For a length of time past the decisions of the Footscray and Williamstown honorary magistrates have provoked a large amount of adverse comment. The penalties imposed ...
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Article : 542 wordsThe Christmas resorts are yearly increasing in numbers, and before another year it is probable that an attractive addition will have been made to them by the completion and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 wordsBoth Houses sat late to-night. The Council passed the Defence Forces Bill without amendment, the Appropriation Bill, and the Absent Voters Bill, and rejected ...
Article : 209 wordsEarly yesterday morning Detectives Whitney, D. G. O'Donnell, R. Fryer, and J. Bannon succeeded in arresting two men, named William Hudson and Thomas A. Ray, ...
Article : 379 wordsCobham and Tephillium were struck out of the Carrington Stakes to-day, and Tephilium out of Tattersall's Cup. During the settling over the Moorfield ...
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Article : 995 wordsIn answer to the manifesto issued by the mill-owners a counter manifesto has been issued by the executive of the Amalgamated Millers' Association, The manifesto sets ...
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Article : 450 wordsSir,—I have noticed several letters in your paper on the subject of covered versus uncovered balls, and I quite agree with "Undersewn" in thinking that the time has come ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 23 Dec 1890, Page 6
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