The recommendation of the sewerage committee of the Metropolitan Board of Works that a tender should be accepted for the supply, in Portland cement concrete, of the ...
Article : 675 wordsA possible disreption of the Liberal Unionist party over the fiscal question is indicated in correspondence between the Duke of Devonshire and Mr. Chamberlain, ...
Article : 305 wordsThere is no material alteration in the critical situation in the Far East, and the general feeling appears to be that war cannot be long delayed. ...
Article : 400 wordsA terrible disaster has overtaken the mail steamer Clallam, trading from Seattle, on Puget Sound. The vessel was struck by a fierce gale, and ...
Article : 146 wordsAs announced in "The Argus" of Friday last, the selectors of the Australian Eleven have asked the following players to be in Adelaide this week to practise for the third ...
Article : 98 wordsAt a public meeting called by Councillor A. W. M'Pherson, held this afternoon, there was a very large attendance of representative men, and Councillor J. W. C. ...
Article : 418 wordsIn connection with the nest test cricket match, to be played at Adelaide, the Railway department intends issuing tickets to Adelaide at holiday excursion rates on the ...
Article : 45 wordsSir,—I think we could materially improve our team by substituting M'Leod, Trott, Laver and Stuckey (or Gehrs) for Saunders, Hopkins, Armstrong, and Gregory ...
Article : 157 wordsHis Holiness the Pope has issued a direction that no lady "considering herself a good Cotholic" is to appear in a decollete gown at gatherings attended by cardinals or ...
Article : 78 wordsMr.Bennet Burleigh puts down the number of Russian troops in Manchuria at 100,000. No pains are being spared to make the ...
Article : 106 wordsSir,—Why have players on the selection committee? It would give far more satisfaction to appoint a non-player from each of the three associations to act, and then ...
Article : 84 wordsAn assoctation is being formed in Belgium, with a capital of 1,000,000 francs, to grow cotton on the Congo. It has been reported that the Rothschilds ...
Article : 112 wordsA strong Bulgarian band has invaded Turkish territory, near Kumanova. Fighting is reported to have taken place in the Kochana district, a few miles to the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe pressure exerted by the United States on the Emperor of China to induce His Majesty to ratify certain commercial treaties between the countries has been ...
Article : 104 wordsSir,—As a lover of cricket, permit me to endorse the selection of the Australian team for the next test match by "Tanglefoot" in your issue of yesterday, viz.:— ...
Article : 124 wordsIdeal conditions prevailed to-day on the occasion of the second contest of the interstate yacht race between the Victorian yacht Sayonara and the local craft Bona, ...
Article : 950 wordsExcellent progress is being made with the shipment of wheat. The piers at Williamstown present a busy spectacle. Long lines of laden wheat trucks are standing on the ...
Article : 691 wordsThe condition of Walter Sandow, the most seriously injured of the three stokers from H.M.S. Wallaroo, who is in St. Vincent's Hospital, was at a late hour ...
Article : 199 wordsThe nature of the Russian reply to Japan has not yet been officially disclosed, though several accounts are in circulation as to its contents. ...
Article : 181 wordsIt is becoming more and more evident that both Great Britain ad France are using every effort to prevent their respective allies, Japan and Russia, from coming to ...
Article : 348 wordsSir,—As the selectors seem to be inclined to overlook the brilliant performances of Harry Trott, and to omit him from a place in the third test match, allow me to offer ...
Article : 71 words[?]n the course of and interview yesterday, M. E. G. FitzGibbon, the chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, stated:— "The board invited tenders for the supply ...
Article : 365 wordsOn the question of the relative merits of the stoneware and cement concrete pipes Mr. H. C. Mais, M.I.C.E., has furnished the following opinion:— ...
Article : 360 wordsSir,—While the result of the late match was, owing to the weather, inconclusive as regards the merits of the opposing teams, still the play on the last two days—when ...
Article : 400 wordsKERANG, Monday.—Yesterday a serious gun accident happened. Two young men, sons of Mr. James Treacy, of Lake Charm, were attempting to force out a cartridge ...
Article : 119 wordsLarge supplies of coal are being hurried into Far Eastern waters by the different powers. During the week there was shipped from Cardiff alone 46,000 tons of coal for ...
Article : 50 wordsALLENDALE, Monday.—At Smeaton this afternoon Robert O'Halloran, a boy 7 years old, was playing on the bank of Redman's dam, which is about 10ft. deep, and, ...
Article : 85 wordsA telegram from Tokio says that the Russian cruisers which were reported to have sailed from Vladivostock, for the purpose of junctiomng with the Port Arthur ...
Article : 149 wordsThe latest China files, just received, commenting on the position in the Far East, recognise its seriousness, and anticipate the defeat of Russia at sea. They also ...
Article : 65 wordsSir,—With reference to the agitatior [?] which is being got up in Brunswick, and[?] Utd., comments from your correspondents in toWoady day's issue, endeavouring to influence [?] ...
Article : 417 wordsA public meeting to protest against the recommedation of the sewerage committee of the Metropolitan Board of Works that the board should accept a tender for the ...
Article : 1,303 wordsSir,—A war between Japan and Russia at the present time would be the most momentous affair to Australia that could possibly take place, and it should be the ...
Article : 368 wordsKORUMBURRA, Monday.—A competitor in a bicycle road-race from Bena to Korumburra, named Harry Wrench, sustained a nasty fall on Saturday, soon after ...
Article : 55 wordsThe tug Leverett, which left for the scene of the stranded barque Ethel on Friday evening, returned to Port Adelaide early yesterday morning having on board ...
Article : 145 wordsThe managers report:— Argo, Sandy Creek, 8th.— water lifter arrived. Shou[?] piston arrive to-night will star[?] ...
Article : 138 wordsLANG LANG, Monday.—During the absence of its mother from the kitchen for the space of a few seconds, the 12-nionths-old child of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gardner ...
Article : 62 words"La Patre," a well-known Paris paper, states that Japan has concluded her negotiations with the Argentine for the purchase of the following armoured cruisers:— ...
Article : 179 wordsBENDIGO, Monday.—Robert Thomas, a carter, aged 66, residing at Spring Gully, while driving along High-street in a dray on Saturday, was seized with a fainting fit ...
Article : 59 wordsThe council of the Chamber of Manufactures are inclined to be rather cynical regarding Mr. Deakin's avowed desire to do all that he can to encourage desirable ...
Article : 343 wordsMichael Smith, alias Bourke, a plumber, 44 years of age, was locked up in the City Watchhouse yesterday evening by Constable M'Liney on three charges of attempted ...
Article : 219 wordsSYDNEY, Monday:—The body of man, about 60 years of age, was found in a paddock at St. Peters to-day. Death had been due to poisoning by cyanide of potash, and ...
Article : 47 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—A wharf labourer, named Alexander Anthon), was to-day working at the hatches of an Italian barque, in Darling Harbour, when the wire rope to ...
Article : 52 wordsThe interstate adjustment of the federal revenue for December has been completed. The first column of the following table shows the amount of revenue actually ...
Article : 152 wordsFour firemen are still on duty [?] mill of W. S. Kimpton and So[?] street, Kensington, which was de[?] fire on Sunday night. Yesterday ...
Article : 182 wordsSYDNEY, Monday:—The mutilated body of the man found at the bottom ai the cliffs near Bondi has been identified as that of Frederick Alexander Butler, a resident of ...
Article : 68 wordsAlbino Vaccari, late of Church-street, Eaglehawk, who died on October 8 last, under a will dated January 12, 19[?]1, left real estate valued at £775, and personal property valued at £9,427, in trust ...
Article : 132 wordsAt the instance of King Edward, Great Britain and France are striving to their utmost to secure peace. Both powers are working in perfect accord. ...
Article : 89 wordsA fatal assault case look place at Wellington on Saturday night. Edward Carson, aged 24 years, was standing outside Winter's Hotel, when he was approached by a ...
Article : 196 wordsBRISBANE, Monday.—Whife felling a tree it Hampton to-day a single man named Phillips was killed through a tree falling on him. ...
Article : 32 wordsI.G.M.S. Bremen arrived at Colombo from Australia on the 9th inst. The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Areadia left Suez for Australia on the 7th inst. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe United Council for State Suffrage, of which Miss L. S. Locke is secretory, has issued an "appeal to the manhood of Victoria" to help in securing for women the ...
Article : 144 wordsMr. Seddon has sent cable messages to the Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth [?]nd Canada, and to the Premiers of Cape Colony and Natal, suggesting that a joint ...
Article : 101 wordsSir,—The fire at the theatre in Chicago shows vividly the necessity for taking every precaution to lessen the effects of sudden panie in theatres and similar buildings. As ...
Article : 146 wordsWe have received the following additional contributions:— Mr. G. Ramsay, per E. L. and C. Bailleu £110 ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 12 Jan 1904, Page 5
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