The Royal Commission on the Factories Act sat at the State Parliament House yesterday. Mr. A. R. Outtrim, M.L.A., presided, and Messrs. Bennett, Levien and J. W. ...
Article : 981 wordsThe tea trade of Australia unanimously Condemns the "composite" duty on teas as being impracticable, hurtful, wasteful and likely to exercise an injurious effect on the ...
Article : 588 wordsThere has been no new development in connection with the Wills-street shooting sensation. The victim, Mrs. Rickards, continues to make good progress in the ...
Article : 380 wordsThe Premier informed a deputation to-day that the Government favored the extension of the coast line to the Hastings and Macleay districts, and it would be submitted to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 885 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Hughes moved the second reading of the "Tied Houses" Bill, and the debate was adjourned. ...
Article : 186 wordsA complicated case was hoard at the Nathalia court to-day, before Messrs. F. H. Furze and R. G. Eakia, J's.P., in which Arthur William Nelson sued James W. Rice ...
Article : 165 wordsSir,--May I crave your attention in regard to the proposed alteration on duty on purse mounts and fancy leather. The gold and silver mountings cannot he manufactured ...
Article : 125 wordsTemperance questions were discussed at a conference of Ministers and temperance representative to-day, when a report by n committee was submitted. This stated that in the ...
Article : 194 wordsThe prisoner George E. Martin, who some time ago attempted to commit suicide after, it is alleged, shooting at his brother at Bruarong, was again brought before the ...
Article : 1,280 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the Premier denied that he had suggested a meeting to protest against the Federal tariff, as alleged by Mr. Poynton in the Federal House of ...
Article : 153 wordsSir,--We quite agree on every point which Mr. T. C. Jackson made public in "The Ago" of to-day. Our trade in bags and trunks is wholesale and export. We employ between ...
Article : 124 wordsThis afternoon a Chinese living in the city called at the outdoor department of the Sydney Hospital for an affection of the skin, and the case was diagnosed as leprosy. The ...
Article : 122 wordsSir,--Your correspondent, "Working Foreman," is scarcely correct in his statements and figures. He states that cocoa butter is increased by the new tariff 2d. per lb., and ...
Article : 184 wordsThe Assembly sat till 6 o'clock .this morning. The Premier gave notice of the introduction of a bill to amend the Public Service, Act. Mr. Foxton introduced a bill ...
Article : 145 wordsDenis Kennedy, an elderly man, who was recently discharged from the Sunbury Lunatic Asylum as cured, was brought up at the police court on Thursday charged with ...
Article : 284 wordsThe tariff proposals of tho Federal Government as regards their bearing upon the interests of the Victorian printing and book binding industries were discussed at a ...
Article : 587 wordsThe quantity of sugar exported from Queensland during the fortnight ended 15th inst. was 8202 tons, making the total exported this season 37,528 tons, as compared ...
Article : 56 wordsSir,--In its wisdom the Federal Government has imposed a duty of 3d. per gallon on lubricating oils, which are a working expense of our manufacturers, while our State ...
Article : 449 wordsIn the Assembly Mr. Plesse resumed the debate on the budget in a critical, but not unfriendly speech. He feared that the estimates of the revenue were too high, except ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 265 wordsI Is reported that rock phosphates have been discovered in the vicinity of Carrleton. G. W. Pearson and G. Sanders, prospectors, report that there is an unlimited supply, and ...
Article : 86 wordsThe House of Representatives concluded the consideration of the estimates, after a 38 hours' sitting, this morning. The defence vote was passed unaltered. A State Coal ...
Article : 50 wordsThe committee of the Geelong District Vine and Fruit Growers Association has decided to co-operate in the movement to secure the re-appointment of Signor Brngato ...
Article : 232 wordsMr. Page, M. P., has received the following telegram from Mr. E. M. Land, hon. treasurer of the Baloone Workers' Union, Cunnamulla, Queensland, with reference to ...
Article : 92 wordsThe libel action brought by Mr. O'Beirne against the "Western Australian" newspaper proved abortive. After retirement for some time, the jury announced that they ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 262 wordsThe Prime Minister is now in a position to the date for the conference of. Australian State Premiers with the Federal Government, re the Property Acquisition Bill ...
Article : 64 wordsTwo residents named Joseph Bracken and James Young were, on Wednesday, each fined £3, with £1 66 costs, for leaving, their hired contract as shearers at ...
Article : 191 wordsThe members of the Senates Select Committee on Steamship Communication between Australia and Tasmania this morning took the evidence of experts representing the ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Castlemaine branch of the A. M. A. celebrated its anniversary on Wednesday night at Chewton : the mayor of Chewton (Mr. G. Cribbes) presiding. The affair was a great ...
Article : 72 wordsA mass meeting of the operatives in the shirt and White work industries Will be held in the Melbourne Temperance Hall this evening. Mr. W. T. C. Kelly, vice-president of ...
Article : 71 wordsAnother suspect has been arrested in connection with the Ramsay's Bush outrage. The man is said bo married, and to have lived with his wife and four children at ...
Article : 238 wordsMr. W. H. Flanders, secretary of the Framlingham Mechanics' Institute, has been presented with a purse of sovereigns and a gold albert on the occasion of his leaving ...
Article : 290 wordsA special meeting of the Mine Owners' and Managers' Association was held this afternoon, Mr. G. H. Crawford being in the chair, for the purpose of considering the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 140 wordsSir,--As one who has had much experience, both in country and city offices, the writer would like to know why the Printers' Board have overlooked the claims of the country ...
Article : 210 wordsThe cadets arrived safely in camp about 5 p.m., and and settling down s[?]ugly, although the weather is rather cold. the advance party arrived at 10 o'clock this ...
Article : 254 wordsThe valuable silver cup for which members of the Hawthorn club are competing, promises to provide exciting sport before, it is disposed of. The first stage of the sixth shoot, which took place at the ...
Article : 671 wordsThe captain of the Norwegian barque Zelateur, which has arrived from the Friendly Islands, reports earthquake shocks at the group. The natives were in object ...
Article : 52 wordsThe free-trade party is doing Its best to stir up opposition to the Federal tariff in New South Wales. Arrangements have been made by the "Free-trade and Liberal" ...
Article : 55 wordsA young man named John Campbell was presented at the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court yesterday before Mr. Justice a'Beckett, on a charge of breaking into the dwelling of John Kerr, ...
Article : 163 wordsAn exciting chase after a housebreaker was engaged in yesterday afternoon by Constable Kelleher, who in the end secured his man. At about 4 p.m., whilst the officer was ...
Article : 164 wordsPECULIAR REMARKS FROM THE: BENCH. Catherine M. Walkenden, a. girl aged fourteen years, was charged at Oakleigh court yesterday with being a neglected child. Mr. H. Morrison. ...
Article : 481 wordsBefore Mr. Keogh, P.M., and a bench of honorary justices, Thos Mathews, licensee of the Post Office Hotel, Prahran, was charged in the local court yesterday with not having every door ...
Article : 377 wordsDuring Mr. G. H. Reld's speech on the Federal no-confidence motion on Tuesday he is reported to have referred to four Sydney hoot manufacturers, whose trade would be ...
Article : 185 wordsThe local strike has been settled satisfactorily Mr. Catani visited the swamp, and after inspecting the work done has agreed to pay [?] per yard for removing, and has ...
Article : 98 wordsA public meeting in connection with the establishment of the bishopric of Bendigo was held in the town hall this evening. The Ven. Archdeacon M'Cullagh presided, and ...
Article : 264 wordsThe Tocumwal Race Club has decided to hold the annual mooting on 1st January, and a programme comprising seven events has been drawn up. The total amount of prize ...
Article : 50 wordsEileen Marion Kellaway, a little girl aged two years, living with Mrs. Browne, her grandmother, near Hepburn Springs, was found dead to-day, lying face downwards in ...
Article : 45 wordsIn the Fitzroy court yesterday, a young man named Joseph Stanley was sued by Mary Ellen Mason, a single young woman, for the maintenance of her illegitimate offspring. Complainant informed ...
Article : 273 wordsRUSHWORTH.--The fishing season in the Goulburn River opened on Wednesday, when, contrary to expectations, the wielders of the rods and tackle were sadly disappointed at the failure of the fish ...
Article : 256 wordsAndrew Auld, a laborer employed on Mr. O'Keefe's farm at Baringhup, this morning sustained a painful injury, which will incapacitate him for some time. He was ...
Article : 86 wordsThe sailors of H.M. ships in Australian waters to-day discovered that the Federal tariff is to apply to them. They are not allowed to buy bonded goods within the ...
Article : 99 wordsJudge Hamilton presided at the Ararat Court of General Sessions on Wednesday. There was only one case, J. L. Guerin appealing against the decision of Mr. R. Johns, ...
Article : 102 wordsALBURY.--The Mahonga Hotel, a large weatherboard building, on the Urana road, 40 miles from here, was totally destroyed by fire on Thursday morning. No particulars are to hand, further than ...
Article : 45 wordsThe committee of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce appointed to take the evidence Of exporters with reference to the effect of the Australian tariff has received the views ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 18 Oct 1901, Page 6
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