The following letter, sent by Mr. G. H. Reid, M.P., to the President of the recent Premiers' Conference, was on Saturday made available for publication:-- ...
Article : 372 wordsThe Loddon waters are still slowly subsiding and the town streets are now comparatively clear, but Pyramid Creek continues in heavy flood. ...
Article : 176 wordsIn the match between the Australian cricketers and Sussex O'Connor and Whitty made a very useful stand for the Australians' last wicket, scoring 20 and 13. ...
Article : 1,124 wordsA smoking concert in connection with the Automobile Club of Victoria was held at the Grand Hotel on Saturday evening. The chair was taken by Dr. R. E. Weigall ...
Article : 918 wordsAt the international aviation meeting at Rheims the speed race over a distance of 10 kilometres (6 miles 376 yards) was won by Mr. Glenn Curtis, an American ...
Article : 263 wordsThe development Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons on Thursday by Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, provides for £600,000 being ...
Article : 233 wordsThe "Tageblatt," one of the chief newspapers published at Berlin, has some comment on the statement made in the House of Commons on Thursday by the Prime ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 467 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Mr. Joseph Cook) spoke at some length yesterday regarding the latest cabled information about the results achieved by the Defence ...
Article : 350 wordsMr. Cameron, Minister of Works, visited Nathalie on Saturday, and was met by a large number of interested land owners who had suffered considerably by the breaking ...
Article : 504 wordsThe Australians have now played 33 matches, of which they have won 13 and lost 3, and 17 have been drawn. To-day they commence a return match against ...
Article : 314 wordsMr. Tim Healy, M.P., the well-known Irish barrister, made an impassioned speech in defence of six suffragettes who were charged at the Bow-street police ...
Article : 252 wordsBu Hamara, the pretender to the Moorish throne, who was captured in a mosque in the country of the Benimssara tribesmen, has been brought to Fez. ...
Article : 119 wordsMr. G. W. Fuller (Minister for Home Affairs) came over from Melbourne on Saturday to interview the Premier in connection with the Federal capital site. Two ...
Article : 483 wordsMr. Reid, M.P., in discussing the Empire defence agreement, said:--"Everyone waits with intense interest for the inevitable criticism or comments offered by ...
Article : 155 wordsUntil further details are provided by the Government ninny members of the Federal Parliament still remain sceptical as to the Australian character of the new naval ...
Article : 478 wordsShipping disasters have been unusually numerous during the present month. It is estimated that the losses sustained for the month by underwriters total ...
Article : 35 wordsSpeaking at Burwood this afternoon, Cardinal Moran said he was pleased that Australia was going to have a fleet. His sympathies were with the Australian ...
Article : 157 wordsIn the county match between Gloucester and Middlesex, which was played at Bristol, the latter won by an innings and 31 runs. The wicket was bad, and ...
Article : 158 wordsIt is rumored at Ottawa that the British Government contemplates offering to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, the position of first Governor-General ...
Article : 56 wordsOn Saturday morning reports reached the Railway department from the recently submerged districts stating that heavy rain had again fallen, and it was anticipated that ...
Article : 274 wordsA shocking accident occurred at the naval colliery at Penyeraig, in Wales. While a cage containing 30 minors was being lowered down the shaft the cable ...
Article : 65 wordsThe fact that under, the arrangement for remodelling the squadrons in the Far East and establishing a Pacific fleet some of the smaller vessels of the China squadron ...
Article : 306 wordsAt the Methodist Assembly which is to be held in London in October five Methodist churches will be represented. The Wesleyans will send 276 delegates, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 676 wordsOn Thursday next (Show day) all post offices in Melbourne and suburbs will be closed at noon, as also will the offices in the following districts:--Bacchus Marsh, ...
Article : 319 wordsThe chief officer of the steamer. Madura, which left Delagoa Bay on 27th July, noted on the voyage to Bunbury that the east north-east current had taken an ...
Article : 123 wordsA visit to the Echuca Hospital was paid by the State Treasurer (Mr. Watt) on Saturday, on his return journey to Melbourne from Tatura. The inspection was ...
Article : 409 wordsFrank Wootton, the Australian light weight jockey, continues to lead in the list of successful riders for the present season, and at the Gatwick meeting yesterday he ...
Article : 39 wordsThe flood waters have wrought more damage in this district than was at first known. At Glenlyon two substantial footbridges on the Kangaroo Creek have been ...
Article : 78 wordsThe speech of the British Prime Minister has proved somewhat disappointing to Commonwealth Ministers, because it left untouched some important details which ...
Article : 236 wordsThe steamer Ayrshire, which left Capetown on 8th August, arrived at Port Adelaide to-day. She kept a lookout for the missing steamer Waratah, but saw no sign ...
Article : 43 wordsBy the prompt and necessarily certain action of a Grinnell sprinkler when influenced by the heat of flames, a disastrous fire was averted on Friday night at the ...
Article : 328 wordsWater is rising on all the banks, and many of them already gone, while others are in a hopeless state. The farmers on Little Murray and Pental Island are being ...
Article : 169 wordsRepresentatives of meat preserving firms have returned from visiting the stranded steamer Waipara. They do not hold out much hope as regards saying the meat. The ...
Article : 159 wordsThe formal Orders in Council appointing the first three members of the Commonwealth section of the Imperial general staff were published on Saturday, and ...
Article : 137 wordsMr. M. P. Durack, of Kimberley, who has just returned to Perth, says that the road from Wyndham to Tanami via Gordon Downs is 310 miles long, and there is ...
Article : 272 wordsThe announcement made in London, in reference to the new Australian naval agreement, that the Commonwealth Government will float a loan to carry out the ...
Article : 307 wordsSeveral fresh cases of cholera have occurred at Rotterdam. It has been ascertained that the disease was brought there by steamers which have arrived from St. ...
Article : 161 wordsThe Railway Commissioners have accepted the tender of Mr. Thomas Coote for the construction and erection of new engine shed at the Moe depot, the price being ...
Article : 80 wordsThe crew of the wrecked barque Gael arrived at Fremantle last night from Karridale, and were accommodated at the Sailors' Rest. They will return to Prance by the ...
Article : 111 wordsProceedings were recently taken to recover, on behalf of Mr. R. M'K. Jack, a sum of £160, money due in connection with arranging the first Maori tour. Yesterday ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 30 Aug 1909, Page 7
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