The statements made by a contemporary--and accepted, strangely enough, by the [Prime Minister--that there will be no more tariff reports for ten days, prove to be, as ...
Article : 177 wordsCrouch, M.P. for Corio, addressed a well attended meeting in the mechanics' hall to-night. Cr. Kerin presided. Mr. Crouch, who was frequently applauded, ...
Article : 70 wordsA miner named John M'Kenna, aged 39, residing at Back Creek, died on Friday in the hospital from injuries following a kick by a horse. Deceased, who leaves a widow ...
Article : 100 wordsA deputation representing homestead and pastoral lessees waited on the land hoard to-day, and urged the carrying out in its entirety of the new wood ...
Article : 159 wordsA public meeting in connection with the Australian Women's National Political League was held on Friday evening, at the Manchester Unity Hall, ...
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Advertising : 178 wordsTo-morrow the Chief Secretary (Mr. A. A. Kirkpatrick) will leave for Melbourne to inquire into the factories legislation of Victoria, especially as applied to wages ...
Article : 44 wordsA meeting of delegates from the various anti-Socialistic organisations in the electorate of Fawkner (late Melbourne Southern) was held at the offices of the ...
Article : 95 wordsA case of burning occurred at Joyce's Greek on Thursday afternoon, an elderly lady widow of the late Mr. John Mitchell, a well to do farmer and grazier, receiving ...
Article : 149 wordsThe snow-capped ranges to the north and the piercing Antarctic winds from the south and west have during the past few days rendered the southern half of ...
Article : 123 wordsAll anxiety for the overdue Island liner Malaita, of the Burns, Philip and Co. line, was allayed this morning, when the long looked for steamer put in an appearance. ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Premier yesterday gave further consideration to the question of the utilisation of prison labor. It has been pointed out to him that at the mouth of the Snowy ...
Article : 142 wordsAt the Tasmanian Agricultural Council meeting to-day it was decided to make representation to the Federal authorities, asking to have an act passed to provide ...
Article : 113 wordsYesterday the House of Representatives saw the singular spectacle of the deputy leader of the free-trade Opposition pleading with the Government to hurry on to ...
Article : 1,631 wordsMr. R. O'Neill, the Liberal protectionist candidate for Mernda, has supplied some interesting figures regarding the electorate he seeks to represent. Mernda includes 23 ...
Article : 97 wordsAnother discussion took place at the city council committee meeting on Friday relative to the establishment of an experimental farm and agriculture college at ...
Article : 207 wordsDuring the June quarter there was an excess of deposits over withdrawals in the Post Office Savings Bank amounting to £252,538. Post and telegraph revenue ...
Article : 192 wordsMr. E. Curzens, J.P., held an inquiry today into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Lawrence, which occurred on Wednesday as the result of a fall from ...
Article : 67 wordsDriver Lawton, president of the Tramway Employes' Union, appeared before the Railway and Tramway Appeal Board this morning. Evidence was taken with regard ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. E, Semmens has definitely decided not to become a candidate foy the Wimmera seat in the House of Representatives. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 wordsThe Farmers' Conference to-day passed a resolution that all improvement leases illegally obtained and suitable for closer settlement should be cancelled and thrown ...
Article : 66 wordsHarry de Longville, a young seaman employed on the steamer Excelsior, fell down the hold of that vessel on Friday and sustained concussion of the brain. ...
Article : 109 wordsA striking example of the practicability of the profitable employment of prison labor has been brought under the notice of the Premier by the ex-superintendent of ...
Article : 463 wordsMr. J. M. Chanter, M.P., has been here during this week. He has been very well received, and in addition to his former supporters, many of his old opponents have ...
Article : 84 wordsMURTOA.--The River Wimmera is again in flood, and at Longerencong it is running 9 feet over the weir. The engineer to the water trust reports that considerable damage has been done to the ...
Article : 187 wordsThe position on the Government programme of the Life Assurance and Retiring Allowance Bill has created an impression among public servants that there ...
Article : 78 wordsThis afternoon Mr. T. Gill, the Under Treasurer, left for Melbourne for the purpose of consulting Mr. Bent with reference to various resolutions passed at the ...
Article : 158 wordsThe Geelong Harbor Trust Commissioners have completed the purchase from the Natal Government of two suction dredges, with a hopper capacity of 1200 tons each, ...
Article : 28 words"I noticed," said Senator Dobson yesterday, "that 'The Age' has shown that the Bent Government is in a bit of a quandary over the proposal to make voting ...
Article : 131 wordsThe following remarkable entry appears in the Melbourne Hospital casuality records, dated 27th July, time 2.40 a.m.:-- "Jas. Ryan, contused nose. Was walking ...
Article : 144 wordsCr. J. Keppel has been elected chairman of the Healesville shire council. Cr. Smith resigned at the last meeting of the council on account of a difference between ...
Article : 105 wordsMessrs. Maiden Bros., sheep and cattle salesmen, have reported the loss of 32 head of bullocks from a paddock at Flemington, near Sydney. The beasts were in the ...
Article : 60 wordsCASTERTON.--The waters are gradually subsiding, and residents are returning to their homos. The damage done is far greater than was at first estimated, and several who considered their ...
Article : 59 wordsA singular case of mistaken identity was brought to light at the police court to-day. A few days ago Thomas William Hodge was arrested under the Influx of ...
Article : 376 wordsBAIRNSDALE.--A very severe frost was experienced here on Thursday night. The instruments registered 20 deg. between 6 and 7 a.m. on Friday. Water in troughs and tanks was frozen ...
Article : 158 wordsAt the Wodonga police court on 10th May, Mr. J. Rowan, P.M., and three honorary justices, after three days investigation, dismissed an information laid by ...
Article : 81 wordsA discussion on the progressive land tax was opened at the Farmers' Conference this evening. The question came up on a motion-- ...
Article : 204 wordsThe proposal for the holding of a Federal Trades and Labor Congress, mainly for the purpose of divising means for the establishment of a federal union label, was discussed ...
Article : 309 words"About two feet of a leg of pork," as a witness described it, was filched from Messrs. Bennet and Woolcock's on Thursday. Constable Gumley subsequently saw ...
Article : 140 wordsIt was little thought when several members of the Scottish corps donned their kilts to take part in a small concert at Mount Barker, and when Captain Smeaton the ...
Article : 113 wordsThe first consignment of new season's wool passed over the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company's line on Thursday. It comprised 60 bales, and was consigned from ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 wordsFrom a special prize two-tooth ram Mr. T. Millear, of Stud Park, near Deniliquin, has obtained a fleece which weighed 22 lb. ...
Article : 27 wordsJohn Weir, aged 100 years and 3 months, died in the Ballarat Hospital to-night. He lived alone in a hut at Enfield, near Buninyong, and was found in a state ...
Article : 62 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day Edward Smith was charged with stealing at Lindenow four head of cattle belonging to a farmer named Hall. The evidence showed ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Premier, in a speech which lie delivered to-day at the opening of the training college, said that last year the revenue received from land endowments, for ...
Article : 181 wordsThe Board of Cricket Control met today. The delegates were:--Messrs. Bean and Rush (Victoria), Collidge, (Queensland), and W. P. M'Elhone, F. A. Iredale ...
Article : 159 wordsMOUNT GAMBIER.--The flood waters in the south-east have completely disappeared within the last few fine-days, but railway traffic between Mount Gambier and Adelaide was not fully ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. G. Way, J.P., has made complaint in his capacity as a member of the Buninyong shire council with regard to the careless manner in which motor cars are driven ...
Article : 76 wordsThe work of sinking the great cylinders that are to support the new Mitchell bridge has progressed more rapidly lately. Yesterday the contractor started putting down ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 wordsA member of the State Parliamentary Labor party has brought under the notice of Mr. Heagney, secretary of the Political Labor Council executive, a reading of the ...
Article : 320 wordsThe Hay show was held yesterday and to-day. The weather yesterday was fine, and there was a good attendance. To-day has been very wet, and the attendance was ...
Article : 172 wordsA case of some importance to buyers was ventilated at the Oakleigh court on Thurs day before Messrs. Nicoll, Bolingbroke and Simpson, J's.P., when Matthew Howley ...
Article : 183 wordsCLUNES.--At the half yearly meeting of the Clunes Butter Factory Company, held on Thursday, a profit of £91 for the six months' operations was shown. The amount ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 296 wordsOwners and Trainers are reminded that ENTRIES for the above club's EXTRA MEETING, 22nd August, 1906, will CLOSE on MONDAY, 6th August, at 6 p.m., either with Mr. H. T. Sutton, Bourke-street, ...
Article : 67 wordsAn application was made on behalf of Mr. G. R. Campbell for leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the suit in which he seeks to have the Australian Mutual ...
Article : 123 wordsIn the Full Court to-day. argument was commenced in the special case in which the Commissioners of Income Tax are proceeding against Mr. M'Caughey. The ...
Article : 61 wordsThe matter of the St. Kilda-Fitzroy football protest again cropped up at a meeting of the Victorian Football League last evening, when it was stated that the game in question did not commence until ...
Article : 108 wordsTwo alleged welshers, named Michael Kimpton and David Gardiner, were before the police court to-day, charged with endeavoring to impose on various persons by ...
Article : 96 wordsSenator Dobson proposes to write to all the rifle associations of Australia suggesting that they take action to organise a Bisley team, so that they may approach the ...
Article : 91 wordsLAUNCESTON.--At Ulverstone to-day the Geelong Methodist Football Club defeated the local team by 5.6 to 5.4. ...
Article : 21 wordsAt a water conference held here, the following bodies were represented:--Trusts: Western Wimmera, Wimmera United, Horsham and Birchip. Councils: Arapiles, ...
Article : 150 wordsThe eighteenth annual general meeting of the Queensland Trustees Limited was held to-day; F. J. Brentnall, managing director, presided. The report showed that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 175 wordsIn an action in the County Court yesterday, George Sydney Matthews, of Healesville, contractor, sued the president, councillors and ratepayers of the shire of Healesville for £100 damages, because ...
Article : 250 wordsThe British India Company's steamer Dunera, which is due at Moreton Bay on Sunday from London, will load about 5000 tons of coal at Brisbane. ...
Article : 30 wordsA report was presented to the Marine Board yesterday by the board's inspectors of shipping with regard to the explosion of coal gas which occurred on the steamer Colac during a voyage ...
Article : 217 wordsAn inquiry was held at the Morgue yesterday by the City Coroner (Mr. Candler) into the death of John Archibald Reid, wheelwright, which occurred while the deceased was under the influence ...
Article : 177 wordsThe Under Secretary of Mines has issued a return showing the value of the minerals other than gold, coal and precious stones raised in Queensland for the ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. J. J. Murphy, railway officer at Goroke, has been awarded first prize for best kept departmental residence for last year, in the North-western district. ...
Article : 36 wordsMessrs. Campbell and Sons, of Kirk's Bazaar, will hold their annual parade and sale of imported and colonial bred draught entires, imported Arab, thoroughbreds, roadster, hackney, trotting and ...
Article : 61 wordsIn connection with the recent arrest of 16 natives at Charnley River, it is now stated that Constable Forbes, who received spear wounds in the chest and ...
Article : 55 wordsArthur Seymour Todd, of Kerang, formerly of Leongatha and Toora, commission agent. Filed at Kerang. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 28 Jul 1906, Page 12
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