The Imperial Press Conference continued its sittings at the Foreign Office yesterday. The subject, for discussion was Literature and Journalism, but the principal speakers ...
Article : 1,026 wordsThe heaviest continuous rainfall experienced here for many years set in on Wednesday morning. Up till 5 p.m. to-day 478 points had been registered, and it is still ...
Article : 312 wordsThe annual Western Australian banquet in London was held last evening. Mr. C. H. Ruson, Agent-General for Western Australia, presided, and the guests numbered ...
Article : 323 wordsA striking speech in reference to the naval situation and Great Britain's pacific policy was made last evening by Mr. R. M'Kenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, at ...
Article : 230 wordsA disastrous earthquake has been experienced in Sumatra, the largest island of the East India Archipelago, and was followed by a great tidal wave, which caused further ...
Article : 59 wordsNo matter how divided on other aspects of defence policy, all thinking Australians are now united in the demand that the creation of an Australian navy shall be the ...
Article : 1,362 wordsIn the match at Bath to-day between the Australian cricketers and Somerset, the county team made 93 in its first innings. During the luncheon adjournment drizzling ...
Article : 610 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) yesterday made available the text of the cable messages that have passed between Australia and the Imperial authorities with ...
Article : 466 wordsThe volcanic island of Krakatoa, in the Strait of Sunda, between Java and Sumatra, was in 1883 the scene of a tremendous volcanic disturbance. From May the ...
Article : 102 wordsNgauruhoe, the highest of the volcanic cones of Tongariro Mountain, in the North Island, erupted at 7 o'clock last night. The glare lit up the surrounding country for ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Spanish liner Antonio Lopez, 5975 tons, which had on board 526 passengers and a crew of 135 men, has met with disaster when approaching the coast of New ...
Article : 83 wordsIn the House of Commons last evening the debate on the second reading of the Finance Bill, which embodies the budget proposals, was concluded. ...
Article : 201 wordsThe best winter rains this district has been favored with for the past two years fell this week, principally yesterday and today. For the past 24 hours the register ...
Article : 164 wordsThe latest reports from Natal, where a referendum was taken yesterday to decide whether or not the colony shall enter into the proposed South African Union, indicate ...
Article : 116 wordsThe United States Board of Engineers has reported to Congress [?]versely to the project of a deep waterway from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico. The board ...
Article : 62 wordsThe provision trade section of the London Chamber of Commerce is protesting against the excessive moisture in Australian and New Zealand butters on the ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Lord Mayor this morning announced that a cablegram had been received from Mr. Willie Cooper, of Cooper Estate and brother of Sir Daniel Cooper), now in ...
Article : 167 wordsThe rainfall to-day was 335 points. The Tambo River is running a banker, and is rising a foot an hour. The low-lying flats are submerged, and by the morning all the ...
Article : 85 wordsThe great Church Pageant which has been arranged in the grounds of Fulham Palace, the country residence of the Bishop of London, Dr. Arthur Winnington Ingram, ...
Article : 141 wordsAn interesting development has taken place in connection with the Cretan question, which has recently caused friction between Turkey and Greece, resulting in a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 745 wordsThere is a big flood in the Traralgon Creek to-night. It threatens to be like the big flood of 1891. Rain has been pouring down in hills, and old. residents of ...
Article : 255 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, read the telegram in which Lord Dudley, Governor General of the Commonwealth, announced ...
Article : 94 wordsAs the result of a police paid at the town of Marson, in Ohio, U.S.A., a remarkable disclosure has been made regarding the operations of the notorious "Black Hand" ...
Article : 126 wordsA most successful trial of wireless telephony has been conducted at Toulon, the French naval base on the Mediterranean. Messages were despatched for a distance ...
Article : 236 wordsC. Blythe, the Kent professional, who in the first test match between England and Australia secured a total of eleven wickets for 102 runs, will not be able to play in ...
Article : 51 wordsAt the meeting of the Federal Cabinet yesterday, an important decision was arrived at with regard to the payment of old age pensions. The Prime Minister stated ...
Article : 237 wordsThere was an immense gathering in the Jubilee Exhibition Building to-night, when amid a scene marked with enthusiasm, the action of the Liberal party in the recent ...
Article : 142 wordsIt has been raining steadily for three days. The Avon is in flood and is rising rapidly. MAFFRA, Friday. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe War Office is inviting tenders, returnable by 22nd September next, for 666,640 1b. of tinned meat for delivery in January and February, 1910. The contract ...
Article : 52 wordsSir, -- You were good enough to open your columns to an appeal in aid of the late porter Assistant M'Auley, who at the Kensington railway station last August, under ...
Article : 337 wordsSir, -- It was recently my misfortune, though a law abiding citizen, to be "found on the premises" at a forbidden hour, and although I was able to submit in ...
Article : 207 wordsHarry Boulter, a tailor's cutter, who was convicted in February, 1908, of having used blasphemous language, was again before' the court to-day on a charge of having ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Premier has written to Sir Elliott Lewis expressing his regret that his Ministers had not been able to dispose of their departmental business earlier, but that he ...
Article : 72 wordsAccording to the Director of Labor the prospects of the winter seem to be good, and present indications point to a fair amount of employment being available. ...
Article : 85 wordsA bill to remove the civil service from political control and place it under an independent board has been introduced in Parliament by a private member. The ...
Article : 51 wordsThe "Record," the Anglican Church organ, in commenting on the acceptance by Archdeacon Wright, of Manchester, of the Archbishopric of Sydney, in succession to ...
Article : 123 wordsSir,-- It is pleasing to see that the attention of the authorities has been directed to the dirty state of the Melbourne streets. In London a water cart is used to make ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 wordsIn order to meet the claims made by the unemployed, the Government has ordered the construction of 500 railway waggons, one-half to be built at the ...
Article : 89 wordsArrived, -- Chiswick, from Port Pirie 27th March; Versailles from Port Pirie 20th January; Marechal de Gontaut, from Melbourne 21st January. ...
Article : 33 wordsMrs. Westacott, wife of Mr. J. B. Westacott, solicitor, to-day gave birth to triplets -- two daughter and one son. They are all doing well. ...
Article : 30 wordsIn response to the appeals made by the president of the Melbourne District Nursing Society (Mrs. Hood), for assistance to the suffering sick poor under the care of the society, we have received 5 ...
Article : 36 wordsThe mayoress of Richmond (Mrs. G. W. Freeman) desires to acknowledge the receipt of the following additional donations for the above appeal: -- H. C. C., £2; M. R. M., £5; amount previously ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 12 Jun 1909, Page 13
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