Messrs. W. G. Smith, D. A. Tooley, Englebreeht, and A. D. Bruce left Adelaide for Melbourne by this afternoon's express to interview the Federal authorities ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 219 wordsAfter many weeks on the water, I write with but a vague knowledge of what has been done in the choice of a team, and assuming that 10 men have been absolutely ...
Article : 3,015 wordsA matter of some importance under the Land Act was decided in the Full Court to-day. Alfred Luke in 1890 took up a conditional purchase of 160 acres in the ...
Article : 320 wordsThe preliminary hearing of the charge of murder preferred against James and Bessie O'Reilly, old-age pensioners, in connection with the death of their daughter Lizzie at ...
Article : 1,615 wordsThe mass meeting of employers to protest against the wages board clause of the Factories Act and other industrial legislation will be held at the Athenæum, ...
Article : 136 wordsBefore the House of Representatives rose yesterday the Prime Minister laid upon the table a despatch, dated July 16, which had been received by him ...
Article : 974 wordsWith the uninviting prospect of a wet drive before them several members of the Federal Parliament who began the inspection of the South Melbourne factories on ...
Article : 366 wordsOne complaint employers make against the administration of the Factories and Shops Act is that the decision of a sympathetic Parliament to establish a single ...
Article : 1,329 wordsFriday (6 p.m.).—Cloudy, with further rain, more especially over the eastern half of the state, and near the coast; light southerly and southeasterly winds. Sea, slight to moderate. ...
Article : 376 wordsAt the Port Adelaide Police Court to-day the master of the Dutch ship Vondel was named as a defendant, but did not appear, evidently on the ground that the ...
Article : 134 wordsSamuel Trudgeon, aged 27, described as an author, who was arrested at Mossman recently on suspicion of being a prisoner who had escaped from New Zealand, and ...
Article : 161 wordsFollowing the retirement of Mr. Alpine Thompson as under-secretury for Railways, considerable surprise was caused to-day by the announcement that Mr. George ...
Article : 81 wordsComparative statements have been supplied by the superintendent of census, Mr. Sholl, showing the population in each division and county of South Australia at ...
Article : 184 wordsSir,—Will you kindly grant me a small space in your columns to explain the reason of the apparently low rate of wage received by the young man Gilmour, whose ...
Article : 397 wordsThe rain that set in early in the morning to-day seriously affectcd the attendance at the show. There was, however, a considerable number of Western sheep ...
Article : 402 wordsAt the Central Police Court to-day, Mr. Edwards, S.M., gave his reserved decision in the cases of Percy Griffiths and Alex. Phillips, who was charged under the ...
Article : 141 wordsThe following forecasts have been issued for the next three days:— Western Australia.—Mostly fine in the far north; occasional capricious rains in the southern half, ...
Article : 216 wordsOn July 17 W. Cockrum reported to the police at Oodnadatta that on June 2 Edward Warmun, a member of a prospecting party under his leadership, had been ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Court of Marine Inquiry investigated to-day the wreck of the drogher Alexander Berry and of the paddle-steamer Protector, both of which were lost during ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 wordsSir,—Kindly allow me, through your valuable paper, to draw attention to the existing evil between master and man since the introduction of the Factories Act ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 wordsThe man Joseph Minton, alias Davey, was before the police court to-day charged with maliciously wounding Alfred Lamport at Henty. He was remanded for a week, ...
Article : 47 wordsThe coroner held an inquest yesterday at Carrathool concerning a fire which destroyed a dwelling and also the contents, the property of John M'Grath, of ...
Article : 52 wordsWhat is the shortest great story ever written? That was a question which a coteric of literary men discussed one evening over an informal dinner. The shortest ...
Article : 224 wordsThe annual meeting of the Trinity College Dialectic Society was held last evening in the Athenæum-hall, His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor presiding. Mr. ...
Article : 294 wordsMr. T. H. Griffith, M.L.A., has received the following communications on the question of the site of the federal capital:— "Chief Secretary's Office, ...
Article : 234 wordsA rainfall has been experienced over more than half of the state, localities, both agricultural, and pastoral, which were beginning to feel the effects of the ...
Article : 681 wordsThe secretary of the Pastoralists' Association (Mr. Mair) has received advice that shearing has started satisfactorily under the Pastoralists' Union agreement at ...
Article : 94 wordsMr. Gow, the New Zealand trade commissioner, will leave for Sydney to-morrow en route for South Africa in the interests of the New Zealand proluce trade. He will ...
Article : 69 wordsLast evening an extensive fire broke out in the business premises of Mr. James Wilkins, Wellington-street, general storekeeper, which resulted in the entire destruction of ...
Article : 241 wordsSir,—The Rev. Mr. Gosman's innocent wonder at the perversity of the employers who grumble at the findings of amateur chairmen of wages boards would be ...
Article : 495 wordsThe Minister of Lands has received a cable message from Mr. Harcourt Palmer in connection with the Great Western railway. It is dated London, the 14th, and ...
Article : 82 wordsAlbert Miller, a negro, was found "not guilty" of a charge of burglary. The offence was alleged to have taken place at South Melbourne on the night of the 22nd July, when prisoner entered the house ...
Article : 363 wordsSir,—In your issue of yesterday it is stated that the Board of Public Health was denaturating only 8,000 gallons of wine in my cellars. The process of denaturation ...
Article : 309 wordsA peculiar case of horse-stealing has been reported to the South Melbourne police. On the 8th inst. a stranger went to Campbell's livery stable in Cecil-street and hired ...
Article : 222 wordsSeveral amendments limiting the powers of the Interstate Commission to the control of goods carried on shipping working in conjunction with railways have, it is ...
Article : 65 wordsIn responding to the toast of "The State Ministry" at a complimentary "smoke" concert to Mr. O'Connor, M.L.A., in the Richmond Town-hall last evening, Mr. ...
Article : 130 wordsThe residents of Berringa have strongly protested at the non-construction of a telegraph line to Searsdale, a distance of four and a half miles, as promised by the ...
Article : 193 wordsA cycling road race was held yesterday afternoon from Colac to Warmoort and back, a distance of nearly 16 miles. There were 22 competitors, and the winner was ...
Article : 195 wordsA report, furnished to the Geelong Employers' Union by a leading butcher, whose name has not been made known, on the effect of the Factories and Shops Act ...
Article : 564 wordsA bazaar and art-union organised in aid of Mrs. M'Queen and family (whose husband and son died suddenly some time ago) was opened last night in the Brunswick Town-hall, by the mayor ...
Article : 136 wordsROCHESTER, Aug. 16.—Rain is badly wanted in this district. The crops are at a standstill, and vegetation of all kinds is shrinking up. Grass is extremely scarce, and owners of stock are ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 17 Aug 1901, Page 14
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