About 300 persons, including a fair proportion of ladies, attended an open-air meeting held last night, near the Prahran Town-hall, by Mr. J. Lemmon, one of the ...
Article : 546 wordsSir,—By way of general reply to many remarks (public and private) as to relic-worship in connection with the controversy concerning the genuineness of the shroud, may ...
Article : 796 wordsThe Rev. T. R. and Mrs. Cairns, who have been on a tour of the Continent during the past 12 months, returned to Ballarat on Thursday night. They were greeted ...
Article : 158 wordsMr. A. W. Smart. collector of customs for Victoria held an inquiry yesterday into a number of cases in which it was alleged erroneous, although not framdulent cutries ...
Article : 990 wordsMessrs. Smith and Derham, at Brnalla, S. Colonel Templeton, at Nhill, S. Sir John M'Intyre, at Williamstown, S. Senator Bost, Oddfellows'-hall, Warrnambool, S. ...
Article : 244 wordsThe chief electoral officer finally made up the list of electors for this state yesterday. When the rolls were first compiled 587,000 names were collected; 16,727 names have ...
Article : 84 wordsA legal member of the Federal Ministry holds that Mr. F. L. Outtrim, the Senate returning officer for this state, is right in his contention, and that returning officers ...
Article : 72 wordsThe only case listed at the County Court on Thursday, before Judge Hamilton, was a claim by William Patten, shoemaker, of Wedderburn, against James Caldwell, for ...
Article : 276 wordsTwelve candidates have been nominated for the Senate, comprising two Ministerialists, five Oppositionists, three Socialists, and one Labour, while the political faith ...
Article : 216 wordsIn returning thanks for his unopposed return for Corinella, Mr. J. W. M'Cay expressed himself as favourable to compulsory arbitration, fiscal peace, and preferential ...
Article : 150 wordsFrank Brophy, aged 25 years, whose home is in 295 Amess-street, "North Carlton, was brought to the Melbourne Hospital yesterday with very serious injuries, caused by a ...
Article : 114 wordsAt the Port Melbourne Town-hall last night Mr. Mauger addressed a crowded meeting of electors, fully one-third of whom were ladies. From the start of the ...
Article : 446 wordsThe body of the little girl Violet Leno, aged 10 years, of Middleton-street, East Brunswick, who was drowned in the Merri Creek on Sunday, at noon, while the creek ...
Article : 131 wordsWith painful monotony the morning train from Port Fairy contiues to arrive late at Geelong. For the past three nights it has been behindhand, on Thursday evening ...
Article : 310 wordsSir William Lyne and Mr. M'Lean were the only candidates nominated for the Hume, Mr. W. Johnson, the labour candidate, in giving his reasons for retiring, ...
Article : 176 wordsA fatal accident occurred at Camberwell about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon to a child named Emily Hughes, aged 16 months, the daughter of Mr. John Hughes, gardener, ...
Article : 143 wordsMr. William M'Culloch, who was advertised to speak at Bendigo this evening, will be unable to do so, as he has contracted a chill, which his medical attendant (Dr. ...
Article : 85 wordsMr. Reid, speaking with reference to the statement as to his having made overtures to the Labour party, said to-night:—"I have just heard that Mr. Ronald, speaking in the ...
Article : 133 wordsSir,—It is impossible to read with becoming reverence, when one has a practical turn of mind, the extracts given in "The Argus" of Saturday from Dr. Vignon's book on the ...
Article : 603 wordsAt the Prahran Town-hall, the returning officer for Balaclava (Mr. Perrott) yesterday announced that he had received but one nomination, that of Sir George Turner, ...
Article : 347 wordsBALLARAT, Thursday.—A fearful mistake was made by John Latta, a married man, living at Clayton-street, on Wednesday night. He had mixed up what he ...
Article : 108 wordsThe shire council has determined to limit the speed of motor cars and motor cycles when travelling along the roads of the municipality to twelve miles an hour, and ...
Article : 151 wordsAfter all that has been published about the "political revolution" which Mr. Deakin wrought in New South Wales by his recent visit to that state, a ...
Article : 228 wordsLILYDALE, Thursday. —On Monday last the hotelkeepers of Lilydale agreed to raise the price of beer, commencing on Tuesday morning, from 3d. to 4d. a glass and from ...
Article : 159 wordsAs a result of the challenge issued by Mr. Sloss and accepted by Mr. Monteath in "The Argus" of yesterday, the candidates, together with a number of interested ...
Article : 273 wordsBEAUFORT, Thursday.—A memorial to the late Queen Victoria, consisting of on octagon-shaped band rotunda and clock tower (a four-faced clock being presented by ...
Article : 236 wordsDaniel Vicar M'Lean, late of Kilberry Glenhuntly-road, Elsternwick, who died on November 7, under a will dated February 18 last left real estate valued at £1,210 and personal property valued at ...
Article : 284 wordsThe leases of the various railway refreshment-rooms in the state expire on the 31st inst. The commisioners have not invited fresh tenders. They have approved of the ...
Article : 102 wordsSeveral of the members who were returned unopposed to-day took advantage of the opportunity to return thanks to the electors. At the Adelaide Town-hall Mr. ...
Article : 434 wordsMr. Grundy, the Ministerial candidate for Bourke, addressed a meeting of ladies in the Essendon Town-hall yesterday afternoon. There were about 150 ladies present. Mr. ...
Article : 799 wordsTRARALGON, Thursday.—Speaking at a land sale at Toongabbie. Mr. William M'Lean (of the firm of A. M'Lean and Co.) said that some people seemed to have got ...
Article : 363 wordsThe commissioners have approved of the acceptance of the following tenders, at rates, for the supply of paper and pastehoards:— A. Cowan and Sons, J. Spicer and Son, ...
Article : 37 wordsAt a meeting of the Reform League to-day there was a full attendance of members. Mr. Ritchie, the Government candidate, and Mr. M'Grath, the Labour candidate, ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Railway department has decided to nake a change in the running of the trains on the Dean's Marsh and Forrest line, which has given great satisfaction to the visitors ...
Article : 171 wordsSir,—That "feeling of genuine surprise" shared by many at a Presbyterian divine discussing and suggesting the authority of a relic savouring of the miraclous and ...
Article : 329 wordsPORT PHILLIP.—The grand annual committee assembled at the Manchester Unity Hall Swanstan-street, on December 2, some 60 delegates from the warious lodges answering to the roll-call. ...
Article : 192 wordsProbate has been granted by the registrar (Mr. MacDonald) on the following estates:—John Wilton. £1,060: James Harson, £2,009; Matthew Hudson, £200; Priscilla Ludbrok, £2.529; Mary ...
Article : 380 wordsAVOCA.— President, W. W. Kaye;vice-president, R. V. Ripper: [?]x-preident, J. Redpath: treasurer, A. Golder: secretary, G. W. Redpath; assistant secretary. H. C. Chassen; committee, A. Bannister, ...
Article : 355 wordsThe Electoral Act appears to be full of pitfalls. One provision especially may trap many candidates. Section 180 says that "any publication of any electoral ...
Article : 188 wordsA native of Ireland named Patrick Carmody was last night taken from the Flinders-street railway station to the City Watch-house to be charged with an assault ...
Article : 232 wordsARARAT, Thursday.—A man named Cadley, a stranger to this district, who had been shearing at Yalla-y-Poora, and drinking heavily at Buangor, cut his throat with ...
Article : 64 wordsThe question of free trade and protection is not liekly to enter to any extent into the Queensland elections. There are at present practically three sets of candidates ...
Article : 198 wordsSir,—The Rev. Dr. Marshall seems to be as much surprised at you as you appeared to be surprised at him. Perhaps the explanation is that the doctor is acting on the ...
Article : 201 wordsBALLARAT, Thursday.—Whilst being examined by Mr. J. Gardiner, M.B., in his surgery, Sturt-street, to-day, Susan O'Danoghue, wife of the licensee the ...
Article : 66 wordsCompliance with the regulations issued to the presiding officers at the federal polling-booths to forward ballot-boxes to the returning officer at Colac by the police or ...
Article : 113 wordsMORWELL, Wednesday.—After the passenger train arriving here at 8.50 p.m. had gone out last night the dead body of an Indian hawker named Young Yarra was ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 4 Dec 1903, Page 7
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