The following communication was forwarded to us last evening by the State Governor's private secretary, Mr. Victor Nelson Hood:-- ...
Article : 170 wordsSomething like consternation was occasioned in shipping circles to-day when information was received from the south coast that the Illawarra and South Coast ...
Article : 686 wordsTwo old houses which adjoined Berner's Hotel, at the corner of Castle- street and Oxford-street, London, collapsed early to- day. ...
Article : 79 wordsA court circular has been issued, announcing that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Prime Minister, has resigned on the urgent recommendation of his medical ...
Article : 619 wordsIn opening the Agricultural Classes at Dandenong last night, Mr. Keast said that the three great problems the State Parliament had to deal with were Land ...
Article : 688 wordsWilliam Hes, who is charged with the murder of Mary Graham at Vale Park, Ballarat North, on or about the 30th December last, arrived in the city to-day via ...
Article : 674 wordsAt a meeting of the Chamber of Manufactures last night, Mr. B. H. Morgan, a member of the English Manufacturers' Association, was cordially received, and ...
Article : 998 wordsA wrestling match took place at Chicago yesterday for the heavy weight championship of the world between George Hackenschmidt, holder of the title, and Frank ...
Article : 576 wordsThe committee of the Victorian Neglected Children's Aid Society, of which Miss Sutherland is the founder and principal accompanied by Miss ...
Article : 540 wordsThe masons in Paris have been agitating for a reduction of the hours of labor from 10 hours to 9, and for an increase in wages. As their demands were refused by the ...
Article : 191 wordsHis Excellency the Governor and Lady Talbot will pay their first official visit to Kew to-morrow afternoon, to formally declare open the gardens which have been ...
Article : 711 wordsDrafts of arbitration treaties between Great Britain and the United States and between Norway and the United States have been signed at Washington. ...
Article : 64 wordsMrs. Hamer, subsequently interviewed by a representative of "The Age," said the committee did not desire to give any unnecessary publicity to the matter. "We all ...
Article : 420 wordsThe International Association football match between England and Scotland, which was played on Saturday, ended in a draw, each side scoring a goal. ...
Article : 77 wordsAs the result of the inquiry made by Mr. F. J. Willis, an inspector of the Local Government Board, into the scandals in connection with the administration of the poor ...
Article : 120 wordsPublic attention has been for some time directed to the grass tree plains in the Heytesbury Forest as a possible area for settlement by the report of some surprising ...
Article : 246 wordsMr. A. J. Proudfoot, the recently elected chief president of the A.N.A., was tendered a complimentary smoke social in the Hawthorn town hall last evening by the local ...
Article : 699 wordsAt the Olympic games, which are to be held in London in October, boxing will be included in the programme if five countries enter for this branch of sport. ...
Article : 67 wordsThe foundering of the Bega accentuates considerably the trouble which the Illawarra Company is at present faced with. This company has been fortunate in the ...
Article : 398 wordsThe elections for the new Cortes (Parliament) convened by King Manuel of Portugal have excited keen feeling throughout the country. ...
Article : 65 wordsMrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt has instituted proceedings in America against her husband for divorce. The case is being heard in camera. ...
Article : 94 wordsSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman entered Parliament in 1868, at the age of 30, and three years later was offered by the late Mr. W. E. Gladstone the post of Financial ...
Article : 349 wordsHigh prices have lately been realised for land in this and neighboring districts, but Messrs. T. Morrow and Co. on Friday secured a record by the sale by auction of ...
Article : 202 wordsAs the result of the elections for the House of Assembly in Cape Colony the Ministerialists have gained seventeen seats. ...
Article : 84 wordsThe alleged improper treatment of a child, aged 3 years, at the Infectious Diseases' Hospital, which was referred to at length in an article in "The Age" of last ...
Article : 679 wordsAt a meeting of the city council on Monday night a letter was read from the Ballarat Trades and Labor Council urging that the corporation co- operate with the ...
Article : 141 wordsSarah Jones, of M'Kean-street, Clifton Hill, widow, who died on 10th March, left by will dated 30th January, 1888, estate of the value of £1584 realty and £1333 personalty, to her son ...
Article : 86 wordsThe trials were entered upon to-day of two of the witnesses for the prosecution in the abortive charge of perjury against Mr. Herbert Druce. ...
Article : 110 wordsMr. W. P. Schreiner, K.C., formerly Premier of Cape Colony, has accepted the brief of senior counsel for the defence of Dinizulu, the paramount Zulu chief, who is ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day the Attorney-General moved the second-reading of the Parliamentary Bill Referendum Bill. He said this was the most important ...
Article : 292 wordsThe conference between the parties concerned in the waterside strike was continued to-day, and all that was stated officially at the close was that the ...
Article : 164 wordsA telegram from Ballina states that the North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Brundah arrived after a 65 hours trip. The passengers state that during some parts of ...
Article : 101 wordsThe appeal of the Liberal members of the third Russian Duma for the better treatment of the Social Democrat deputies of the second Duma, who in December last ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Prime Minister yesterday announced that he had received from the Premier of Victoria what he regarded as "a most encouraging and sympathetic reply" to the ...
Article : 212 wordsWhile the crew to represent the State in the eight-oared contest in Melbourne was practising on the Swan River this afternoon, about half a mile from the ...
Article : 92 wordsIn consequence of the prevalence of rumors that the Government is likely to issue regulations to prevent the use of preservatives in butter, Mr. T. W. Taverner, ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Chilian barque Yosemite, which left Newcastle coal laden for Valparaiso, Chili, on Wednesday last, returned to port to- day leaking badly. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe case in which the Stevedores and Dumping and Lighterage Association had issued Summonses against members of the Sydney Wharf Laborers Union, for ...
Article : 267 wordsIn a billiard game, 15,000 up, between John Roberts, the ex-champion of the world, and the Australian player, F. Weiss, Roberts met his opponent on level terms ...
Article : 66 wordsSir, --As reference was made by Mr. Justice Hodges last week, and again by Mr. F. E. Dixon this morning, to "Historicus," and as I am the "Historicus" ...
Article : 229 wordsSir, --Some remarks have recently been made about the unsuitability for fruit case making Pinus insignis timber. I beg to offer a cordial denial of this, having used ...
Article : 146 wordsThe quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 4,060,000 quarters, as compared with 4,240,000 quarters a week ago; and for the Continent, 2,945,000 ...
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Advertising : 191 wordsAn illustration of how letters may go astray was provided to-day, when Mr. W. B. Gittins received by post a newspaper from England. On opening the paper five ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 7 Apr 1908, Page 5
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