, Sir John Forrest will ask the Treasurer (Sir William Lyne) the following questions:— ...
Article : 237 wordsThe following private advices have been received:— By Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company Limited.— "Wool.—Sales closed firm, and prices have not ...
Article : 590 wordsTheodore H. Price, a cotton operator, of New York, has been arrested on charges of bribing officials and conspiring to defraud the Government. ...
Article : 119 wordsOn Saturday evening there was a reprehensible spirit of rowdiness exhibited outside the Williamstown Cricket-ground between the Brunswick and local ...
Article : 198 wordsThe death of Lord Darnley's uncle, Mr. E.V. Bligh, at the advanced age of nearly 80, has removed one of the most picturesque figures that cricket ever knew. He was ...
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Article : 157 wordsSir,—Archdeacon Crossley, in "the Argus" of to-day, says, "Not a penny of the money is to be spent in England." May 1, therefore, suggest that the whole of this offering ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 1 Jun 1908, Page 7
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